gameplay-help

[sweet delta]

Some kind of 20s barrage

[viscid swift]

Some stat buffs and a barrage every 20 seconds.

[strong tartan]

eh

[sweet delta]

Unless the barrage is a space laser with 1000 DPS im not in terested

[pine wren]

Is my team alright?

[viscid swift]

There are quite a number of issues.

[last ocean]

considering switching fully to mag torps since I only play auto

also, is this arrangement just using every yellow/purple you've pulled so far?

[viscid swift]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/

Follow the starter fleet but Owari replaces Penn and Saratoga replaces Long Island.

[last ocean]

despite being blue at start, Portland is better option for early fleet than Indy

[knotty jolt]

Shiny =/= better

[pine wren]

I've been looking through some mono faction but It's still hard to understand for me

[real haven]

do i use hindenburg as a tank or as a dps dealer

[last ocean]

mono faction isn't viable unless you have specific faction buffers

[real haven]

assuming a medium armor nakhimov boss fleet setup

[sweet delta]

What do you think

[viscid swift]

Mono faction isn't viable unless you have 6 good ships from that factionm

[last ocean]

and even then iffy. Like, Bismarck has a pretty good buff skill for Iron blood

[real haven]

im unsure cuz tbh could play both ways

[knotty jolt]

Mono factions are expensive and gimmicky, if you're lucky to get the ships needed for one early on it can work but they'd be replaced the moment you got actual good ships

[viscid swift]

You can have a mediocre tank or one of the highest damage vanguards in the Game, your call.

[knotty jolt]

Speaking from personal experience as my early days were with iron blood with a z fleet

[real haven]

call received

[ripe bluff]

do houshou and houshou meta main guns even do anything

[last ocean]

#gameplay-help message like, I used this for a while, but wasn't as good as main fleet

[knotty jolt]

They should shoot things that get to close

[ripe bluff]

Like a normal secondary? No range?

[knotty jolt]

Pretty much, i don't believe they have any sorta modified range

[ripe bluff]

Well thats boring
Even with Eagle’s enhanced range she cant shoot shit

Fine Ill be patient and wait for fritz rerun

[knotty jolt]

You should be more concerned about keeping them alive tbh when leveling

they have half the hp of other conventional carriers

[ripe bluff]

I just wanna fuck around and spam secondaries lol

Speaking of does Fritz want flagship

[viscid swift]

No.

[knotty jolt]

iirc no, her barrage is always center

[ripe bluff]

Nice

[pine wren]

is it also worth to marry ships?

[knotty jolt]

Depends, the stat boost is nice but considering you get rings rarely and only other way is money it literally doesnt matter

So marry your waifu

[pine wren]

so you just do it for the love?

[knotty jolt]

Indeed

[pine wren]

aight

[knotty jolt]

I've oathed many a trash ships cause waifu, like dunkerque

[last ocean]

Gear guide for DD aux only says toolkit. So is it just 1 toolkit + whatever else you feel like?

[knotty jolt]

Double toolkit usually

Unless you got an HP aux with more then 500 hp then toolkit + that

Not many DDs have gear outside that

[last ocean]

yeah, probably just double kit then, since I don't have any fancy gold health gear

[edgy dust]

Does spending coins for research even worth it? Im so broke rn

[viscid swift]

I mean yes.

For the later seasons it's the only way you get Blueprints.

[last ocean]

eventually you'll get good gear from the research parts

[viscid swift]

If you're out of coins temporarily switch to gear focus.

[last ocean]

basic research if nothing else

[edgy dust]

Is there any efficient way to get coins other than doing commissions?

[viscid swift]

Grinding oil-capped maps, or more specifically grinding W12.

[last ocean]

weekly quests, daily challenges

[edgy dust]

Damn haven't reached that far yet, thanks

[last ocean]

what's this +30% thing about?

[knotty jolt]

Some ships have a +30% boost to aux gear stats in their limit break perks

[viscid swift]

Some destroyers.

[soft raft]

Every DD when MLB obtains one out of the possible passives:
+30% stats from Aux gear
Reduced shots for All out Assualt
And something about torps, I honestly forgor

[knotty jolt]

for imgrahm its on third

[last ocean]

ah, I see. Thank you

[viscid swift]

For all DDs it comes at limit break 3.

[viscid swift]

Reduced spread angle for torps.

[sweet delta]

I heard that Harbin is a DD

[wind hazel]

[last ocean]

if I were to give Hood an extinguisher, would I switch out Fire Control or White shell?

[viscid swift]

In the same way Schultz is a croozer.

[soft raft]

fire control

[wind hazel]

white shell

[last ocean]

because I did notice just how long she'd burn for in the last few runs

current gear setup

[wind hazel]

lol which fire control you're referring to

the purple fire control radar?

[last ocean]

a little disappointed useful stuff like extinguisher and steering doesn't have a purple version, I know there's a gold steering, but can't just get those

Fire Control Radar yes

[wind hazel]

keep shell then

[cloud panther]

Buy the HMS shell

Lion can eventually use it

[onyx flame]

not worth its basically worst then the white shell for non hms ships and only slightly better? then white shell on hms ships

[wind hazel]

not even better on average

[real haven]

I mean you're buying with the assumption of acquiring Lion in the future

[strong tartan]

you're better off just buying a white shell instead of buying a shell for a ship you don't even have

[wind hazel]

even if they have lion yellow shell is a waste of time

[fleet marten]

Either way its only for one ship, still proves that White Shell is generally better

[real haven]

Yellow is CDMG right?

[wind hazel]

which part of yellow shell is worse than white shell on average did you not get

[real haven]

oh it is, yeah

[wind hazel]

it's only better if you're lucky. do 20 runs with it and on average it will lose out against white shell. it has higher highs but also lower lows

[real haven]

reminds me to get an AFCT later on

[grizzled plume]

what?

[north gorge]

just restart the game

[soft raft]

Your game desynced, just force close and relaunch the game

[rapid tusk]

What do I need to increase TRP?

[hollow gust]

Use another dd or some oxytorps

[pine wren]

is there any use having same 2 character? can I use it for MLB?

[last ocean]

your first fleet is all gunboats from the look of it

[vale spindle]

yes that what u use dupe for

[last ocean]

sorry, forgot Laffey is gun=based DD but still has the torps. If all ships are max enhanced for it, then yeah, you would need to swap something out to raise trp

When did they change the tutorial questline anyway? I remember mine requiring you to max out Portland specifically

[vale spindle]

a while while back

[last ocean]

ah, I see. Thanks. Also: I'm pretty close to 400 on the free UR thing, what would be the best one to get for a relatively new account?

[exotic sorrel]

In my case I picked Musashi

She also doesn't need a super strong gun, if you have the 410mm twin that can already suffice for her

[last ocean]

blarg. I remember using Ulrich on my older account before I lost it. how old is this post when it talks about Bismarck Zwei getting added?

ah, I see it now

[exotic sorrel]

I lowk want Zwei on my next UR selection

[last ocean]

can you make Zwei the centrepiece of an Iron Blood fleet like Ein?

[exotic sorrel]

Oh just a little heads up if you don't know/remember what that looks like (purple)

[exotic sorrel]

I'm bad with abbreviations who's Ein

[last ocean]

the original one lol

[exotic sorrel]

I think so yeah

[last ocean]

doesn't have it in the name, but if the new one is Zwei (two) then the original would be Ein (one)

[exotic sorrel]

She does have a buff for iron blood ships in the fleet she's in iirc

[exotic sorrel]

Oh I just call her Bismarck if we're talking about her "(one)" form

[sweet delta]

I just don't talk about Bismarck

[last ocean]

normally I do, was just having fun since I was referring to the second version

I'm assuming you can use the 1 and 2 versions of a ship in the same fleet?

hmm... neccessitates a new question: do I wait if Bismark Zwei will likely be soon, or just pick one up as soon as I hit 400?

[pine wren]

Is there no advantage of keeping 2pc of the same ship?

[last ocean]

unless you're willing to expend the resources to build up two of them, then the second one will just be for LB on the first

[pine wren]

say I build it both, What can I use two of them for

[strong tartan]

well what ship are you even planning to build two of

[last ocean]

like if you wanted Unicorn for 2 different fleets, that I get

[hollow gust]

eww why

[last ocean]

because busted support carrier goes brr

[strong tartan]

you're better off just building a separate healer

[last ocean]

my thinking was also because for her power level, she's easy to get

[hollow gust]

People are already moving off 1 unicorn , why would you ever want another low dps carrier

[last ocean]

pretty sure support alternatives are difficult to acquire, aren't they?

[strong tartan]

again you're better off building another healer you can actually use in the same fleet as unicorn for later stages

[hollow gust]

There are very very very few content where you want healers in both fleets

Even then the other healer you will use are sub dps ones like Aquila Cowpen and Volga

[strong tartan]

zuihou hasn't rerun hasn't she

figured

[last ocean]

dunno, new account still on one fleet atm, using a heal support in both front and back

[hollow gust]

[onyx flame]

if your new you only have 1 fleet to tackle just about everything up to like w10 where you start forming a 2nd fleet
there no reason to raise a 2nd unicorn cause while she's easier to get she is not cheap to raise esp for new players and pure healer have no real place in boss fight which is what your 2nd fleet would be

[last ocean]

I keep forgetting there's a limit of 2 fleets so usually is 1 mob 1 boss

front and back support mostly just because I like Ingraham

[exotic sorrel]

At what point is "too much" of adapt tune points to have

Or do I really need as many as I can get

[hollow gust]

203 203 156

[rotund cobalt]

anyone get unknown error when log in the game?

[near cargo]

How do War Archive works?

[onyx flame]

wdym how they work
you get 4 keys (aka tries) a day that you can store up to 60 of and 1 is used everytime you do a stge in war archive

[near cargo]

One stage, so like if there's 6 stages in an event I need to use 6 key?

[onyx flame]

yea, and there no reason to 3 star stages/do normal

[near cargo]

I only want to farm vintage guns BP from Tempesta event in Archive

[onyx flame]

if you mean the old heavy cannon, it would be better to buy the 12 pounder from the core shop

[exotic sorrel]

How much copies of Champagne gun do I need again? I got my second one

[opaque monolith]

i was wondering if anyone could give me a second fleet to work on

[onyx flame]

3 of champy/flandre any combi works
if you got soyuz/meck guns you can reduce it by that number

[exotic sorrel]

Oh that's great I only need one more then

Since I bought the Soyuz gun from the Soyuz rerun event

[brave musk]

how can i get rare first gear lab gears? (i can't get one)

[spark patio]

Are those loadout good for poverty rn? also g7e and type 95 which one is better on my subs?

[undone plover]

Mix of g7e + bidder for campaign
For flasher and archer get pressure hull aux from core ship if u have spare core data

[spark patio]

Pressure hull and snorkel or the torp aux still fine?

[undone plover]

Pressure + snorkel for regular subs usually
404 can ditch pressure iirc

[spark patio]

Alr, are they goods now?

[crystal ore]

Anyone got guide for low cost farm?

[wary hawk]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide#chapters-1-to-12 The tail end of this section has a good introduction to what you're wanting to be looking for in a boss fleet once the chapters starts calling for it

[flint arrow]

what was the website to top up gems directly with yostar again?

[rapid grail]

for what item specifically, since it ain't worth the time sink before you got a good chunk of the game sorted out and farmed

[eternal basalt]

Check the pins in #tech-support

[tulip tinsel]

Ranger cassin 0lb for lowest oil cost and unicorn + ddg if harder stage

[exotic sorrel]

Who's DDG 😭 I'm so bad with abbreviations

[atomic abyss]

Guided missile destroyers
Specifically the retrofits of An Shan, Fu Shun, Tai Yuan and Chang Chun

[exotic sorrel]

Those exist...?

Wait now I wanna know how to get them...

[crystal ore]

I just wanna farm 3-4 for fox waifu that all

[exotic sorrel]

Just checked wiki it says they can be exchanged

[onyx flame]

you can get all 4 from guild shop
however, right now only an shan, tai yuan and chang chun retrofit item can be acquired from the spec core shop

[exotic sorrel]

Just curious which one among them is the best ?

[muted wind]

they broadly perform similarly, but fu shun has the best damage

[rapid grail]

lvl 70, 0 LB Ranger, Cassin & Downes
Give them decent gear; enough to help Ranger survive the suicide botes + plane spam on the boss node

If you got ships with crossfleet like in the 2nd fleet I'm using, by all means, use them there. They'll help in your runs

did a run just in case

[late flame]

i just throw in unicorn+ddg

[crystal ore]

Ok thanks

[onyx flame]

i mean its 3-4 0lb cassin/downs + ranger should be enuf alr

assuming you have some crossfleet

[rapid grail]

unikai + ddg is more of an event thing

a lot of oil to spend otherwise

[onyx flame]

its still a form of low costing, just for harder stage which you dont really need for 3-4

[late flame]

unikai+ddg for w16 when

i know just that i cbf to raise lb0 ships lul

[rapid grail]

fat

[random rain]

Is it okay to turn T2 reports to T3? Do you find yourselves consuming a lot of T2 when crafting gear?

[ivory pawn]

If you need to yes.
But there is a lot of good gear that use t2 ords, so only if you’re gonna use them to craft immediately.

[versed forum]

how many la-9 do i need? 6?

[onyx flame]

last i rmb 4-5 is all you needed

[pine wren]

so my oil is overflowing rn, where's the best place to consume it? im still at ch 4

do I sortie with my ships for exp? or I can use books for it

[onyx flame]

push campaign
for exp books save those to level ships up to grind in stages with them

[ivory pawn]

Just sortie with your ships, will help you consume oil too.
Try to push main campaign as far as possible, and farm the latest cleared stage if you can’t.

[pine wren]

the thing is the campaign caught up with my level

so I just sortie repeatedly to level? or is there more efficient way

[onyx flame]

give these a read if you havent
and you should current be using 1 fleet only
https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/

[pine wren]

thanks! I've been using two fleets lol

[onyx flame]

its the most efficient way to get exp, every other way is slower(ie dorm exp)/limited(exp book are gained fairly slowly)

[pine wren]

may i know the reason as to why only one ship? wont I get penalized if I run out of bullets

[onyx flame]

early on your limited by a few thing such as good ships and resource to limit break said ships
that and early on you can kinda blast through with level advantage

[ivory pawn]

You do less damage, but you’ll be fine despite that.

[onyx flame]

there is a penalty but its not that bad early on since level advantage and all
thou later on 50% dmg loss is pretty rough which is why around chp 9/10 you start looking at making a 2nd fleet

[pine wren]

ohhh okay then ill use only one fleet in the meantime, Thankssss!

[flint arrow]

i might be tripping, but wasn't the yo-topup website cheaper than in game (play store) previously? now its about the same/more expensive for me

[undone plover]

Check the country maybe u switched it

[boreal merlin]

time fuze good?

[tulip tinsel]

no

[rapid grail]

no
only use i see for them is if you wanna refund gold aa plates from dido aa

but it's pointless to do that since dido aa and its time fuze version gives the same amount of fp stats and actively makes it worse aa-wise

[wind hazel]

what is dido aa

[exotic sorrel]

Are you referring to Dido muse

[viscid swift]

That AA gun.

[gray obsidian]

aren't these the ones that Noth Carolina uses for her heals?

[viscid swift]

It's a dual purpose gun used by some of the Dido class as their main armament.

[wind hazel]

i see

[wind hazel]

the only legit use case for 134 fuze

[exotic sorrel]

Is Georgia good on her niche...

[wind hazel]

what niche lol

when you have no UR bb? sure she's great

[pine wren]

how easy is it to retrofit unicorn as a newbie

[whole crypt]

it's not hard it just takes time

[eager mulch]

[slow charm]

Should I retrofit for Saratoga’s or Independence’s skill first? I use both in my fleet.

[dusky badger]

where should i pull

[little tree]

~~ yoo it's turtle he's alive!~~

[eager mulch]

[ivory pawn]

Just one Light pull per day to complete the mission.

[ivory pawn]

I vote Independence first.

[slow charm]

Thanks, it is done. 🫡

[little tree]

Independence retro is far more useful then Saratoga retro

[slow charm]

These are my current fleets after abt 1.5 months of playing. I know Musashi is dead weight atm, but I'd rather save my bulins for someone higher priority.

[mental estuary]

At some point you need some tanks.

[tulip tinsel]

no new ur or rerun for a while could do musashi mlb imo

[slow charm]

I assumed Friedrich and Heinrich were tanks. I’ve also been trying to get Agir in shipyard, but shipyard is lowkey hard asf

[hollow gust]

Moskva is right there

[eager mulch]

What does Moskva do

[mental estuary]

Moskva is right there. MLB asap. PR1 has both Neptune and roon.

ATM might not be an issue but royal navy has all their good cruisers in PR. So keep that in mind for later.

[viscid swift]

More or less the same thing she does in WoWs, sit bow in and tank while dishing out damage.

[eager mulch]

ok

[slow charm]

I asked some weeks back when I got Moskva and was told to wait to MLB since main fleet is more important than vanguard. Do u disagree?

[mental estuary]

It's according to what world map you are working on

Like San Diego is good to have but you won't use till W13+

[slow charm]

Im on 12-2 rn. I’m not really struggling with it. Just been kinda lazy to complete since everyone tells me 12-1 is the farming level

[tulip tinsel]

12-4

[mental estuary]

I had issues till I hit PR hard and was able to get some key ships.

[slow charm]

I dunno if I’m doing shipyard wrong, but I haven’t gotten a single ship from it yet. I’m currently on Roon. Genuinely so difficult. Ig it’s meant to be a time sink?

[tulip tinsel]

grind 12-4 with 3 iron blood vanguard

[viscid swift]

Takes about a week grinding W12 with 3 Iron Blood vanguards in the mob fleet.

[tranquil rock]

moskva mlb or guam mlb first

?

[hollow gust]

Guam is far superior in high plane worlds , Moskva is better at eveything else

[tranquil rock]

k

[wraith pendant]

any reason to keep doing Meta challenge passed the 25k points mark ?

[sweet delta]

the rewards

[wraith pendant]

Rewards don't seem very enticing

[sweet delta]

[wraith pendant]

and I can't stand this challenge anymore, 30 minutes a day to clear 2 attemps + 3 assists

[sweet delta]

if you spend oil regularly, then you WILL get into cog chip debt in the hundreds of thousands

[wraith pendant]

are these that scarce ? I've never gone below 10k saved up, and leveling ships constantly

fine, I'll follow your wisdom

but man I hope next meta is a bit better for new players, I just can't do more than 400k dmg a run, using my best comp, and that's very unreliable

My LaffeyII always gets 3 marks, and I can't balance stats between her and my 2 other vanguards, so she either survives the first 30 seconds and I can do 400K dmg, or she dies my damage drops to the 130K-ish

[viscid swift]

META showdowns as a whole aren't exactly around new players.

[wraith pendant]

previous one was a bit either to me

easier*

[viscid swift]

Anyway, if you can manipulate who gets stacks with auxiliary gear among other means.

[forest palm]

Cog Chips are a resource that is high in demand, but has fewer renewable sources as far as Cog Chip income goes

more ships you start pushing over Lv 100 the quicker you go through them

[sweet delta]

@slow fox what's the approximate eHP gain of Matchless augment? 5s DD smokescreen (18 diameter) every 15s with 100% chance

[wraith pendant]

I'll make a thread in case someone can help me improve the consistency of my runs for the Meta challenge

[ivory pawn]

Fwiw, any rewards you won’t get you can obtain whenever the ship comes to the dossier. Which will also be a little bit easier, as you can autodeploy after the first fight to clear the battle.

[cinder sky]

How do I get watermelon dorm theme?

[exotic sorrel]

Shoukaku/Shinano/Hakuryuu / Kazagumo/LaffeyII/Helena Retro

Is that good for the guild boss? (Compiler)

It says she's a heavy armor I think I could also try with triple BB

[woven star]

No Eldridge retro?

You don't have any slows/freez so your fleet can missed

And you can use subs for free there if have lack of dmg

[exotic sorrel]

Oh

Maybe I ought to try a Triple BB

DoY/BisZwei/Musashi is what I can think of but... I don't think I have any specific BB supports on vanguard

I could try to borrow someone else's Plymouth? BisZwei is the only one I'll borrowing from another member..

[tulip tinsel]

borrow meck and it's ez

[exotic sorrel]

Would've been good IF SOMEONE HAD A MECK in my guild 💔

[tulip tinsel]

then lion

[exotic sorrel]

Actually wait I'm pretty sure atleast someone had Meck but I think they're just gatekeeping her

No Lion too... 😓

But they do have a vanguard maybe I could replace my Doy with her

[hearty tiger]

better off using both of them tbh theyre both good against bosses just give them AP guns

[silk sphinx]

I wouldn’t worry too much about it

As long as you hit once you’ll get all rewards

Plenty of players also don’t do the boss everyday so you might already contribute more damage than the average guild member

Also just in general you can borrow three ships total I think? As long as both vanguard and man fleet both have at least one ship belonging to you

Lion and meckleburg are obviously great but compiler has been the boss for years now without getting harder

You don’t need tip top ships, people were doing fine without them, being able to borrow them already pretty much guarantees the max damage if your other ships aren’t insanely badly geared or too low level

[exotic sorrel]

This whole time getting the maximum damage≠maximum rewards?

[tulip tinsel]

even if you don't get the highest point you'll get the same reward

500 guild coin and 15 gold plate or smth

[tiny apex]

just randomly found vanguard is she good ?

[viscid swift]

The ship?

[tulip tinsel]

don't build on heavy pool 💔

[agile temple]

i have been using auto up until now but i just failed for the first time at 9-1, do most people start playing manual when it gets harder (am i even at the harder part? 😭 ) or do i just need to get stronger?

This is how my fleet is looking

[onyx flame]

well your not exactly overlevel compared to w9 so your ships no longer have level advantage to beat the out of ammo debuff quite as well anymore

you can either level them up higher/replace with better ships/gear or consider working on a 2nd fleet to handle the boss

[agile temple]

is queen elizabeth or arizona a good bb for a second fleet? those are the only two purple bb i have

[viscid swift]

Get Maryland from the Guild Shop and start leveling her up.

[timid beacon]

Sir Humphrey what was your first UR gear you got when you started the game

[viscid swift]

That was probably an Mk7 from the first run of New Jersey's event.

[flint arrow]

how do i go back to edit my avatar in island planner

[winter hare]

ok, so when it comes down to the standard garanteed pull out of the UR exchange, who should i go for?

plus a jervis

[sweet delta]

this and please stop pulling heavy or special banners

[winter hare]

only pull event i presume?

[sweet delta]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/#gacha
and not all events are worth pulling

[winter hare]

thank you!!!!!

[spice lily]

Where to play?

[silk sphinx]

What does this mean

[spice lily]

If "what does this mean" is your power, what are you without it?

[viscid swift]

Are you actually going to clarify or just be a smartass?

[nocturne magnet]

should i change portland to prinz eugen? or just keep until chapter 9

[viscid swift]

You're paying Gold Bullins for a ship that is functionally no different, so no.

[nocturne magnet]

aight thanks

[pine wren]

wheres the best use for gems i get for 3starring campaign

[viscid swift]

/gems

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Gem Spending 101

Gems in Azur Lane are fairly rare from an F2P perspective. However, the gacha in Azur lane does not require gems and their main usage is expansion of facilities like dorm, academy, docks and depot, as well as buying resources, resource packs, premium items (rings and name change), and skins.

As an F2P, you can get up to 4900 guaranteed gems (3750 for 3* clearing all 15 main campaign worlds, 900 for completing Bands collection and 150 for 8 days login campaign), not counting random gems from commissions or occasional bonuses from events or other sources.

Considering limited availability of gems for F2P players, even if spent exclusively on QoL upgrades, it is impossible to upgrade everything.

This is the recommended way to spend gems as an F2P:

• 3rd Dorm slot (300 gems)
• Dorm 2nd floor (500 gems)
• Dock space (remaining gems)

The main purpose of the dorm is for faster morale regen while grinding. Using ships with 0 morale will receive a 50% exp penalty and lose affinity.

The 2nd floor of the dorm will have the same number of slots as the 1st floor. While it lacks passive exp gain, it has faster morale regen. 3 dorm slots with the 2nd floor gives you a total of 6 slots, which is enough for your whole mob fleet.

Dock space is the biggest constraint for players. While this can help casual players collect all their waifus, there is also practical use in collecting ships - for later levelling to get their fleet tech on reaching lvl 120. These are important for players as they provide crucial additional stats that help players to tackle the hardest content (W14/15, H.Arbiters, CM).

Alternatively, players may consider getting the 3rd Academy slot for faster skill training or more dorm slots instead of just dock space (not recommended).

While players may opt to buy skins/rings with the F2P gems, this will come at the cost of QoL. It is recommended to only buy those with real money 💳.

[serene moth]

Socrates wants to have a word with you.

[rapid tusk]

I’ve limit broken San Francisco but got another ship drop. Will I need another copy of her at some point or no? Should I just retire her?

[inner delta]

most likely no

you can retire

[rapid tusk]

Most likely no?

[inner delta]

there's like 1% of people that either want to fleet power flex or some fun stuff not with san fran tho

but on like 99% of the cases you dont need a 2nd one

[rapid tusk]

Ok I’ll retire her. Thanks

Which campaigns are best for grinding commander level again?

[inner delta]

your highest

iirc its war archive polaris, i dont exactly remember tho

but in general for cmdr lv is just use 6 ship and do your highest/your best farming world

[rapid tusk]

So I guess for me that would be 12-4 since I’m commander level 82?

[inner delta]

oh 12-4 is just good for all kind of ship lvs/gold farming too anyway

so just do that yeah

[rapid tusk]

Should I use HECLS?

[inner delta]

if you are short on time sure, but otherwise its kinda w/e since it just run you twice per 1 run

it doesn't really do anything else than just save you time

[tiny apex]

ye

[viscid swift]

She's fine, not exactly the highest priority for UR Bulins.

[cobalt robin]

do we know when the next ur banner will be?

[tiny apex]

another thing should i max limitbreake implacable with 2 bulin or should i keep them

[whole crypt]

DOA collab rerun 2 stream coming so likely that next Thu

[viscid swift]

I don't remember your roster but my got reaction would be no.

[tiny apex]

ignore the shamakase i used to things way more random

[whole crypt]

if you randomly found Vanguard you.re building in the wrong pool

[tiny apex]

i did the 3 build for the event

wanted to try luck

[whole crypt]

so you're wasting cubes

[viscid swift]

What event.

[whole crypt]

probably last one

[tiny apex]

the one that just went out

[tiny apex]

yea once in a while i have fun trowing some shit away and see if i get lucky

[whole crypt]

if you can't afford more bulins right now just save till CN anniv

[viscid swift]

Impossible given that there were no URs in said event pool.

[whole crypt]

he probably built perm heavy/special

[tiny apex]

isnt the whole game based on gambling

[whole crypt]

AL is a logistics simulator disguised as a gacha so resource management matters

[tiny apex]

there were the daily to build 3 daily and i already had all event ships

[whole crypt]

if you can afford the cubes then sure go ahead but it's just not recommended

[viscid swift]

I wouldn't have spent 5 cubes for 300 event points.

[tiny apex]

its not like i do it every day

[whole crypt]

like I said if you have the spare cubes knock yourself out

[tiny apex]

as said once in a while to see if i get lucky

[tiny apex]

2 question 1 how much does the pulls last for the new ur 2 does the like pull i did trough the 400 for secured stay when event comes on ?

[viscid swift]

Permanent pity is well permanent.

[soft raft]

And any banner that isnt a UR one counts towards perma pity

[tiny apex]

ye well but is the event one with the ur like separated one it keep counting trugh the same one

[whole crypt]

event UR pools have their own pity that are reset after the event is over
permanent pity is permanent

[soft raft]

UR Banners have their own sepreate pity yes
And no it does not transfer between URs

[viscid swift]

It's separate.

[tiny apex]

ye wanted to know that

also how much does the new ur event generally last ?

[viscid swift]

2 weeks, 3 for the CN and JP Anniversary events.

[soft raft]

And reruns last 1 week as per usual

[tiny apex]

ok so i should get there with around 300 cubes if i dont gamble

[whole crypt]

you should get there with as many cubes as you can because an UR rerun can happen right after a new UR event and you could easily spend north of 600 cubes in that case

even if you ignore collabs you could still get unlucky with non-UR pulls unless you're willing to skip on them till later

[tiny apex]

yea i guess

but i fear more then cubes my problem will be coins

[whole crypt]

coins you can grind

[viscid swift]

Coins are easy if you grind.

[tiny apex]

oil is kinda meh

[viscid swift]

The income is sufficient if you grind the right maps.

[tiny apex]

i just started w10

[viscid swift]

Alternatively, you can curve your spending in the run-up to an event to build up coins.

[viscid swift]

W10 would not be sufficient.

W11 would be the minimum, W12 would be preferable.

[tiny apex]

ye still making my fleets a bit stronger

[tiny apex]

idk if i can already run

also still upgrading skills and doing retrofits

[whole crypt]

unless you're gearing wrongly that should be able to push to 12, maybe with a bit of leveling

[tiny apex]

gearing is the most confusing thing in this game

[viscid swift]

That is why we created the Quick Gear Guide.

[tiny apex]

also i played a few gacha and never play one with more complex mechanics

[viscid swift]

I would dare say you never played any older gacha games then.

[tiny apex]

yep

[viscid swift]

Because none of this is particularly unusual for games of the era.

[tiny apex]

mostly into the "new" ones

[viscid swift]

I.e. the original Girls Frontline, Fate Grand Order, among others.

[tiny apex]

favorite one is dokkan battle to make an example

[timid beacon]

True, have you played FGO Sir Humphrey?

Nvm you answered my question

[viscid swift]

Azur Lane is the only gacha game I have played outside a bit of Uma Musume.

[rapid shard]

Honestly AL is one of the more simple older gachas tbh

[tiny apex]

i got a friend playing arknights he says that is complex too

but idk

[whole crypt]

AK you can just find a guide and copy+paste

AL has a bit more RNG but you should have plenty of headroom if you follow the appropriate guides

[rain bobcat]

its complex if you dont just go kyostin copy and call it a day

but also a lot of braindead units so idk how you lose non risk30+ stuff anyway

[true chasm]

Hey guys, I've been wandering if this is a very good fleet, especially for META? My vanguard tends to die way too quickly, especially Plymouth (Which I put in the middle). I can show my docks if it helps.

[wind hazel]

way too many sextuple especially on your bb, they should be using aa gun that provide hit stat like the one on agir

you might be getting double mark on your vanguard hence them dying

[true chasm]

I didn't even know this was a thing, thank you.

[wind hazel]

helena's gun should be on plymouth

[viscid swift]

Fleet recommendations are in the pins.

[wind hazel]

probably need to drop agir

[true chasm]

Got it, my bad.

[little plinth]

what does the 1701 AVI threshold do for w16 fleets?

[sweet delta]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/chapter-16-mechanics/#16-3-and-16-4-fog-mechanics

[little plinth]

oh ok missed that part, thanks; I'm having a lot of trouble hitting 1701 with this fleet, I assume vanguard doesn't contribute here? I'm matching backline exactly as far as I can tell but only have 1614 AVI, fleet tech on CVL/CV is 69/56 respectively.

[sweet delta]

cats count

if you're clearing before 100%, then you pay more oil if you don't reach 1701.
if you're not 3 starring on lethal, then the maps are really easy so you can use a higher-AVI CV or just pay more oil

[little plinth]

ah yeah looks like my main CV cats are on a different fleet, that'll do it ty

[winter hare]

South dakota, or mushashi

south dakota i can actually build tho

[sweet delta]

who is fly and why do you have south dakota

[winter hare]

fucking autocorrect on PC discord

[winter hare]

i had around 45k merit to spend...

[sweet delta]

with no context on who you have, i can only say neither south dakota nor musashi, assuming you can't limit break musashi

[winter hare]

i cannot, no.
heres who i have though!

not the best. but its worked so far

[sweet delta]

you can use colorado and seydlitz for the campaign

[winter hare]

gotcha

so go for a dupe of shinano?

-# i have a UR exchange is why im asking

[rapid tusk]

Are there any recommended fleet setups for certain characters? I want to run Sao Martinho but unsure how to run it?

[soft raft]

You dont
Sailing Frigates are all dogshit

[rapid tusk]

What’s the point of sailing frigates then?

[soft raft]

Because the Devs wanted to do something unique for Halloween

[rapid tusk]

Ah I see

Are there any recommended fleet setups for what I have atm?

[viscid swift]

Set up for what exactly?

[rapid tusk]

Atm I’m just grinding 12-4 for commander level but just wondering for 13-1 onwards

[viscid swift]

You might to give these resources a read.
https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/#chapter-13

https://azur-lane-regal.suchiguma.com/

[timid beacon]

I don’t know if there is a specific spot to put musashi in my main fleet since I’d figured she would tank damage frequently

[rapid shard]

You normally have your BB as flag ship

[timid beacon]

Damn alright I’ll do that, I though people said to not put her as flag ship idk

I’ll just do Aquila (Fighter) and Musashi and Unicorn then, thanks ninja

[rapid shard]

Unless the BB has a specfic off flag skill (Like UvH) you normally always want them flagship/Middle postion. It gives them the most coverage to intercept suicide boats and also center their barrage for ships that have it

[real haven]

do i want bayard or umamusume

[hollow gust]

Huh?

If you mean Daisen there are far too many UR BBs

[real haven]

but umamusume

[hollow gust]

[real haven]

is umamusume

yeah ill prob roll with bayard then

[wind hazel]

[pearl haven]

anyone have list of cross fleet girl for latest update? latest i got was porter

[wind hazel]

same as before except moskva>unzen

[slow fox]

meow

[sweet delta]

wtf have you heard that mebot is a wiki member

[slow fox]

He is? I checked his account on the wiki and he has literally zero contributions

[cobalt gate]

so how much worse is this vs having ace?

[silver solar]

Is this build good or you would have something better to suggest?

[cobalt gate]

z flag is kinda useless. do you have gold fire radar?

[silver solar]

i do have it on another ship

i could swap it with that ship

[cobalt gate]

whats the other ship? that one might be better than warspite

[silver solar]

raffaello

she has it

[cobalt gate]

oh keep on raffalo, she is more useful than warspite

if you have extra white or black shells use those instead

AA guns that give hit are better for backline

[silver solar]

i can swap that white shell with flag and the z flag would go for raffaello intead

[wind hazel]

you lose out slightly avi

i dont remember which give higher rld

[silver solar]

i sadly don't have any of those

[wind hazel]

turns out your also lose out on rld by 2

[wind hazel]

stop using z flag it's useless

[silver solar]

well i bought it like a year ago💀

[strong tartan]

go to your depot and check what you can craft

[wind hazel]

that's irrelevant

bought it 6 years ago or 1 year ago, it's still useless gear

[silver solar]

i can craft one that gives 10 hit and 3 that give 5 hit

[silver solar]

well i wasted those cores then

[wind hazel]

yes

[strong tartan]

you can craft the staag and those hazemeyers

[silver solar]

i have that UR fire control on musashi and i want to keep it on Musashi

[rapid shard]

buy second one

[wind hazel]

if you're using both ships at the same time sure. but otherwise there's no harm in swapping gear

[silver solar]

well Musashi is in my main fleet so swapping it won't work

[silver solar]

i can if i get resources

[fiery swan]

Does anyone know what Reno's new barrage looks like

[vast nest]

Hello guys, I'm a new player and I just pulled Amagi from the requisition option and I was wondering if I should remove Pennysilvania from my team and add her. I checked on one tier list and it says she's tier 1 (https://slaimuda.github.io/ectl/#/home) but on another tier list she's tier C and only for W14 mob (https://azur-lane-regal.suchiguma.com/). I'm a bit confused on which tier list to follow and I'm wondering if someone could guide me. Sorry for the long message and thanks to those who will spend time reading it.

[tulip tinsel]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/
normal amagi not rly good and slaimuda is dead site

and don't pull on req it's a scam

[vast nest]

Thanks a lot for the answer.

[exotic sorrel]

Worth using my time to get this gun just for Musashi?

[wind hazel]

if you constantly use her sure

depends on where you are at in campaign, whether you have other ur bb or not

[exotic sorrel]

Ah alright thank you, and yeah she's my only UR BB, not including Ulrich because I don't plan on having her Mlb

[crystal ore]

I have shinano. NJ, shimakaze but none are MLB

[woven star]

Shinano have bad barrage. Only 3 attempts after 2nd fight. She's good as ship when mlb but worst barrage. Anyway if nothing better.

[unborn osprey]

Question.. where do u catch sea bass in Island planner I have had no luck finding it

[tulip tinsel]

https://discord.com/channels/456397991847395339/1422463299877867540

[unborn osprey]

Thanks 👍

[autumn cargo]

is there any way for me to get z47 and z43?

[wind hazel]

not at the moment

[wide needle]

Is Eldridge non retro still good?

[whole crypt]

no

[flint arrow]

you can't make your island planner avatar female?

[wind hazel]

no

[real haven]

no, we cant be womander

[agile pewter]

Does saratoga's air strike from her augment module proc the vanguard buff?

[still knot]

What gear should I upgrade?

[ivory pawn]

Upgrade whatever you actively use.
So if it's equipped to a ship that's going out to fight, it should be +10. Otherwise, it should be +0 or whatever level it currently is.

If you need tips on what to use, check out https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[still knot]

Kk

Thanks

[peak fable]

wait, what happens when you are 50 levels below the sortie you are doing? do you just do no damage? or just 1%?

[boreal wagon]

level advantage caps at -50%/+50% respectively

[peak fable]

ah kk, ty

[exotic sorrel]

No, it's her own mini airstrike

I just realized some of these people in my guild are using 100/150 aviation fuel in what situations is that actually needed?

[silk sphinx]

pvp

damage dealt to the enemy by planes crashing is proportional to HP, and by increasing plane speed also you get to land the damage faster and take less aa damage to your planes

[exotic sorrel]

As in 0 situations that it could be used in pve? Alright that's all I needed to know

[silk sphinx]

yeah it's not relevant for pve

[forest palm]

What's the loadout for IXMs?

[lucid dirge]

Can somebody explain how does 3 skills (reload buff) works for Yorktown II

does It works on herself?

[boreal wagon]

it does not work on herself and it simply removes 8/10% of the time it would've taken (from start to finish, not from the moment york2 launches)

[whole crypt]

which is how you force sync Yorktown II with Lexington II and/or Enterprise and/or other Essexes

[undone plover]

In practice she shaves off ~1-2 seconds of their cooldown if they are slower than her
So they can run slower planes and and still sync

[slim condor]

Ok I dont have FDG would this be a good mobbing fleet for World 14?

[pine wren]

whats's the guide about properly building my ship? I really can't grasp on how should I build each ship

[undone plover]

Your aa guns are not ideal
Use roomba on all if u dont have better

Vanguard is not the best UR BB to carry tbh
Who else do u have

Also gumo and poi is kinda scraping the barrel if I am honest
I expect gumo will explode at least once on u unless u will babysit and restart runs

Make a thread
And did u read ch14 guide?

[undone plover]

if u are asking about gear then use this https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide

if u mean who to level and LB and use
then consult the tier list
or ask here and show your dock

this tierlist https://azur-lane-regal.suchiguma.com/

check the content tab at the top
someone who is good for mob is not ideal for hard arbiter

[lucid dirge]

can somebody explain how skip bombs works? What are average hit rate (because for most DB damage is lower because of it)

is it just like torps in azur lane? Or something else?

[slim condor]

Huh I was looking at the community tier list and the aa equipped was always ranked higher than the roombas. I must have missed the pin for the lvl 14 guide. These was a fleet makeup someone said 'just use this. Here are my BBs and top DDs I figured Eldridge should go into the boss fleet

[silk sphinx]

are you talking about the russian Su6?

it's a dive bomber with apparently converging bombs instead

[low bough]

Is the type 95 sub torpedo good?

[silk sphinx]

slightly below tenrai in general performance according to some people

[lucid dirge]

so it IS like converging Torpedo bombers?

[silk sphinx]

yep

[lucid dirge]

Thanks(it's faster(and maybe comparable in damage) then sb2c Helldiver so maybe it's better on bosses)

[silk sphinx]

also i don't know what db hit rate is, part of is for example bomb spread and aoe, but maybe you can estimate as 50% for single target bosses, while rockets would be 100

in this skip bombs would be closer to 100%

but works less like a normal db

[viscid swift]

The existing Skip Bombers, even factoring in their higher geometric accuracy, still don't beat the Helldiver overall.

[lucid dirge]

I remembered this exist
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/User:Riceist/BombSpread

[lucid dirge]

that's sad...

[viscid swift]

https://azur-lane-regal.suchiguma.com/
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

You might want to give these a read as well.

[agile temple]

Question just out of curiosity as I have not yet retrofitted anyone, if you did somehow fully retrofit a character before MLB them does it then take higher rarity bulins to LB because of Retrofit increasing character rarity? (Is that last part even true? It seems like that is what happens based on the wiki/guides)

[viscid swift]

You can't fully retrofit a character before max limit breaking them.

[agile temple]

Ah like it just won't let you do the last step of it? Makes sense

[silk sphinx]

and regardless, even if you retrofit them, the increase in rarity is mostly aesthetic and for sorting

the limit break price, the cog awakening price, exp levelling curves all follow original rarity numbers

[agile temple]

Oh

[silk sphinx]

so you can lb and retrofit however you want, end total cost will be the exact same

[exotic sorrel]

Uh

Anyways I have a question, does my mob fleet have to be strong enough to fight off nodes even with the ammo debuff penalty?

[pine wren]

how can i defeat escort fleet in hardmode, there's only boss

[exotic sorrel]

I just reached commander 70, cleared chapter 10 with just one fleet but yes I've realized it's definitely hard to do the later stages without a second fleet

[exotic sorrel]

Turn off clear mode I think that's what makes you go straight to the boss

[agile temple]

this guy got hacked lol

[silk sphinx]

<@&472236072743600148> i think we have a compromised account spamming

[pine wren]

there's no other fleet except boss

[exotic sorrel]

Even with clear mode turned off?

[pine wren]

yeah

[exotic sorrel]

I think there's a button you have to press to make it so that you don't face the boss instantly, kinda forgot

[silk sphinx]

depends, but in general ideally yes

you have 5 ammo, in general you might only have to do like 1 out of ammo fight or two

more of course if you're going for 3 stars

[exotic sorrel]

Yeah I'm aiming to get 3 stars for that exact question

[agile temple]

clear mode is on

[silk sphinx]

yeah in that case your fleet needs to be able to do most fights on no ammo

[soft raft]

Turn off clearing mode
Clearing mode for hard mode just spawns the boss

[pine wren]

ohh my bad the one I turned off was auto search lol

[young otter]

So if this guy is in my Submarine Fleet, but the skill description’s say my whole fleet gains the buffs, will my surface fleets gain the buffs from this guy’s skills?

[night dirge]

Any idea when Alsace re runs

[rapid grail]

soon™
sometime after cn anni on may, could be on may-june
i tell you when but not exact. scheduling is quite wonky when you have to balance new and rerunning events every 2 years, give or take some weeks/months

soyuz has already reran, am waiting for alsegs

[young otter]

Ouch. Kinda rough to have good skills but on the wrong ship.

[lucid dirge]

When are new pr9 going to start ?

and what are predictions/maybes?

[soft raft]

Sometime in July
At earliest the middle

[sweet delta]

they're not really good skills even for the surface fleet

[rapid grail]

i used to spam these almost every day when i got prints of the UR gear
2nd thursday of july, i guess

[young otter]

Okay, yeah, the really good ones are +3% damage dealt and maybe -3% taken.

[timid beacon]

No idea if FDG is worth developing? Even if I have Musashi NJ and I won’t count Gasco or Rupprecht wait actually those are the only good BBS I have. So is it or nah? Or should I just try making drake for HMS tech points since I’m missing like 95 more to unlock Plymouth.

[onyx flame]

if you got musashi, she def isnt anymore

[still knot]

is there a guide for Meowfficers

[onyx flame]

do /cats in #bot-spam

[still knot]

thanks

[timid beacon]

Like not worth developing anyone you mean

[soft raft]

If you have more than 3 UR BBs, no not really

[onyx flame]

yea, takes too long to get her up and she performs worse than musashi

[rapid grail]

ply would do more to strengthen your account more than fdg will
especially since you already got 2 great BBs alr

[wide needle]

Next event when?

[onyx flame]

after next week maint, DOA rerun (maybe new stuff gotta see on mon stream)

[wide needle]

Whats in DOA?

[rapid grail]

especially when you start to think how long the PR/DR process is going to last and the fact that powercreep in some way or form will show up to the point where (x) perma ship gets powercrept

[timid beacon]

I really do want Plymouth alright I’ll continue to develop Monarch then I am just going to take whatever tech points she can give me

I am mlbing every hms ship that I can

[rapid grail]

mlb your brits in dock, you'll wwant them for the requirements

[timid beacon]

For the combat XP?

Idk what brits mean besides British people lol

[weary edge]

royal navy ships

[wind hazel]

royal navy= the brits

[timid beacon]

Oh yeah I’m set on that already

Scylla will steal mvp easily and so on and I got Sirius and Neptune

[weary edge]

me personally getting royal navy tech took me so long, i had meck dev30 long before i even had enough tech points to start researching plymouth

[wind hazel]

normal. IB gets double points

[weary edge]

truth nuke

[timid beacon]

That’s crazy 😭

[weary edge]

and i only just recently finished development for plymouth bc getting the xp took forever lol

[timid beacon]

Also what’s this abt Plymouth being coinable? Is it only for dev? Or only for fate sim

[weary edge]

wdym

[timid beacon]

Lack of HMS vanguard?

[timid beacon]

I see ppl saying Plymouth is coinable and others saying she isn’t

[weary edge]

yea i lowk dont have a lot, plymouth is coinable

i can confirm this as i am currently coining her lol

[timid beacon]

That’s nice to know thanks, quick question have you played maps that drop elite hms ships for fleet tech and use the dupes for mlb?

[weary edge]

you can use the azur lane wiki and check which ships give # amount of tech points for each faction, and also through there check where you can get them

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Fleet_Technology

just scroll down to where it says "Tech Points Per Ship", then click on the royal navy tab. it shows you how much fleet tech u get on collection, then from mlb, then from reaching lvl 120

[timid beacon]

Sure I’ll do that rn

[rapid grail]

fleet tech, and they're usually the ships you'll need to farm combat xp for the pr/dr ship you want to build

two birds with one stone if you do this w/ different ships

[timid beacon]

I’m all set with my vanguard of HMS ships I’m just trying to get like 100 more tech points to unlock Plymouth

[flint arrow]

im bit confused about oil costs, how come i had 320 oil, select to do a run of 12-4 (game tells me it costs 317 oil) but somehow i dont have enough to do the boss fight?

[ivory pawn]

Either you had to fight an extra fleet to gain access to the boss, or you're autocalling subs.

[soft raft]

Likely the subs being autocalled

[flint arrow]

i see, i am autocalling subs to give theem some exp yeah

[soft raft]

yeah that would explain it
their costs are not reflected in the menu since it's not a guarentee they'll be summoned for every fight

[ivory pawn]

Game can't predict how many times you'll be able to autocall subs, so it just doesn't factor in sub oil cost at all.

[flint arrow]

ok ty makes sense

[hot turret]

It's been hard to follow but I'm guessing next event is an SR event?

[viscid swift]

Dead or Alive: Venus Vacation Collab re-rerun.

[hot turret]

Ah alright, good to know

[broken moat]

whats the best ships for meta showdown

[silk sphinx]

by the way, what was the info on mecklenburg? she just starts with 2 MGM and goes to 4 MGM?

[sweet delta]

She is 3 mgm

Kansas and Fritz go from 2 to 4 perhaps

[viscid swift]

What.

[sweet delta]

Scammer probably forgot to update their bio first 💀

[viscid swift]

<@&460646206851252224> Scammer, they're posting this in every channel.

[atomic abyss]

I swear we already banned that guy earlier...

[sweet delta]

The earlier guy was kusanagi031

[atomic abyss]

Oh what

[sweet delta]

Jk idk

[timid peak]

Are collab ships usually good or just for collection

[sweet delta]

There have been some insane ones

[viscid swift]

Some being the key word.

[sweet delta]

Nowadays new ones are around high SR level

[viscid swift]

I should probably write something on the old ones to get a head start.

[sweet delta]

DoA?

[viscid swift]

Yes.

[sweet delta]

More like DoR (Dead on Rerun)

[viscid swift]

I walked right into that one.

[silk sphinx]

Tactical Simulation Island Planner

[timid beacon]

I wish I knew about arbiter boss last month

Is there better rewards for hard arbiter boss in opsi?

Like gold circuit boards materials and so on

[cobalt gate]

its more gold plates and rainbow bp

[timid beacon]

Rainbow bp? Oh yeah I’ll spend the rest of the month trying to beat that then

[cobalt gate]

@timid beacon here are the rewards, hard doesn't give more rainbow bp just normal

[silk sphinx]

You get around a third of the rewards

Less, due to no ultra rare print

[exotic sorrel]

The event Roses of the High tower or something was last year right

How long do events usually get their rerun?

[viscid swift]

2 years give or take.

[exotic sorrel]

Damn so I have to wait for possibly another year just for Lion 💔

[forest palm]

what's the build for IXMs?

[silk sphinx]

for ixm there's only one mg option iirc? the old-demi. for the other other two guns the one that aims towards the left

[forest palm]

the only weird stuff is aux

[silk sphinx]

i favor grapeshot + cannonball crate or event aux

[forest palm]

makes sense

[signal path]

[silk sphinx]

it happens.

[forest palm]

do you have 12+ hrs of research qued?

if you do and don't want to use cubes then that's an option

[signal path]

2 mins. GAP then Daily reset will happen

Im cooked if after refresh its as bad as this Lol

[ivory pawn]

How many cubes do you have?

[silk sphinx]

its 3 cubes. it happens ythat you have to take the cost

[rain bobcat]

3 cubes is nothing

[pine wren]

is the ships exp given in campaign based off the damage dealt or based on ship level

[viscid swift]

The amount of XP given per node per ship is predetermined.

The flagship gets 1.5x XP, MvP gets 2x XP, and any ship with the high morale bonus gets 20% more XP in battle.

[rapid tusk]

Is this any good for Prinz?

[sweet delta]

it's basically the best CA gun, which is wasted on prinz eugen

[rapid tusk]

Who should I use it on?

Sorted by CA

[sweet delta]

portland or if you decide to use San Francisco

[rapid tusk]

Okay thanks

[sleek bolt]

Guys, i have hard time "1 Shotting" most META Bossfight.
Normally due to time running out (HP 13% left).
I saw few youtuber got 1 shotting, with auto, without helena & oathing.

But, when i use same LVL 125 UR ship & 13+ gear (not all gear, only 3/5)
Why still not enough? is there a secret sauce ?

Im expecting my "RLD stats" from my "Fleet tech" slowing down my last salvo.
Does this RLD from fleet tech enough ? ( BB +11 CV +33 )
I could push +6 more for both of them, need few week more lvl 120 up dozen ship

or 13+ x5 gear, have huge impact compare to 3x 13+ & 2x 10+ gear, on META fight ?

Thanks for the pins guys, definitely more than enough info & tips for me

[wind hazel]

you need max rld without oath for 4 strikes

[sleek bolt]

Thanks for confirmation i knew something was off , 12 ship left for 120+ , glad start lvl 120 ages ago

[weary edge]

does going back to a zone you already have a star on in opsi count towards the zones cleared

[sleek bolt]

Guys, do we have compilation for META Showdown Guide like this yet ?
This is extremely useful

[viscid swift]

We did but the person who upkept that stopped playing.

And frankly, none of us could ever hope to match Pilica's dedication and professionalism so that's being left untouched.

And honestley powercreep makes pretty much all of the showdowns in the dossier a joke.

[sleek bolt]

My full Lvl 125 UR 13+ fleet still struggle with 1 shotting Nagato META tho
i guess i got serious skill issue then (i only oath helena btw, but rarely use her due to RNG skill)
(BTW thanks for mentioning old legend, imma do some research about him now)

[wind hazel]

define UR 13+ fleet

[viscid swift]

That could mean just about anything.

[wind hazel]

nj uvh warspite is also UR 13+ fleet

[sweet delta]

My UR+13 fleet featuring a Mk 7 beat nagato meta with 19s left

[wind hazel]

im scared to read what you're about to unleash, you've been cooking for 5minutes

[rapid shard]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uz0UvQHsVUrlNz08Pc1IN04oABfMeiXTngfM8XJzRXo/edit?tab=t.0

Heres this. isnt updated anymore but still has the old ones

[trail dagger]

This result against abyssal concealmet c5, is this gear issue? Still can not one shot abyssal

[wind hazel]

maybe? don't know what kind of boss it is either. or the skills

[trail dagger]

This is the boss

[wind hazel]

or maybe you have very low adapt

[trail dagger]

I'm at 190 192 182

[wind hazel]

gear issue then, you're not outdamaging the heal, most likely

just use another fleet

[trail dagger]

Oh okay, can you actually use 1 fleet to oneshot every abyssal?

[wind hazel]

yes

[viscid swift]

Yes.

[wind hazel]

for simplicity i suggest to just use bb fleet

[sleek bolt]

I follow UR at ETCL, if it counter enemy skill
But I just 13+ few UR gear & mostly golden gear that appear in ETCL
Swapping gear sometime got me forgetting to swap them back.
Currently tried to copensate this, by maxxing fleet tech stat

but im not willing enough to oath (other ship than helena)
i dont utilize reload calculator (yet)
And using auto most of time
this might be my problem

[viscid swift]

I've oneshot Light Armor Abyssals even with AP.

[trail dagger]

[viscid swift]

On my Battleships.

[viscid swift]

You might want to give this a look.
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide

[wind hazel]

idk what that means, you explained nothing about what ships you're using

[trail dagger]

WTF this is joke 🤧

[wind hazel]

no oath is not an issue most of the time. i dont have my ships oathed too. you do need to compensate with tech, like you said

[trail dagger]

Warpy outdeal my meck

[true chasm]

Is next ship banner most likely to be Bismarck Zwie?

[wind hazel]

no

bismarck zwei is next to be added to permanent exchange

[true chasm]

Got it, thank you

[sleek bolt]

For regen meta
I use Biskozwei, Frit, Vanguard , WillieD, Traf, Z56 (Lion stay in opsi mob, im lazy swap out her AP gear to avoid forgetting, this might be biggest issue)

[viscid swift]

https://azur-lane-regal.suchiguma.com/

You might want to have a look at what ships are good against heavy armor bosses.

[wind hazel]

if you're lazy to do basic gear switching, then you gonna be enjoying that lazy damage

[sleek bolt]

I thought i can compensate with RLD tech for extra salvo
Dang it

[viscid swift]

It might help if you actually used ships whose strengths were against heavy armor bosses.

And equipped them appropriately.

[wind hazel]

against light

[viscid swift]

Aren't they trying to one shot Nagato META.

[wind hazel]

no the above is regen meta

the previous one was nagato meta

[viscid swift]

Oh Regensburg, that's an Aurora difference most likely.

Among other issues.

[sleek bolt]

Holy molly
this perfect, i still havent finish old dossier meta yet
Thanks alot

[sleek bolt]

Aurora keep throwing regen stack on DD
if she improve alot, imma try experimenting her stat base on Pinned guide then
update, putting oxytorp on WIllieD is only fix i need, aurora fleet surviving now , Thanks for the guide link yall*

[edgy dust]

Which war archive should I start with

[onyx flame]

should only be doing war archive if
you need iron blood faction tech inwhich case do divergent chessboard
or you not high enough commander level to reach chp 9 in campaign in which case do passionate polaris/universe in unison

[solar sapphire]

Hello again

Sorry to bother, but is this worth it?

[hollow gust]

Generally yes but you kinda broke

[solar sapphire]

Broke?

[hollow gust]

508 cubes is not a lot at all

[solar sapphire]

Is 30k not a lot.

Ah, you mean cubes

[solar sapphire]

Well, I came back after some years and had around 400

[hollow gust]

30k is also broke asf but its coins , it's easy to farm that

[rapid shard]

Its worth it

[solar sapphire]

So, just farm anything else?

[north gorge]

yeah 500 cubes is enough to not worry about doing that research

[solar sapphire]

Take into account I may need to pull on almost all reruns of UR that will eventually happen

[north gorge]

next UR is not until CN anniv, and next UR rerun is after that, you have plenty of time to save

[solar sapphire]

My newest UR (ignoring Soyuz, since I got her recently) is Unzen

[wind hazel]

there's a collab coming so be aware of that

[solar sapphire]

What? Collab?

[wind hazel]

yes dead or alive collab

[solar sapphire]

Oh

Thanks, you convinced me to skip that thing

[wind hazel]

yeah if you care about collab collection, i'd skip it too.

[hoary relic]

so we have DAL collab next?

[tulip tinsel]

dead or alive collab rerun or smth next week or 2 idk

[cobalt gate]

we have to livestream tommorow i think

[rapid shard]

15-4 Farming fleet setups

[pine wren]

Im currently stuck at 5-4 (I got capped at commander level) Is it alright to repeatedly clear 5-4

[agile temple]

Any of these girls worth getting from medal shop? Included an ss of my DDs

[silk sphinx]

kazagumo is useful if you don't have kearsarge for an eagle union cv fleet, or is good for a sakura empire cv fleet

also can be used in campaign with some effectiveness. Yukikaze has an augment that significantly increases tankyness

otherwise the only particularly noteworthy stuff is that z46/triomphant/malin have fp tech

[agile temple]

Is there a way i can see what the girls look like in game from here or do i need to check google

[onyx flame]

kaza, the rest is kinda whatever

[onyx flame]

if you had them before hand you can check the ingame archives, other than that you gotta check wiki

[agile temple]

What is fleet point tech, i keep seeing it mentioned but idk what its for

[agile temple]

Thats what fp tech is right?^

[onyx flame]

fp tech is this case means firepower tech

[agile temple]

Ah alr

[onyx flame]

its a stat that some ships give at level 120
which increase firepower by 1 or 2 for that hull of ship

[agile temple]

Oh, ty

[onyx flame]

but anyway just grab kazagumo first, the rest arent exactly worth thinking about

[agile temple]

When the shop refreshes in 13 days it rotates to another hull type right

[silk sphinx]

i wouldn't say rotate

[onyx flame]

not guaranteed to be another hull type

its just rng picking

[silk sphinx]

it just changes. could be any hull type, both could be same hull, the hull could stay the same

[agile temple]

Oh

[silk sphinx]

and its not 13 days

we're 4/12 (at least where i'm living), and it's a monthly shop

[agile temple]

Oh whoops thats a 9 not a 3 lol (sorry dont got my glasses on)

[silk sphinx]

this isn't making fun of you, but now i'm just curious how do you confuse a 3 for a 9 on a keyboard, they're not at all close

[agile temple]

No like looking at the shop i thought the 19 was a 13 cause its small in the top left lol

[silk sphinx]

ah ok that actually makes a lot of sense, thanks for explaining

[pine wren]

is clearing campaign with 1main and 1vanguard produce less commander exp than a full team

[rain vine]

yes

[pine wren]

is it better to place ships that I don't need/won't use or is it better to use my original team

[tulip tinsel]

level the one you're using

[rain vine]

you can pretty comfortably clear using 1 fleet until around world 10 or 11

[pine wren]

is it really this slow? Im clearing the highest difficulty I can (5-4)

I thought when ppl says reach ch9 asap I thought it'll take me 3days tops lol

[wind hazel]

it is slow. you can bypass this by purchasing lv70 commander level booster with $$

[pine wren]

damn didn't knew about it, thank you!

[cobalt robin]

its pretty good value if youre okay with spending around $5 or so

[pine wren]

yeah pretty worth it since I can unlock almost all the games function

[woven star]

My guess you'll got a lot troubles with this fleet in late chapters

Why ignore beginners guide?

[agile temple]

this was so worth it imo, the daily missions give such nice rewards and i didnt even know the chapters have CL reqs because of it. jumped straight from 10 to 70 for 5 bucks and a bunch of ship xp books (which im still saving for when i want to build my second fleet)

[pine wren]

who should I use then

[agile temple]

For the two Q-351, does the number on the rigging analysis matter? Like higher number better than lower?

[soft raft]

the roman numeral you see denotes the series that it belongs to

[agile temple]

does series matter if there are no ship blueprints?

[onyx flame]

very, since it dictates both the ship prints and the gear prints

[vital meadow]

what gear do i use on regensburg meta if i just wanna do opsi with her to raise her skill level?

[soft raft]

yes
each season has different exclusive gear as well

[soft raft]

Typical CL stuff

[vital meadow]

and that is....

[onyx flame]

https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[nocturne magnet]

i would say your main is fine, but afaik your vanguard according to the beginners guide the best ships to use until c-9 is portland for your tank, starter dd, and helena

[pine wren]

is helena still relevant in the higher level?

[nocturne magnet]

she can be pretty useful for her skill, a debuff for enemy at best she's good for bosses according to the guide

[soft raft]

for mob? what

[nocturne magnet]

oops i meant boss mb

[whole crypt]

she's relevant until you can sufficiently overkill without her

[lyric night]

Anyone know the name of the ost for world 15?

[little plinth]

what plane is this?

[wind hazel]

breguet

[teal hamlet]

Meowdy. I’m coming back after not playing the game since late 2018-early 2019. If I show my current highest levels, can someone help me put together a decent team? I did just get some new SRs too from catching up

[onyx flame]

prob make a thread posting your dock and someone can give you reco

[sick kettle]

need help picking between these 2

[onyx flame]

i'll grab meck one

[wind hazel]

[exotic sorrel]

I just checked the gear guide thing and it looks like almost all of them are gear labs 💔

Idk what to prio in research now after getting my 3 champy guns

Wait this guide is for 13+

[whole crypt]

it's not like you would have picked up your champagne guns from research

[sick kettle]

you research pr8, pls dont tell me you got the champy's through research

[exotic sorrel]

Oh...

[wind hazel]

you did?

[forest palm]

interesting

[pine wren]

is nayoro worth to invest long term

[ivory pawn]

Unfortunately I don't think a single new Elite has been worth using seriously since I started playing.
+1 CL TRP tech isn't the worst at least?

She's probably good enough to help reach chapter 12 at least if she's a fav.

[pine wren]

she alr but not as good as helena/ unicorn?

in terms of usefulness

[ivory pawn]

Considering they’re 2 of the top 3 Elite ships by a large margin, that’s a bit too high of a bar.

[viscid swift]

You might want to give this a look.
https://azur-lane-regal.suchiguma.com/

[wheat ore]

if i'm trying ot level up ships by playing 12-4, do i need to mlb URs? or can i just use them and should i level them a bit like up to 70 before using them?

[ivory pawn]

Don’t need to MLB them necessarily, just level them up with books until they don’t die.

[wheat ore]

so it's just trial and error? or is there like generally a level where it should be fine to leave them at?

[soft raft]

at least lvl 100 should be good assuming your gear isnt dogshit

[wraith pendant]

I use main fleet ships at lvl 70, vanguard at 100

some vanguard can start earlier, depends on their innate tankiness

[pine wren]

will the Date a Live ships come again

[viscid swift]

We cannot say with any certainty when or if the Date a Live ships will return but we cannot say with certainty that they will never return.

[weary edge]

lowk a shame too since kurumi was the free one and she's like a really strong tank

[viscid swift]

Though really I don't know of any gacha game with regularly scheduled reruns of collab characters.

[pine wren]

damn it was 4months ago

[weary edge]

i play epic seven and they've had like 3 or 4 collabs with guilty gear

[pine wren]

I returned little too late

[viscid swift]

Yes but are they on a regular, consistent schedule?

[weary edge]

nope lol

[viscid swift]

Precisely.

[weary edge]

i dont think any game has consistent collab schedules

[viscid swift]

Well, PR is technically a collab with World of Warships, but that's an edge case considering it's permanent content.

[pine wren]

btw what does CM and EX stands for

[weary edge]

i actually dont know, but if i had to guess, maybe monthly challenge and the EX stage during events?

[tulip tinsel]

Yea

[wheat ore]

this might be a bit of a weird question, but someone said that i have almost got one of the best boss main fleet (lion, zwei and meck) why would i try to level up other characters and use them in that case?

[weary edge]

you definitely do and im extremely jealous, but that's mostly because certain comps work better for certain bosses, for example, lion excels against light armour, while meck excels against heavy armour. when fighting a light armour boss, it'd be better to bring a different main fleet ship who's better against light armour in place of meck and vice versa

so like, against regensburg meta who is light armour, for main fleet, most people bring lex2, yorktown2, and lion

[viscid swift]

Fleet tech. The fact that there are better ships/compositions against specific bosses, like the current META showdown.

[wheat ore]

ah okay, i'm like level 106 and i don't think i've done a single meta showdown. What kind of rewards do i get from it?

[weary edge]

the meta ship and resources to upgrade the meta ship, but frankly most meta ships arent that worth using so not doing them isnt the end of the world lol

although you do get cog chips as well so

cog chips, gold retrofit blueprints, coins, and eventually UR gear boxes

but obviously to get that far you're gonna have to do a lot of opsi grinding

[wheat ore]

ah okay i see, i'm just sure what to priotise anymore because it seems that i have a decent fleet going. Would it be too bad to build a ship like Implacable because i like her design? or is there still better things to be doing?

[weary edge]

implacable has the most flexible freeze but her damage is basically nonexistent

if you already have her mlb then go ahead, otherwise i wouldnt really spend UR bulins on her

pair lexington2 with say someone like laffey2 and you get i think a 4 second freeze? moskva+nakhi also gives a pretty long freeze too

[woven star]

She's not bad. But after Lex2 release and BBs powercrip Implacable moves behind but still good ship for freeze. Unlike AvP little cheaper

[weary edge]

avp lowk carried me through midgame, but timing her freeze is a bit of a pain (requires fs5 btw)

[viscid swift]

As I said earlier, start grinding out fleet tech.

[wheat ore]

is there a specific faction i should be focusing on?

[weary edge]

he means in terms of stats

[wheat ore]

ah okay

[weary edge]

at least i think that's what he meant

[viscid swift]

I mean the permanant stat bonuses you gain for getting ships to level 120.

[weary edge]

getting certain ships to lvl 120 unlocks stat bonuses for that hull class, so like duke of york at 120 gives i think +2 reload to all bbs+bcs+bbvs

[viscid swift]

It does add up.

[weary edge]

oh wait i just realised ur cheeky 😭 i didnt recognise u with your new pfp

[woven star]

And I would recommend start from rare ships as they need less cogs for 120 lvl

[wheat ore]

are most rare ships more or less worth leveling or are there a couple with usless stats?

[weary edge]

you can check on the wiki, but some blues do give good stats like reload

[woven star]

Usually not worth just tech

[viscid swift]

https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/tracker

Just look at what stats each ship give at 120.

[wheat ore]

so i still bring rare ships to 12-4? or do i just level them in the dorm?

[weary edge]

dorm would take forever, use books to get them to like lvl70-80 then farm 12-4 from there

al servers might shut down by the time you reach lvl120 via dorm xp only lol

[teal hamlet]

Should I show only SRs? Since it’ll be like 250 options if I do all haha

[weary edge]

some purples are decent if ur early game, how far did you get into the game? like campaign wise

if you're like w12 or so then you can go ahead and just post ur golds

[wheat ore]

is fleet tech only useful for meeting requirements for PR and DR?

[weary edge]

in terms of the faction tech points? yeah p much

[sweet delta]

@wheat ore

[teal hamlet]

8-1

[weary edge]

not to confuse fleet tech with faction tech

[weary edge]

do you have unicorn retrofit?

[wheat ore]

i think i might have mixed them up lol

[teal hamlet]

It’s all old stuff from 2018-2019, minus a couple new ones I got jus spamming the orbs

[sweet delta]

save ur cubes for new UR

[weary edge]

well ig first and foremost, start working on unicorn retrofit, so main fleet you could have uni+hood+enterprise

[viscid swift]

Truly is a time capsule.

[weary edge]

god ive never seen some of these units used ever, maybe tank+z23+sirius for vanguard?

[sweet delta]

Aurora won't be in your immediate fleets, but do not scrap Aurora

[viscid swift]

https://suchiguma.github.io/guides/progression-guide/
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide
Might want to give these a read as a refresher.

[teal hamlet]

I try to keep one of every boat 🙂

[weary edge]

that's gonna cost you a lot of dock space

[teal hamlet]

[viscid swift]

Oh yeah was the level cap still at 110 when you left.

[teal hamlet]

Yes

[weary edge]

holy unc status im surprised you were able to actually access ur account 😭 when i started playing again i couldnt get my old account back and had to start fresh

[teal hamlet]

I had mine linked to my twitter kek

[weary edge]

but yeah read these guides, and start working on unicorn lol

[teal hamlet]

o7 Roger Roger

[weary edge]

times have changed

[teal hamlet]

Times have changed but boats still do boat stuff so

[weary edge]

some better than others lol

[teal hamlet]

I was just glad to get some of my favs at the time.

[weary edge]

boy oh boy are there a lot more ships for you to discover

[teal hamlet]

I pulled one from the last event, along with other random SRs

L’Indom, idk if she’s new or old

[viscid swift]

Old at this point.

[teal hamlet]

And the lvl 1 SRs too I just got

[viscid swift]

Anyway, best you stop pulling in the perma pool and save for the UR event in May or the Dead or Alive Collab re-rerun if that interests you.

[teal hamlet]

Will do

I was pulling during the last event that just ended

[hot turret]

mmm, so next UR is a new UR? tbh I thought they usually do UR rerun then new UR then another rerun

[weary edge]

there's a chance, but very unlikely there'll be a rerun before a new UR event in may

[hot turret]

but wasn't last event a new UR already?

[weary edge]

it was moskva right? so yea

idk devs are unpredictable, sometimes they break pattern just for the hell of it

[soft raft]

No
We have a collab rerun coming up

Next new UR is expected to be in May and it's unlikely we'll get a UR rerun before then

and no the previous event was not a UR
Last UR was Moskva and that was in Febuary

[hot turret]

no yeah but last UR event was a new UR, I wasn't sure but I always thought the pattern was New UR, UR rerun then new UR

(With SR events in between)

[viscid swift]

No.

We have 4 new UR events per year, and we know when those take place.

Reruns are less consistent both in terms of timing and what event is rerun in what order.

[hot turret]

ah ok, interesting

[midnight salmon]

If I 120 a meta ship does it contribute towards any faction or no?

[soft raft]

The tech points wont because META is a sepreate faction
The fleet tech bonues will