w14 prep

[raven folio]

is that drake maxed

[round lagoon]

sadly around dev20+

let me check rl

dev23

Don't mind the torps and aa gun

Can change them

[raven folio]

you dont seem to have many of the ships i have experience with

[round lagoon]

I'd say I may have some of them,but at lvl 100 or lower

I was unlucky to not get kronni, but I can level up my vanguard

[raven folio]

Not having any of the CBs maxed really hurts

[round lagoon]

can't disagree

sadly all CBs are UR/DR

and none of my DRs are maxxed, while I lack the UR one (which I could easly max)

[raven folio]

Back in w14 release i had a lot of success with fdg percy ryuuhou, drake yuudachi suzu mobfleet

I guess you could try replacing drake with jda or something

[round lagoon]

More ships I have that I don't have leveled up yet

[raven folio]

And tank with suzu

[limpid bane]

Perseus works fine in my experience. The vanguard(not vangood) can be subbed around generally

[raven folio]

Then unicorn with aquila

[topaz zealot]

Mob isn't the problem because Musashi mob, it's boss here that lacks ships

But you can get by with mob auto and boss manual

[raven folio]

I guess fdg shinano and NJ for boss then

[limpid bane]

that's a D30 FdG. Mob is fine without Musashi

[raven folio]

With Eugen tank

[round lagoon]

wish her fs5 would be released

have all the prints sitting in my dock

[topaz zealot]

Level up San Francisco

I managed to not see fdg

[raven folio]

She uses oath skin

Thats why

[round lagoon]

fdg is sneaky with her skin ngl

[raven folio]

Also the ship image order is kinda mess

[round lagoon]

mb on that one

does boss fleet want alot of backline damage with very tanky vanguard or vanguard needs good damage too?

to know if to eugen as solo tank

[topaz zealot]

Focus on vanguard tanking

[raven folio]

i like 2 tanks with shimakaze in the middle

[topaz zealot]

But I want to add San Francisco

[round lagoon]

Hmm, don't mind cats

I'll have to switch some gears

But that's the easy part

[raven folio]

fdg always middle

[round lagoon]

K

[raven folio]

NJ doesnt get anything from flag

[round lagoon]

do I go for HE on backline? aside from mogami all bosses seem to be light/medium

[topaz zealot]

14-1 and -2 are heavy?

[round lagoon]

wait,fusou

[topaz zealot]

And the BB waves before boss spawn are all heavy too

I'd only use HE on -3

[round lagoon]

is the triple 460mm on NJ too risky?

since slow reload

[topaz zealot]

Idk about 460

[raven folio]

460 on NJ sounds like shit

[topaz zealot]

But if you use it at all, it should go on fdg

[round lagoon]

I mean,sounds bad for most ships since slow reload

[raven folio]

457 is much better

[topaz zealot]

Really you can get stagger elsewhere like champ+457

[raven folio]

and champ gun is always trustworthy

[raven folio]

and AP is always better in w14 except in 14-3 boss

[round lagoon]

hm

guess I have to switch the guns or smth

[topaz zealot]

NJ needs sword

[round lagoon]

yeah,thought about that just now

[topaz zealot]

Everyone needs officer sword/scepter

And what is that fdg secondary gun

155kai

[round lagoon]

usually I slap belguns on most bb/bcs since I have many of them, just for the good fp bonus

damn it,gotta farm reports to upgrade to kais

do I use the belgun as replacement for now?

[round lagoon]

so I use bowgun on fdg if I have the sword on NJ

bow on shinano since she's the only carrier in the fleet

or is scepter worth it even then because eva maybe

or does scepter buffs the current airstrike too ?

[topaz zealot]

no, sword on both

scepter and officer sword for evasion in chapter 14

and there aren't enough planes to kill to activate bow

[round lagoon]

so it is indeed for eva

[topaz zealot]

and hit

[round lagoon]

Fleet compwise do I have to change anything else?

[topaz zealot]

hows the mob fleet

[round lagoon]

uh, in the making 😓

uni is close to retrofit

just need a few more ks of gold

Changes?

[soft trout]

Do you have any more Wyverns? They'd be better than the Ryusei

[topaz zealot]

is that a fighter?

[round lagoon]

do I go for the faster reload thing?

[round lagoon]

yes

[round lagoon]

sadly no

[soft trout]

Double DB and TB is best. What about Skypirate or Baguette?

[round lagoon]

Kinda slacked on farm

[soft trout]

I'm tempted to say go barracuda then

[round lagoon]

The best department is literally my fighters

[soft trout]

How is that best? I see 0 Tigercats

[round lagoon]

no,in terms of options

my dive bombers are literally crying in a corner

[soft trout]

The only DB you need is Helldiver

[round lagoon]

I have one that's upgraded

or was supposed to craft it

smth

like that

[topaz zealot]

goldiver helldiver saiun
or
goldiver helldiver barracuda

goldiver = xsb3c, helldiver = sb2c

[round lagoon]

do I go for the faster airstrikes aux?

[soft trout]

A goldiver at +10 is literally just a Helldiver with +20 AVI

[round lagoon]

I mean,it's more damage overall so I don't complain

[soft trout]

Not really needed; I'd rather put a washing machine on her personally

[round lagoon]

is the eva for subs?

[topaz zealot]

eva doesnt affect crash damage

[soft trout]

No, it's for Yamashiro

[topaz zealot]

there are no subs in boss

[round lagoon]

oh

wait,yamashiro is hard hitting? monkas

[soft trout]

Any enemy BB in w14 hits like a truck

[round lagoon]

guess it explains why ppl recommend expensive options for a comfier w14 boss clear

[raven folio]

14-2 is 2nd hardest boss in w14

[round lagoon]

This si the backline setup then, I'll give fdg a sword when I get gold to craft +10 one

[raven folio]

14-1 and 14-3 bosses are really easy

[round lagoon]

Also to upgrade the plane

since I may have to manual bosses

I go for the quint 610 on shima no?

or is facetorping not recommended

[soft trout]

Rainbow or quad mags unless full manual

[round lagoon]

do I care for aa of vanguard?

[soft trout]

nah, planes don't do much damage.

[round lagoon]

so aa guns don't matter much

noted

[topaz zealot]

planes reveal

maybe staag on shimakaze, twin 90 or twin 113 on eugen, sextuple on SF

[round lagoon]

alright,time for some gold to actually upgrade stuff

Changes?

twin 127mm/single 138.6 on SF?

seem to have highter heavy mods

slightly lower medium

much highter light

if this is fine, I think I gotta work on the mob fleet now

[round lagoon]

.

[round lagoon]

.

this is what I have rn for boss fleet

fdg with sword tho

@soft trout @topaz zealot should I change anything for them?

[soft trout]

Looks good to me, try it and see how it goes.

[round lagoon]

well,now I still gotta make the mob fleet

do I need BB/BCs in mob fleet or can go full CV/CVL?

Changes?

[topaz zealot]

the point of not putting musashi in boss was so she can carry mob

looks ok

[round lagoon]

Uni will her her retro soon

Just 1-2 more upgrades

do I go for 460mm on musashi or he gun?

[topaz zealot]

would mainz be better than roonmu? idk

[round lagoon]

not sure

[topaz zealot]

musashi uses twin 410 kai or 457

[round lagoon]

but since she's fs5 so maybe

[topaz zealot]

yes, i think use mainz

[round lagoon]

You mean upgraded version of this gun?

[topaz zealot]

twin 410 kai is purple upgrade of twin 410 with not a big difference

[round lagoon]

is that because of fast fr?

[topaz zealot]

yes, as well as stagger with aquila

[round lagoon]

I sure am poor on gold rn,time to farm

[round lagoon]

Any change beside leveling up Musashi's gun and giving her a sword?

@topaz zealot

[topaz zealot]

upgrade to 155kai in gear lab

[round lagoon]

if you mean the bb gun,I'll have to do opsi Ig

[topaz zealot]

otherwise use russian triple 152mm

[round lagoon]

cl*

[round lagoon]

chapayev's gun?

[topaz zealot]

no oxytorp on yuudachi, and do you have an extra staag for yuudachi?

[round lagoon]

have 5 in total,so I have like 1-2 to spare

[topaz zealot]

this is an abomination, even non-magnetics are better

[round lagoon]

so rainbow 610 even if auto?

[topaz zealot]

gold quad magnetic, rainbow quint magnetic, purple triple magnetic, rainbow 610 quint, gold 533 quint, are all better than gold quint magnetic

suzutsuki uses double HP, not washing machine

and for 14-3 and 14-4 you will need anti submarine aka hedgehog on either yuudachi/suzu and an ASW plane on unicorn, and perhaps even a purple improved depth charge on either suzu/yuudachi

[round lagoon]

I see

[topaz zealot]

yuudachi also uses dual sword augment

[round lagoon]

so 14-1 and 14-2 are fine, 3 and 4 needs asw

[topaz zealot]

yes

that is all

[round lagoon]

so double toolbox/toolbox+hedgehog for yuudachi

?

[topaz zealot]

yes

[round lagoon]

k

jesus she's really squishy in terms of hp

just realised she has under 2k at lvl 120

[topaz zealot]

the skills

20% evasion whatever,
but 5% evasion rate is huge

[round lagoon]

By plane you mean like this one?

[topaz zealot]

purple

[round lagoon]

oh

so that's mostly it,just need to do those small changes

thanks for help,will see the results later (maybe even other day) when I'll try