Mid game W12 recommendations

[bleak igloo]

Woo

[coral hearth]

ight

[bleak igloo]

Here u go

I have fdg and Agir, also Warspite retrofit

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[bleak igloo]

I got poi but she's not retrofit yet

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you can fucking stomp w12

[bleak igloo]

I can?

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your placements are all fucking wrong tho

like

eugen is a tank

tank goes left

always

uh

[bleak igloo]

Yeaa kinda put it in a hurry cuz I was farming ib exp

[coral hearth]

nagato goes middle

and uh

for mobbing

[bleak igloo]

Oke

[coral hearth]

run something like fdg unicorn and insert cv, and 3 good frontliners

and thats your mob and boss fleet

make sure to gear them with good poverty gears from this website: https://slaimuda.github.io/ectl/#/home

upgrade all gears you are using to +6 at the very least

+10 if you can

[bleak igloo]

Okee what do you think are good front liners?

[coral hearth]

if a gear is not listed on this website, 99% the chance is its trash

and 1% chance is its a new equipment

[bleak igloo]

Oh

[coral hearth]

tank, dps, dps, the usual

[bleak igloo]

Yes listing this down

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so something like portland, laffey, z23

but i think you can do better than that

show your dock

[bleak igloo]

Ohh

Yessir

I'm kinda building for an Shan retrofit

[coral hearth]

works

an shan retro is op

[bleak igloo]

Here u go

Dinner is served

With my whacky management

[coral hearth]

okay so how close is fdg to dev30?

coin her around 6-10 bps a day

[bleak igloo]

I have her at 21 something right now

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do you have the unique item for yuudachi retrofit?

[bleak igloo]

Yes

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retrofit her asap

[bleak igloo]

Alright on my list

Do you think Theseus is good?

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not with the ships you have imo

[bleak igloo]

I've seen some people use her for opsi

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but she's decent

[bleak igloo]

Ooo

[coral hearth]

for mob fleet: fdg, unicorn, albion , tallinn, yuudachi, an shan retrofit

fdg can just beat w12 without needing dev30

cuz w12 is that easy

[bleak igloo]

Her augment.

Dammit

I didn't try hard during the event

[cunning tinsel]

rip

[coral hearth]

boss fleet: musashi, enterprise, warspite, eugen, helena, z23

[bleak igloo]

Soooo

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not recommending agir?

[coral hearth]

then remove klaudia for albion

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or only recommending lvled ships

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oh cuz he aint w12 yet

better rush there first

[cunning tinsel]

true

[bleak igloo]

Alright

[coral hearth]

think about it this way

instead of tryhard

just auto explore while farming, dont manual

and treat clearing the event the basic stuff you do

cuz otherwise you risk missing stuff

treat this game as a secondary game and play something else while this game autoplays

[bleak igloo]

ok!

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and for farming, spam 12-1 over and over until your ships are lvl 120, then expand your level range to pr ships, useful ships, fleet tech, etc

or 12-4 if you prefer gold over exp

[bleak igloo]

Alright

[coral hearth]

and ya, for uh, future

lets make you a w14 fleet

[bleak igloo]

Actually

You know the new years card thing?

Where you can choose your ships?

[coral hearth]

yes?

[bleak igloo]

Should I get Chang Chun to retrofit her?

[cunning tinsel]

yes

[bleak igloo]

Or Yat sen for her retro as well?

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chang chun

yat sen doesn't really exist without chang chun or an shan

[coral hearth]

chang chun cuz azuma is coinable

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plus you have enough tanks

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and well

azuma

[bleak igloo]

I'm on

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chang chun has amazing dmg so

[bleak igloo]

Ok it's set then

[coral hearth]

oh and, dont miss the next rerun

next rerun finna be aquila

and aquila is one of the best healer slots in this game

[cunning tinsel]

will that be vv or just aquila

[coral hearth]

they are the same event

[bleak igloo]

Ok!

[cunning tinsel]

ic

[bleak igloo]

Save up and set on Aquila then?

[coral hearth]

ye well you are constantly saving up in this game

when an event is not good enough you skip

and keep saving

[bleak igloo]

Ok

Hm for Azuma

I'm still saving up tech points for Sakura Empire, I don't even have enough to start on Kitakaze right now

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this for w14 mobbing

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oh nah w14 finna be in months

you take as much time as you need to gather the tech points

and progress

[bleak igloo]

Oke

Hamman II?

She has buffs?

[coral hearth]

good aa, good asw, assuming you get aquila, you will run 2 healers to keep her alive

and plus she is in middle

and she gives ara buff to counter out of ammo debuff

[bleak igloo]

Oooo

I like the sound of that

[coral hearth]

so ara buff buffs all cv dmg by 15%

this stacks additively with out of ammo damage debuff

so out of ammo debuff is 50% right, with ara buff, its only 35% less dmg dealt from your ships

[bleak igloo]

[coral hearth]

focus pr4 is a good idea

once you finish pr4, start pr5

i think you will do w14 before you finish pr5

cuz pr4 will take like 6 months

[bleak igloo]

Yeah I think so too

[coral hearth]

maybe 4 months with catch up

just make sure you pick the right researches and keep queue running at all times

[bleak igloo]

Yessir

Maybe I would start Anchorage next when I finally get enough tech points

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this for bossing

[coral hearth]

ye

you put musashi in up region bc she attracts aggros

not good in w14

adds a lot of rng to your dmg and can potentially sink

[bleak igloo]

Is this for w14?

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ya

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this is the w14 mob fleet

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and this is the boss fleet

[bleak igloo]

Okk

For W12 I just fix up the placement?

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for w12 just look for my previous msg

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this

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and this

[bleak igloo]

Ohhhh

Didn't see that

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and for gears, run standard best in slot/poverty

[bleak igloo]

Ok

Yep pretty bad gears in my end

Really need to focus on opsi

[coral hearth]

nah you dont need opsi gears to beat w12

https://slaimuda.github.io/ectl/#/home

just use the poverty gears suggested in this website on your fleets

but for w14, you absolutely want opsi gears

[bleak igloo]

I might be a bit blind

But where does it show the gears?

[coral hearth]

click on the image of a ship

it gives gear suggestion to every ship listed

[bleak igloo]

thank you

[coral hearth]

and down at the bottom of the gear list is the poverty suggestion

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only use the gear suggested for now

if a gear is not shown on the tier list

99% of the time its dogshit

dont use it

there is a reason why it is not listed

and for w14, use the gear i suggested

[bleak igloo]

Ohh

Alright

[coral hearth]

the tierlist only helps you up until chapter 13

it wont be helpful in chapter 13 and chapter 14

[bleak igloo]

Oke

Thank you for the help btw

Hope I get Aquila

[coral hearth]

ye, you finna need to save for aquila, nj rerun, and uh, the 4 new ur events this year

thats your main objective

[bleak igloo]

4 NEW UR EVENTS WHAT

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idc what other banner you pull but you better save for all of them

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yep

they announced it last year

[bleak igloo]

What

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and each one require 400 to hard pity

so save

save and save and save

[bleak igloo]

I hope Yamato is here

Alright!

[coral hearth]

a trick is to always do cube commissions

bc you be farming a LOT in the upcoming months

youll get a lot of commissions everyday

always pick the ones that gib cubes

they can give like 2-3

per commission, if you are lucky

[bleak igloo]

Phew

Grinding never ends

[coral hearth]

ye thats why you treat azur lane is a side game

play something else or do something else while it autoplays in the background

click the continue button every 10 mins

[bleak igloo]

Actually another question for W12 boss and mob fleet, what should the placement be and the flagship?

[coral hearth]

when you list ships

always middle, up, down

for backline

and for frontline its tank middle off tank

[bleak igloo]

Ok so fdg middle, unicorn up and albion down?
Talinn tank, yuudachi middle and an Shan retrofit tank off?

[coral hearth]

because its the ingame display order

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yes

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an shan middle imo

yuudachi is a tanky bitch

[coral hearth]

you an shan middle ye

cuz yuudachi tanky

i listed it wrong

[bleak igloo]

Fdg flagship

[cunning tinsel]

poi feels like a cl

she's way too tanky

[bleak igloo]

Ok thank you for guide

[bleak igloo]

Sheesshh we beat w12 with EASE

Now

Hell time

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you using the w14 fleet i gave you?

wait no

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for this, swap an shan retrofit to hammann 2, swap fdg to independence, swap boss fleet z23 to san diego retrofit

for w13

and ye, you should steamroll w13 too

[bleak igloo]

I'm building Yuudachi atm

[coral hearth]

ye, just farm in 12-1

[bleak igloo]

And swap hammann II you say?

[coral hearth]

swap an shan to hammann

swap fdg to independence

swap z23 to sandy kai

[bleak igloo]

Oke

[coral hearth]

then after you beat w13, take a long break

you wont be pushing w14 until the fleet i suggested you is ready.

[bleak igloo]

Independence Kai right?

[coral hearth]

yes

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well not really a break

but just focus on farming 12-1 over and over

until fleets are lvl 120

then farm useful ships that are suggested by me

for w14

to 120

[bleak igloo]

Oh ya

[coral hearth]

then farm fleet tech

[bleak igloo]

This the plan right?

[bleak igloo]

Oke

[coral hearth]

yes, you can swap enty to odin if you want, then move musashi down to bottom and odin on top

works either way

[bleak igloo]

Oke

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for uh fleet tech

you know what it is right

[bleak igloo]

I'm so bad to see the placement

Yes

[coral hearth]

when a ship reach lvl 120

she give a certain stat boost to all ships of her class

so if duke of york give 2 rld on lvl 120

she give all bbs 2 rld on lvl 120

[bleak igloo]

Ohh

Like Kgv and PoW?

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look up fleet technology page on the wiki, scroll down to stats by class, max all ships that provide reload to battleships

like lvl 120 all of them

[bleak igloo]

Ok wait what's rld

Ok

[coral hearth]

reload

then lvl 120 all ships that provide reload to aircraft carriers, then all ships that provide hit to aircraft carriers and battleships, then all ships that provide firepower/aviation to aircraft carriers and battleships

none of these are mandatory to beat w14, but it helps a lot, do it at your own pace

you need to max hundreds of ships

and thats what endgame grind is in azur lane

farming ships to 120 to get the 1 stat

[bleak igloo]

We at the endgame grind?

[coral hearth]

nah you havent even finished the pr ships yet

you at midgame

endgame is when you are dead like me

leveling my 207th ship to lvl 120

[bleak igloo]

Ohhh

Sounds good to me

Currently

[coral hearth]

itll take years for you

[bleak igloo]

I'm researching Anchorage, is that good?

[bleak igloo]

[coral hearth]

yes

research focus pr4

get the ships i gave you in the pics

[bleak igloo]

Aight

And Azuma right?

[coral hearth]

azuma is fucking easy

get everyone

you will get everyone before you finish pr5

so just obtain everyone

ships in my pictures first

takes like 2 days to finish exp collection for a research ship

[bleak igloo]

Can't wait for the day I obtain Hakuryuu

Oke

[sick scarab]

W12 doesnt really need a lot of attention other than a lot of AAs