Opsi cv fleet

[sage reef]

any suggestions for an opsi cv fleet?

[keen lily]

ye

[sage reef]

avp is dev30 fs0

[ocean frost]

I guess Enty Essex AvP. Not a ton of options

[sand grail]

I'd go GZ over Essex for 3x 160% TBs and DBs over 2x 120% and 3x 130%

Assuming you have a JU87

Or a Bf109g

[sage reef]

i do have 2 of those

should i just use helldivers as dbs? (have no tenrai nor skyraider)

[small summit]

Why would you use Graf when taihou exists with augment

Not to mention Ticonderoga with good anti light performance

And Ark Royal with the RNG heavy nuke

[sand grail]

Because his Taihou is level 1 lb0, and the Aug is basically required to make her good, which is a massive investment in resources when she has no use as soon as he gets the actual top tier CVs

Meanwhile his GZ is already lvl 120,so very much usable for OpSi, her augment doesn't significantly affect her bossing performance and is really just a mob screenclear, so he doesn't waste a ton of resources

Ark is too RNG dependent and the slow is wasted when you've already got AvP

Tico is good at anti light but mediocre everywhere else, and should really be left for a dedicated anti light fleet with Yorktown II, you run a CV OpSi fleet to heavy armor, BB for medium/light, and you can have a second dedicated anti light CV fleet

[sand grail]

Yes, you only need 1 IB plane equipped to increase the efficiencies of all her slots

The best loadout for anti heavy armor, which is the main use for CV fleets, is Gear Lab Fw 190 with rockets(general BiS for heavy armor focus fire) , Helldiver, Ryuusei, if you don't have the materials to craft the Fw 190, run Flapjack/Tigercat, Helldiver, Ju 87D-4

[sage reef]

does skypirate on enty work as well?

[sand grail]

Ideally you want converging torps if you're going to run avp to take advantage of the time stop

[sage reef]

this is my loadout, since having poor fighters vs heavy armor (i think?)

all my fighters

[sand grail]

You got any more Ryuuseis?

If not look to get the purple tenzan Kai from gear lab, same damage, just a bit lower reload

[sage reef]

i dont even have closely enough mats to even craft tenzan kai 💀

[sand grail]

Dang

[sage reef]

is skypirate that bad?

also has 130 heavy armor mod

[sand grail]

It's not bad, just not ideal

In the absence of good converging torps just go ahead and use it

[sage reef]

hmm i see

well i will just grind opsi

someday i will be able to craft the tenzai kai ig

should i switch the ryuusei to enty then? and give skypirate to avp

[sand grail]

Enty would do more damage if lucky E procs, but GZ would be a bit more consistent.

GZ has 3x160% with her skill active, so 480% total efficency, Enty has 2x125%,but lucky E doubles damage so basically 4x125% for 500% total efficiency.

It's up to you

Actually, by what you say I assume you don't have much better torpedo planes, so keep GZ with what she's got, and swap Ryuusei to enty

[sage reef]

so like that?

also for fighters i can craft 1 fw190, what should i use as transitional gear

all fighters (+1 fw190 almost done)

[sand grail]

Fw 190 is a nice to have, bf109g is okay in the short term

It's like

Min max type stuff

[sage reef]

well the fleet is mainly used vs heavy armor i thought? so bf109g is pretty terrible no?

[sand grail]

True true

[ocean frost]

No, yes

[sand grail]

Corsairs are good transitional fighters, you can replace the bf109g avp has with one of those

[sage reef]

i was thinking either hellcat or reppuu but maybe i am totally wrong

[sand grail]

They're fine, but overshadowed by the 1000lb fighters like flapjack and Tigercat later on

Purple corsair drops the same bomb and you already have one at +10

[sage reef]

oh i see

i am also pretty close do being able to craft a tigercat and flapjack

[sand grail]

Flapjack is in general cheaper to craft and has better AA

It needs 6 testing reports which is rough, but it also doesn't eat an entire hellcat and only needs 2 vs 6 blueprints the tigercat needs

[sage reef]

BUT if i use purple corsair on either of them they dont have an IB gear equipped

[sand grail]

You wouldn't happen to have a standard ju87c would you? With GZs buff it's not far behind a Helldiver, which frees up a IB plane for avp

Alternatively you can just run Essex and avoid all this gear issues if you want to

[sage reef]

i could craft ju87d4

[sand grail]

Sorry, didn't realize how limited your gear options were when I first made the reccomendation

[sage reef]

and use it on gz

[sand grail]

That is the most ideal, its also useful later down the line for timing adjustment

[sage reef]

either im blind or the fleetbuilder does not have the fw190

imaginary fw190 on avp and flapjack on enty

this is how i'd use it then is that correct?

[sand grail]

Yep

Might need to use a homing beacon on AvP to get her airstrike timing lower

[sage reef]

is the timing on the fleetbuilding website correct

or do i need to calc it manually

[sand grail]

Not sure how it takes into account reload buffs and homing beacon

https://traneptora.com/azur-lane/cooldown/airstrike/

I'm. Pretty sure between AvPs 12% rld buff and homing beacon the timing will work out

[sage reef]

homing beacon does not change the timing on this website

also is gz augment worth it or should i just use scepter

[sand grail]

Offers only a minor improvement for your use case

It makes her launch a bunch of ju87cs to carpet bomb, so not much focus fire

Augments are also fairly expensive so it's not needed by any means

[sage reef]

alright thanks

is anything worth to +13/+11

ik about the +13 priority list but maybe something is more important in my case idk lol

[sand grail]

Nah just follow the priority list

[sage reef]

alright thank you very much for the help :)

[small summit]

But Graf zeppelin is plague with medicore damage compared to all the other cvs , u will even rather use Akagi u then her

[sand grail]

Aight did the calcs, AvP with homing beacon launches early enough to slow and freeze for everyone else

[sage reef]

i am currently working on sakura empire tech points to build haku, so the 3rd slot will get replaced (hopefully soon) anyways

[sand grail]

Akagi muse preload screws the timing and forces either suboptimal Parallel torps or missing converging entirely, also, not like she won't be replaced by Shinano Hak Implac later on

Also, worse TB focus fire

[small summit]

Akagi has strong avi buffs which can compensate

But yeah he is gonna have to invest in better ships , taihou may be expensive but performance is significant enough it's worth

[sage reef]

oh btw does kazagumo need the fire expressor or is it not that important

[sand grail]

W11 only p much

[sage reef]

oh alright thanks