Hard W13 Help

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Boop

[desert tapir]

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Main Ships

Vanguards

Gear

For purple gear just assume I got almost everything

Currently leveling Brest also, Shimanto is Dev 29 12 bps left

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soyuz uni volga - brest shima ply
fdg haku nano - guam unzen ancho

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What about gear since it needs to be unsynced? And I suck at it

[lean sonnet]

Mob: FDG, Unicorn, Volga, Guam, Shimakaze, Plymouth
Boss: Soyuz, Shinano, Hakuryu, Agir, Unzen, Anchorage

muh, I can copy and paste

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~~I don't have Aquila ~~

Or is it just the same for Volga

[lean sonnet]

Volga runs the same

just Helldiver instead of a 2nd Flapjack

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Any gear I should craft?

[lean sonnet]

2nd Wyvern

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I got some mats left

oh right

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14-3 boss is light so HE gun

[lean sonnet]

honestley

I have never once mentioned that caveat

and it's never come up

as an issue

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Wyvern done

Btw I don't really know when to call subs

[lean sonnet]

I don't remember exactly either

experiment a bit but just make sure they're still underwater when the battle ends

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so probably after first strike?

[lean sonnet]

probably later than that even

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aight

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You have to experiment with your own fleet bc the "usual" clearing of waves differs from fleet to fleet anyway

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Wait I don't think I got that Fighter on Uni

What do I replace it with

Same for cuda

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Flap works

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Any 1k lb bomb fighter works

[lean sonnet]

use a Sea Hornet on Unicorn

don't actually know why I put a tigercat

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big pog

[lean sonnet]

should be a flapjack

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And barracuda?

I scrapped them all

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The soviet one in pr5

[lean sonnet]

open tech boxes or see what you can craft

or craft wyvern number 3

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I can convert UR prints

[lean sonnet]

it would be a worthwhile investment

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I got 31

aight 3rd Wyvern it is

Well I'm out of coins

thanks

[lean sonnet]

no problem

oh yeah before I forget

table on FDG instead of a fire control radar

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aight

No room for Soyuz

?

[lean sonnet]

huh

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oh she goes instead of UVH

I'm dumb

[lean sonnet]

no Soyuz instead of UvH

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woops

[lean sonnet]

also for extra flexing

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brainfarted

[lean sonnet]

you can run the 2nd Plymouth gun for FDG's aux gun

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holy

[lean sonnet]

and the Moagdor gun for Guam's aux gun

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x2

aight

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Rainbow eq flexing for the win

He said, removing all his Ply guns from his BBs in PvP

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didn't notice how expensive crafting Wyvern was

12k

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btw same AAs?

No sexy or UR?

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u can replace twin 90s with 57mm

no sexy

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aight

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how do you have 57mm but only 2 wyverns

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I have 3 now

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well as long as u didnt convert blanks

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I didn't

I had just enough

Iwas running low on AA guns

so I made like 3 or 4 sexys + UR

btw

Does your tool not allow to put double Gold Rudder?

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it doesnt because you cannot ingame either

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Cuz I was trying to swap them and I couldn't find it

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I'm ocd and I like having the rudder on the left

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I just kinda threw whatever on 4th

[lean sonnet]

huh

swap Guam and Anchorage for a start

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[lean sonnet]

what gear are you running?

because fleet 2 and 3 should be capable of 2 shotting pretty easily

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lemme get pics

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Main only?

[lean sonnet]

yes

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For BBs I only swap for Mk6 depending if they are light ofc

But those are my setups

All Champys and Rockets are +13

[lean sonnet]

You used the 2nd set up for your CVs yes

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Yep

[lean sonnet]

How much health do those 2 fleets take on their own?

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Don't really remember tbh

Can try it out

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But I think about 70% atleast?

[lean sonnet]

Also your adapts are maxed yes?

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I'm a lil bit low I think

[lean sonnet]

Yeah...

That's probably the main issue actually

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[lean sonnet]

203 is the max for offense and defense

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Time to buy some adapts I guess

Btw I don't really have much for a 4th fleet just in case right?

[lean sonnet]

Nothing worth noting too much no

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figured

[lean sonnet]

And really I don't think you really need it

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Aight I will try with more adapts I guess

if not skill issue

Yeah it was an adapt issue cuz I'm dumb and forget how many I need

Tho I did 88% and ended up using first fleet to finish

Cuz for some reason both Guam and Sirius died in like 30s and didn't manage to get a 3rd air strike

[lean sonnet]

That happens

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Is that just how it works or this Arbiter?

[lean sonnet]

Pretty much

And for all arbiters for that matter

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Aight

What would I need for a 4th fleet btw?

Kearsarge and YK2?

[lean sonnet]

Not necessarily

I'll be completely honest

A 4th fleet for you is probably just a few extra bars on a harder arbiter at best

And most of the time just a too lazy to swap gear fleet

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So I'm better off with crossfleet stuff once I get some more?

[lean sonnet]

Potentially

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aight

thanks

[lean sonnet]

No problem

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Hard W13 Help

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Here's what I'm running noflame

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Missing 3 of them

Well, 4 since NJ is 3/6 and Lafii 4/6

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Which other ones are you missing?

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Implac and YK2

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In the case of Implacable and Yorktown II, I used them just because of their double fighter slots.

So Illustrious-class could replace them.

[lean sonnet]

so are you just trying to clear a W13 hard node map or are you trying to do the entire thing

because one requires a fair bit more than the other

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I think you should prioritize New Jersey over Laffey II, as well.

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Mostly for the Coredata

[lean sonnet]

I'll be honest

I still do W12 hard node

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lol

[lean sonnet]

because I cannot be arsed to remember to keep gear equipped

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I do 11-2

[lean sonnet]

on the ships

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Instead of Laffey, you could use any real mobtank. And replace Unzen with some other AA ship.

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Yeah that's the thing there's no real reason for me to beat H W13, but since I can't find anything else to do rn why not

Make Hardmode give gems pls

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3 starring it gives gems

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Wait I lied

[lean sonnet]

mobs aren't gonna be that difficult

especially if you avoid 3 star CV nodes

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I heard Takao hits hard

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Taihou?

[lean sonnet]

I think you mean Taiho and yeah

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Taihou mb

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She spews out planes that have pewpewguns that deal a lot of damage.

And is the reason why my boss fleet is so AA-heavy.

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It's more of a completionist thing rn

[lean sonnet]

Soyuz, Shinano, Hakuryu, Guam, San Diego, Anchorage

you can try that for the boss

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Anchorage?

[lean sonnet]

yep

you need a CA slot

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Does she have better AA than Cheshire? I found that Cheshire does a good job staying alive until boss dead.

[lean sonnet]

absolutely not

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oh forgot, Alsace is 125 and ofc have a 2nd AFCT

[lean sonnet]

but I head the opposite experience if anything

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if that matters in any way

[lean sonnet]

Cheshire just was not staying alive consistently

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Anchorage safe pick :mutsukinod:

With Soyuz/Anchorage instead of NJ/Chesh, I worry about main fleet staying alive.

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What AAs should I use?

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I used the 113 because long range = good lmao

[lean sonnet]

I used the same strats as W15

Sextuple on Sandy

57s if you can afford them on the rest

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I have... 1

And I'm at 2/9 UR BPs

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Alternative to 57s are?

[lean sonnet]

Twin 90mm

so 57 on Guam

90 on Anchorage

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Any considerations for the CL gun that has ghost AA?

[lean sonnet]

you can try

I haven't really given it much attention outside Shimanto though

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According to beloved AA chart, Sandy should be absolutely slamming with that gun.

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Do I run triple CV for mob?

Uni,Volga, Indep?

[lean sonnet]

yes

yes

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For vanguard hmmm

You said something like the W15 one?

[lean sonnet]

Brest, Kazagumo, Plymouth

try that

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No need for Shimanto AA?

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Kazagumo for CV buff holy shit

[lean sonnet]

is your Shimanto dev 30?

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She came out Dev 30

[lean sonnet]

her instead of plymouth then

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Had 350 PR6 General BPs laying around

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yo

Who's the tankiest of the 3 CVs

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Volga

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What should I give Haku and Nano for planes?

[lean sonnet]

Flapjack

Tenrai

Wyvern

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Oh

Who gets the 3rd Wyvern on Mob?

[lean sonnet]

uhhh

Independence I guess

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I used Breguet instead of Wyvern

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I can buy a Breuet too

haven't bought one yet now that I think of it

[lean sonnet]

yeah definitely get one or two

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I guess this works?

Wrong torps on Shimanto woops

[lean sonnet]

yes

also try homing Beacon on Shinano and Manjuu on Hakuryu for some more stagger if need be

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aight

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I'm guessing Circular defense for both fleets right?

[lean sonnet]

try playing around and see what works best to be honest

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W14-3 and 14-4 made me forget about using single line