#Oskaras Help
south lynx
Less go
low raptor
So from a quick glance, the most replaceable ships will be Hiyou META, Eugen, and Indy
south lynx
First off, your roster should go just fine with 2 initial fleets. Just don't mind with the METAs yet unless you don't have someone better to be put on the fleet.
grand shoal
I'd definitely train up Portland. Good tank, and there are some missions that reward you for training her up anyway.
cosmic elk
for clearing story, you'll want a mob fleet and a boss fleet.
a mob fleet kills all the weaker enemy/nodes, while the boss fleet kills the enemy flagship
this allows you to enter boss fights at max health, which will be helpful in the future when bosses get much tougher
vital canyon
dont level up bulins, use them to limit break your ships
cosmic elk
but fighting all the weaker nodes with one fleet will deplete your ships' health, so you'll want a healer in your mob fleet
south lynx
First fleet backline with Hood, Essex, and Lexington will be fine. YOu can form a temporary second fleet backline with Rodney, Hiryuu, and either repulse or Shouhou (I prefer the latter since she can heal @uneven pine
cosmic elk
some easily accesible healers early game are unicorn and shouhou
they'll be useful to you throughout the whole game
uneven pine
about bullins yeah, i've mistakenly been using one in my vanguard until today
i was dum
low raptor
I made the same mistake myself, but you can always recover fairly easily
south lynx
For vanguard/front liners, Portland, Sandy and Laffey are good starters.
Technically you can use Eugen as a second fleet tank, but her damage is a little less, so you may want to swap her later.
uneven pine
Would Portland Sandy and Laffey combo work better for the boss fleet or the mob fleet?
cosmic elk
you'll also want a tank for both of your fleets, portland and phoenix should be relatively easy to obtain for you
tank is the leftmost position, and it'll be taking the most damage so you'll want to use ships that can take a lot of damage
san diego is good once you're able to retrofit her, but it'll take a while so I'd hold off on using her for the time being
grand shoal
I'd say use Portland for boss fleet and if you can get her to drop, Phoenix for mob fleet
cosmic elk
note that heavy cruisers don't have much evasion stat pre level 110
portland is somewhat of a exception, since she gets most of her bulk just from retrofitting
grand shoal
Phoenix's tanking ability comes from her skill that restores her health when it drops below a certain point, which is more suited to mob fleets since she can do that for multiple fights
cosmic elk
uh, now we need to pick out some dps ships
uneven pine
I see, so I should go for Pheonix when I get the chance
cosmic elk
phoenix should be in guild shop, which you can get to from the shop menu, ammunitions, and scroll to the left
grand shoal
She also drops from 4-1
uneven pine
Why is Lexington better than the META I currently have ?
cosmic elk
hiyou meta takes a while to upgrade and she still kind of sucks even after you fully upgrade her, so I'd stick with lexington
south lynx
for starters, Lex is a full fledged carrier with 3 plane slots, while Hiyou has just 2. Second, she's easier to level and raise.
low raptor
I will say that if you get Saratoga, she'll replace Lex, just by virtue of having a retrofit
south lynx
^
grand shoal
Saratoga also drops from 4-1, or if you don't mind spending some money (even just the $1 gem pack), you can get her that way
south lynx
Saratoga drops starting from 4-1 (or you can get her for free once you pop your f2p cherry) 
uneven pine
f2p cherry lmao
ive been also interested in getting south dakota from merit points, is she any good in battle?
cosmic elk
south dakota is alright but not really that good when you compare her with other battleships that fulfill the same role as her
low raptor
She's fine, but easily replaceable
south lynx
A fine one with a tanking skill, but you can get someone better later.
low raptor
Hood should be fine for now. We're actually about to have an event where we have a UR battleship, so save your cubes
cosmic elk
if you have oklahoma or nevada, they can fulfill similar roles as south dakota, so it might be worth raising
uneven pine
okay so now my fleet 1 looks like this
and my fleet 2 is this
i still need to pick two characters that would be good for vanguard
the second would be the mob clearing fleet ?
cosmic elk
yes
south lynx
yei
cosmic elk
curacoa should work nicely for your mob fleet
chicago is also good but a little but squishy, or not really that tanky
uneven pine
maybe i should put sand diego as the third one, just to level up her for the retrofit later?
cosmic elk
I would swap lil sandy with san diego if I were to do that
for the time being, I would move laffey to the leftmost position on your first fleet,
swap portland with prinz eugen, and move eugen who's now on the first fleet to the rightmost position in your first fleet
destroyers are pretty tanky early game due to having high evasion, so there's the option of using another DD like kagerou in your second fleet
some common rarity ships like leander, cassin, downes, ranger, oklahoma, nevada, etc. are also pretty good for what they cost
cosmic elk
uh I would put portland in the middle, and have kagerou tank
also sry for info bombing
uneven pine
is she a better tank?
uneven pine
so her tanking capabilities become useful after a retrofit then
cosmic elk
oh they did actually change it
but by retrofit, portland would be like level 80 by then
and it's mobs, so ig it doesn't matter too much 
jade topaz
true 
uneven pine
should i go back to earlier stages to grind up my new fleets till they reach decent levels if so which stages would be better for that?
jade topaz
just have kagerou tank and once she cant tank have port tank
jade topaz
should i go back to earlier stages to grind up my new fleets till they reach dec...
Highest you can clear reliably
cosmic elk
hiryuu works nicely when paired with souryuu
souryuu drops in 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3 13-4
I'd farm 3-2 if you want to grind for her, since 3-2 also has purple catapults and helldiver
uneven pine
ohh i heard about helldivers
i need to get some
thanks for the good advice everyone
cosmic elk
couldn't be happier to help
oh and 4-2 is also a good spot to grind for equipment
it has a good dd gun, cl gun, and ca gun
uneven pine
awesome, oh and one more thing since i want to be f2p andy where is the best way to spend my free gems? the only place ive used them were to increase my dorm character capacity
are there any other places that would be good
cosmic elk
uh yea gems are precious as f2p since they're premium currency
for dorm slots I'd recommend getting around 4 slots, save 500 gems to buy second floor which you'll unlock when you fully expand your dorm area
having an extra academy slot can be useful, but it'll eventually become less useful once you raised all the good ships, so this is kind of optional
the rest is usually spent on dock space
some prefer buying 5 dorm slots, but the fifth slot costs 800 gems and that's 40 extra dock space you'd lose
I believe there's a command for gem spending guide in #bot-spam /gems
uneven pine
thanks
jade topaz
awesome, oh and one more thing since i want to be f2p andy where is the best way...
Do /gems in #bot-spam
discord plz
but imo as a f2p 3rd academy slot is optional
Like im fine without it
south lynx
Top tip: if you're a lazy collector (like me ), you will need the extra dock space (you will clutter your docks fast once you get more limited SRs and Elites).
This is the problem in case you plan to keep all the new ships you have until you can max level them for fleet tech.
You can keep them for the memes after that, or retire for dock space. However, let's face it, one of your objectives in playing the game is waifu collection rite? as such, you will keep your fave girls even though they're not effective anymore in gameplay
Other than that, a 2nd dorm floor is a very viable option, especially if you're a die hard grinder.
uneven pine
good tip, from the looks of it i think i might go for 4 dorm space, 2nd floor and the rest will go to the extra dock space
jade topaz
Buy dock as needed imo
Dont splurge all at once on it
You never know when they might finally release a bundle for discounted dock space
uneven pine
