Favorite shipgirl (Kancolle,Azur lane, Arpeggio of blue steel,Haifuri)

[El2aZeR]

Since EN is about to get PR ships I thought I'd write up a short guide.

 

- Izumo:

The only meh ship of the bunch. Has amazing stats but her barrage is meh and her skill is practically worthless (takes more fire damage, less AP damage). If she had an useful skill she'd be top tier pretty easily.

Definitely usable but there are far better options.

 

- Monarch:

Perhaps the best mob clearing BB in the game due to her wide spread barrage. Barrage is AP but easily kills light armored targets as well. Reload gets faster the less HP she has. Has a self heal that kicks in at 20% HP which heals 12% total.

Downside are meh AA and her barrage not being suitable for killing bosses due to the wide spread.

 

- Neptune:

Edinburgh but stronger. Literally. If you run Belfast / Leander / Edin prepare to replace Edin with Nepnep. Same self AP buff but stronger, barrage that hits like a truck and gets a Phoenix-like resurrection skill on top that grants her extra reload until the end of the battle.

Downside is that she only has MGM1. That's pretty much it.

 

- Saint Louis:

Say hi to the most broken frontliner currently in the game. BB level tankiness, BB level firepower, DD level evasion, MGM2 and generally amazing stats. There is literally nothing she can't do. Gets 35% extra HE damage that rips everything apart and another 35% eva boost for 40 seconds on battle start.

The only downside you could even remotely complain about is that her torps are fairly meh. Saint Louis is a must have and thanks to requiring US cruisers to grind she's easy to get too.

 

- Roon:

Contender for second most broken frontliner currently in the game. Tanks a bit less than Saint Louis despite having more HP but potentially deals even more damage provided the battle goes on for a bit. Skill makes her switch between AP and HE every second salvo along with 3.5% extra reload every time she fires (stacks up to 12 times). Second skill gives her 4 shields which can be nice.

Downside is that she is a pain in the  to farm. KM cruisers are meh across the board. And she needs a bit to really get going but she is still amazing even with 0 reload stacks.

 

- Ibuki

Kinda Ayanami but as a CA. Designed as torp nuker. Will actually outdamage Ayanami if the latter is unbuffed. Is pretty tanky by herself and has decent firepower outside of her torps as well. Gets 2 torp reloads at the start of a match which can be extremely topkek.

Problem is being a torp nuker is often wasted if you auto battle. She also doesn't benefit from any of the torpedo buffs by virtue of being a CA. 2nd skill gives her a low proc torp barrage which is very meh.

Still if you're looking to nuke something with torps and can't bring DDs or their buffing teammates, Ibuki will do the job and then some.

[ErwinScarlett]

12 hours ago, El2aZeR said:

Downside is that she is a pain in the  to farm. KM cruisers are meh across the board. And she needs a bit to really get going but she is still amazing even with 0 reload stacks.

You can take Prinz with 2 KM CL to farm, that's not so pain. By the way, the easiest girl to grind is Ibuki.And here is my roon grinding team .I started at lv 80 except Prinz and Tirpitz. and after finish grinding, they are now over lv 105.

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[CptMinia]

On 4/12/2019 at 9:54 PM, El2aZeR said:

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Yeah, that looks about as weird as I imagined it to be.

Yes please. I think she looks awesome :)

[Yosha_AtaIante]

Zuihou of course! ♡☆♡

 

 

[Panocek]

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Dakkazuki twins secured

Also who disturbed my daily supply of Tennessees

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[WolfGewehr]

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So with that bribe image I can offtopic in offtopic ebin.

 

@El2aZeR , do you read your Discord or do I need to have you as friend for you to see PM's? I just wanted to know CVfäk's opinion: TiTs or HVAR on Lexi?

[Panocek]

2 minutes ago, WolfGewehr said:

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So with that bribe image I can offtopic in offtopic ebin.

 

@El2aZeR , do you read your Discord or do I need to have you as friend for you to see PM's? I just wanted to know CVfäk's opinion: TiTs or HVAR on Lexi?

Try out both and make educated guess? I run TiTs at they are so much more versatile and unlike HVARs, arming time isn't measured in Cleveland shell flight times at 20km

[El2aZeR]

Just now, WolfGewehr said:

@El2aZeR , do you read your Discord or do I need to have you as friend for you to see PM's? I just wanted to know CVfäk's opinion: TiTs or HVAR on Lexi?

 

Ah, haven't been online in Discord for a while.

 

Actually I don't know. Haven't played Lexington since PTS. I believe TiTs are currently the better choice as HVARs have a ridiculous attack prep time and stupidly high initial spread. If you can get by that however I think HVARs will deal more damage overall.

I recommend a bit of training room or coop testing to see what you like better.

[WolfGewehr]

2 hours ago, Panocek said:

Try out both and make educated guess? I run TiTs at they are so much more versatile and unlike HVARs, arming time isn't measured in Cleveland shell flight times at 20km

2 hours ago, El2aZeR said:

 

Ah, haven't been online in Discord for a while.

 

Actually I don't know. Haven't played Lexington since PTS. I believe TiTs are currently the better choice as HVARs have a ridiculous attack prep time and stupidly high initial spread. If you can get by that however I think HVARs will deal more damage overall.

I recommend a bit of training room or coop testing to see what you like better.

 

OkidokiClub.exe

 

Just thought if either was "must have" to save my precious FXP :P

 

Hmm, from those descriptions I'll likely take TiTs first under inspection ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[Panocek]

2 minutes ago, WolfGewehr said:

 

OkidokiClub.exe

 

Just thought if either was "must have" to save my precisious FXP :P

 

Hmm, from those descriptions I'll likely take TiTs first under inspection ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

On Lexi you want Dive Bombers first. Nothing says Freedom like 100% more bombs on target

 

technically on Lady Lex you triple bomb load, as you go from 2x1 to 3x2 samples of Freedom

[WolfGewehr]

3 minutes ago, Panocek said:

On Lexi you want Dive Bombers first. Nothing says Freedom like 100% more bombs on target

 

technically on Lady Lex you triple bomb load, as you go from 2x1 to 3x2 samples of Freedom

 

Yeah, I FXP'd the TB's and DB's already as they were simple enough for a BB main like me

 

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AL has some nice carriers must say.

[Panocek]

I assume there are no free gems from obtaining premium store seller?

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[El2aZeR]

9 minutes ago, Panocek said:

I assume there are no free gems from obtaining premium store seller?

 

Well, you can touch her in the premium shop and from time to time she gives you free stuff. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Akashi's_Shop#Akashi.27s_Gifts

[Panocek]

Just now, El2aZeR said:

 

Well, you can touch her in the premium shop and from time to time she gives you free stuff. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Akashi's_Shop#Akashi.27s_Gifts

That much I've noticed

[CptBarney]

I use HVAR's on my lexi, doing 11k damage to a cleveland 1min into the game is always nice.

 

Im sure he was having fun.

 

[Panocek]

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Akashi... What

 

And thinking of purging Fletchers, M and C class destroyers to make room in le dock... No use of them outside commisions and then for those cruiser crowd awaits + starter DDs and Yuckykaze...

Also priority/prototype ships delayed for EN

[Zemeritt]

22 minutes ago, Panocek said:

Also priority/prototype ships delayed for EN

 

Yes, and as "apology" we get Belchan

Do the CN servers really suffer that much from the "new" PR ships?

[Panocek]

2 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

 

Yes, and as "apology" we get Belchan

Do the CN servers really suffer that much from the "new" PR ships?

It wasn't stated you will find Belfast Portable in mailbox, so she might just be unlocked in construction. So somewhere between 3rd Sandy and 4th Belfast proper

[CptBarney]

27 minutes ago, Panocek said:

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Akashi... What

 

And thinking of purging Fletchers, M and C class destroyers to make room in le dock... No use of them outside commisions and then for those cruiser crowd awaits + starter DDs and Yuckykaze...

Also priority/prototype ships delayed for EN

Am greatly concerned by this mista pano.

 

Both what akashi said and the fact that people are angreh over wows shipfus.

[El2aZeR]

1 hour ago, Zemeritt said:

Do the CN servers really suffer that much from the "new" PR ships?

 

You have no idea.

Was on Izumo. Last ship to grind out of all of them.

Now it starts all over again. T_T

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On a more serious note, haven't noticed any stability issues tbh, but that might be because I'm using an emulator.

Also some weird "Fleet Tech" thingy got introduced which grants nation/class/individual ship buffs. No idea how exactly it works.

[Panocek]

5 minutes ago, El2aZeR said:

 

You have no idea.

Was on Izumo. Last ship to grind out of all of them.

Now it starts all over again. T_T

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Also some weird "Fleet Tech" thingy got introduced which grants nation/class/individual ship buffs. No idea how exactly it works.

Dunno if I bother with PR boats even with your description. On other hand FdG is something I'd grab, or even better, see as WoWs captain. Reminds me of DoY, calm yet tempting voiceover (dunno what she actually speaks)

 

[Zemeritt]

2 hours ago, El2aZeR said:

You have no idea.

Was on Izumo. Last ship to grind out of all of them.

Now it starts all over again. T_T

 

Rly? They reseted your progress on yet to research ships?

Thats cruel.

[El2aZeR]

32 minutes ago, Zemeritt said:

They reseted your progress on yet to research ships?

 

Nah, but I wanted to be done with the whole PR ship grind already.

*THIS* close to completion, yet so far. T_T

[Herrscher_Elysia]

Does anyone have guide to the Part2 of PR ships?

 

I planned to stopped the Monarch grind and start on Georgia.

[El2aZeR]

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Well, this came out of nowhere.

 

7 hours ago, IJN_Kitakami said:

Does anyone have guide to the Part2 of PR ships?

 

Here's a skill list if it helps:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureLane/comments/belexz/skill_translations_from_pr2_datamine/

 

Since PR ships so far all had amazing stats we can assume that to be a non-factor.

Georgia sounds pretty ing broken.

PR1 ships are also getting buffed apparently.

 

Still grinding Seattle first because of ridiculous planefest in W13.

 

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