My Thoughts on Lexington & Saratoga! | Azur Lane
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2019
- Let's look at the idol sisters Lexington and Saratoga! Are they good or just trying to be better at the whole idol business?
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Don't mind me...I'll just upload the video manually then realize there's a big blue button that says "Publish"...but not press it...
I graduated college...
xD
Lol
I'm gonna be starting college on the 19th.... is this the loss of common sense that I will experience after graduation? :D
Congrats on finishing college👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
So, finishing college turns you into Sandy? Noted.
History fact: Lexington and Saratoga were originally laid down as battlecruisers, but were converted into carriers during construction due to the Washington Naval Treaty, hence the guns on them. Ironically, the guns were effectively useless IRL since the ships typically operated well outside their range, on top of not being useable while the flight deck was in operation.
Additional History fact: Which makes them the USN equivalent to Akagi and Amagi/Kaga as those were also converted from Battlecruiser to Carrier (Amagi was meant to, but didn't, because she was damaged in an earthquake, instead Kaga was converted. Kaga was originally meant to be a Battleship of the Tosa class).
Their british counterparts being the three Courageous class carriers that were laid down as Large Light Cruisers.
Damn, there's even lore to why they keep missing with that skill.
One of the conversion proposals for the Lexington class includes torpedo tubes...
Imagine getting torpedoed by a carrier...
>carrier only backline
>Suicide boat : i'm about to end this ship's whole career
>*sees lexington and saratoga*
>Suicide boat : Surprised pikachu meme
Saratoga and Lexington defend themselves from suicide boats .
Suicide Boats : You weren't Supposed to Do That !
Also zeppy cuz unlike Langley and houshou she actually has fp stat so her gun can kill suicide boats
Thats illegal meme
@@TheT9B I know that Zeppy also has FP stat but the video is about saratoga and Lexington so I didn't add Zeppy
This is not how you play the game!
Wait thats illegal
Saratoga may have her fancy retrofit, but Lex is a lady, and that counts for something.
her Qipaq skin is certainly memorable
Lady Lex WAS her nickname, bestowed by her crew.
Lady Lex is better, as expected
Azur Lane has keeps making me feel conflicted whether i should play the game how i like things or if i should minmax... on one hand i prefer more mature looking shipgirls (Lady Lex) instead of smol and short ones, on the other hand, Saratoga is the objectively better sister in terms of gameplay...
Saratoga in a fleet.
"Doko meteruno? Kochi dayo!" every 10 seconds...but I love it lol.
Also, after retro she's now Puella Magi Saratoga Magica.
Truth...rip
Being Saraca is suffering
Saratoga, Lexington, Washington as the main fleet and you got yourself an auto barrage galore every 20 seconds. It's like being in auto while doing manual play evading.
Lexington and Saratoga are actually Battlecruiser’s converted to carriers so their health being 6k isn’t a big surprise even the gun based skill references this
Yeah, i noticed to. Pretty cool feature they get.
kinith saephan if you want some fun with the Lexington’s as BCs just look up how many times the design was revised until they actually bothered to start building them only to have to throw all that out and turn them into carriers because of the Washington Naval Treaty one can just imagine the frustration of the designer, the ship yard and the workers who were building them only to be told “hey we need you build these two ships into a new type of ship that has yet to actually be tested in any way and it’s main form of attack is aircraft. Got it thanks”
They had 8 in. gun batteries, on par with most CAs of the time. USS White Plains, CVE-66, managed to fatally wound the Choukai with one of her 5 inchers.
.... U CANT SPELL SARATOGA WITHOUT ARA.
You just won the best comment award Sir have a like.
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@@s.31.l50 Atago fake onee chan. She is imouto. Burn the witch.
Remember she's SISTER Sara, too
“Enemy submarine detected”
Fleet:*spams artillery strikes and soup cans*
Submarine:
The Staff/Scepter Lexington is holding is actually a Musket. You can't unsee it now.
And "Is it worth it?"
Grinding PR has me with 4 or 5 of EACH in the dock.
Oh I knew that! it's kinda cool!
It's a nod to her historical namesake. Lexington and Concord, where the first battles of the American Revolution took place.
They have guns because they were converted from cruisers. They also kept 4 pair of 8 inch naval guns forward and aft of the island. That's how they can provide artillery cover and why it's of the power of cruiser guns.
They actually have the guns due to the USN not believing Planes could work effectively as an offensive weapon, and so they put 8 inch guns onto them just incase
Lexington and Saratoga were converted from Battlecruisers, which is why they had higher armor then most carriers of the time
Fun fact: irl Lexington and Saratoga was "visualy" identical so sailor had to paint a black vertical strip on Sara's smokestack so that pilot can tell which is which when make landing. Not so much identical in game though.
Black Wind the fact plays out kinda with Saratoga’s idle involving Color that they have...
"Lady Lex" was lexington nickname, I think that is why they made her a bit more mature looking than Sara
Ah Lady Lex and Her Prankster of a Sister, Quite a... Unique duo, its just sad to know about there Fates...
Lady Lex Suffered Two Bomb Hits and Two Torpedo Hits, Was briefly Abandoned then Was Scuttled by a Fellow American Destroyer, USS Philps, afterwards when all Personnel were Evacuated.
Saratoga on the Other Hand survived the entirety of the Pacific War, one of her notable Engagements was When Engaging IJN Carrier Ryujo, with Enterprise. After the War, She was given the Worst Fate than Sinking beneath the Waves... Than Being one of the Test Ships in Operation Crossroads... In other Words Nuclear Device Testing, she alongside Eugene, and some other ships were Test Subjects for Nuclear Bomb Testing.
Such Fates, always Brings sorrow to my Heart... I cri everytime (T^T)
Anyways...
Keep it Up with the Helpful Reviews Hawk!
Keep'em Rolling, Yo!
Facts:
Saratoga is a month Older than Lexington, since she was commissioned a month earlier, than her "Big" Sister...
Yeah, Don't think about it too much.
Lexington is an underrated Ara Ara Onee-chan 🎤
Wrong not underrated because she helped the U.S. win the first aircraft carrier vs aircraft carrier battle in the pacific Battle of the Coral Sea without her help we would have lost in that battle. And this battle was the first carrier battle that neither side fired a single shot at each other.
@@danuke1489 I know but, I'm talking about her popularity. Also I like her personality and appearance as well.
she sits on a beach as a museum.
@@links5957 thats cv12 lexington of the essex class carrier, the lexington here is cv2. Funnily enough the new lex is still a tad smaller than the old lexington. Here the fun fact: zuikaku ijn carrier which injured cv2 lexington enough to sink her in coral sea,1942 was later sank by the cv12 lexington in 1944, karma's a bitch they said.
Alright, you've convinced me.
Added Sara to the "Power level up to 120" queue..
Idols are mysterious. They can shoot guns without even having them
Lexington has a musket
You should see more the lexinton class in google
Btw look at sara belt and staff
I like the vid tbh and showing my first Elite CAs. I even used Both of them Along with Big E on an Exercise. Still it kinda sad that Big Sis Lexington doesn't have a retrofit(yet that may happen but I don't think it might happen) and Only little Sara left having one but at least they have some uses. BTW There is one thing before you start with Tirpitz it's her pronunciation is actually Ter-Pit-z but If you don't mind that then I hope your next thoughts vid will go smoothly.
"Up next is the lonely queen of the north, Tear Pits"...….
The German pronunciation of "Tirpitz" is "Tear Pits", hence why he pronounced it that way.
@@cotilianysuna9689 And this comment was a joke. And it was pronounced that way...
he’s probably gonna pit it with bismark
i hope
Finally my waifu Sara
Hmmmmm????? Your waifu is Sara-chan?
*so do I*
Saratoga & Lexington = Troll Barrage
Saratoga, my first real carrier after I started the game, and my main carrier since then (go away Long Island). Great timed barrage, airstrikes and a pretty good service history for the real life counterpart which is at least hinted here and there in the game. Great CV!
Really looking forward to Tirptiz :P
Do the Portland sisters together. South Dakota should be included in the Washington video. Start doubling up if you can (Arizona + unicorn best healing combo. Also please do witchita)
Commander_doge I hope they improve Arizona's healing potential with her kai skill
Love using Saratoga. One thing that the Witch's Prank skill doesn't specifically mention is that the special strike does normal bomb and torpedo damage on top of the flooding and burning. Because of this, whenever I do the daily for cognitive chips, she sometimes one-shots the boss if enough of the bombs drop right on it, her airpower once you trick her out with super rare planes and auxiliary items is no joke. And that support fire is so good for mob fleets. When I saw her on your to do list, was waiting for this one.
Hi Hawk. Love your videos. I have to write today because of The amazing skills from Saratoga.
She just....well.....kicks but. At least on my fleet. To pair Sara with Enterprise in my fleet means total destruction of the universe. She is so brilliant. I must have worked hard with her and bumped up her skills to the point where she basically destroys everything on the screen.
To anyone new to the game I would say that Saratoga is totally a must to work on. She's so worth the effort and yes...oath her. She is SO loving once you have done so. :)
Saratoga(Retrofit) stats line is actually the best of all carrier, boosting the highest AVI stats with, Enterprise reload(+- 1~3), the 4th highest HP and 3rd highest AA. Except for average luck.
She's techinacally the best CV with pure raw power. She's only getting outclassed by Enty's skill.
@@gravityhurts2910 That's really the running problem with CVs. Unless they have some sort of team synergy, you're hard-pressed to make a compelling case for any one over Enterprise because of her insane base stats and Lucky E being a hell of a drug.
You forgot cuteness. Enty falls hard in that department.
And we all know cuteness makes a shipfu way stronger.
I actively use both of them in boss fleets, Saratoga because she's really good, and Lexington because I've oathed, maxed her out in almost every way, and am just about level 120 now... Assume my waifu bias.
Saratoga used to be one of the corner stone of my second fleet together with Victorious and Hoshou when I was just starting. my first fleet consisted of Long Island, Unicorn and Illustrious with the fleet set up so that Long Island will always be the one to launch an air strike first. Then I had enough powerful ships like Nagato and the fox twins so Long Island went to fleet 2 and replaced Victorious and Illustrious went and replaced Saratoga and Saratoga became a part of my ASW fleet which I rarely sortie.
I’m still a relatively new player, but these sisters are mainstays for me. It’s like having one (or two) heavy cruisers as “free” fire support for your frontline while the airstrike(s) warm up. They’ve just crossed Lvl 70 for me, and they help make advancing through content a breeze.
Ordinary Saratoga: looks cute
Retrofitted Saratoga: HNNNNNGGGGGGG SHE CUTEEEERRRR
"Doko meteruno? Kochi dayo!" INTENSIFIES.
Sara have one of the best "UWAAAA~" reaction on special touch.
WE DEMAND NICHOLAS REVIEW!!! P.S Hawk great video thx now i know wht to do with Saratoga...as she...sloooowly getting dust of her head...
all free dmg
and "where's kaga?" yeah i can relate to that
6:15am, what a way to start off my morning
Saratoga really is an idol, she just appeared on stage in the Bilibili Macro Link live concert last week, here's a replay on RUclips:
ruclips.net/video/yju-0-IOG1g/видео.html
Sara appeared at 1:58:00
You should do London next. A video of her will be nice since the retro came out.
Nice 777 gems dude
Lol I use that backline in one of my fleets. The sisters will never be apart in my game, here's hoping lex gets a retro
So I heard you like offense:
Saratoga + Lexington
Hyuuga (retrofit)
Graf Spee + Deutschland w/ their custom 283 guns
Destroyer/Torpedo Cruiser of choice
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5 carrier strikes, 5 artillery strikes, 3 torpedo strikes, still have defensive backline guns, still have light front guns.
Hyuuga can be replaced for -1 carrier +1 torpedo with: Tirpitz, Kaga, Amagi, Scharnhorst or Gneisenau.
This is in no way optimum or efficient, but it does have ALL the offensive firepower.
I suspect the gun skill also goes off their aviation as well as skill level.
In story the two sisters are actually popular idols with other ships being fans (Z35, Aylwin) while Sandy for her aspirations and memeness is in story, well.... Gridley was KO'd by her singing.
As useful as they are for the bulk of the game, they run into a wall in W13 as enemy AA boats, DB's scatter shot nature, and general Aviation resist being its highest there means their DBs will get shot down before firing and/or not doing much damage. Flipside is this set of conditions won't come up in events
Can u do a review on erebus since there isnt or there is very little videos about her. I just want to know if its worth it.
Terror and Erebus are good value ships to have on a farming fleet. They're a good way to get a large barrage skill without the cost of fielding bigger ships like Hood, but they'll lag behind in terms of overall damage.
@@Dramatic_Gaming ok thanks
congratz on getting Nicholas.
The artillery cover free spam damage is actually quite fun. The two sisters are also always so cheerful. Thanks for the video!
Edit: Congratulations on Nicholas!
My girl is getting closer and closer :D
Saratoga was one of four pre-war carriers to survive the war. Herself, Ranger, Enterprise and Long Island in all.
Using Saratoga after retrofit is so satisfying even though I have pretty much all carriers in the game.
Saratoga was my 1st retro. Now shes only doing lvl 100 commisions for me
As of march 2020, Saratoga retrofit has gone up a tier, and is now T0 in PVE, according to the Usagi-sensei tier list. So yes, she's highly recommended
Sometimes when I see the list I think how many years is this gonna take, wow that's a lot of ships ,and in a different note I want fan art where Bismarck and Tirpitz meet for the first time
So I see you've been using Arizona. Y'know you should probably do her and her sister Pen together. Saves some time I guess?
I'll double check...might not...since Arizona is also a healer
Unlike the Lexington Sisters, the Pennsylvanias are pretty different in game role. So it may not work so well.
I missed the queen in the north cause im new.
Still love her tho
I have an idea for you. Could you pick ships randomly from your list to keep us surprised?
Hey Hawk how do you feel on what they did to Sandys removal from heavy and special
*BETRAYED*
Honestly relieved. Sandy may be the fandom's meme queen, but getting her from every banner and build event still wasn't fun.
you know what, i relied Sandy build to get that dual dd gun...
You miss 2 thing about Saratoga Skill:
- Witch's prank, once activated, grant you a pair of free homing Torpedo bomber( like IJN planes) upon airstrike, which they can cause Flooding damage. Trust me, i've used her long enough to the point i have to use Ark Royal for additional Torpedo damage because Sara's torp was so bad they barely hit anything( 70% of the time it miss, while the other 30% hit because the enemies are too crowded and hit was easy part) or with Illustrious for "balance".
- No, it's not Houshou with guns, more like BBV with lots of aircrafts, because like Houshou & Zeppy, their gun only can reach a certain range before they drop into water, while their CA guns fire closely resemble of BBV barrage strike (tri-burst with 2 round fired each) and except that BBV can change their guns for different barrage while these pair can change planes for different airstrike timer.
That's all.
:3
That's all.
LOl playing this game while watching and picked up Lexington. I already had Saratoga.
MOMA TIRPITZZZZZZZZZ
WAAAAAOOOOOOOOW
yessu I agree Saratoga can pull some constant and stable dmg especially if paired with haruna or warspite
(also what's the ost playing at 7:05 I have the feeling I'veaeady heard it lmao >.
I think that's just the like the chapter story music
@@Hawk2zer0 oh oki thanks >.
quite useful if you ask me
even if my Lexington is low level she still dealt good dmg
i kept grinding and forgot my ships mood was below 30 so i had to make them dock and make a new formation
it really is important that you have a backup fleet formation whenever you grind cause you wont know until you go to the dock to see that theyre moods are so low
If you're doing Fusou and Yamashiro, you should do Hyuuga and Ise.
That's what they call a..... Forbidden Art: Double Lexington!
I love their barrage.
Ah yes, my two favorite Eagle Union carriers. I used both of them, especially the retrofitted Sara-chan, extensively until I was able to assemble two full Ironblood fleets, lol. Nowadays they just idle at the port... get it? Idle idol? LOL. xD
Their gun skill is quite good, almost to a point of making me think that they are some kind of powerful CA's in disguise... oh wait, lol. x]
Lady SEXington (lol) really needs a retrofit of her own, if you ask me. And a summer skin too. x)
Can you do shiranui, repulse, or Tennessee?
I believe I have those listed...I'll check
0:42 Should have been *Doko ni Miteru no? Kochi da yo* Nice pick, still XD
That's her actual idol catchphrase tho...
even though this video is 3 years old I going say this the reason why Lexington and her sister Saratoga have that skill is due to the fact they planned to be battlecruiser but the Washington Naval Treaty scrap that idea due to restriction the treaty place on those nations that sign it
I personally pair retro Saratoga with Enty with my vanguard being Cleve and Helena. Then sit back and watch the world burn.
2 words: converted battlecruisers. also nicholas. nicky is a good boat in a diff game if your careful and is a bit of a difference from seal clubbing in clemson
can you do USS gridley guide?
Imma like the next video its bout the best tank in the game and my queen
Yeah, those barrages... at skill level 10 Saratoga's often a contender for MVP even without launching an airstrike... and with skill level 10 Witches Prank... she out performs Big E, at least in my setup.
honestly cant wait to see the the shit show of retrofitted saratoga,shousho,retrofitted ranger as a backline. just about done retrofitting saratoga and ranger.
Lady Lex is a very sweet, gentle, mature woman that has captured my favor for quite some time now, along with her counterpart: Yorktown. Those two haven't left my secretary slots since that QoL update.
nice video but sara do in fact have a song and not all carriers are medium armor even if it is the most common for them
From what I know now...there's 3 or 4 heavy armors...
I also finished 9-3 yesterday
FREEDOM!
Hi ! I'm new to this game and I have a question . Akagi and Kaga are my waifus in this game , which other ships should I use with them ?
Pick one ship that can buff your vanguard fleet with them. Then you will be unstoppable in PVE
I'd consider a BB or BC of some sort...mostly so that they can be a last line of defense for your backline if necessary.
Since you're new:
Hood, Warspite, or IJN backliners Yamashiro or Fusou could work...
Add the Colorado sisters, please.
Wouldn't it be good to combine South Dakota and Washington? I only say this because of *that* skill
They make great support for a retrofit ranger 👌
lexington and yorktown are ressurected tho. waiting their refit in the future.
Saratoga:exists
Enemy vanguard: imma about to end this boats whole career.
Saratoga: kills enemy vanguard with artillery cover.
Enemy vanguard: A CV firing guns!? WTF thats not fair!
CV with many atlanta gun?
Wait thats illegal
Adiel Hero actualy in early stage of war they are equiped with dual 8 inch guns
Sara can beat enty easily in dmg output. Run them together, and see how many time she gets mvp.
Where did the stage come from
There was an event a long time ago that awarded that to people for logging in..
Since it seems no one pointed it out, their Artillery skill's damage is based on their Aviation stat (as well as skill level), kinda want to run Saratoga with Baltimore just to see how high I can get it to hit
What is ur team composition with Baltimore? I was thinking Enty, Saratoga, and Hornet. Baltimore, Portland, and Helena
@@johnbts9216 honestly probably something like North Carolina, Saratoga, Enty with Baltimore, London and Laffey
As someone who runs Sara and Enty in the same fleet. Sara gets MVP 7 out 10 times
@Jefferson Tong they're the roughly the same lvl. Sara 114 and Enty 113. just that my Sara has faster reload. that plus add artillery cover damage and witches prank damage.
@Jefferson Tong well Sara does more for me, but if we're taking frontline into account yours needs some work. I run Cleveland, Sandy, and Laffey and it goes frontline 6/10, Sara 3/10, Enty 1/10. I also have vestal in the back but as the healer she never gets mvp
@@AndrewA60 I run Sara/tirpitz/lex in the main with Laffey (retro)/Atago/Takao in the vanguard. The MVP slot is pretty evenly split between Laffey, Sara, and Takao.
Oh that's the reason why he has many sandy
Retrofit nicholas she aint half bad and could compete with javelin with tankiness. How many runs btw?
No idea...used 9-3 for most of Roon grinding
if they ever add White Plains the dev's should give this skill to that carrier as it did have an 8inch gun and used it with some success.
i run a saratoga, amagi, lexington backline and oh my god is op af
edit who copied who on the arizona build cause she is god like with twin maxed out auto loaders and give her the dual 381mm gold gun and your looking at the best heal/damage ship out there
Lexington and Saratoga, AKA my two back line Imperial Star Destroyers.
>Up next, Tirpitz.
My Shipfu!
Anyway, we all know what's going on with their Idol careers, Lexington is obviously an idol that retired a long time ago and now just goes on reunion tours with her old band mates, while Saratoga is an indie Idol that hasn't broken into the mainstream yet.
Want to know your opinion about the An Shan sisters :3
as i just re-checking your list on Azur Lane ship videos, to see which i havent watch yet, you uploaded.
Nice timing!
Its been 84 years
"They've finished their bombing run! Get them before the next wave launch!"
Lex&Sara: *"S I K E"*
Lexington and Saratoga were the biggest carriers in the world war 2 and had 8in guns
I successfully got the Super rare light carrier centaur in 1 go
Cool
Are they worth time and effort?
* me looking at my first top up reward Saratoga *
Yes you are, you deserve all the love you get.
you cant do Tirpitz without Bismarck, hawk. and everyone knows that
OR... just use centuar... The god carrier who out matches queen carrier enterprise
YEET, my girl is next