@@silincer5186 tashkent would like to have a word with you... even tashkent had a higher top speed than shimakaze irl, tashkent also have one of the highest speed stats in azur lane, just a tiny bit below the faster french destroyers
She changed my game entirely, and has become my favorite ship by far. She's singlehandedly carried me through a lot of content, and was the biggest reason I managed to clear 13. By far my most used girl!
She's one of my most powerful destroyers as well, totally unchallenged among my DD's until I fully developed my Yuudachi Retrofit, and she's fought so much that she built up 3 million EXP at level 125 and now can no longer gain any EXP when she sorties.
I oathed Shimakaze with that ring we got from the voting, and man she lets you touch her ears with that adorable smile of hers. The line before oathing is (Mweeehhh... Please, d-don't touch my ears! It makes me shooo weak... Aaaahh...), and after oathing is(Mweeehhh).
Very cute bunny... But Laffey is still my favorite bun. Especially with that opening lol (man I really need to get Crosswave) Also, good choice on skin. Leipzig is lethal levels of adorable in her maid skin...
I got Shimakaze's bunny skin when it was first release. It is truly amazing her head pat line. It feels like to me that her head pet line is like a second special touch line or is it her true special touch line? Something to ponder about.
The Shimakaze in in Azure Lane matches the real IJN Shimakaze, a unique one off ship of the Imperial Navy. She was the fastest IJN ship (40 knots) and had the largest torpedo armament (15 tubes of the excellent 24 inch "Long Lance" torpedoes in three turrets), but like a lot of IJN ships she was sunk by allied air power.
Was worried about ya Hawk, but glad to see from your other video that you are getting better! As for the video, I initially wasn't a fan of Shimikaze when I played Azur Lane Crosswave, Suruga was more interesting to me (still is xD) but as I played thru that game she warmed up to me more and I did like her. She was also mad busted with that damage boost she gave your fleet! I was wondering when they'd both make their way to Azur Lane itself proper and was so happy when Suruga made it in, but I wish they'd give her a bit of a buff as while I'll still use her, when push comes to shove there are just way too many BBs that outclass her. As for Shimikaze, I sadly missed out in her. I was severely burnt out of AZL as I was playing it way too much and started unconsciously treating it like a job. I k ow it being a gacha game you kinda get out of it what you put into it. But yeah, recently back to playing and hate that I missed out on her, New Jersey and the Micro Medely rerun Dx. I do love the art for her AZL look as, as it's VERY elaborate and imo tied with Yuudachi as making a Destroyer look awesome that wasn't dependent on a skin. As it is, Destroyers are overall my least fav Ship type. With only Z23, Laffey and Ayanami are 120 or above. Currently back to leveling Tashkent & Allen Sumner though and starting Ibuki. But yeah, I just love my CL and CA s way too much xD Thankfully as a Iron Blood main'ish or Mainz if you would ;P, I didn't miss out on the Uldrich Event and got her. Anyways, hope you get even better and hang in there.
I’m so glad Shimakaze was added to the game. Been wanting her since I started playing Crosswave in 2020. It did surprised me that Yostar didn’t used her old art sprite from that game, but then we wouldn’t have gotten her as a UR ship if they did went on to use it.
She's my go-to main destroyer when I need a single top tier destroyer in my fleet. Given that she's already lvl 125 and oathed, and holds my best destroyer gear...you may understand why. I usually run her in my boss fleet and my exercise fleet.
When I saw her Head Pat animation for her Bunny skin, It was a Insta-Buy Right Away! No Regrets at All!!! Love Touching those Ears Every time I can 😍 Speaking of Leipzig skin, Bought as well, and every Iron Blood Maid Skin, except for Ulrich & Madelberg. Have you Tried Leipzig's Special Touch 😘
Actually, it’d be Le Terrible, Le Malin, and Charles Ausburn... The French currently have the two fastest ships in the game (by EVA at least), third *might* be Shimikaze, or Javelin (Her skills), second is Le Malin, first is Le Terrible
Funny you mention WarCorgi and her skill because I think Corgis are hunting dogs (I believe) and rabbits are the favored prey while hunting.. Correct me if I am wrong.
Nice review. Will you also be doing another video of the story so far with OS Chapter 5 and the recent Tower of Transcendence event, or gonna wait for more stuff to be revealed?
I love her voice and her absurd early barrage. Would be a no-brainer for me to use if I wasn't an Ironblood loyalist. Sakura will probably be the second faction I put time and effort into if I run out of Ironblood ships to level.
What ship Will you be doing next? Your ship reviews are very helpful for me. I've just started a week ago and I've already been rocking it because of your guides
So i run shimakaze with the british 533mm torpedos which essentially shoot all 5 in a straight line, in addition to double oxy torps. And oh boy Opsi bosses have not been having fun when 40% of their health disappears within 3 seconds of starting the fight (except arbiters those things are unkillable lol) Also: bunny skin headpat animation is amazing. Worth the gems
At the momet I don't think Shimakaze can get a torp reload lower than 10s, but she can get close. This ofcourse requires a tot al meme fleet and alot of other stuff. First Oath Shima for the stat boost, then Give her autoloaders. For a further boost, level 18 specific destroyers to lvl 120 and max fleet tech for the eagle union. This brings Shima's reload stat to around 356. Then put her in a fleet with Mikasa (as flagship), Akashi (or Unicorn), Jintsuu and Naka or Sendai. From thir skills Shima gets total +70% reload, bringing her total reload up to 606. Then equip her with the fastest reloading torpedo, the french twin 550mm, that has a base reload time of 19,42s when maxed. With her more than decent RLD stat and the baguette launcher, Shimakaze can launch torpedoes every 10,3s To bring her over the edge, they would only need to release a torpedo with base reload speed of 18,7s. Alternatively they could release a ship, that is capable of buffing Shima an addtional 20%, as there are only 2 main fleet ships that can buff her, without skill conflict.
I nearly lost my mind trying to get Shimakaze. Think I got to about pull 195 before finally getting her on the last day. I was basically completely out of gold and cubes too. Great waifu, great torpedo bote, I approve.
Shimakaze is so busted I don't think we'll ever receive a stronger torp destroyer. I think they may have actually given us the top of the top in terms of torpedo damage.
Hawk: "a certain backliner isn't as likely to miss their shots" Shimakaze: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that" *casually moves out of the shell's point of impact*
You can. It'll make her torpedoes nasty. Just remember her health isn't very high, so make sure you've got some sort of damage control if you find her taking a lot of damage.
Facts Time! IJN Shimakaze is the Lead Ship of Her Class, and the Only Ship to Have been Finished, the Other Ships of The Class where Cancelled and Re-planned. She was the Only Destroyer to be Armed with 15 Torpedo Tubes, that are Capable of Firing the 610mm Long Lance Torpedoes, She's also the Fast Destroyer, capable of Reaching Speeds of 39 Knots ln Paper, but Trials have Her Reach 40.9 Knots. Her Service History, is how we say, Uneventful... As She is Mostly Doing Escort Duties, she was Know to Have Escorted Yamato, alongside IJN Maya, she also Saves the Crew of Musashi when She Went down, as well as Survivors from IJN Maya, along the Way she's Had Her AA Capabilities Enhanced, and Also Suffered some Minor Damages from a Minor Collision form a Fellow IJN Ship and some Air Attacks, I guess the AA Enchantment didn't much Change Hee AA Capabilities... Its also maybe because of Her Uneventful or at least, a Service History that Didn't Show Her True Potential, that Has Given Her the Attitude that is Eager to Fight and Rushes into Battle, to Prove Herself in... It was around November where She Got some Actual Battle Experience, and will also be Her Last, on November 11, 1944 in The Battle of Ormoc Bay, she was Disabled by Strafing Runs and Near Misses from American Aircraft early into the Attack. She Drifted and Burned for Several Hours, before Exploding and subsequently Sinking... In Game Her Torpedo Heavy Abilities is because... well... As Mentioned in the Video, she's a Torpedo Destroyer, a Powerful one Too, She's also known to Have the Vaunted *Torpedo Broadside Attack,* but She never Used said Attack, from this is Most Likely the Reason why she Has Powerful Abilities with a Torpedo Salvo mixed into it. Honestly, Shimakaze is a Fun and Playful Cinnamon Roll of a Destroyer that'll will Guarantee Victory if Used Properly in Battle, with the Right Equipment she's a Force to be Reckoned, and Her Torpedoes are Sure to Make sure She is One! Give Her You Love and Time, as well a Head Pats, and She'll Wreck your Foes with Her Vaunted Torpedo Attacks and Salvos! Keep it up with Amazing Work Hawk! Keep the Good Shit Coming, my Friend!
I have a slight idea of a semi-accurate their list of the "strongest" ships in game... 1st is Ranger... or basically, any aircraft carrier that can chain attack (I’ve only got 4) And I also need to figure out how FP to damage works... 920-1040 FP is impressive, but I don’t know how much damage that is... Same with Torpedo stat... The list will consider different factors..., but some ships guaranteed to be on there are 1. Champagne, 2. Ulrich Von Hütten, 3. Jean Bart, 4. New Jersey... This is only for Main fleet though... I have nowhere near enough information about vanguards, and I don’t have most of them either...
Firepower and Torpedo are a bit more complicated. They don't translate 1 to 1 in terms of damage output. There's a lot of factors to it. Firepower or Torpedo Weapon Base Damage Efficiency Level Advantage Ammo Buff/Debuff Manual Aim Bonus Armor Modifier/Ammo Type Active Damage Debuffs Active Damage Buffs These are just some I can think of off the top of my head. The formula itself looks complicated, but it really isn't too difficult once you look it over.
Shimakaze: *popular for her speed in history and hayai zo in-game*
Le Malin one of the laziest ship in-game: *is faster than Shimakaze*
Baguette botes built different
The le fantasque class lost their speed after their refit and reclassification as s light cruiser in 1943.
That makes Shimakaze the fastest destroyer.
well, given malin is so lazy, she wont run at her top speed unless its a pressing matters.. such as dunkerque cakes or something.
@@silincer5186 tashkent would like to have a word with you... even tashkent had a higher top speed than shimakaze irl, tashkent also have one of the highest speed stats in azur lane, just a tiny bit below the faster french destroyers
@@Deilwynna Taskent sanked in 1942 before the le fantasque even went for retrofiting in the US.
She changed my game entirely, and has become my favorite ship by far. She's singlehandedly carried me through a lot of content, and was the biggest reason I managed to clear 13. By far my most used girl!
She's one of my most powerful destroyers as well, totally unchallenged among my DD's until I fully developed my Yuudachi Retrofit, and she's fought so much that she built up 3 million EXP at level 125 and now can no longer gain any EXP when she sorties.
I oathed Shimakaze with that ring we got from the voting, and man she lets you touch her ears with that adorable smile of hers.
The line before oathing is (Mweeehhh... Please, d-don't touch my ears! It makes me shooo weak... Aaaahh...), and after oathing is(Mweeehhh).
0_0
@@Hawk2zer0 she also says during special touch “at least you didn’t touch my ears the outcome…. Wouldn’t have been work safe”
I lost it when the Bulin interrupted Sandy...
bulin and purin master race
Very cute bunny... But Laffey is still my favorite bun. Especially with that opening lol (man I really need to get Crosswave)
Also, good choice on skin. Leipzig is lethal levels of adorable in her maid skin...
I got Shimakaze's bunny skin when it was first release. It is truly amazing her head pat line. It feels like to me that her head pet line is like a second special touch line or is it her true special touch line? Something to ponder about.
The Shimakaze in in Azure Lane matches the real IJN Shimakaze, a unique one off ship of the Imperial Navy. She was the fastest IJN ship (40 knots) and had the largest torpedo armament (15 tubes of the excellent 24 inch "Long Lance" torpedoes in three turrets), but like a lot of IJN ships she was sunk by allied air power.
PoiKai is more a hybrid DD
To put it simply, she's a Sakura DD to surpass Ayanami (Crosswave wasn't kidding) also an honorary starter.
Was worried about ya Hawk, but glad to see from your other video that you are getting better!
As for the video, I initially wasn't a fan of Shimikaze when I played Azur Lane Crosswave, Suruga was more interesting to me (still is xD) but as I played thru that game she warmed up to me more and I did like her. She was also mad busted with that damage boost she gave your fleet!
I was wondering when they'd both make their way to Azur Lane itself proper and was so happy when Suruga made it in, but I wish they'd give her a bit of a buff as while I'll still use her, when push comes to shove there are just way too many BBs that outclass her.
As for Shimikaze, I sadly missed out in her. I was severely burnt out of AZL as I was playing it way too much and started unconsciously treating it like a job. I k ow it being a gacha game you kinda get out of it what you put into it. But yeah, recently back to playing and hate that I missed out on her, New Jersey and the Micro Medely rerun Dx. I do love the art for her AZL look as, as it's VERY elaborate and imo tied with Yuudachi as making a Destroyer look awesome that wasn't dependent on a skin. As it is, Destroyers are overall my least fav Ship type. With only Z23, Laffey and Ayanami are 120 or above. Currently back to leveling Tashkent & Allen Sumner though and starting Ibuki. But yeah, I just love my CL and CA s way too much xD
Thankfully as a Iron Blood main'ish or Mainz if you would ;P, I didn't miss out on the Uldrich Event and got her. Anyways, hope you get even better and hang in there.
I’m so glad Shimakaze was added to the game. Been wanting her since I started playing Crosswave in 2020. It did surprised me that Yostar didn’t used her old art sprite from that game, but then we wouldn’t have gotten her as a UR ship if they did went on to use it.
She's my go-to main destroyer when I need a single top tier destroyer in my fleet. Given that she's already lvl 125 and oathed, and holds my best destroyer gear...you may understand why. I usually run her in my boss fleet and my exercise fleet.
When I saw her Head Pat animation for her Bunny skin, It was a Insta-Buy Right Away! No Regrets at All!!! Love Touching those Ears Every time I can 😍
Speaking of Leipzig skin, Bought as well, and every Iron Blood Maid Skin, except for Ulrich & Madelberg.
Have you Tried Leipzig's Special Touch 😘
We love Saori Hayami. By far my favorite VA, no contest
My only problem with her is we can't hear her "hayai zo~" anymore
Might wanna tell the French girls to start saying that!
Her torpedo damage is crazy when you max her ability and equip and max enhance the UR torpedo. I also got her L2D skin
Her special slash barrage is also hurt as hell, AP slash ignoring armor type
all bun bun shipgirls are good.
Shima is my go to DD since her torp just
**destroys BB 20km away**
Now its time for that fleet formation of Shimakaze, Le Melon and Charles for silly amounts of SPEED.
Actually, it’d be Le Terrible, Le Malin, and Charles Ausburn... The French currently have the two fastest ships in the game (by EVA at least), third *might* be Shimikaze, or Javelin (Her skills), second is Le Malin, first is Le Terrible
0:41 i don't remember this line ingame was it from crosswave?
Yes!
Funny you mention WarCorgi and her skill because I think Corgis are hunting dogs (I believe) and rabbits are the favored prey while hunting.. Correct me if I am wrong.
Nice review.
Will you also be doing another video of the story so far with OS Chapter 5 and the recent Tower of Transcendence event, or gonna wait for more stuff to be revealed?
I've been meaning to get into those specifically. Lots of things to cover in the lore so far.
@@Hawk2zer0 My favorite bit is the flash of a mysterious entity...
I almost think you dont love Sandy anymore
It's complicated.
I chose Laffey and I ended getting few days ago Shimakaze
From where u get the intro with Shimakaze and Laffey 0:04
I bought all of Shimakaze's skins when they came out.
What I see shimakaze design: hmm.. pillar men.. seems enough to me to simp
I love her voice and her absurd early barrage. Would be a no-brainer for me to use if I wasn't an Ironblood loyalist. Sakura will probably be the second faction I put time and effort into if I run out of Ironblood ships to level.
Okay.I'll defend her ears from opposing people.
And getting scorched by Azuma in pvp
Oh hey, hawk hit 25k. grats.
What is Laffey doing to Shimakaze???
And why do i think she sounds adorable??
Do not underestimate a Bulin flying at terminal velocity.
It will assert dominance.
We need a Ship that fires Bulins outta their cannons....Mecha Bulin BB, let's go!
Shinano's rerun apparently counts towards the "four UR gacha ships this year", so, I guess UR reruns will still require cubes and gold like normal.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't, they said there'd be 4 new URs and Shinano would be rerun
Best. Intro. Ever.
Not buying the bunny skin still haunts me to this day.
I never realized this was what the game looked like. I only knew this from hentai
Shima is a nightmare in pvp she almost killed my Belfast with pearls tear and tool box. she deadly
What ship Will you be doing next? Your ship reviews are very helpful for me. I've just started a week ago and I've already been rocking it because of your guides
Casually hitting 20k+ crit torp dmg and AP slashes that ignore armor type.
Rainbow Sakura quintuple torp + 2 rainbow torp aux = MVP steals ezpz
from what i have seen, with the right Fleet Shimakaze has some if not the highest dmg output in the game
Shimakaze is part of my boss and pvp fleet lol
Ayy Hawk posted a video on my birthday! :)
Happy birthday!
@@Hawk2zer0 thanks!
So i run shimakaze with the british 533mm torpedos which essentially shoot all 5 in a straight line, in addition to double oxy torps. And oh boy
Opsi bosses have not been having fun when 40% of their health disappears within 3 seconds of starting the fight (except arbiters those things are unkillable lol)
Also: bunny skin headpat animation is amazing. Worth the gems
So they DO have sword waves!
I hate Shimakaze.
At the momet I don't think Shimakaze can get a torp reload lower than 10s, but she can get close. This ofcourse requires a tot al meme fleet and alot of other stuff.
First Oath Shima for the stat boost, then Give her autoloaders. For a further boost, level 18 specific destroyers to lvl 120 and max fleet tech for the eagle union. This brings Shima's reload stat to around 356.
Then put her in a fleet with Mikasa (as flagship), Akashi (or Unicorn), Jintsuu and Naka or Sendai. From thir skills Shima gets total +70% reload, bringing her total reload up to 606.
Then equip her with the fastest reloading torpedo, the french twin 550mm, that has a base reload time of 19,42s when maxed.
With her more than decent RLD stat and the baguette launcher, Shimakaze can launch torpedoes every 10,3s
To bring her over the edge, they would only need to release a torpedo with base reload speed of 18,7s. Alternatively they could release a ship, that is capable of buffing Shima an addtional 20%, as there are only 2 main fleet ships that can buff her, without skill conflict.
It's just the fact that they have considered this use case scenario possible (if not now...then maybe later), is what terrifies me.
If you don't have shimakaze ear touch sound as your ring tone I'm gonna be disappointed lol
Shimakaze skin was lit, it even set my wallet on fire. One of my best ship girls in 2021 ahaha
Litterally amazing lmao
Do a Le Malin review please 🙂
I put kawakazi in the same fleet who buffs destroyer guns against cruisers
My Shima got a well deserved ring. The moment I got her, she carried my ass up to 12/4 and and all the event content so far. Remember, headpats only.
the bunny of death......
*not even 10 seconds in the video:*
["ERROR. Multiple Fatal Injuries Detected."]
I nearly lost my mind trying to get Shimakaze. Think I got to about pull 195 before finally getting her on the last day. I was basically completely out of gold and cubes too. Great waifu, great torpedo bote, I approve.
Shimakaze is so busted I don't think we'll ever receive a stronger torp destroyer.
I think they may have actually given us the top of the top in terms of torpedo damage.
A whole Shimakaze video and no Suruga references.
tbh, she'd probably want it that way.
Leipzig is so adorable shes showing up in other ships videos.
Me after watching the intro:
*What the fuck is that?*
Hawk: "a certain backliner isn't as likely to miss their shots"
Shimakaze: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that" *casually moves out of the shell's point of impact*
Hiiiiiiiiii
"You may want to use a healing appliance on her"
Me with double rainbow torps: *laughs in beeg damage number*
Shooting bun, Attac Doggo, and torp demon to spam the enemies with torps in a Sakura fleet
yus
Lol nice vid hawk
Torpedo reload booster incoming
Laffy don't bully shimikaze
Taking a break from AL
Should I put 2 Rainbow Torps on her ?
You can. It'll make her torpedoes nasty. Just remember her health isn't very high, so make sure you've got some sort of damage control if you find her taking a lot of damage.
Sadly i dont have her.
Shes the reason I came back to mobile game.
She's pretty adorable
@@Hawk2zer0 also not sure why you was on the fence about her Live 2D outfit. If I bought it any faster my credit card would have burst into flames. XD
*calls police
So Hawk when will you stream
what is a cinnamon roll in anime lingo cause i dont really see the relation to cinnamon rolls at all except maybe in hair color?
I see that as a character who's really really sweet (be it pure/innocent).
@@Hawk2zer0 ohh thanks for the info
Facts Time!
IJN Shimakaze is the Lead Ship of Her Class, and the Only Ship to Have been Finished, the Other Ships of The Class where Cancelled and Re-planned. She was the Only Destroyer to be Armed with 15 Torpedo Tubes, that are Capable of Firing the 610mm Long Lance Torpedoes, She's also the Fast Destroyer, capable of Reaching Speeds of 39 Knots ln Paper, but Trials have Her Reach 40.9 Knots. Her Service History, is how we say, Uneventful... As She is Mostly Doing Escort Duties, she was Know to Have Escorted Yamato, alongside IJN Maya, she also Saves the Crew of Musashi when She Went down, as well as Survivors from IJN Maya, along the Way she's Had Her AA Capabilities Enhanced, and Also Suffered some Minor Damages from a Minor Collision form a Fellow IJN Ship and some Air Attacks, I guess the AA Enchantment didn't much Change Hee AA Capabilities... Its also maybe because of Her Uneventful or at least, a Service History that Didn't Show Her True Potential, that Has Given Her the Attitude that is Eager to Fight and Rushes into Battle, to Prove Herself in... It was around November where She Got some Actual Battle Experience, and will also be Her Last, on November 11, 1944 in The Battle of Ormoc Bay, she was Disabled by Strafing Runs and Near Misses from American Aircraft early into the Attack. She Drifted and Burned for Several Hours, before Exploding and subsequently Sinking...
In Game Her Torpedo Heavy Abilities is because... well... As Mentioned in the Video, she's a Torpedo Destroyer, a Powerful one Too, She's also known to Have the Vaunted *Torpedo Broadside Attack,* but She never Used said Attack, from this is Most Likely the Reason why she Has Powerful Abilities with a Torpedo Salvo mixed into it.
Honestly, Shimakaze is a Fun and Playful Cinnamon Roll of a Destroyer that'll will Guarantee Victory if Used Properly in Battle, with the Right Equipment she's a Force to be Reckoned, and Her Torpedoes are Sure to Make sure She is One!
Give Her You Love and Time, as well a Head Pats, and She'll Wreck your Foes with Her Vaunted Torpedo Attacks and Salvos!
Keep it up with Amazing Work Hawk!
Keep the Good Shit Coming, my Friend!
I tried using her in Gneiseneu Meta and she desintegrate fast
Do a Dido review
somebody finally woke up and strted doing something
I have a slight idea of a semi-accurate their list of the "strongest" ships in game... 1st is Ranger... or basically, any aircraft carrier that can chain attack (I’ve only got 4)
And I also need to figure out how FP to damage works... 920-1040 FP is impressive, but I don’t know how much damage that is...
Same with Torpedo stat...
The list will consider different factors..., but some ships guaranteed to be on there are 1. Champagne, 2. Ulrich Von Hütten, 3. Jean Bart, 4. New Jersey...
This is only for Main fleet though... I have nowhere near enough information about vanguards, and I don’t have most of them either...
Firepower and Torpedo are a bit more complicated. They don't translate 1 to 1 in terms of damage output. There's a lot of factors to it.
Firepower or Torpedo
Weapon Base Damage
Efficiency
Level Advantage
Ammo Buff/Debuff
Manual Aim Bonus
Armor Modifier/Ammo Type
Active Damage Debuffs
Active Damage Buffs
These are just some I can think of off the top of my head. The formula itself looks complicated, but it really isn't too difficult once you look it over.
We gotten boiz, hawk's an iron blood SIMP