Edit: I KEEP MESSING UP! That one DD gun is from the FRENCH event, and is a FRENCH gun. (Thanks pegatar) This is my excuse for me saying Italian over and over again: Segue Description - A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next. The term is derived from Italian segue, "follows" (Wikipedia) Timestamps: Quick Destroyer Introduction - 1:57 Main Gun: (Firepower-Focused) - 3:40 (Torpedo-Focused) - 5:41
Torpedo - 8:49 AA Gun - 11:40 Auxiliary Equipment - 12:35 Exceptions: Kitakaze (Half FP but +1 main gun) - 14:46 Shirakami Fubuki (HAS PLANES) - 18:08
One way to remember is the historical context. France had invested heavily in building two different lines of destroyers. One was roughly the same displacement and capability as everybody else's destroyers, the other was essentially a series of gigantic super-destroyers that were heavier and more capable than some light cruisers of their time. The French 140mm (actually 138 or smth) gun is significantly larger than the 105-127mm guns common on other destroyers and would be found on those super-destroyers. So it should come as no surprise that one of the biggest and baddest DD guns is a French gun. The Italians meanwhile had fairly average Destroyers, but had something similar to the French going with their cruisers, where they had a line of particularly small light cruisers. So in essence: Big DD -> French Wimpy CL -> Italian Massive oversimplification and all but it might help.
@@Tepid24 Ah okay, so in an even more oversimplified sentence; French people have big baguettes and bigger numbers on their guns, so their gun is better. But really though, adding historical context will definitely be helpful for memorization. Thanks!
You forgot to mention something very important about the intel report: DDs have abysmal FP and they have very little options regarding Aux gears that increase their FP. The only one I can remember that DDs can equip is the auto reloader which only gives 8 FP even when enhanced 10 times and RLD which doesn't really matter that much when it comes to DPS. The Intel report on the other hand can be equipped on ALL ship types and gives an additional 20 FP, a MASSIVE BOOST to FP for DDs which means that this is THE best offensive Aux gear for main gun focused DDs such as Laffey, Nimi and Tashkent bar none. The intel report is basically the Rainbow Dildos for gun focused Destroyers. P. S. your voice feels very relaxing for some reason, I can just listen to you talking without watching the screen and still enjoy the video. Also, congrats on 1k subs! 😁😁😁
Nicely worded! I like that Rainbow dildo comparison a lot and I can definitely see myself saying that some time in the future. Thanks for the compliment and the congratulations as well!
Great content! Now i know why they use the blue weapon instead of the golden one. And, seems that i've put wrong weapons for my beloved Nimi. Keep going, dude!
Thank you for your amazing guides, my buddy and i really learned a lot from them, also i just want to say i started watching ur videos when u had 200 subs, so its amazing that ur channel is growing, keep it up!
congrats on 1k bro! you deserve it. there's a lot of azurlane channels on yt but yours seems to be the only one that's actually helpful and easy to follow. i was sold when you said Jav was best girl.
Damn i just watched the heavy cruiser guide and clicked on this one and after i refreshed the site you had 30 more subs. Damn youre growing fast :D Also very nice and helpful guides ♥
discovered your channel a few days ago and figured i might as well sub :D keep up the good work also worth noting that if i remember correctly, the quad gold homing torps actually outperform the quint ones, they got more dmg per torp and a faster reload making them usable than the quint ver
Totally relevant note. I should have elaborated a bit more on my thoughts on each of the magnet torps, as the quad is actually very solid as you can see of how I put it on my Laffey and Tashkent.
So much more descriptive, concise, informational, and just overall straight up better than the other guides I've found. Thank you for your hard work and contribution to the only waifu gatcha game I allow myself to indulge in now, lol. Keep up the great work!
Same, I just played today and honestly AL looks so overwhelming with lots of choices of everything. I'd say stick to the basics and ignore the detail stats as it saves you from headache
Nice guides, though I think you're underrating the Gold Quad Magnetic torps. Yes, the quintuple are trash, but the Gold Quad Magnetic torps have comparable reload/damage to the Gold Quint 533 torps. While they have 1 less torp, the tracking means higher hit probabilities, especially on auto play.
yeah I should tone down my negativity towards them. After all, I'm running the Quad Magnet Torps on my Laffey and Tashkent. Totally agreed that the quintuple is trash, unless it's rainbow or on Mogami Retrofit.
Omg another one. Kimocheese also didn't fully retro Z23 and let her stay at lv100. My question is: WHY?! She's so good as a gun DD! XD Edit: Aren't the Mle DD gun a French gun? You called it Italian at 4:30
haha lol, I love his videos! After I retrofitted Laffey, I kind of disregarded Nimi/Z23, and at this time, she's the only starter ship I have not retrofitted yet. I'll definitely get to it eventually, but my gold is kind of low right now.
@@ItsAnderYT No no no, it is from D2 of the French event with Jean Bart. You got it mixed up again. XD Edit: the reason why I rmb this is because I was wayyyy too frustrated that I am 4 more prints away from building my second Mle before running out of oil and time on D2.
Congrats on 1K+ Subscribers,you’ll easily be able to get more so keep doing your best❤️.So do you have a Discord server? Would really like to know more about the gears and ships.
Thanks! Someone in a previous video mentioned a Discord server and my answer is that it can definitely happen in the future but right now I do not have one. I'd need to first understand all the mechanics of managing a server, so once I can do that, I'll let you know!
ty for the guide, I just started playing azur lane again and your guides rly help me getting into the game, and learning about gearing and other stuff.
I've got a weird question about yet another outlier: namely, Z46. She doesn't seem to be either torpedo or fp based, but instead seems to be AA? Then there's also the AP damage up skill. I'm not quite sure what to do with her. Love the vids, keep up the great content! They're super helpful thus far for the AL pleb (me).
Ah. Nevermind, I just realized that she's just a strangely worded and very specific FP type DD. On another note we need a gold AP DD main gun, don't we?
I know that Anti Sub warfare isn't that big of a thing in the game at the moment, and only really matters during some event's and certain missions stages, so that beg's the question of how you see destroyers, and Light Cruisers for that matter with anti-submarine weapons and systems, aka Sonar and Depth charges. Especially with all of the recent changes to sub warfare systems in-game.
Just to add on a bit for the RU 130mm, if you're in a map with a ton of heavy armored targets, it would be wise not to use that as it quickly turns to one of the lowest dps DD guns for gunboat Destroyers to use
Alright, here's the questions : 1. If you said that DD can dish a pretty insane DMG, then is it wrong to have DD in an entire fleet? 2. Well, all of my equipment is not that good yet. Do you have other suggestion? 3. If I want to put some equipment in FP ship, should I more focused on FP stats or just on the DMG? 4. For example, I just got a DD ship. The super rare one. Should I soon change its equipment or just focused on leveling up & enhance its default equipment?
Yukikaze-sama *NANODA* is angered that you have ignored her. She will forgive you only when you get her to level 120. jk Hey we all have different priorities and I'd definitely focus on what's more fun. Play the game however you'd like!
Quik summary most ijn destroyer will be focused on torpedos and have horrible fire power so which every gun you own that shoots the fastest use on ijn destroyers such as the 76 aa main gun and 120mm main gun.
I kinda dislike the Russian DD gun since the ammo is normal, I normally like something that has HE cause, *Burn*. Also is the American DD gun (The epic one I forgot the name) a good choice?
Hi sorry to bother you, how do I know which guns are for DD, or..BB? or CL? And what do I have to keep in mind when I am equipping a gun to a ship? What do the stat letters mean? I don't really know. I started playing 4 days ago, it is just too much haha
Hey ander. I have a question. What about Nimi/Z23 is she FP or Torpedo? She buffs her FP and Critrate but also has a nice All out Assault and also shots another barrage of missles and tropedos while buffing her critrate. I am so confused about her help me. :D
(New Subscriber) so i want to ask, if use all destroyers type in Vanguard is it good? Hehe i just a beginner, i just want to know more about Azurlane strategy.
For people who dont have the french or Russian gun the next best choice is twin 120mm since it has good shelling damage and has 4 shots Unlike the 100mm it has higher firepower but no AA it is strong for any gun focused destroyer or for cl/ca with aux guns
Quick question, hopefully you see this a month from upload date. Guides I've been reading have said use the Single 127mm Main Gun so I've been using that for a long time now. Should I use that or the Twin 127mm MK12 Dual Gun? And explain why please. I only have these two purples. Thanks and great guides overall!
Single 127mm - more well rounded, higher reload but lower damage, better for ships with good skills or all out assaults Twin 127mm - higher damage, slower firerate, better for high FP destroyers
One issue I have with this is when you differentiate the torpedo focused ships and the FP focused ships. I understand the situation with Laffey and Z23 but how could you tell that yukikaze was a Torpedo ship by looking at her skills? I think the only giveaway was the EX Barrage?
Another giveaway is the overall stats. As I stated in the video, torpedo-focused destroyers generally have less than 100 FP at level 100, while having 400-500 TRP. This applies to Yukikaze, since at level 120, she caps at around 72 FP but 500+ TRP. You can also tell by what faction they're from. Some factions have distinct traits like how most Eagle Union ships have good AA, and Sakura Empire vanguards have good TRP.
She is geared towards being a FP focused ship, but she can also deal pretty good damage with her TRP as well. Make sure you put a good main gun and torpedo on her since she can deal damage pretty well with both.
Isn't Shimakaze the torp queen? (Check out World of Warships) Or is it Kitakami? XD (Kitakami is no longer available, so only older players would know her~)
so you always mentioned that the Russian DD Gun is one of the best for FP focused DD, with that said can i use that Russian DD gun to other ship that can use DD gun? like Cleaveland sisters or London Retrofit? or just stick with gold 127 mm and give the Russian gun to DD?
Since when Clevelands can use DD gun? Russian gun and french one are the best DD guns in term of dps but they're event limited so you should use them on ships who can give you the best results with it: gun-focused DD (Laffey, Z23, Tashkent...), CL who can use DD guns (San Diego, Dido) or any vanguard ship who has strong auxiliaries like London Kai. What's left is to decide by yourself. Also as a side note, Tashkent needs russian gun so unless you're not using her she should be the one to have it.
@@rafaeael5373 i mean as auxiliary not main gun, i don't use DD a lot so that's why i'm asking that oh and i used both dido and london, so i want to know which ship is better with that gun
@@belenuzx Ah okay, I don't use Clevelands too much so I forgot that they're gunboats. Between Dido and London I would choose London, because she's mostly used for her dps and half of it comes from auxiliaries, while Dido is more like a support or buffer so for her dps isn't as important as for London. Other cruisers with secong gun have rather low efficiency on it (London has 160% while Cleveland has 70%) and I don't know any other vanguard with efficiency higher than 75% so you're better of prioritizing using it as main gun (or for London). Of course giving it as auxiliary for high dps ship like Baltimore, Bremerton, Wichita or any other one you choose is okay. Also, just saying but you should have 2 or 3 DDs ready for hard maps (event and non-event ones) for requirements, moreover DDs are very good for mob fleet because they: reduce ambush rate, increase how many tiles you can move during event maps, fill evasion, torpedo and reload requirements for hard maps, and most of all they are cheap. They may be underwhelming compared to cruisers during auto but gun-focused DDs can be as good as Cls (e.g. Tashkent has higher dps than most cruisers while having similar hp and better evasion). Well, it's all up to you whether to use them or not but I think they're great if used well.
You didn't mention purple alternatives for Firepower-Focused Destroyer's main gun for those of us that missed the event guns and don't have the gold twin 127mm gun.
good guide, i think, though... man I have still so many questions. Where to begin... what about when youve just started 2 months ago and dont have all these things? There are so many different gears its mind boggling. All Im trying to figure out is what is ok to use and what is ok to scrap. I have 500 weapon boxes saved up but no space in my depot to open them :'( For example, for destroyers, I dont have enough repair kit aux gears to equip all with those. or fire extinguishers etc. Also I use them on aviation ships because they tend to get destroyed quickly if I use smaller fleets to reduce costs. The flagships are in the most danger in my experience. But auto loaders, fuel filters, radars, boilers.... there's so many things its hard to know what I should and shouldnt use. Im not trying to be super competitive or anything, but it would be bad if I scrapped something I need, or am using something that is terrible. The gear in this game is so confusing, Ive been looking but cant find a clear-cut guide anywhere that says "if you dont care too much about min-maxing, just scrap this, this and this and use this, this and this on detroyers, carriers, etc". Either only 2 or 3 items get a highlight, or it goes super in-depth about everything. I'm basically looking for a rule of thumb, I guess? The gear is so overwhelming that it turns me off from engaging with it, but obviously I do want to open my weapon boxes so I can get rid of greys and blues I dont need (I mostly use fire extuinguiser and repair kit and boiler blues. Things that give me HP. The rest I am thinking of scrapping. Though ill keep the torps too as I have like, 1 rainbow, 1 yellow, 1 purple and 1 blue, the rest is all grey?). Also should i use my good torps on my submarines first, or on my DD? I use my rainbow and gold torps on a retrofitted DD with high torp stat currently, but all my submarines are trash as trade-off. EDIT: which purples can i scrap?
1. I have a guide that tells what to scrap and what not to scrap. Anything I didn't say in the video is covered by the friendly people in the comments section in that video. ruclips.net/video/ZCMc7Tc0fZE/видео.html 2. Submarines and Destroyers don't use the same torpedoes. The only similarity is that they can both equip the Rainbow Pure Oxygen torpedo, which is a late game item you can buy from the core data shop for a massive 1500 core.
@@ItsAnderYT its a year later now and i get a lot more out of the videos now that im shifting from just collecting to building more effective fleets. thanks a lot for these videos :D but watching this again, its sad i didnt start playing earlier. event things missed, esp collabs, i will miss forever :/ EDIT: could you maybe do an updated core data shop guide? there so much in there.
now that I know this I don't know which to do first I wanna do collection since you can get ayanami there but I think it'll be better to get better equipment since it will help me farm materials and clear stages easier
I would think so. Since Destroyers have a low AA to begin with, they do not need to care about how good the AA gun is. Having the extra FP boost from the 134mm Twin High Angle is the best thing you can do in that slot and will be helpful for any firepower-focused destroyer.
Z46 is another interesting case. Just like Shirakami Fubuki, she has good torpedo but also has a FP increasing skill. In Z46's case, she does very well with both a fast firing gun like the Twin 100mm and the 76mm AA gun, or also the more damaging Twin 127mm is a good choice too if you want to trade out some EX Barrage for HE damage. The fast firing guns are good on her because her EX Barrage shoots out AP, which will be buffed from her skill. It's up to you for what main gun you want to put on her. Fast-firing Twin 100mm/76mm AA gun -> more AP damage through EX barrage or Slower firing Twin 127mm -> More HE damage from main gun, but EX barrage takes longer to charge up so less AP damage
The purple baguette FRENCH gun (I have to keep reminding myself so I don't forget) has a slightly higher DPS than the Gold Twin 127mm. However, the reload is a noticable bit slower. This will mean that skills that have a chance to proc when main gun is fired may take longer to activate, the same can be said with their All Out Assault/EX Barrage. It's still a very good option, but for general purposes I'd still go with the faster firing Gold Twin 127mm. If you don't have one of them yet, then the purple baguette gun is still a very good alternative.
Ah that's an interesting idea! I can definitely do that especially since some people are interested in how I manage my equipment inventory without buying extra space. Great idea, and when I decide to do that. I'll be sure to mention you for credit for bringing it up.
AL hasn't confirmed any drop rates other than Akagi and Kaga having a 0.75% each of dropping. Can't say. Some community research suggests that higher level stages *probably* have better droprates, but no one knows for sure.
@@ItsAnderYT Yeah i know but what about the blueprints? Does the drop rate increase if i fight on high level chapters? I want some gold cruisers blueprints, i'm grinding on 3-2 for that. Does 4-2 have a higher drop rate?
@@LuisArtahona Again, no one knows the drop rates, so no one knows for sure. However, for Hard Mode maps, I would recommend farming the hardest difficulty stage you can do since you get more core data.
Coming late to the party... I just started playing the game 2 days ago.... I've been farming 2-3 because I wanted to get some fire extinguishers... however, I cannot equip them on any ships, heck, I don't even see them listed when I look at my Depot > Gears. Same thing with the Air Radar that you get from 2-3.... where are they? I know I got some, I saw them in my Reward list after farming the level... What am I missing? Thanks to anyone who takes the time to show the way to this noob... :-)
Way late to the party, but if you're grinding a level for gear, you're only getting prints rather than the actual equipment. Go to Depot > Craft (on the bottom of the screen towards the center/left) and look for the equipment in question. If it's blue/rare extinguishers, I think you only need 5 prints per item.
I'd probably go with one just because they can die so fast from machine gun airplane fire. With one you can focus Ryuuhou's single heals on her and keep your destroyer sustained for much longer.
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Edit: I KEEP MESSING UP! That one DD gun is from the FRENCH event, and is a FRENCH gun. (Thanks pegatar)
This is my excuse for me saying Italian over and over again:
Segue
Description - A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next. The term is derived from Italian segue, "follows" (Wikipedia)
Timestamps:
Quick Destroyer Introduction - 1:57
Main Gun:
(Firepower-Focused) - 3:40
(Torpedo-Focused) - 5:41
Torpedo - 8:49
AA Gun - 11:40
Auxiliary Equipment - 12:35
Exceptions:
Kitakaze (Half FP but +1 main gun) - 14:46
Shirakami Fubuki (HAS PLANES) - 18:08
Mutsuki will always be the best retrofit. NO ONE can beat the candy master. With Mutsuki, Kisaragi, and Uzuki. And with back line, Ark Royal. ;)
One way to remember is the historical context. France had invested heavily in building two different lines of destroyers. One was roughly the same displacement and capability as everybody else's destroyers, the other was essentially a series of gigantic super-destroyers that were heavier and more capable than some light cruisers of their time. The French 140mm (actually 138 or smth) gun is significantly larger than the 105-127mm guns common on other destroyers and would be found on those super-destroyers. So it should come as no surprise that one of the biggest and baddest DD guns is a French gun.
The Italians meanwhile had fairly average Destroyers, but had something similar to the French going with their cruisers, where they had a line of particularly small light cruisers. So in essence:
Big DD -> French
Wimpy CL -> Italian
Massive oversimplification and all but it might help.
@@Tepid24 Ah okay, so in an even more oversimplified sentence; French people have big baguettes and bigger numbers on their guns, so their gun is better.
But really though, adding historical context will definitely be helpful for memorization. Thanks!
Hey heyyyyy you have 3.7k now + really cool guide
The Italian gun is the twin 120 mm
holy cow im really proud of how good my intro turned out. sorry for the bad EXPLOSION pun, if you have any better ones feel free to comment down below
it was beautiful 😹
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I see... No wonder his name is FBI Open Up~ XD
Nani?!
@@Poi91 Nothing!
You forgot to mention something very important about the intel report:
DDs have abysmal FP and they have very little options regarding Aux gears that increase their FP. The only one I can remember that DDs can equip is the auto reloader which only gives 8 FP even when enhanced 10 times and RLD which doesn't really matter that much when it comes to DPS.
The Intel report on the other hand can be equipped on ALL ship types and gives an additional 20 FP, a MASSIVE BOOST to FP for DDs which means that this is THE best offensive Aux gear for main gun focused DDs such as Laffey, Nimi and Tashkent bar none. The intel report is basically the Rainbow Dildos for gun focused Destroyers.
P. S. your voice feels very relaxing for some reason, I can just listen to you talking without watching the screen and still enjoy the video. Also, congrats on 1k subs! 😁😁😁
Nicely worded! I like that Rainbow dildo comparison a lot and I can definitely see myself saying that some time in the future.
Thanks for the compliment and the congratulations as well!
@@ItsAnderYT Ehehe. Can I atleast get a heart for being a good boi? 😋
@@justinemarkdajay7485 sure.
@@ItsAnderYT kyaaaaaaaa! 🤩🤩🤩
@@justinemarkdajay7485 why did I read that "kyaaa" in Javelin's voice? Lmao
Just found this channel tonight, cool to see someone still making relevant Azur Lane content. Awesome work. 👍👌💥
Great content! Now i know why they use the blue weapon instead of the golden one. And, seems that i've put wrong weapons for my beloved Nimi.
Keep going, dude!
Thanks! Hopefully your Nimi is now doing much better!
"Do not hit the cute fox loli" proceeds to special touch yukikaze 2 minutes after saying that to fubuki
Old video but worth noting! You can also equip the double daggers and the tractor thingy from the SSSS Gridman event to boost her FP to a +100 bonus!
passed 1k subs in April?! Holy wow dude! A friend recommended you and I enjoy how in depth you are. Quality, as usual
Thank you for your amazing guides, my buddy and i really learned a lot from them, also i just want to say i started watching ur videos when u had 200 subs, so its amazing that ur channel is growing, keep it up!
All I've gotta say is thanks man! Glad to know that you've been supporting the channel since the start.
@@ItsAnderYT haha I know, it's awesome seeing the growth, can't wait for more guides
congrats on 1k bro! you deserve it. there's a lot of azurlane channels on yt but yours seems to be the only one that's actually helpful and easy to follow. i was sold when you said Jav was best girl.
Thanks Jordan! Javelin will always be best, nothing can change my mind.
Damn i just watched the heavy cruiser guide and clicked on this one and after i refreshed the site you had 30 more subs. Damn youre growing fast :D
Also very nice and helpful guides ♥
discovered your channel a few days ago and figured i might as well sub :D keep up the good work
also worth noting that if i remember correctly, the quad gold homing torps actually outperform the quint ones, they got more dmg per torp and a faster reload making them usable than the quint ver
Totally relevant note. I should have elaborated a bit more on my thoughts on each of the magnet torps, as the quad is actually very solid as you can see of how I put it on my Laffey and Tashkent.
So much more descriptive, concise, informational, and just overall straight up better than the other guides I've found. Thank you for your hard work and contribution to the only waifu gatcha game I allow myself to indulge in now, lol. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! I'll try my best to keep delivering good content.
Lmao i just put whatever i have on my DDs, I still have no idea what all the equips do xD
Same
Hahaha same.
Same, I just played today and honestly AL looks so overwhelming with lots of choices of everything. I'd say stick to the basics and ignore the detail stats as it saves you from headache
For ijn destroyers like ayanami use the fastest firing guns you have as you want them to activate the all out assault the fastest
@@dyn12864 will that still apply to Yukikaze? And which guns I have to use, as I can't differentiate? x)
This has been the perfect video for his IGN.
Congratulations on the 1k subs !
Thanks! :)
thank you so much for your help i started playing 3 weeks ago and your videos are helping a lot
Nice guides, though I think you're underrating the Gold Quad Magnetic torps. Yes, the quintuple are trash, but the Gold Quad Magnetic torps have comparable reload/damage to the Gold Quint 533 torps. While they have 1 less torp, the tracking means higher hit probabilities, especially on auto play.
yeah I should tone down my negativity towards them. After all, I'm running the Quad Magnet Torps on my Laffey and Tashkent. Totally agreed that the quintuple is trash, unless it's rainbow or on Mogami Retrofit.
Omg another one. Kimocheese also didn't fully retro Z23 and let her stay at lv100. My question is: WHY?! She's so good as a gun DD! XD
Edit: Aren't the Mle DD gun a French gun? You called it Italian at 4:30
haha lol, I love his videos! After I retrofitted Laffey, I kind of disregarded Nimi/Z23, and at this time, she's the only starter ship I have not retrofitted yet. I'll definitely get to it eventually, but my gold is kind of low right now.
ah shoot i keep confusing myself, it's from the Italian event but it is a French gun.
@@ItsAnderYT No no no, it is from D2 of the French event with Jean Bart. You got it mixed up again. XD
Edit: the reason why I rmb this is because I was wayyyy too frustrated that I am 4 more prints away from building my second Mle before running out of oil and time on D2.
@@pegatar omg too many events my brain can't handle this, xD
I'll be sure to change the pinned comment again lmao
congrats on 1K! youre growin fast!
Thanks Kim Jong Un!
i didn't know the supreme leader played azur lane lol
"What you should put in them"
ok man, i think we've all wanted to put something in them
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Congrats on 1k subscribers dude! Just like, 2 days ago you had 500 subs now you have the double the amout... just saying, you're deserve it!
Thanks Yuuriyuki! The channel growth has been insane recently, and I can't express my gratitude with words.
Hmmmm i really like your channel, keep the good work bro !
Your equipment guides have been very helpfull, earnes a sub!!!
Thanks! Glad to hear it.
Congrats on 1K+ Subscribers,you’ll easily be able to get more so keep doing your best❤️.So do you have a Discord server? Would really like to know more about the gears and ships.
Thanks!
Someone in a previous video mentioned a Discord server and my answer is that it can definitely happen in the future but right now I do not have one.
I'd need to first understand all the mechanics of managing a server, so once I can do that, I'll let you know!
ty for the guide, I just started playing azur lane again and your guides rly help me getting into the game, and learning about gearing and other stuff.
This channel is really really helpful for me. Thanks for the information yes...
I've got a weird question about yet another outlier: namely, Z46. She doesn't seem to be either torpedo or fp based, but instead seems to be AA? Then there's also the AP damage up skill. I'm not quite sure what to do with her.
Love the vids, keep up the great content! They're super helpful thus far for the AL pleb (me).
Ah.
Nevermind, I just realized that she's just a strangely worded and very specific FP type DD.
On another note we need a gold AP DD main gun, don't we?
Guys like you, who help with these guides belong to the thick thighs heaven men.
hell yea i always wanted to go there!
Been waiting for this
The D.
Oh, hold on, there’s someone knocking at the do-
I know that Anti Sub warfare isn't that big of a thing in the game at the moment, and only really matters during some event's and certain missions stages, so that beg's the question of how you see destroyers, and Light Cruisers for that matter with anti-submarine weapons and systems, aka Sonar and Depth charges. Especially with all of the recent changes to sub warfare systems in-game.
Azur lane equipment guide: Loli edition
accurate
The new allen m. sumner DD doesn’t look and act like a loli at all
Just to add on a bit for the RU 130mm, if you're in a map with a ton of heavy armored targets, it would be wise not to use that as it quickly turns to one of the lowest dps DD guns for gunboat Destroyers to use
Alright, here's the questions :
1. If you said that DD can dish a pretty insane DMG, then is it wrong to have DD in an entire fleet?
2. Well, all of my equipment is not that good yet. Do you have other suggestion?
3. If I want to put some equipment in FP ship, should I more focused on FP stats or just on the DMG?
4. For example, I just got a DD ship. The super rare one. Should I soon change its equipment or just focused on leveling up & enhance its default equipment?
Thanks for the guide 😄. Gotta work on Yukikaze more. I have ignored her for too long but I cant put pirate warriors 4 down 😂
Yukikaze-sama *NANODA* is angered that you have ignored her. She will forgive you only when you get her to level 120. jk
Hey we all have different priorities and I'd definitely focus on what's more fun. Play the game however you'd like!
you really need to update this. its been almos a year.
2:25 Shigure(retrofit) has way more Torp stats than Ayanami (not counting the Skills).
Quik summary most ijn destroyer will be focused on torpedos and have horrible fire power so which every gun you own that shoots the fastest use on ijn destroyers such as the 76 aa main gun and 120mm main gun.
How do you get the gold Sonars? With the new submarine system I’m thinking of making an ASW focused DD :)
I kinda dislike the Russian DD gun since the ammo is normal, I normally like something that has HE cause, *Burn*. Also is the American DD gun (The epic one I forgot the name) a good choice?
thanks for the guide,gg gl.
Hi sorry to bother you, how do I know which guns are for DD, or..BB? or CL? And what do I have to keep in mind when I am equipping a gun to a ship? What do the stat letters mean? I don't really know. I started playing 4 days ago, it is just too much haha
With the changes / buffs to DDs that came recently, how would you recommend the optimal equipment for the DDs?
*sees that you oathed Yukikaze-sama nanoda*
Ah I see, you're a man of culture as well.
of course, over on this channel we worship the *NANODA*
Hey ander. I have a question. What about Nimi/Z23 is she FP or Torpedo? She buffs her FP and Critrate but also has a nice All out Assault and also shots another barrage of missles and tropedos while buffing her critrate. I am so confused about her help me. :D
(New Subscriber) so i want to ask, if use all destroyers type in Vanguard is it good? Hehe i just a beginner, i just want to know more about Azurlane strategy.
For people who dont have the french or Russian gun the next best choice is twin 120mm since it has good shelling damage and has 4 shots
Unlike the 100mm it has higher firepower but no AA it is strong for any gun focused destroyer or for cl/ca with aux guns
Hi ander, do gold blueprints drop rate increase the higher the stage your farming?
What are your thoughts on Yuudachi?
I want to make guides. any advice? I'm fairly new but can do a few from a "newbie" perspective?
Quick question, hopefully you see this a month from upload date. Guides I've been reading have said use the Single 127mm Main Gun so I've been using that for a long time now. Should I use that or the Twin 127mm MK12 Dual Gun? And explain why please. I only have these two purples. Thanks and great guides overall!
Single 127mm - more well rounded, higher reload but lower damage, better for ships with good skills or all out assaults
Twin 127mm - higher damage, slower firerate, better for high FP destroyers
@@ItsAnderYT Ty!
One issue I have with this is when you differentiate the torpedo focused ships and the FP focused ships. I understand the situation with Laffey and Z23 but how could you tell that yukikaze was a Torpedo ship by looking at her skills? I think the only giveaway was the EX Barrage?
Another giveaway is the overall stats. As I stated in the video, torpedo-focused destroyers generally have less than 100 FP at level 100, while having 400-500 TRP.
This applies to Yukikaze, since at level 120, she caps at around 72 FP but 500+ TRP.
You can also tell by what faction they're from. Some factions have distinct traits like how most Eagle Union ships have good AA, and Sakura Empire vanguards have good TRP.
Hey Ander....do u have any tips for Le Malin? Because I’m not quite sure is she a FP or TRP focused ship...
She is geared towards being a FP focused ship, but she can also deal pretty good damage with her TRP as well. Make sure you put a good main gun and torpedo on her since she can deal damage pretty well with both.
Thanks dude👍🏻 I’ve started playing azur lane a few weeks back and your videos helped A LOT, keep up the good work!
Congrats on 1k subs i hope to see your channel grow even more
DD lolis are best lolis
thanks!
I don't know man, the submarine lolis are offering some fierce competition to the DD lolis ;)
My Laffey kind of does everything since she has such a balanced stat spread.
Except for that ungody reload stat.
Isn't Shimakaze the torp queen?
(Check out World of Warships)
Or is it Kitakami? XD
(Kitakami is no longer available, so only older players would know her~)
I can't find the gold twin 100mm (Type 98) aa gun for the torpedo focused... is this the multiverse?
I'm still confused. Would Z46 be a FP Focused or Torp Focused destroyer? She's got decent stats in each
0:33 Ayaya Ayaya: One shot face torping
classic ayaya torp memes
Do you have anything for Nicholas? I think she's a very good jack of all trade kind of ship.
Do you have new updated tier list? or mention?
so you always mentioned that the Russian DD Gun is one of the best for FP focused DD, with that said can i use that Russian DD gun to other ship that can use DD gun? like Cleaveland sisters or London Retrofit? or just stick with gold 127 mm and give the Russian gun to DD?
Since when Clevelands can use DD gun? Russian gun and french one are the best DD guns in term of dps but they're event limited so you should use them on ships who can give you the best results with it: gun-focused DD (Laffey, Z23, Tashkent...), CL who can use DD guns (San Diego, Dido) or any vanguard ship who has strong auxiliaries like London Kai. What's left is to decide by yourself. Also as a side note, Tashkent needs russian gun so unless you're not using her she should be the one to have it.
@@rafaeael5373 i mean as auxiliary not main gun, i don't use DD a lot so that's why i'm asking that
oh and i used both dido and london, so i want to know which ship is better with that gun
@@belenuzx Ah okay, I don't use Clevelands too much so I forgot that they're gunboats.
Between Dido and London I would choose London, because she's mostly used for her dps and half of it comes from auxiliaries, while Dido is more like a support or buffer so for her dps isn't as important as for London.
Other cruisers with secong gun have rather low efficiency on it (London has 160% while Cleveland has 70%) and I don't know any other vanguard with efficiency higher than 75% so you're better of prioritizing using it as main gun (or for London).
Of course giving it as auxiliary for high dps ship like Baltimore, Bremerton, Wichita or any other one you choose is okay.
Also, just saying but you should have 2 or 3 DDs ready for hard maps (event and non-event ones) for requirements, moreover DDs are very good for mob fleet because they: reduce ambush rate, increase how many tiles you can move during event maps, fill evasion, torpedo and reload requirements for hard maps, and most of all they are cheap.
They may be underwhelming compared to cruisers during auto but gun-focused DDs can be as good as Cls (e.g. Tashkent has higher dps than most cruisers while having similar hp and better evasion). Well, it's all up to you whether to use them or not but I think they're great if used well.
I totally agree with qwerty here with London, everything said there is what I'd do too.
You didn't mention purple alternatives for Firepower-Focused Destroyer's main gun for those of us that missed the event guns and don't have the gold twin 127mm gun.
The purple 127mm is your best choice. Sorry about that.
@@ItsAnderYT Thank you Ander
good guide, i think, though... man I have still so many questions. Where to begin... what about when youve just started 2 months ago and dont have all these things? There are so many different gears its mind boggling. All Im trying to figure out is what is ok to use and what is ok to scrap. I have 500 weapon boxes saved up but no space in my depot to open them :'( For example, for destroyers, I dont have enough repair kit aux gears to equip all with those. or fire extinguishers etc. Also I use them on aviation ships because they tend to get destroyed quickly if I use smaller fleets to reduce costs. The flagships are in the most danger in my experience.
But auto loaders, fuel filters, radars, boilers.... there's so many things its hard to know what I should and shouldnt use.
Im not trying to be super competitive or anything, but it would be bad if I scrapped something I need, or am using something that is terrible.
The gear in this game is so confusing, Ive been looking but cant find a clear-cut guide anywhere that says "if you dont care too much about min-maxing, just scrap this, this and this and use this, this and this on detroyers, carriers, etc". Either only 2 or 3 items get a highlight, or it goes super in-depth about everything. I'm basically looking for a rule of thumb, I guess? The gear is so overwhelming that it turns me off from engaging with it, but obviously I do want to open my weapon boxes so I can get rid of greys and blues I dont need (I mostly use fire extuinguiser and repair kit and boiler blues. Things that give me HP. The rest I am thinking of scrapping. Though ill keep the torps too as I have like, 1 rainbow, 1 yellow, 1 purple and 1 blue, the rest is all grey?).
Also should i use my good torps on my submarines first, or on my DD? I use my rainbow and gold torps on a retrofitted DD with high torp stat currently, but all my submarines are trash as trade-off.
EDIT: which purples can i scrap?
1. I have a guide that tells what to scrap and what not to scrap. Anything I didn't say in the video is covered by the friendly people in the comments section in that video.
ruclips.net/video/ZCMc7Tc0fZE/видео.html
2. Submarines and Destroyers don't use the same torpedoes. The only similarity is that they can both equip the Rainbow Pure Oxygen torpedo, which is a late game item you can buy from the core data shop for a massive 1500 core.
@@ItsAnderYT its a year later now and i get a lot more out of the videos now that im shifting from just collecting to building more effective fleets. thanks a lot for these videos :D but watching this again, its sad i didnt start playing earlier. event things missed, esp collabs, i will miss forever :/
EDIT: could you maybe do an updated core data shop guide? there so much in there.
can PR destroyer guns trigger kitakaze's 1st skill for the increased efficiency as well!
Why don’t you have Z23 retrofitted?
now that I know this I don't know which to do first
I wanna do collection since you can get ayanami there
but I think it'll be better to get better equipment since it will help me farm materials and clear stages easier
Why do the cross-over ships all have the most unique gear slots?
The AA 134mm Twin High-Angle Gun is the best option for Nimi?
I would think so. Since Destroyers have a low AA to begin with, they do not need to care about how good the AA gun is. Having the extra FP boost from the 134mm Twin High Angle is the best thing you can do in that slot and will be helpful for any firepower-focused destroyer.
@@ItsAnderYT Okay thank you :D
i might be late but is it ok if i replace aux with submarine equipment
Any tips on z46 ander? she likes to proc the ex barrage and it is composed of ap attack and torpedoes, and she likes to take out planes to buff her fr
Z46 is another interesting case. Just like Shirakami Fubuki, she has good torpedo but also has a FP increasing skill. In Z46's case, she does very well with both a fast firing gun like the Twin 100mm and the 76mm AA gun, or also the more damaging Twin 127mm is a good choice too if you want to trade out some EX Barrage for HE damage. The fast firing guns are good on her because her EX Barrage shoots out AP, which will be buffed from her skill.
It's up to you for what main gun you want to put on her.
Fast-firing Twin 100mm/76mm AA gun -> more AP damage through EX barrage
or
Slower firing Twin 127mm -> More HE damage from main gun, but EX barrage takes longer to charge up so less AP damage
@@ItsAnderYT Thanks man! I helped me a lot at w11
Quick question how does the purple french baggette launcher compare to the gold guns?
The purple baguette FRENCH gun (I have to keep reminding myself so I don't forget) has a slightly higher DPS than the Gold Twin 127mm. However, the reload is a noticable bit slower. This will mean that skills that have a chance to proc when main gun is fired may take longer to activate, the same can be said with their All Out Assault/EX Barrage. It's still a very good option, but for general purposes I'd still go with the faster firing Gold Twin 127mm. If you don't have one of them yet, then the purple baguette gun is still a very good alternative.
For Tashkent, the best is 130mm Russian gun because of her second skill.
I dont think you mentioned that if Kitakaze is equipped with a Sakura Empire DD gun (twin 100mm) she gets more Efficiency.
Yeah I forgot to mention that. Totally true, as long as you have that gun on then she'll be performing at her maximum potential.
how about a guide to notable blue gear as well as purple gear that we should disassemble to save on gear slots
Ah that's an interesting idea! I can definitely do that especially since some people are interested in how I manage my equipment inventory without buying extra space. Great idea, and when I decide to do that. I'll be sure to mention you for credit for bringing it up.
"We just passed 1000 subscribers"
Bro you have 14k
What kind of main gun is good for kawakaze?
11K now :D
I can’t even look at Eldridge the same anymore after the research I’ve been doing…
Fubuki - all in one hah. Gotta max out her soon lmao
how do I get the twin 100mm type 98?
DD4Life
Well the french event is now available for rerun so the french dd gun is farmable
we're the same, my fave type is also destroyers
I've read What to put in them.... I think I got problems
what type of destroyer is Javelin
Does higher level maps help for drop rates?
AL hasn't confirmed any drop rates other than Akagi and Kaga having a 0.75% each of dropping. Can't say.
Some community research suggests that higher level stages *probably* have better droprates, but no one knows for sure.
@@ItsAnderYT Yeah i know but what about the blueprints? Does the drop rate increase if i fight on high level chapters? I want some gold cruisers blueprints, i'm grinding on 3-2 for that. Does 4-2 have a higher drop rate?
@@LuisArtahona Again, no one knows the drop rates, so no one knows for sure.
However, for Hard Mode maps, I would recommend farming the hardest difficulty stage you can do since you get more core data.
@@ItsAnderYT Oh didn't know that about the Core Data Chips. Thanks man! Keep doing your videos and good luck in the Aurora Noctis Event!
10:05 Did you just say torpedo gun? It's torpedo launcher~ XD
Been playing the game for 1 year and half but still doesnt know what to equipment to put on my ships lmao
Coming late to the party... I just started playing the game 2 days ago.... I've been farming 2-3 because I wanted to get some fire extinguishers... however, I cannot equip them on any ships, heck, I don't even see them listed when I look at my Depot > Gears. Same thing with the Air Radar that you get from 2-3.... where are they? I know I got some, I saw them in my Reward list after farming the level... What am I missing? Thanks to anyone who takes the time to show the way to this noob... :-)
Way late to the party, but if you're grinding a level for gear, you're only getting prints rather than the actual equipment. Go to Depot > Craft (on the bottom of the screen towards the center/left) and look for the equipment in question. If it's blue/rare extinguishers, I think you only need 5 prints per item.
@@LowerBlack64 Yes. waaaaaay late! lol, Figured it out a while ago, thanks anyways!
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
FBIOpenUp...
Oh, shi*.
...'s next Destroyer guide.
the destroyer guide sounds like a much better alternative compared to a home invasion 😄
Nooo i disassembled the Twin 134mm High-Angle (QF Mark I)
Yukikaze-sama NANODA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! shes always the best
The question is 1 or 2 destroyers are worth it to use in chap 13 xD
I'd probably go with one just because they can die so fast from machine gun airplane fire. With one you can focus Ryuuhou's single heals on her and keep your destroyer sustained for much longer.
@@ItsAnderYT yeah that one probably be yukikaze or for low chapters i probably use ayanami for ez nukes
@@tohkia8840 I believe Tashkent can give Yukikaze a run for money though.
@@justinemarkdajay7485 ill try tashkent on chapter 13
Jestin' Time I think it’s cuz yuki can survive for so long
So what type of dd is suzutsuki ?
definitely FP focused.
She has a skill that increases her FP, and she most importantly has a main gun +1, making her shoot twice as much.
@@ItsAnderYT thank u so much ander sama
Tho can her trp stat become good too with kii on the backline ? (I mean she has trp barrage too)
@@jamesapostol5764 yeah of course, Suzutsuki is all around amazing in both TRP and FP
so what your saying is that Destroyers are nukes and foching derp guns
Wait so shirakami fubuki is supposed to be good?
heck yeah she is!
4:29 isn't that French?
19:35 lmao your right she not a loli but she is a lolicon. Anyways thanks for the guide.