Azur Lane, Quick Starter Guide 2021!

[@Wrugoin13]

Started playing this week. This has been the most helpful starter guide I've encountered. The advice to grind 2-3, 3-2 and 3-4 focused my early gameplay. Your description of fleet structure synergy was invaluable. I used my gems to unlock another classroom and dorm room vs. wasting them on skins. I also upgraded all my pink and blue tech boxes to purples. This video definitely got me off to a great start. Thank you!

[@ZoeyEldritch]

I’m super happy to hear this video helped you out! Welcome to Azur lane, hope you like it here!

[@kyotheman69]

2-1 is best one to grind for easy coin and ships, you can clear it with basically 1 oil unit and 2-3 oil carrier, its easy farm and decent profit, plus its best map to unlock emergency missions chance to get gems

[@ZoeyEldritch]

@@kyotheman69 2-1 is a great gold farm etc, didn't think to bring that one up quite yet in this video.

[@TheLoraxshadenough]

Step 1, spend cubes and coin on building event ships. Step 2, get nothing but Kent because RNG is a cruel mistress. Step 3, repeat.

[@ZoeyEldritch]

Step 4. Meme about the pain on Reddit and elsewhere Step 5. Get removed for “low effort”

[@murderouskitten2577]

Step 4 - off to the chopping block with Kent.

[@darklordkageryuu]

compared to other Gacha's , this one is by far the most merciful one of the lot

[@mukash1838]

*HEY SHIKIKAN*

[@VinoProduction192]

@@ZoeyEldritch stepò 6: play Kancolle

[@jackbro655]

i love this game so much, i started playing around 8 to 9 months ago and the community has been amazing, not to mention the changes of the game that the devs make really makes you notice how much they care about the player, great starter guide😊

[@gembocobo9484]

that feeling when new azur lane have it better than when I started out~ was writing a review for yr 3 of the game based on my personal experience with azurlane and this noob guide update is very helpful! now if only I wasn't so lazy and overly self doubtful >..

[@ZoeyEldritch]

If you ever get around to it, send it to me I will happily check it out!

[@Beowolf208]

I'd love to read a review of current Azur Lane! Pretty much all the reviews I've seen have bee way out of date

[@SupremeNoble]

Thank you so much! I stopped playing back in 2018 and I've forgotten everything! lol this has been very helpful, I hope you have a great day!

[@ZoeyEldritch]

Great to hear and thank you! Have a great one

[@adelaidedacunha5172]

thank you, i just started Azur Lane and I was so confused on what to do. Got a nice ship on Build that i love her aesthethics so it made me want to invest a bit more in the game and give it a better shot (this is like my 4th time trying to get into the game). Thanks for explaining the grinding spots for beginners iti is confusing where you should focus on specially when os much is available right form the start. Lots of events and the UI seems a bit filled at the home page

[@floweredpowered2631]

Your voice sounds very clear and professional, easy to follow and listen to. Tutorial voice 10/10 haha

[@baileydombroskie3046]

I’m a veteran and I just so happened to come across this vid and had to watch it purely to, using my own experience and knowledge verify and see if it’s a good guide and whatnot. And I can say that for sure it is good and is a valuable vid for new SKK to come across. 👍 As for me, I’ve been very tempted in recent months to use my otherwise useless KZbin channel to post content on and it being, proving why rarity doesn’t matter until the very endgame. Why? Bcuz I’ve had to tell many new SKK that u don’t have to use high rarity ships to clear a majority of content. U can clear W12 with common shipfus if u want to. It’s with places like W13 is where things get awfully questionable and not so ez. Altho after the DD buffs, hidden carrier mechanic, lv125, and the far superior gear, it is possible to clear W13 and W14 with some common and rare ships.

[@Iannnw]

I never really focus a lot in this game when I play it last time. But now I kinda wanna get into the game again since my friends are playing it as well, although I'm not good at these kind of games, your guide kinda help me a lot. Thx.

[@vindicare9636]

Do you hate grinding priortity ships with no ships to begin with?Do you hate losing?Do not listen Iron Blood recruiteers in the comment section! Do you want a maid corps that is loyal until the end? Do you like battlecruisers and battleships who can turn the oceans into crater while sipping tea?Do you like Carriers with the best chests aviable,and definetly not overweight? Join the Royal Navy! Glory awaits us!

[@kurosakitagami2788]

I used to play only to get ships and left. This guide helps

[@m.boring8074]

Love the guide, I just play 3 days ago still stuck on lv 39 com. And now farming thanks for the guides. I got curious about Azur lane and decided to play it.

[@mallow.m4rsh]

I'm really tempted to buy skins tho :') btw what are the benefits of dock space and dorm expansion? Also how will you know the roles of a ship is it's a dps or a tank or other. And you forgot to add that you should buy unicorn and helena from the guild shop asap as well

[@joereality1664]

Dock Space just lets you have more ships. Join a Level 10 and free gems can let you expand the dock a fair bit. With so many event exclusive ships, you can quickly run out of space. Dorm expansions lets you unlock the second floor. One gives exp and mood, the other just mood. Roles can vary within class and faction. But CAs usually fill the tank role and placed in the first position. CL are usually overall DPS and anti-air. Destroyers raise fleet movement speed, evasion requirements on some levels and are for anti-submarine. Having one of each in the fleet usually works well.

[@mallow.m4rsh]

@@joereality1664 I already learned this since it was two weeks ago and I pretty much know how to play the game rn but anyways ty for your answer

[@FutureWei]

Very good guide, starting playing this year, especially the skill books and maps, I hope you can make videos guide specially for rare and gray normal ships on who to keep other than the normal ones

[@Charlie-ni4mf]

Bruh, up til 2 days ago I was using universal bulin cause she was an epic class, didn't know that she was only good for limit breaks and leveled her up to lvl 30, started playing a week ago, ty for the very helpful guide.

[@RoryClark-mq5fj]

Same bro 😭

[@ChrisC-ms9wr]

Just started a few days ago. How do you tell which ship is best suited to be a tank ,support and so on ?

[@ZoeyEldritch]

It largely comes down to their abilities to truly define this, I earnestly recommend to either A) follow team setup suggestions for new players and aim for certain said ships, or B) join an active Azur lane discord community to seek help by being able to show others what you have and seeking advice. The broader criteria to your question is a tad hard to touch on in a single response, as again it largely comes back to what are the abilities more so then anything else and learning what to look for could take time and may be best to seek guidance till you can on your own.

[@ragingultimate1003]

If I could add onto this: The ship type can also influence if they are a tank, support, or dps. For example, Heavy Cruisers (like Prinz Eugen and FNFF Saint Louis) are relatively good examples of tanks - heck, I even use Saint Louis in my main fleet. Destroyers, on the other hand, are basically glass cannons - they have low-ish health but they can give out a spurt of damage using torpedoes. While this is generally the norm, there are a few destroyers that focus more on gunpower than torpedoes (Z23 is a good example of that) Carriers COULD count as both a support and 'glass cannon' of sorts, depending on which carrier you use. Unicorn and Shouhou are good examples of the support class, since they can heal ships. Hiryuu retrofit, on the other hand, is more damaged-based, as she has a skill that sends out an airstrike once every 20 or so seconds. And then there's Shinano. Battleships are more tank-focused, but they can also dish out a lot more damage than carriers if used correctly. Usually, you should run a carrier fleet for mob grinding (as the torpedoes can chew through them if you use the right gear, skills, and carrier) and a battleship fleet for boss grinding (if you manually aim them, the guns give a 20% damage boost if they land). So here's some tips: -You should prioritize getting Independence from the core data shop if you're aiming to get a ship. She can boost the AVI (aviation) stat of other carriers in her fleet by a substantial amount -You don't need to worry too much about oil consumption until around World 5 or 6. From there on out, if you've properly leveled your ships, then you can afford to run maybe two ships in Vanguard and one ship as the main fleet. Grinding previous levels with a reduced setup is recommended, as oil costs can stack up. -CA is Heavy Cruiser, CL is Light Cruiser, CV is Aircraft Carrier, CVL is Light Aircraft Carrier, BB is Battleship, DD is destroyer, and I believe that BC is battlecruiser. There are some special ship types, like Monitor, the recently-added DDGs, and Aviation Battleship, but those aren't essential to the meta... sorta. DDGs are in the 'eh' category, since they have high attack power (they fire MISSILES instead of shells), but they have much lower health. -Regardless, all of the ships have their uses in one way or another. Lower rarity (Normal, Rare, and Elite, sometimes) ships usually use less oil, which is a huge plus if you have a sufficiently leveled blue rarity ship and need to grind a lower level. Higher rarity ships (Elite, sometimes, Super Rare, and Ultra Rare) are better suited for endgame, but the last time I ran a full SR and UR fleet, the oil cost was somewhere in the 80's per battle. Another way to say it is 'waifu > meta'. -If you have a ship that you're not sure if you should use, there are some AL channels that can help you (I recommend Hawk2zer0) or you could go to an Azur Lane Discord server, like what Zoey said earlier. -San Diego has one of the highest AA stats in the game. -A standard setup for Vanguard fleet is Heavy Cruiser->Destroyer->Support ship (Light Cruiser mayhaps). Heavy tanks, Destroyer... destroys, and Support ship boosts the firepower of the first two while giving out a substantial bit of FP on her own.

[@brianc.2428]

Is there any specific way you recomend for palying azur lane on pc? good video btw

[@ZoeyEldritch]

BlueStacks all the way and making sure your PC has hardware acceleration turned on if it's a AMD CPU. I tend to hear that Nox has memory leak issues amongst other coding flaws so I don't exactly recommend their emulator.

[@Nevertime__]

Azur lane starter guide step 1 JOIN IRON BLOOD step 2 there is no step 2

[@ZoeyEldritch]

What more does one need!

[@zewolfking8796]

@@ZoeyEldritch Nothing more that's what. Because Ironblood is superior.

[@murderouskitten2577]

@@zewolfking8796 Especially Prince's bow Armor plating. ( Both Eugene's ans Heinrich's )

[@superduperhoopertrooper116]

Too bad our flagship isn't available

[@zewolfking8796]

@@murderouskitten2577 yes indeed.

[@icebat2034]

What do I do when I get multiple copies of a ship? Still very confused about that. I'm gonna lock the rare ones in just in case there is an actual use to them. Great guide by the way.

[@TrungNguyen-ob7uy]

Do you know how I can better deal with kamikaze boars? It's really hard to protect the backline ships

[@ZoeyEldritch]

Are we talking about world 10 or 14 or? In regards to kami boats many ways exist to deal with the,. A good Fredrich Der Grosse helps. Manual play and saving your Vanguards torps for when you see Kami boats to kill them helps. Different methods exist to help mitigate the problem but how much mitigation you may need is influenced by how intense it is as it gets much worst in say world 14.

[@ragingultimate1003]

Battleships. They have secondary guns that can destroy the boats.

[@GoFuckYourself49991]

Kamikaze with them

[@kaz_araya7960]

Thanks for this, I was confused as to what to do. There are like 100 things on the screen and I just look at them like 0-0. Thanks a lot

[@neolingad8063]

The free newbie guide starter pack.

[@ZoeyEldritch]

This statement literally sums up the video I love it xD

[@eshumty5966]

just started playing this game a week ago. Thanks alot for this useful guide

[@scoringcarpet6887]

Thank you for making this guide. I've been playing for a day or 2 in my freetime, It all felt very confusing to get into. Though, I'm troubled with something, your discord in the description is no longer available. I don't know if it's a glitch on my end.

[@_Nakano_Nino_]

Is it good for new player like me (lvl16) to use Junyou meta, Akagi and Taihou for the main? Cuz I really don't know if they r good, and also my front battleships are Admiral Graf, Sussex and Portland. I also don't know why Buli is a full 4 star and its so weak, while Taihou with 3 stars always rekt the enemy ships

[@_d0ser]

Is there a way to target specific ships? How many cubes do I need to save up to guarantee getting a specific ship I want? I just started yesterday.

[@ZoeyEldritch]

The only way to target a specific ship is to go into manual mode. Pitty only exists for ultra rares ( at the 200th pull ) but you can usually get all ships for any given event within 100 - 140 or so cubes.

[@_d0ser]

@@ZoeyEldritch So guessing anything above common only drops from manual on certain nodes? Is this what you mean? So just find the node and farm like crazy?

[@ZoeyEldritch]

@@_d0ser Hmm? When you said target I thought you meant in battle. If you mean targeting as in the gacha itself. Once a year a Wishing Well event is ran where you select two ships for an increased chance to get them. If you mean something else then I’m sorry I appeared to have missed what your original point was.

[@_d0ser]

@@ZoeyEldritch Yeah like say I really want to pull Baltimore. How hard would that be?

[@cab00se77]

i gave someone the link to you last starter guide like 3 hours ago.... bad timing, unlucky for them

[@ZoeyEldritch]

FCKING lol, this one is meant to be quick and clean for someone that is literally just getting started or started very recently.

[@glaceonsamus]

don't forget to send this video to Kirschey as well so she send new people over too.

[@ghoulishpugold2348]

Am not sure if I should download this game or not. Cause I see a lot of ad in this on Facebook

[@zewolfking8796]

Ah a starter video nice. I learned from this thanks Zoey.

[@kyotheman69]

its not bad, not great

[@inacentowlloversandberryad6855]

Is Shouhou better than Unicorn for healing?

[@timeshark8727]

They are pretty similar as far as healing. Shouhou is more offence focused while unicorn is more defense focused with their secondary skills.

[@easlyth251]

Hi, I m new in this game. What should I do with my lvl 120 Friedrich der Große in the first week? *zoeyTrollMagi*

[@ZoeyEldritch]

Why must you do this to me

[@easlyth251]

@@ZoeyEldritch because u would miss something if I wouldn't

[@baekbadook]

i played 2 year ago and dropped the game, kinda overwhelmed and forgot most of the things that i should do when i'm trying to play again now.

[@donovangg]

Great guide! I'm just starting up again for the Gridman event lol

[@elliottcoiley5277]

I started playing this highly popular and I'm having a blast at it😜

[@ghraythedog6092]

Hello im planing to play the game but i have a question is it still ok for me to play it or am i late to the game?

[@cccchon]

2:10 what do you mean by missions found at the top?

[@Officialy_A_Robloxian]

how do i equip other character or what they are called?

[@leigh5900]

I really love to play this game and suitable for my device but for some reason on the lobby is kinda confusing for me its like very confused i just quitted a while

[@brianberthold3118]

i have had good luck with seting up 1 fleet with CV and 2 BB 2 CL/CA 1 DD and 2nd fleet is 1 CV 2 BB 2 DD 1 CL/CA

[@donovanperez9014]

im lvl like 48 and i spent all my gems on skins lmao i dont regret it tho since i dont have a clue on what im doing

[@pleasejustdoit1746]

Is there like an 2nd part to this?

[@hendriaksyah4636]

Your guide is really helpful for me who starting the game 1 week ago, thanks a lot :) going to subs.

[@pbt4500]

Started playing 5 days ago. Love the game. A bit addicting thou lol.

[@ZoeyEldritch]

It is quite an addiction lol

[@kael5860]

hello! how long should I grind 3-2 and 3-4?

[@tempest5363]

Have you found out yet? And who should you be looking for in 3-2 and 3-4

[@TS-ln5ix]

@@tempest5363 3-4 akagi and kaga

[@joereality1664]

Soo.. The 3-4 grind is nice and helpful, but optional. You wanna grind it for Akagi and Kaga. They are good carriers and can serve you very well (great for faction points to unlock research ships too). But there are more carriers available. But 3-4 is a good early spot for leveling and collecting Helldiver prints to craft some of the best bombers in the game.

[@shir4tsuyu_x_kxtaka384]

So I have tiprizts and Bismarck should use those over using hood

[@ColonelRoseru]

Yes

[@shir4tsuyu_x_kxtaka384]

@@ColonelRoseru ok tanks

[@ninojaylomarda2401]

Help I have another copy of UR I am new to the game and the ur only shows 3 star what do I do?

[@ZoeyEldritch]

As with any ship rarity even UR, spare copies are used to limit break them which increases their power while also increasing how much oil it takes per sortie.

[@BinxyBot]

I got atago on my first day. Her reputation precedes her.

[@ilhamhr4620]

anyone can help me?? i stuck at chapter 2-1 .please

[@Yukkikomorii]

Im new to the game and I already got a UR ship.

[@copcopcp]

Bruh im lvl 100 and didnt know that u can craft books lmao

[@ZoeyEldritch]

It do be like that sometimes xD

[@96tax]

it was implemented later to

[@96tax]

and as she said it's not recommended to craft all your books, imo if you have enough books to spend and wants to lvl the skill FAST you can craft then to gold but if you don't have enough don't craft, I only craft the blues to purple

[@leonardolejarde467]

I got taihou on my first special build

[@ZoeyEldritch]

Congrats! That is pretty cool

[@leonardolejarde467]

@@ZoeyEldritch how do i remove exercise status?

[@z4pz4pgaming27]

Why I can't craft what I need to do I'm just new in game

[@bladeheart111x]

I'm kinda a heretic, i haven't sworn allegiance to any nation yet, i'm just using who i feel needs to be used at the moment.

[@j_pedraz]

Deleted today without motivation to open the app then this came up, I'm reinstalling!!

[@snxwyistoxic9817]

I got a new phone and I lost all progress hos to restore?

[@shauryagamz6994]

me getting warspite and washington first week : we must stay focused brothers

[@AlexanderXion]

Thanks for the guide. Wanna join the Shikikan Line Up because that SSSS Collab and want to play all Yostar games

[@darkeneddragon19]

How do I tell what ship is a tank/dps/support?

[@Gerlach456]

press your ship> info > and their you see their skills and stats also check other yt for how to build proper fleet newbie guides

[@u-arts]

This helped me soo much thank you:)

[@Anaheim-Electronics79]

Good guide zoey, a job well done

[@이강징]

Here. I have a question.

[@JinxingEdititng]

Damn where was this video when I was out in the trenches spending all my cubes and coins trying to get Cleveland and Sandy cause I didn't know the memes

[@kxngb7551]

How do u play on pc?

[@daxxad6]

I playef since realise but then my phone was outdated, so i quited game. Just returned now so i missed a 4 anniversaries

[@elliottcoiley5277]

I haven't gotten ayayumi yet

[@lorenz4001]

I bought the luffy skin for 800gems on early game.

[@darklordkageryuu]

Too bad Azur Lane does not have Server transfers as an option :cry:

[@asimovvomisa4040]

Deja-vu is real with this video.

[@ZoeyEldritch]

Wait what?

[@ersfredirickk1652]

Spent My first 300 on gems did 50 rolls and got 1 SSR lmao

[@EVILsexynice]

Discord link?

[@admiral_mike_95]

damn, really wish i found this video before playing azur lane, i wasted all my gems lol

[@PatrickMcgeeHD]

Your discord link expired

[@LeonardoMorretti]

any guide returning player?

[@murderouskitten2577]

been playing AL for 3 years. Never bothered myself with 3-4 grind. i see Kaga and Akagi as Meh. Also , there ia only one thing to do is AL s new player - Join Iron Blood . Rest are weaklings.

[@ZoeyEldritch]

Yea even prior to the power creep Akagi didn’t appeal to me. Kaga is best floof....

[@josiesenneff3600]

I swear I've heard your voice on a documentary or two 😅😅

[@princeofpillow]

I. SEE. SPEEEEEEEEEE!!!

[@ZoeyEldritch]

Need for Spee

[@SM......]

Bless Spee heart

[@arandomguyontheinternet9057]

OK IMMA START NOW LEZGOO

[@SuperRutherr]

Wowza what a great guide

[@gembocobo9484]

before I forget moar vids please! -friendly neighborhood content raccoon

[@greatmacaron5779]

le malin skin goes brrrr

[@gundogemkii6572]

Number three

[@ace3779]

Pls make new guides sensei

[@ViperB77]

Hey. Make more.