
Give her some fast, cheap guns and the best torpedoes you have. Her third skill is All Out Assault, which is only really good for triggering her first skill instead of doing actual damage. On top of that, she has her own Torpedo barrage in the form of Demon Dance, firing a helical spread of torpedoes rapidly.

You want that quick reload so she’s constantly firing her main guns not to do damage, but to trigger The Demon’s buff. Instead, she benefits from being equipped with cheap, blue tier Single 76mm 3 inch/50cal or Single 120mm QF Mk IX guns, which while having garbage firepower, have the fastest reloads. utterly deadly) Torpedo stat by a further 60% at max level for a solid 12 seconds every time her main guns fire.Ĭonsidering her rather poor Main Gun efficiency, giving her powerful guns won’t do much. Her first skill is The Demon, a 5% chance of buffing her typically Japanese (i.e. She has two skills focused on wrecking things with torpedoes. While her base version is decent, her Retrofit is the best torpedo ship among a faction known for having really good torpedo ships. Sakura Empire, Destroyer, Torpedo Spam, The Starter Ships’ Secret SisterĪn unassuming reward for collecting all three of the Starter Ships. She also has a powerful set of buffs for her own Firepower and Main Gun Efficiency, so she can tear things apart with her main guns handily. That being said, if you don’t have any other Northern Parliament destroyers, you can pair her with any good torpedo destroyers you have to take advantage of her summon. She buffs herself when paired with Northern Parliament destroyers equipped with Northern Parliament guns. Northern Parliament, Destroyer, Faction-Specific Self-Buff, Damage Dealer, Summoner, Debuffer, Made In ItalyĪ summon? Isn’t that an Aircraft Carrier’s job? At the start of battle, she calls in a summon who can slow down the enemy. Just as the Imperial Japanese Navy had the world’s best torpedoes in the Second World War, the Sakura Empire has some of the best torpedo destroyers in Azur Lane. Take special note of Sakura Empire destroyers in general. These ships also consume less fuel than their beefier Vanguard buddies Light Cruisers and Heavy Cruisers. While having good Evasive stats in general, Destroyers are often squishy barring any special abilities built for survivability like Cassin and Downes’ self-heal on low HP.

Small, fast Vanguard ships who mostly rely on their torpedoes to do burst damage, and have small-caliber rapid-fire guns that deal good DPS. If you haven’t done it yet, be sure to get to it! Best Destroyers Now, this tier list also assumes that you have read our Azur Lane beginner’s guide, and have been playing the game for some time. Start grinding for those gold and purple boxes, and pray you don’t get that golden twin 410mm confetti cannon. Our tier list assumes you have good gear for your ships, as a weak ship with proper equipment and a dash of luck can beat the most amazing ship equipped with weak or unoptimal gear, provided they are both at equal limit break and level.


Azur Lane’s balance is such though that even the weaker ships can still do their jobs well with the right gear. In gacha RPGs like Cookie Run: Kingdom, Arknights, RAID: Shadow Legends and of course, Azur Lane, some characters are inevitably better than others, at least when viewed in a vacuum. Welcome to Level Winner’s updated Azur Lane best ships tier list! While some of the ships on our previous tier list managed to keep hold of their spots on top in spite of new updates (USS Enterprise has been top tier since the start of the game, and still is today, and probably always will be), updates eventually arrive and with it, the inevitable power creep.
