Ultimate Azur Lane Ships Guide 2025 - What to Pick as a Newbie

Ahoy, Commander! Are you ready to build a fleet and conquer the oceans with Azur Lane ships? If you are a newbie to the game, this guide is the best way to get started by helping you select the best ships and explore all their aspects. You can enhance your gameplay with customizable controls and enjoy a larger screen experience by playing Azur Lane on PC with LDPlayer.

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What are Azur Lane Ships?

Azur Lane ships are the core of the game. These ships are designed as anime-style girls, allowing players to collect and command warships to engage in battles. Each ship is inspired by real-life naval vessels from countries like the USA, Japan, and Germany during World War II.

Types of Warships

There are many types of ships that can be found in the game, each categorized by their roles and how they perform in battles. As a newcomer, it is essential to understand these ship types and their functions. Here are the details of Azur lane ships list with type:

 

Type of the Ship	Benefits	Example Ships
Destroyers (DD)	These are lighter ships focused primarily on speed. They excel at dodging attacks and launching torpedoes.	Laffey, Ayanami, Maury
Light Cruisers (CL)	These are small to medium-sized warships that serve as balanced fighters with decent firepower.	Helena, Cleveland, San Diego
Heavy Cruisers (CA)	Heavier and more durable than light cruisers, these ships are equipped with larger naval guns for increased firepower.	Portland, Prinz Eugen, Houston
Battleships (BB)	The heavy hitters of the fleet, battleships possess massive guns that fire powerful barrages and can engage in long-range attacks.	Warspite, Nagato, Indiana
Battlecruisers (BC)	Similar to battleships but faster, battlecruisers have less armor.	Hood, Amagi
Aircraft Carriers (CV)	These ships support battles by launching planes for aerial attacks. They play a crucial role in providing support during combat.	Enterprise, Akagi, Eagle
Light Aircraft Carriers (CVL)	Smaller than traditional aircraft carriers, these ships also serve as support units.	Unicorn, Ryuuhou, Chaser
Repair Ships (AR)	These naval auxiliaries provide vital maintenance and repair services to other ships in the fleet.	Vestal, Akashi
Submarines (SS)	Stealthy underwater vessels, submarines can ambush enemy ships from below the surface.	U-47, I-19, Albacore
Submarine Carriers (SSV)	This hybrid type of submarine carries and launches airplanes from underwater.	Surcouf

Formation of Ship Fleet

Understanding the different types of ships is essential for arranging your fleet effectively. You can build a fleet consisting of six ships from Azur Lane, with three designated for the frontline and three for the backline. The formation of these ships is a crucial aspect of engaging in battles successfully.

• Frontline (Vanguard Fleet): For the frontline fleet, select ships that are faster and possess strong attacking capabilities, such as Destroyers, Light Cruisers, and Heavy Cruisers. Choose the best ships from your collection and place them in the frontline to maximize their effectiveness.
• Backline (Main Fleet): In the backline, utilize ships that can attack from a longer range and possess more supportive abilities. This fleet can include Battleships, Battlecruisers, and Aircraft Carriers.

When starting your game as a beginner, we recommend assembling a fleet that includes one of each type of ship: a Destroyer, a Light Cruiser, and a Heavy Cruiser for your Vanguard Fleet. For your Main Fleet, include two Battleships and one Aircraft Carrier. This combination will help you manage your team more effectively, as these ships are among the most commonly collected by new players.

• Vanguard Fleet: Laffey (DD), Helena (CL), Portland (CA)
• Main Fleet: Nevada (BB), Oklahoma (BB), Ranger (CV)

Basic Stats of Azur Lane ships

Each ship has a variety of stats that can be further upgraded to improve its abilities in Azur Lane ships. Here’s a breakdown of each stat:

• HP (Health Points): This represents the ship's health. When HP is at maximum, the ship can endure longer in battles without sinking.
• Armor: Armor serves as the defensive protection for the ship, reducing damage taken from enemy attacks.
• Reload: This stat indicates the fire rate and cooldown time for launching attacks.
• Firepower: Firepower reflects the damage dealt by the main guns, particularly for battleships and cruisers.
• Torpedo: This stat represents the damage inflicted by torpedoes, primarily from destroyers and some cruisers.
• Aviation: This indicates the damage from air strikes.
• Anti-Air: This stat measures the damage the ship can inflict using anti-air guns.
• Evasion: Evasion represents the chance of the ship successfully avoiding enemy attacks.
• Speed: This refers to the rate of the ship's movement.
• Luck: Luck affects critical hit chances, hit rate, and evasion.
• Oil: This indicates the amount of oil each ship consumes per battle.

How to Obtain Azur Lane ships?

You can acquire more ships in Azur Lane by building them in the Build menu. There are different banners available for this purpose, organized into four pools—Light, Heavy, Special, and Events. Each pool offers ships of varying rarities, functioning like a gacha system.

To pull a ship from these pools, you need to use your wisdom cubes and gold. By combining these resources, you can build a ship, pulling from the banners available in each pool. Each pool contains a variety of ships across different rarity levels, including Normal, Rare, Elite, Super Rare, and Ultra Rare, which can be referenced in the Azur Lane ships tier list. Among these, ultra-rare (UR) ships are the most effective in battles, but obtaining a UR ship can be quite challenging.

However, there is an ideal strategy for acquiring higher rarity ships when starting fresh. At the beginning of the game, you will receive more wisdom cubes and gold to build ships from these banners, giving you a significant advantage. You can enhance your chances of starting like a pro player by using LDPlayer. This platform features options like Multi-Instance and Sync, allowing you to clone your game into multiple instances, each representing a new gameplay account. 

You can then use the starting resources for these banners to build new ships across all your new accounts simultaneously. This way, you can gather the higher rarity ships you prefer for one of your game accounts, setting you up for success in future progression.

Can You Marry Ships in Azur Lane?

You can get married to your most liked ship in order to gain additional strength for that ship during battles. Each ship has an Affection Level that starts at zero and increases as you progress. These affection levels contribute to increased stat percentages. Here are the affection levels:

• Disappointed: Less than 30 affection points
• Stranger: 31-60 affection points
• Friendly: 61-80 affection points
• Crush: 81-99 affection points
• Love: 100 affection points

Affection levels increase by using the ships in battles and by tapping on a heart-shaped icon for the ship when it is in the dockyard.

Once you reach 100 affection points, you can give the ship a Ring of Promise to get married. This process is called the Oath. After this marriage, you will also have the opportunity to rename your married ship, and your married ship will become stronger in battles.

Conclusion

And with that, we end our ultimate guide on Azur Lane ships. Now, you are equipped to assemble your best fleet for battle and have a comprehensive understanding of the ships. By following our formation tips, you can effectively manage your fleet and strategize to build the best team to deliver unforgettable battles to your enemies.