Timestamps: What is a Zombie Fleet? - 1:06 Cassin/Downes - 3:26 Battle Showcase - 8:26 Phoenix - 10:15 Battle Showcase - 13:33

Me with my 78-oil fleet: *looks away* I hope US don't raid my oil depot lol.

Cassin, Downes and Phoenix: Current objective: Survive

6:23 was cursed tosa common rarity

*Proceeds to Limit Break Cassin and Downes just for the Flex*

Phoenix, Cassin, and Downes were all at Pearl Harbor. Cassin and Downes being literal zombies, rebuilt from being destroyed in drydock by bomb hits (aimed at the Pennsylvania, not at them), having the engine and weapon parts pulled from the wrecks and new hulls built around those parts. Phoenix was able to escape unharmed, joining St. Louis and Detroit and a collection of destroyers in surging out immediately afterwards. Phoenix survived the war (only ever being hit once by a kamikaze), was decommissioned, and sold to Argentina and renamed the ARA General Belgrano (and was sunk in the Falklands Island conflict by the British submarine HMS Conqueror).

Me: I agree, I should do this to min/max my farming Also me: always at least 200 oil over my cap with 4+ maintenance comps in my inventory

>Background Music >Yuru Camp△ OST Ah, I see you're a weeb of culture as well.

7:57 as a german i can proudly tell you that time you nearly named her perfectly~ also, as a beginner (playing only since one week... because, i finally want my german waifus :3 ) i thank you very much for all your informative videos, especially the beginner guides helped me a lot. found your channel yesterday and im bingewatching everything important since then xD so, thank you again and im looking forward to more content!

I feel like when you are covering units that have a focus on defensive skills, you should show the skill actually procing. Having phoenix at 10% hp and then clearing 3 more nodes would be alot better way to showcase her.

Thanks Ander, this was mega helpful, I've been plying since january, but I've never really understood what an oil efficient fleet was.

Pheonix deserves a skin for all the effort she has put in >_

I found your channel today and I must say it's really halpful! When I started playing Azur Lane I did it more casually, but now I want to get a little bit better. My strategie of mostly using Iron Blood ships is maybe not the best. I noticed the more I level up, the worse the Iron Blood ships get :( Even so they are my fav, I'll make a new fleet as soon as I get Roon. I'm at 82% rn so I'll have her soon! Thanks for making these vids :)

Really helpful and informative, thats a like & sub, I'm looking forward for more beginner advice videos. Started the game about 2 weeks ago and slowly my fleet costs getting uncomfotable high, this comes to the right time. Your "Friedrich der Große" sounds funny for a german native speaker, but if it woudn't be my language, problably I would pronounce it worse, 😉Greetings from Austria

For my Cassin/Downes fleet I added Sims for the damage boost and it actually worked . This way I can keep only 1 BB at the back (preferably a cheap one with 155 secondaries) - Fuso and Yamashiro are perfect for it. You can also substitute Phenix with 3 comman cruisers (less cost - 2 oil for CLs and 3 for CA) and the servivabilty is fine because they are 3. The Jap and German ones are really good. This way you can farm the XP for PR vangard ships.

Thanks! And holy crap lol, I also didn't know pressing and holding on a secretary took you to their details page. Super good to know!

Cool. I was wondering what to do with these two, Cassin and Downes, they were both level 70 just by doing nothing, and I like them. Now I know what to do!

For Cassin and Downs, you don't have to choose between limit breaking them or not, just have 2 sets of them, one limit broken and one not limit broken. With the Limit broken set you have some highly survivable relatively inexpensive DDs that can be used to meet hard mode requirements without breaking the bank.

I find that limit broken and retrofitted Cassin / Downes are just as useful as Phoenix if not more so. Not for the damage but for oil efficiency combinations with powerful vanguards and/or cheaper mobbing fleets. You only save ~2 oil per battle using 120 Phoenix vs an Elite or SR vanguard. Personally I find having both the LB0 version and maxed out version of zombie vanguards useful once you’ve graduated to the big boy content W8-W12.

your Friedrich der Große pronounciation was pretty good at 7:50~ I am german so i am impressed after seeing your german ship names video xD

Ok, I'm a fairly new Shikikan but a few things need to be pointed out: 1. Farming fleets are *NOT* beginner friendly. Never attempt to build a farming fleet very early on. The exp that could've gotten to your other ships become wasted on these 3. 2. Farming fleets are late game content. You need good gears, all skills at lvl 10 in order for you to maximize deploying these ships. Even Ander here clearly isn't using this fleet that much since he doesn't even have their skills maxed out. 3. If you're a casual, don't bother with farming fleets. They clear maps slower than other ships which are obviously LB'd so you're investing more time, you waste exp because they don't get any, and oil isn't gonna be a problem sonce youre6a casual anyway. I've had a farming fleet for 2 months now, and i honestly never use them. I even retrofitted Cassin so I could use her in D3 events and still contribute enough to the fight than being deadweight. I also planned on using Phoenix as a 0 limit break ship but I raised her eventually, she's now lvl 108 just because i liked her so much. I don't use her that much as a solo vanguard though since London retrofit clears maps 30 secs faster for 2 oils more, time is money. Hehe.

I once thought that I have too much oil to ever spend completely and starve for it. So I've been doing all sorties with 78-80 oil fleets. Now I don't have oil :(

I have a Phoenix that is 120 at this point and I have a SECOND Phoenix at LB0 level 70 that I use in varied situations. On the Cassin and Downes in the lb0 level 70 configuration, I even bring them into event maps in very high difficulties if I need extra torpedo stat. Most of the time they actually will end up surviving all the mob runs most of the time.

Quick question to anyone who knows (if I missed this in the video sorry I suck :p), is there a oil penalty or level limit for retrofitting either Cassin or Downes? Should I just try to max out retrofitting both of them (or before modernization) or is there a down side to retrofitting them? Also awesome guide it was SUPER helpful!!!

I've only downloaded the game only a week ago.. still skk level 30..but this zombie fleet has really helped me push my games.. damn fun to use.. even cleared sp1-sp4 on the doa event easily.. i use phoenix, cassin & indy as vanguard yorktown, unicorn & hiryu at the back pretty much invincible.. doubt would work in pvp tho

These two are top tier! Cassin and downes are able to take out the whole map on 3-4 and they arr both level 17

Dang this strat seems op, I really may need to use this to farm Akagi and Kaga. aaaa pain

I got lucky to have Perseus. So Zombiefleet + Perseus is OP. Fast clear on Mobs and can even clear Boss fleets. Now I'm using the Zombiefleet to farm the event. Didn't know that such things exist. I've always ignored Phoenix.

hey ander, what should I do if i’ve already limitbroken/retrofitted cassin and downes before being enlightened by your video? i was thinking of raising a new pair of C and D as zombie fleet, since it shouldn’t take too much time to get them to 70 and fully enhanced. love the videos man, you deserve 100x more subs than you have rn

Well, i have the same idea. But, the problems is on bombing ships. Due their lack of damage, sometimes the bombing ships are able to pass through our backline. So, if we use this fleet at least we need a battleship/battlecruiser in our backline. Doing full fleet of CV just make them a sandbag for the bombingships.

Another great use for cassin/downes is to equip one with a pearls tear and use her alongside your 1:1 fleet if your vanguard ship is taking too much damage. They will soak up some hits, and even when they eventually die they will heal the rest for 10%

7:56 perfect pronunciation for a non-native speaker =D also thanks for the video ^^

Im German and its funny to hear how ppl pronouncing Friedrich der Große :D

I started a few weeks ago and after getting Roon i was looking for more efficient ways of farming, this helped me a lot. Thanks and good job with these videos. Also your second attempt of pronouncing the name right was really close. Greetings from germany

As a german new player i did not understand the name of the ship you were farming for at all until you showed it. I rewinded the video and laughed my ass off. Good try tho! Thanks for the tipps and for making my day

I'll take this as a birthday gift for today Ander, have a good one! (Still waiting for Tashkent and/or Monitor Guides)

Great guide! But what about the main fleet? Lets say I want event stages farming and I don't try to level up ships. What ships would be good for main fleet with low cost oil?

Things I learned from this video 1. Phoenix is incredible 2. Phoenix is incredible 3. Phoenix is incredible 4. Phoenix is incredible 5. Phoenix is incredible 6. Cassin & Downes isn't mean to be limit-break

Your videos are amazing, thank you so much for making these.

Thanks you so much, you help me a lot. I like the bgm too.

I give my life to Phoenix, Cassin and Downes for solving my oil crisis.

Welp I fked up and LBed Cassin and Downes LOL. TY for upload!

Wait, to get some ships, you need to have other certain ships in certain levels to obtain them, or how does it work?

Time to lvl a 2nd set of Cassin/Downes, my 1st set is retrofitted xD, and Phoenix deserve retrofit/skin!!! xD

So my Cassin and Downes both are 2/3 limit broken (because im new and just playing) should I stop leveling them (i think there 60ish) and raise a new pair?

Notification gang! You always seem to come out with videos of stuff I need haha

I admire the attempts at trying to pronounce friedrich der große properly. I 100% know I pronounce it wrong but close enough is good enough

No more dock space for lower rarities, I've only got Phoenix now. She good alone. Lowest oil I can go down to right now is 30 Oil for "Farming"

I just drop Gangut and the Smol Cruiser (26 oil), when I realized both reached lv 110 :D

You're over here afraid of butchering Friedrich der Große's name, despite saying it way better than I ever could. Meanwhile, I'm over here just calling her Fried Rice.

"You are blessed by Phoenix's foot" Damn right I am xdd

how do you zoom in like that with your secretaries?

what if the one I'm trying to level is a frontliner? Should I just bring either one of the 1 cost ship + the one I'm levelling? I have Erebus at 0LB Lv 70 for backliner if that helps.

barrage isn't the only thing that tosa sneaks into your fleets, sometimes she pretends to be your DD too.

thank you for blessed us with you knowledge

you know... i actually use my casin and downes to farm jintsu.... and actually yeah ist kinda akward to use fully retrofited lv 100+ casin and downes but hei its work.... and kinda work well

i love the yuru camp music

I saw your Cassin and Downes only had lvl 3 ability. is it unecessary to rank them 10 right away?

It takes so much time to farm with Cassin+Downes, it’s possible to 1:2 in events but it’s so slow... I’d rather use a lvl 70 Tashkent (Limited tho haha)

Phoenix was my first lv 120 ship.... and the only ship I have 30 of.....and keep ;p

How can you put a Battleship in front fleet and a cruiser in back fleet ??

wow ander you talk so very fast i could barely understand you at the end and it was very entertaining. But thank you SO much for informing me about this I am forever grateful

I just reached lvl 40.. is this a good time for farming?? Trynna farm akagi and kaga

I use pheonix instead of the cleveland class/Helena In my fleet so its no deal at all Cassin+Downes+Pheonix+any backline ships that heal my vanguard+Yorktown

Thank you sir

Oh god, that pronunciation of Friedrich der Große was a bit... The one around minute 8 was a lot better though As a native German speaker this is going to be my best effort at giving a quick and dirty ("close enough for government work") guide to a decent pronunciation of FdG. A quick baseline is that the english equivalent is "Frederick the Great" and I think that will come in helpful. I will try to go from familiar english words and names and introduce gradual changes until they sound like the German name. For "Friedrich", just start with "Frederick" for now. Now imagine it being "Friderick". Same as before, but the first "e" is replaced with the type of "i" sound you find in "frick." Now that we have our "Friderick", all we have to do is swap the "ck" with a "ch". It's pronounced like the "h" in "horn". So with this "Friderih" amalgamation we're pretty much there. I'd say that's close enough, though a few unpolished edges remain. For "der", I'll split it into two parts. The "de-" and the "-r". You pronounce the "de-" like the first half of "dere", as in "yandere". The "-r" is pronounced more like an "uh" or the "a" in "what". For "Große", just imagine a Canadian asking: "gross, eh?". Once you have that, cut the space in the middle so it sounds like a single word "grosseh". Right now the "e" is still emphasized, but we want to put more emphasis on the "o" instead. So we elongate the "o" sound and shorten the "e" sound, resulting in something like "grohse". "Friderih deuh Grohse". Reading that should sound close enough. The next changes in line would be making the o clearer and drastically changing the "r" sound, but that's way more outside of common english pronunciation. Other than that, a few historical tidbits: Cassin and Downes were present in Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th 1941 and they happened to be in drydock together and right next to the battleship Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania being one of the battleships was obviously a priority target for the Japanese bombers and a 250kg bomb meant for her missed and hit Downes instead. That caused a massive fuel fire on Downes which eventually spread to her sister ship Cassin as well as the much larger Pennsylvania, where it continued to grow ("Baptismal Flames" is the name of their skills...). The fire eventually reaching their ammunition stores and causing detonations in both destroyers. Afterwards both of them were written off as practically unrepairable, but some parts of them (mainly their machinery) could be salvaged and were used in the building of two entirely new ships around those salvaged parts. These ships receiving the same names and hull numbers. Regarding Phoenix, I couldn't find any historical events to support her self-healing skill. I assume that was mainly a reference to the mythical Phoenix bird, which famously revives from its own ashes every time it dies. Though it should be noted that Phoenix was not named after the mythical bird. She was named after Phoenix, Arizona. The USN named all of their ships that were cruisers or larger after places in the US at the time. In this case it's interesting to note that the Japanese carrier Taihou, means "Great Phoenix", so the two of them can be considered namesakes. Phoenix' service with the USN was, well... nothing special? She is present for Pearl Harbor, but not atttacked directly. She is also part of the force that sinks Yamashiro at Surigao strait. Her service didn't end there however. After the war she was sold to the Argentine Navy and under the name "General Belgrano" she would be sunk by a British nuclear submarine (HMS Conqueror) during the Falklands War in 1982. I believe her Argentine service is why she has such a fiery temperament. Lastly, just a small piece regarding Minneapolis. A "Dullahan" is an old irish myth also known as the "headless horseman", characterized by not having a head on their neck and instead carrying it in their arms. Why is this relevant? The more astute will know that Minnie's self-heal skill references the Dullahan myth. During the Battle of Tassafaronga, Minneapolis was hit by two torpedoes, one of which caused her bow to collapse upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Damaged_USS_Minneapolis_%28CA-36%29_at_Tulagi_on_1_December_1942%2C_after_the_Battle_of_Tassafaronga_%2880-G-211215%29.jpg. She was saved through excellent damage control and by sailing her (backwards, due to the state of the bow) to Tulagi where she received light repairs and could then make the journey back to the US for extensive renovation. Edit: Finally got that damn link to work.

my mouth: fried Rick there gross uh~ my brain: mama mia I look forward for more butchered names

Time to put that in test👍

Why can't we have zombie idol skins for these 3? Yostar, Manjuu... give us that nao! XD

Phoenix is Incredible but i hope they give her some skinns ;P Maybe a Retro

My Zombie-fleet is: Yorktown, Phoenix, Downes & Cassin at 0 limit break (11 Oil)

Do you recommend combining Phoenix with Cassin and Downes?

Downes was my first retrofit.

I wish I had found this before I went and retrofitted them, but I might as well finish the job and bring them to level 120. Oh, you said Portland retrofit is good? That's somewhat relieving.

Phoenix deserves at least ONE skin, it is the most used ship in the whole game and the developers have completely forgotten her :(

I'm assuming the ship you want to pronounce at 5:20 is FdG? Because what you said sounds like somone translated the name into dutch and then pronounced it.

Just a quick question, since Cassin and Downes have retrofits, should you still retrofit them as far as possible even if they won't get max limit broken?

As a german the name is easy to pronounce

Speaking of farming... What are your favourite stages to farm apart from 3-4 and 6-4, and why?

HMS Neptune counts as zombie for skikikans that like to use Royal Navy fleet.

Ander, how are you able to go directly into battle without going to the battle formation screen?

5:18 "I hope I didn't butcher that" Well Ander... Eh... How do I put it lightly? :^)

I never used cassin at 0lb i always used her retrofit because the better stats

Hey Ander what map would be best to farm xp for PR Ships?

Can we start retrofiting Cassin & Downes to get them extra stats? Without increasing the oil cost?

incredible!

What's your opinion of a cursed zombie fleet of Phoenix, Brooklyn, Honolulu? (at 0 limit break) Oh I guess maybe it would be easier to just say "Frederick the Great"

Omg as german to hear the pronouncination of "Friedrich der Große" be butchered so much was hillarious XD Also I kinda limitbreaked my Cassin/Downes, should I start with new ones?

why you don't retrofit Cassin/Downes ?

Question if both downes and cassin will be retrofitted is the oil consumption will increase too?

What about a backline with low cost????

The Bob Ross of Azur Lane :)

Bless you saint

why dont vampire included in zombie fleet?

Do you recomend to Full Limit Break Phoenix?

Friedrich der Große (Grosse) /Frederick the Great

and once again the monitor class are not mentioned on the topic of oil efficient oh well

Notification Gang

If I was to farm my battleships, wouldn't zero ACV be a problem?

Would love Phoenix to have a retro... Maybe becoming ARA Gral. Belgrano (edited typo)