Timestamps: Don’t Do’s: The Golden Bulin Misconception - 0:28 The Gold 410mm “Confetti Gun” - 1:59 Limit Break Oil Conservation - 4:09 Buying Shop Items With Gems - 5:21 Combining Gray/Blue Boxes - 7:09 Event Gacha Guide - 8:36 Don’t Forgets: Do Your Dailies - 9:41 Dorm Expansions - 10:33 Upgrade Your Skills - 11:47 Affiliate Link: BlueStacks (the emulator I use to play Azur Lane on PC) - bstk.me/o1V6qD1Yc *This channel will get a small commission for every download, so this is a way to support me in my conquest to get a new mic + IT'S COMPLETELY FREE!

*Laughs in my oathed lvl 120 gold bulin*

Tip: Do not use Bulin for battle Yostar: Use your Bulin in battle. We'll give you points for getting the rainbow one.

"you cant make your purple boxes into golden boxes" Akashi and Shiranui hastily covered up a stack of golden paint buckets.

Most important item when using gems as f2p is dock space.

Do not buy cognitive chips in general, event and core shop, it’s not worth it at all. You will stockpile them later on.

9:19 no, people get depression when they couldnt get a collab ship *starts getting flashbacks to the hololive collab*

Another tip for events is to only build 3 a day for the daily quest if you want to maximize resources. You might get the ships you want just from that. Only start spamming once the event is coming to an end you still don't have the ship you want, AKA Amagi :(

The Confetti has one very specific use case, and that's to prevent your artillery flagship from stealing MVP.

8:53 i like what I'm seeing

Some mistakes I learned since I played last December: 1. *Do I use super rare ships as soon as I get them?* Avoid using Gold ships very early on. They can be tempting, but limit breaking them is a pain in the ass and will hinder your progression simply because you will not have enough gold bulins in the early game anyway. 2. *What ships should I raise which can still be viable late game?* It doesn't matter. Play the ships you like. The bigger issue in late game stages are farming plates to enhance all your gears to +10 and getting the right gears. I had level 120 ships way before I could enhance their gears to +10. You get better ships in events anyway. Remember, a bad ship with good gears will ALWAYS perform better than a great ship with bad gears. Except Enterprise, she's just broken. 3. *What ship types should I raise?* It doesn't matter. Raise the the ones that you like. However, I would suggest raising ships of different types if you're into hard mode. 4. *What ships are good for chapters 12-13?* Stop. It's a long way ahead. Just enjoy the game for now. 5. *What PR ship to get first?* It doesn't matter. It'll take months for them to be battle ready anyway. The hard part about PR ships is grinding blueprints, not the EXP GRIND. 6. *What are tierlists?* These are lists of ships which perform better exclusively in chapter 13. Don't worry about these lists too much since your ship waifus, however weak, will still be able to clear 95% of the game as long as you level them up and gear them up adequately. For me, tierlists are there as a guide, not a rulebook despite what others tell you. P. S. Ander, is the mic new? 😁

I married my first gold bulin WORTH

"Dont use your bullins as an actual ship in battle" Me planning on building a fleet eith bullins but strong enough to destroy people in pvp while keep the bullins stay alive

6:23 tells us *best* use for gems Me, looking at Taihou L2D skin: yeah I'm gonna have to disagree with you there, chief.

Actually gold 410mm gun ( meme gun) are good to farm exp, that will assure backline Bb cant get mvp exp, ( if u still farm vanguard PR ship) and if u place it on DoY, it can apply DoY debuff on more ship

I see this a lot and good amount of people still do this, spending all your 200+ cubes on your first week on an event is not a good idea. During an event a daily mission will appear where it will ask you to build 3 ships for 300 event currency, wasting all your cubes on the first day is going to make you miss out on potentially a lot of currency that can help you get more stuff from event shops. Only start building and using all your cubes on your last day if you were unfortunate to not get the event ships yet by that time.

At 3:02, the correct word is Sanshikidan Ammo. (also known as San Shiki) At 6:19, the black bar was suppose to say "The skill book itself is not bad, but buying it with gems is VERY BAD" Edit: many of you have commented this, and I wasn't going to elaborate too much on this video since a gem spending guide is a video in itself, but here's the order of how you should spend your F2P gems: (High priority -> Lower Priority) Dorm Slots -> Dock Space -> Oath Rings (since they give a boost in stats) or Extra Skill EXP Academy Slot -> Normal Skins

The 410mm Type 3 is actually quite good when farming EXP for priority vanguard ships. Guarantees that the flagship doesn’t steal the MVP bonus.

Bullin: Avoided. Confettigun: Caught me (weeps in +8) Limit breaking: IGNORE. I break 10, 30, 70 and maybe this event I can FINALLY get my maintenance mails coins that always got hold captive by the oils I didn't have need of. Shop: Gems are love, gems are live. Also Dockspace. That skunk skin though, I miiiight need to break f2p after all. Gacha: Got Tosa, Amagi and all elite in 30 pulls... lack... one RARE. For real AL? Daily: My replacement for 7-2 since grinding is boring. Why do so many runs when you can just go for 3000 a day at ease... I do wonder why I got excess oil :p Tactical class: Just use the widget on the main menu. I find it so annoying the UI gives a ! on HQ only, rather than widget and location that commissions and research do. "150% instead of 1%" I am sure you meant 100% there ;) An useful tip I found out VERY recently (after playing since December) is you can hold the button on ship selection to get instantly to loadout. That makes gearing up ships for Hard mode so much easier than pick, go to dockyard, gear up then load the hardmap. Such a timesaver I wish I knew months ago.

Another important note is try to engage in PvP battle to make you understand the mechanic in building a synergy fleet which also give you free experience points to your shipgirls. You doesnt necessarily need to aim for top ranks but analyzing other player's fleet arrangement would give you little idea in building your own unique fleet without depending on wiki or guide too much : )

the confetti gun is amazing when you want to give MVP to a vanguard ship also nice for Erebus and Terror, as it reloads quite fast

remembered when my Universal Bulin always got MVP and I thought it was legit the best ship until it's life drains easily

Wanna add on the Gacha tip. Don't buy the exchangeable ship at the event shop too early into the event duration, because you can never know if you will luck out and obtain it later on. A friend of mine bought 2 from shops and then built another 3 afterwards, he was so triggered because he could have used that 16000 pts elsewhere. Also, remember to lock the ships you wanna keep, or you might "accidentally" retire/fodder it. Devs have improved the quick retire function but I still prefer to do it personally to avoid any "unwanted accident".

They called me a madlad because I used a bulin for EX boss fights.

The Type 3 Shell (Sanshikidan) is an incendiary anti-aircraft munition, intended for Japanese battleships such as the Yamato. In real life they were not effective in their intended role which is AA, and were used for shore bombardment instead. But in the Kancolle anime, Yamato was able to destroy a squad of Abyssal aircraft with a barrage of Type 3 shells.

4:10 this is possibly the MOST common mistake point that Experienced players try to tell new players about and always end up giving them bad advice. Not LBing ships is only something for experienced players to worry about. New players should just LB when they can for the extra stats and damage because they will have more Oil than they can use till around commander level 70. LB on DDs gives you preloaded torps that help clear maps more than anything else. LB on carriers is many more planes per strike meaning MUCH more damage and each other class of ships has something similar. LB early is fine do not worry about it till late game when you actually need low oil fleets and even then 2 full LB ships are going to be better than 4 no LB ships for the same oil.

2 tips I can think of are, for any player, is to not forget about the Commissions each day. And I don't mean just the urgent ones. By Lvl. 70, Oil management becomes an actual issue, since the daily Production can't cover the amount spent (especially as there's always some kind of event going on where Stages need to be cleared). Keeping up with the Commissions will give good oil Bonuses so that you can at least end a day of farming on par instead of realizing you have no Oil left and nowhere near enough time for it to replenish in the Canteen. EDIT: And for people trying PvP, also around Lvl. 70-80, pay attention to traps left by others. If an Account is high level and you somehow run across them due to their Fleet Points being lower than your own, it's because they have set their Defence Fleet to be ony a couple of ships with MAX Lvl. and Gear. Even though math says you might win, the reality is you're most likely going to get rekt, so always check what the fleet is made of before engaging.

On the other hand, the "Confetti Gun" CAN be useful in at least one situation: if you have a Battleship who has a proc ability. You see, the more "hits" that Battleship can score, even if they do little damage, the more likely her proc is to trigger.

bullin can be used for quick affection farming :) whenever I want to marry a main fleet ship on day 1, I make a 1:1 fleet with a bullin in the vanguard and I keepp fighting the ambush zone in 1-1 until the affinity get to 100 :) its the easiest way to farm.

Heres another mini tip Look at the box under the red “GUN” box and you can tell which to use because its “Scatter” (meant mainly for AA purposes irl) or “Volley” (Ship to ship)

If anyone else has any other helpful tips I’ve missed, feel free to leave a comment!

heres a random fact:The type 3 shells is used for AA that explains why it deal low damage

You could add the ship position during sortie or formation setup, especially for vanguard. Ship on the leftmost position is the first ship to receive damage when you controlling it forward, vice versa to your rightmost ship when you moving the vanguards backward. Ship in the middle will be well protected by both side. Thus during sortie, if one of your vanguard is badly damage and the other two are still in have good amount of HP, just swap position with the badly injured in the middle between two other high-hp ship

Been playing this game for nearly 2 years super casually and still found this helpful. Thanks for the guide :)

I actually use the Confetti gun to avoid my BB from taking MVP, but still ensures a tanky enough BB to take any suicide boats or planes from deleting her. Also Kirishima because fireworks

11. Don't spam the build pool unless it's the last day of the event, or else you"ll end up with multiple Kents, Nevadas and Pensacolas. Just build three a day and your wisdom cubes are saved.

I somewhat disagree with not limit breaking your ships, you should only do that if you know exactly what you're doing. It's better to unlock better barrages and all out assaults for your primary party, since it upgrades your damage by a lot. For example, at limit break 0 (lb0), BBs generally fire one round of their gunshot when you use their salvo. At lb1, they fire TWO rounds of their gun shot, and at max lb they fire THREE rounds. This is potentially doubling and tripling your damage, and might be the extra push you need for breaking through higher worlds. I'd recommend to max lb your main 12 fleets as soon as possible, as it helps you progress through the game a lot faster.

Dunno if someone already mentioned this but you can also combine the skill blue skill books and the blue blueprints which is cool ( you should be careful while combining the blue blueprints since you might actually need them at the beginning of a retrofit)

I've done almost common mistakes you mentioned above. Luckly, i stopped before it getting worse. Its shame, but kind a funny if i recalled it. Keep going :D

WHY ARE YOUR SECRETARIES SO CLOSE IM GETTING SCARED

This one is from my own expirience, usually happens to an F2P Higher level skk "Shikikan" but also rarely happens aswell. *DO NOT* I repeat *DO NOT* go on a retrofiting frenzy or you'll regret it. I never used my diamond to buy nothing other than dock space [Some cubes back when Im still new to the 3BD "Three build a day" rule] but other than that I never buy any skin or packs. But once you go into the retrofiting hell, you'll start to lose dock spaces each retrofit since you can't retire the same ship that you used to retire back when you haven't retrofit them. So stepping into the retrofiting hell is actually a 50/50, if you're confidence in your dock capacity, then feel free to retrofit any ship you like [I recomend retrofiting the Foxhound, if you haven't seen her retrofit you better check it out ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]. I was at 250ish dock space back then and I was strugling to keep my dock intact while praying for a free diamond, in the end the God himself "Intern kun" gave us free diamonds, after that I don't really retrofit any common ships anymore. Ps: Im still an F2P Skk after 2 years. :D

Wow this was an incredibly helpful and informative guide and I don’t even play the game! You may have just convinced me to try it out!

Saw that thumbnail in my recommended and came back just to say that as soon as that UR bulin comes out, I'm using it for full lvl 120 oathed vanguard and you can't stop me!

I'm glad that I found this video! Super helpful! I started playing the game like 2 weeks ago and I'm still figuring things out and thankfully I guess I did ok to start off but now I know better! Thank you!!!😂😂😂😂

woah this is really useful, thanks a lot, i have limit broke quite a few of my main ships, but i'm managing to get a fleet just for grinding :P

im pretty sure that the gold confetti cannon is an AA gun (the pacific theater used AA ammo for their man gun) my guess would be that its for later game when there are a load of planes, the gun also has an AA value.

The golden bulli - Never done it. The 410 SANSHIKIDAN gun - Don't have it. Buying trash with gems - This is a no brainer, figured out by myself. The daily missions - guilty. I always forget to do them. The limit breaking ships - kinda guilty. I been limit breaking multiple ships but only those that I am using on sortie, I wasn't thinking on saving oil but rather on saving bullins ^^ Not that bad for some1 that started playing 2 weeks ago and has already married his starter ship :) Javelin is such a cuttie

Hey ander, Thanks for the tips my friends recommended me watching your guides and tips because im new at playing azurlane thanks this is very helpful. -Much love from the philippines

Is there an order on which you should priortize skill upgrades. You mentioned that the battleshops barages should be upgraded first. But what kind of skills should you priortize after. I feel like you could waste a lot of books on subpar skills. I'm a really new player, started yesterday. Thank you for the guide.

Tip the type 3 Shell is suppose to be a Shell specialy use for anti Air purpose in battelships thats why It explodes in small pieces in Air versus planes like a battelship shotgun for kill planes

Thanks! I haven't played since 2018 and I have forgotten everything lol, thank you so much!

Nice all around general tips. Good job. Only thing i think was missed was the Dock Space and How Many Purple bullins you keep in dock. Personally i dont keep more than 20 purple bulins .... At one point i had like 60 something of them rather than actual waifus that i can use :D Oh yeah and the 50% off for gold/ always get the 50% off and above. :)

limit breaking is actually really handy. expands the ship's stats a bit and allows you to throw away duplicates you don't need. yeah, the oil cost is a problem, but your ships will be stronger. plus, you get tech points for limit breaking. gems should preferably used to expand your dorm in several ways and the dock the tech boxes thing: absolutely. get the basic ones to tier 3 before opening. don't open any of the lower tier ones.

More like, "10 Mistakes You Shouldn't Do But We Still Did Anyways At Some Point" lol. I would've added the most common mistakes in terms of ship formation that most new players do but I think it is a seperate discussion and you might be planning to do it in the future.

This is part of my science when using a golden 410mm BB gun; used it on Ise and switched it for Honoka!

this is unrelated to the video, but between gold triple 406 gun (the one that dropped from D3 in this event) and purple triple 406 gun, which one is better? i want to use the gold one on my warspite, but after watching this video i'm afraid if that's a bad decision

I wish I could have seen this video before, in early game I spent all my gems in cubes for building, now my dorm is at 4 capacity for a long time and my dock is almost full all the time, I wish I could have saved those gems.

as a new laner, this is really2 useful, appreciate it 🙏👍

I agree you shouldn't do gacha roll outside of event, but only for the heavy pool and the special pool. The reason is event build pool use either Heavy pool or Special pool, so if you don't have some ships permanently added you can still have them during that time. Beside it cost 2 cubes and 1500 gold, not worth it to spend your ressources outside of major event. Instead, I advise you to only build 1 light ship by day outside of event (or if you already have all event ship) and starting at monday. Why do you ask ? It only cost 1 cube and 600 gold and the daily mission "Build 1 ship" reward is 1 cube and 800 gold, meaning you get 1 light shipgirl for free and gain 200 gold. Repeat this everyday until saturday and as a result it's like having 6 free shipgirl and 1200 gold coins earned. On Sunday, build 4 light ships. It cost you 4 cubes and 2400 gold coins, but you already got free 1200 golds during the week, so it's like you only used half of the gold cost. Thanks to the daily mission "Build 1 ship", you gain 1 cube + 800 gold and by building 4 ships on sunday, you have cleared the weekly mission "build 10 ships" which give you 2000 gold and 6 cubes. Your ressources aren't wasted, you even got some extra for free. In summary, you've spent 10 cubes and 6000 gold but gain 13 cubes and 7600 gold, so it's like you've got 3 cubes + 1600 gold for free.

Ander: Bulin isn't meant for combat! Also Ander: *sees April Fools bulin gameplay* **Sweats Profusely**

Let’s just say I made a bunch of mistakes since I got the game a week ago. This really helps so thank you very much

Just started the game a week ago and I've spotted many noob traps except the limit break one. I feel it's necessary to limit break my main ships at least once because they just do so much more damage and I limit break whatever ship that doesn't use the Bulins to get free stuff in Memento. I don't realize the oil cost increase until today but I've never run out of oil so far. Does late game become considerably more oil consuming? Also for noobs is it right to rush through the chapters or should I just stay in 3-4 to farm foxes?

The Type 3 is an AA shell, it's supposed to shatter to improve the chances of hitting groups of planes. Next to useless against ships, unless the entire crew is assembling on the deck to get shot.

For vanguard, does mixing ships matter? If im using light cruisers would it best to only use light cruisers? Or does mixing destroyers, heavy/light cruisers ok?

Hello I started Azur lane recently and I wanna know should I go for Warspite or Hood? Also I got Warspite's retrofit sword

isnt the confettigun used for shotgunning enemy plane formations out of the sky?

also, you can't unlock floor 2 in the dorm if you don't have the first floor completely expanded, so that's another reason to expand it

8:12 14 cubes... oof. Great video.

Hi, nice video, just started the game and you are very helpfull thank you Ander !

Hood with confetti gun be starting a party with that setup

Im saving gems for Kashino rerun because that skin is a must. Dock space is also becoming a bit of trouble so maybe that too in the future.

Can I ask when will be the release of the next server after Amagi? Thanks in advance

I must have Little Renown at all costs. I fell in love with her when I saw her. That aside, thanks for the video from a player that started 6 days ago playing :D

Recently got back into Azur Lane last month and I’ve fallen for the 410 gold Gun with a beehive shot (which I assume means the same as scatter). I thought it was the volley version at first

literally started the game, and understood the bulins are for the grinder I will say, the comments on rainbow bulin are wonderful :) also commenting on a 2y old vid edit: anyways, the only trap I fell into was early limit breaking, at least I have the excuse of saving dockspace...

the "Gold 410mm "Confetti Gun" is used for wiping out planes on chapter 12 and ish good to use by kirishima

0:49 that bulin skin lookin lit af

guys the skins are actually most important trust me they give a really good morale boost to the player

Thanks for the dorm expansion tip, I thought it was an item I would get later. Turns out there is another confirmation for 100 dorm coins

Finally I found someone who actually gives good tips, thanks

Starting my new side hustle as an Admiral today from being a Master in F/GO Hell, is this game nicer lol?

i use nox but hey ur vids helped a lot so downloading bluestacks hope u get ur mic faster XD

As someone who buys a monthly card and the occasional lucky bag: if I see T3 Offensive (Red) Skill Books in the shop for gems and they have more than a 30% discount, I buy them. Roughly 70% of all skills in-game are Red skills, and the drop rates for each color skill book is equal (supposedly, although I swear the drops slightly favor Blue books, and Red books are more scarce than the other 2 colors). I've had to resort to using Blue books to level Red skills too many times, and it takes SO LONG to level skills like that. Also, for the people who don't need Techbox gear, you can choose not to craft your tech boxes, since the gold returns for selling the low tier gear are slightly better (only do this if you have too much time on your hands, though)

I did number 1 only because at the time I had only 4 ships and used it as a 5th ship just so the enemies would have something to shoot at as a decoy to save my other ships from taking all the damage. when I finally got a total of 6 other ships I stopped using it in combat. oh and you can get 2 in a week if the daily sign in is at week 3. I only used the gems to unlock up to 4 slots in my dorm as the more slots you have open the faster they go through the food and with 4 slots that's about 10 hours time. I didn't want to have to log in 4 times a day so I never got slot 5. I use the dorm to only get new ships to level 70, then I limit break them when I can and use them in combat to get them higher levels from that point. I don't use gems to buy skins, I earn skins by doing events. instead I always save up my gems to buy vow rings. the rings allows you to boost your ships total stats and raises their affection level so you can do even more damage with ships you use often a much better investment than skins.

I actually use confetti gun, but solely when I'm auto-play grinding for vanguard pr ships. This is coz it's guaranteed that the bb won't steal the mvp from my vanguard ships.

don't judge me, but I use confetti gun with my North Carolina in W12/W13, and she is doing well with it :3 Like another one already said: If the shell explosion hitting aircraft they going down in an instant (thats the purpose of the type-3 shell, it's AA ammunition). And there are 2 little nice side effects: 1. The high spread can clear a entire screen half in one shot if it's filled with small enemies 2. North Carolina only - she has a buff skill that increase her FP with the AA Stat, and the type-3 has 25 AA but tbh, I only use 1 Type-3, and this is the one on North Carolina, for any other ship this one is really meh =) If some one want to use it anyways, a tip: If you aim manually, aim behind your target and most of the shells should hit

Noob here, what do i do with my event points, should k buy kaga or something else? Note I don't have kaga yet.

Random question, why didn’t you open your T4 and T5 tech packs?

If I have 2 Yume , one is on my fleet should I use the other duplicate Yume to limit break her?

I actually crafted the confetti gun to try it out even though it has no damage. It looks cool so you can't blame me xD.

If you play this game on and off while waiting for something, youll barely have oil problems and if you do, only do your daylies and get it back up. The max amount of oil is 25k, so you can stock up with maintenance rewards so you wont have oil problems during events

what about duke of york with type 3 gun seems kinda op if you have hvy hitter carrier or BB thats reloaded

First of all I have a question to ask and it is important Why is matsuri on the table and fubuki sitting with sora and shion just on the ground?

How do I limit break Tirpitz because I have two of those golden bulins and she is level 80

I just started Azur Lane like 5 days ago and thank god for this video lol. I still have a question though, I followed your advice and didn't do these mistakes. However, when putting guns on my ships, I sorta just slap whatever gun I've got on the ship who has the most efficiency with it and I'm not sure if that's how you're supposed to do it lmao

I save one copy of each Gold Bulin & Purple Bulin, just from commissions they are at level 72. Also the game gave me 6 of the god damn Confetti gun amount of BPs and it is still increasing.

Yo dude thank you so much I didn't know you can craft tach packs up to purple. I've been wasting them

Lol, I just crafted my first gold equipment and it was that lovely confetti gun. Good thing it seemed too good to be trve.

Thx you I really learned a lot really appreciate it 😃

When I first got the 410mm mounted gun(type 3 shell) I was excited and didn't really looked at the stats. I equipment to someone and used it. I was like,"WOAH....this is worthless"