Azur Lane Equipment Tier List Complete Guide 2022 (Updated)

Azur Lane is a bullet hell, side-scrolling style mobile game, with a character roster being the warships from World War 2 personified. You would control up to 6 characters advancing on a map to shoot at the enemies that appear while dodging their attacks. Yostar has been releasing a lot more gear since 2020, and in this article, we are going to showcase a complete guide for Azur Lane Equipment Tier List 2022.

While the game is fairly light weight, players would need quite a bit of storage space on their phone. For the smoothest gameplay, it is best to play Azur Lane on PC using an emulator.

1. Azur Lane Destroyer Gun Tier List

Outside of this tier list, certain ships might favor one weapon over others. For example, Kitakaze can only use the Twin 100mm (Type 98) - Sakura DD main gun, while Tashkent needs the Twin 130mm (B-2LM).

S Tier

A Tier

B Tier

C Tier

D Tier

2. Azur Lane Surface Torpedoes Tier List

The principle behind torpedoes is that homing torps are good for auto while normal (non-homing) torps are good for manual.

S Tier

A Tier

B Tier

C tier

D Tier

3. Azur Lane Submarine Torpedoes Tier List

Overall, the homing Mark 20 Bidder is the best, but it is fairly hard to craft in research. If you can't get it, just stick with the G7e, which blueprints can be found in either research or daily. The other torps are usable but not optimal and resource-intensive to craft, especially the tier B and C ones.

Players can use the purple versions of these torps as transitional weapons.

S Tier

A Tier

B Tier

C Tier

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4. Azur Lane Light Cruiser Guns Tier List

For CL who can pick between CL guns and DD guns, always go for the DD guns as they yield higher DPS. Always use CL guns for BB aux slots, if possible.

S Tier

A Tier

B Tier

C Tier

D Tier

5. Azur Lane Heavy Cruiser Gun Tier List

S Tier

A Tier

B Tier

C Tier

D tier

6. Azur Lane Battleship/Battlecruiser Guns Tier List

Overall, there are 2 types of BB/BC in the game. If your ship has a powerful Barrage, you might want to use a fast gun. The rule of thumb is that AP guns are most useful against heavy/medium armor while HE is great against everything in general.

S Tier

A Tier

B Tier

C Tier

D Tier

Special

7 - Aircraft Carrier Fighter Tier List

• Tier-EX: F7F, Sea Hornet
• Tier-1: F4U, Sea Fury, F6F, Seafang, Kawanishi, A7M, BF-109G
• Tier-2: F8F, Seafire, Type 0
• Tier-3: Me155-A, F2A

The Tier EX has the highest damage, with 2x 1000lbs bombs. Tier 1 has about the same level of damage, with the F4U and BF-109G being the strongest. New players should stick with the F6F or Seafang. Tier 2 and 3 are not worth using outside of airstrike speed adjustment. Stock up on the F4U once you have gathered enough core data - they are the cheapest fighter for budget players.

8 - Aircraft Carrier Dive Bomber Tier List

• Tier-1: SB2C Helldiver, XSB3C-1
• Tier-2: BTD-1
• Tier-3: SBD, Barracuda 831, Firefly, Suisei, Suisei 12A
• Special: Suisei Model 21 (for BBV)

Overall, just stick with the SB2C Helldiver, the best DB in the game. It is also super easy to get, from both map drops and chests. The XSB3C-1 is just a slight improvement at the highest tier, which is pretty resource-intensive.

While tier 2, the BTD-1 is worth using sometimes, the tier 3 planes are not worth using outside of airstrike speed adjustment. The Suisei Model 21 is the best in slot for Aviation battleships.

9 - Aircraft Carrier Torpedo Bomber Tier List

There are 2 types of Torpedo Bombers, Normal (for mobs) and Converging (for bosses).

• Tier-EX: Wyvern
• Tier-1: Ju-87, Aichi B7A (Converging), XTB2D (Normal), Swordfish (Slow)
• Tier-2: Barracuda, TBM Avenger, Firecrest, Blackburn
• Tier-3: Saiun Kai, TBD Devastator.

Overall, new players should just stick with the Barracuda and the Aichi B7A. While the other options are marginally better, these two planes are much easier to get. The Siren ops planes are extremely resource-intensive, especially the Wyvern.

10 - Azur Lane Equipment Tier List For Auxiliaries + AA guns

Auxiliaries

• Tier-1: High Performance Hydraulic Steering Gear, High Standard Fire Control Radar, Beaver Squad Tag
• Tier-2: Steam Catapult, Super Heavy Shell, Type 1 AP Shell, Type 93 Pure Oxygen Torpedo, SG Radar, Homing Beacon
• Tier-3: High Performance Air Radar, Repair Toolkit

Overall, there are so many Aux in AL that listing them out would cost us all day. The Rule of thumb is to get Evasion on tanking frontline ships like Heavy and Light Cruisers, HP on Destroyer, White and Black Shell + Radar for Battleships and Steam Catapult for Carriers.

For submarines, you can use any combination of the Improved Snorkel, Type 93 Improved Oxygen Torpedo, and Pressure Resistant Hull Design.

The same rules apply for Aux gear - if you are using the purple version of the gold gears, only upgrade them to level 6 (except for the toolbox).

PVP Auxiliaries

There are quite a few Auxiliaries that only work in Exercise or PVP mode in Azur Lane. They can be unlocked in the Memento Section. Overall, these equipment provide good stats and should be unlocked as soon as possible.

Anti Sub Gears

While all light cruisers and destroyers can fire depth charges now, having the Improved Depth Charge Projector would still be useful (even its blue version is passable). You can get blueprints for crafting them from SOS missions and weekly submarine missions. The sonars are completely optional - you only need the depth charges.

AA guns

Most AA guns in Azur Lane are interchangeable so it is not worth listing them all out. The best are the Sextuple 40mm BOFOR from PR3 and the Twin 113mm. The Twin 134mm is useful for gun-based destroyers like Z23 - they provide an extra 15FP, which those units sorely need.

The Twin 40mm bofor and the Twin 40mm hazemayer are best used on battleships - they provide an extra 15 and 5 Hit, the stat that battleships sorely need.

If you are a new player, just use any gold AA gun you managed to get your hand on. Anti air only becomes a problem once you reach world 13, which is filled with enemy planes.

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