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| Akagi || The game gives her to you for free as the reward of a very early and very easy quest. Great all around stats, good plane capacity. Definitely use her.

| {{ShipLink|Akagi}} || The game gives her to you for free as the reward of a very early and very easy quest. Great all around stats, good plane capacity. Definitely use her.

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| Kaga || Akagi's sister. The best of all choices here due to her solid stats and best-in-class aircraft capacity. Can be found in 2-3 and early world 3.

| {{ShipLink|Kaga}} || Akagi's sister. The best of all choices here due to her solid stats and best-in-class aircraft capacity. Can be found in 2-3 and early world 3.

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| Souryuu, Hiryuu || At Kai, they're effectively identical. The weakest of the 6 Kai IJN CAs. Like Kaga, they start dropping in 2-3 and early world 3.

| {{ShipLink|Souryuu}}, {{ShipLink|Hiryuu}} || At Kai, they're effectively identical. The weakest of the 6 Kai IJN CAs. Like Kaga, they start dropping in 2-3 and early world 3.

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| Zuikaku, Shoukaku || Better than Souryuu/Hiryuu, weaker than Akagi/Kaga. You will not see them outside of doing the CV recipe in Construction, as they only drop in 4-4 and beyond.

| {{ShipLink|Zuikaku}}, {{ShipLink|Shoukaku}} || Better than Souryuu/Hiryuu, weaker than Akagi/Kaga. You will not see them outside of doing the CV recipe in Construction, as they only drop in 4-4 and beyond.

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| Jun'you, Hiyou || The best CVL at Kai stage - good stats, good plane capacity. The only demerit is that they're slow, which won't matter too much in these early stages except for World 2-5. They're identical at Kai, but Jun'you has a (very good) final remodel and Hiyou does not. Choose whichever suits your liking - you'll come back to the other one later.

| {{ShipLink|Junyou|text=Jun'you}}, {{ShipLink|Hiyou}} || The best CVL at Kai stage - good stats, good plane capacity. The only demerit is that they're slow, which won't matter too much in these early stages except for World 2-5. They're identical at Kai, but Jun'you has a (very good) final remodel and Hiyou does not. Choose whichever suits your liking - you'll come back to the other one later.

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| Chitose, Chiyoda || Remember those AV from earlier? They're the strongest of the fast Kai CVL, but they do not reach Kai until level '''35''' and their base CVL form is very weak. If you choose to go with one of them, level her as an AV while running World 2 maps and then perform both remodels back to back once she reaches level 35.

| {{ShipLink|Chitose}}, {{ShipLink|Chiyoda}} || Remember those AV from earlier? They're the strongest of the fast Kai CVL, but they do not reach Kai until level '''35''' and their base CVL form is very weak. If you choose to go with one of them, level her as an AV while running World 2 maps and then perform both remodels back to back once she reaches level 35.

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| Ryuujou || The weakest Kai CVL, but she's easy to find and has a good final remodel.

| {{ShipLink|Ryuujou}} || The weakest Kai CVL, but she's easy to find and has a good final remodel.

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| Shouhou || Better than Ryuujou and also easy to find, but she does not have a Kai Ni form.

| {{ShipLink|Shouhou}} || Better than Ryuujou and also easy to find, but she does not have a Kai Ni form.

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| Zuihou || Identical to Shouhou at Kai, but has a very strong Kai Ni. However, she is very rare and does not drop until late in the main game. If you see her at all, it will be as a side result of attempting to craft CV through Construction. Do not aim to craft her specifically.  

| {{ShipLink|Zuihou}} || Identical to Shouhou at Kai, but has a very strong Kai Ni. However, she is very rare and does not drop until late in the main game. If you see her at all, it will be as a side result of attempting to craft CV through Construction. Do not aim to craft her specifically.  

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| Kongou, Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna || Their performance at Kai is identical to one another. They drop in the boss nodes of all World 2 maps. Solid stats with a reasonable resupply cost.

| {{ShipLink|Kongou}}, {{ShipLink|Hiei}}, {{ShipLink|Kirishima}}, {{ShipLink|Haruna}} || Their performance at Kai is identical to one another. They drop in the boss nodes of all World 2 maps. Solid stats with a reasonable resupply cost.

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| Nagato, Mutsu || Stronger at Kai than the Kongou sisters, but very rare, especially Nagato. They also have a noticeably higher resupply cost.  

| {{ShipLink|Nagato}}, {{ShipLink|Mutsu}} || Stronger at Kai than the Kongou sisters, but very rare, especially Nagato. They also have a noticeably higher resupply cost.  

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| Fusou, Yamashiro || The most common Battleship drops. They start off as BB, and remodel to BBV at Kai. They drop virtually everywhere from World 2 onwards.

| {{ShipLink|Fusou}}, {{ShipLink|Yamashiro}} || The most common Battleship drops. They start off as BB, and remodel to BBV at Kai. They drop virtually everywhere from World 2 onwards.

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| Ise, Hyuuga || Better than Fusou and Yamashiro, but harder to get. Like Fusou and Yamashiro, they start as BB and remodel to BBV at only level 10. Drops in the boss nodes of 2-2 and onwards.

| {{ShipLink|Ise}}, {{ShipLink|Hyuuga}} || Better than Fusou and Yamashiro, but harder to get. Like Fusou and Yamashiro, they start as BB and remodel to BBV at only level 10. Drops in the boss nodes of 2-2 and onwards.

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Ships that are extremely important to collect ASAP due to them being required for the important quests that unlock your second, third, and fourth fleets. Getting them should be a high priority.

Ships that are extremely important to collect ASAP due to them being required for the important quests that unlock your second, third, and fourth fleets. Getting them should be a high priority.

CL: Sendai, Naka, Jintsuu

CL: {{ShipLink|Sendai}}, {{ShipLink|Naka}}, {{ShipLink|Jintsuu}}

CA: Myoukou, Haguro, Nachi, Ashigara

CA: {{ShipLink|Myoukou}}, {{ShipLink|Haguro}}, {{ShipLink|Nachi}}, {{ShipLink|Ashigara}}

FBB: Kongou, Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna

FBB: {{ShipLink|Kongou}}, {{ShipLink|Hiei}}, {{ShipLink|Kirishima}}, {{ShipLink|Haruna}}