List of light cruisers by upgraded maximum stats/New

• Green: Outstanding
• Yellow: Good
• Since the Luck Stat is difficult to modernize, it is listed as Base(Max).

No.	Name	Class															Notes
28	Tenryuu 天龍改	Tenryuu	20	59	79	49	69	49	12(59)	40	59	79	Fast	0	25	25
29	Tatsuta 龍田改
39	Kuma 球磨改	Kuma	20	69	89	69	79	49	12(59)	42	69	79	Fast	3 (1,1,1)	25	30
40	Tama 多摩改			59	79	59					59
41	Kiso 木曾改	Kuma (Pre- CLT)	20
19	Ooi 大井		n/a	49	89		59	39	17(49)	25	29	77		0			Ooi, Kitakami Base Ship
20	Kitakami 北上								15(69)
42	Nagara 長良改	Nagara	20	69	89	69	79	49	12(59)	43	69	79	Fast	3 (1,1,1)	25	30
43	Isuzu 五十鈴改		12	59	79	59				37	59
44	Natori 名取改		20	69	89					43
45	Yura 由良改			59	79
109	Kinu 鬼怒改		17							41						35
110	Abukuma 阿武隈改									42
141	Isuzu Kai-2 五十鈴改二		50			84	94	59	13(59)	44	69			0		30	Isuzu 2nd Remodel
No.	Name	Class															Notes
46	Sendai 川内改	Sendai	20	59	79	69	79	49	12(59)	44	69	79	Fast	3 (1,1,1)	25	30
47	Jintsuu 神通改					59					59
48	Naka 那珂改
158	Sendai Kai-2 川内改二		60	67	88	70	74	55	14(79)	48	69	84			25	35	Sendai 2nd Remodel
159	Jintsuu Kai-2 神通改二			70	98	68	80	54	13(79)	50		80					Jintsuu 2nd Remodel
160	Naka Kai-2 那珂改二		48	68	84	72	84		13(69)	48	68	82					Naka 2nd Remodel
111	Yuubari 夕張改	Yuubari	25	63	79	69	69	44	17(69)	36	49	69	Fast	0	25	40	4 equipment slots
137	Agano 阿賀野改	Agano	35	62	79	72	82	59	10(59)	45	69	80	Fast	6 (2,2,2)	30	35
138	Noshiro 能代改
139	Yahagi 矢矧改			64		74			14(69)	47		84
140	Sakawa 酒匂改			61	78	73	84		30(69)	46		80
183	Ooyodo 大淀改	Ooyodo	35	63	49	74	39	84	30(79)	47	68	78	Fast	12 (0,6,6,0)	35	35	4 equipment slots
No.	Name	Class															Notes
Light Cruiser Subclasses CLT: Torpedo Cruiser CLp: Training Cruiser (These are not Light Cruisers, but are here for comparison) Highlights are relative to CLs above.
No.	Name	Class															Notes
97	Ooi Kai 大井改	Kuma (CLT)	10	39	99	39	59	39	10(49)	32	39	77	Fast	0	25	50
98	Kitakami Kai 北上改								15(69)
114	Ooi Kai-2 大井改二		50	63	139	49	79	43	13(49)	43	63	83				75
115	Kitakami Kai-2 北上改二								30(79)
146	Kiso Kai-2 木曾改二		65	64	110	72	82	49	13(69)	44	65	84				50	Kiso 2nd Remodel
154	Katori 香取改	Katori (CLp)	35	36	40	48	39	?	12(54)	40	39	?	Slow	8 (2,2,2,2)	35	20	4 equipment slots

General Notes:

• Light Cruisers that can equip Seaplanes can perform Artillery Spotting attacks during day battles. With the ability to equip all medium guns coupled with lower resource costs, this makes CLs functionally weaker CAs.
  • One difference is that Light Cruisers will always attack SS when present. This can be a disadvantage when it is not desired.
• Notable Light Cruisers (CL):
  • Sendai class CL (Sendai, Jintsuu, Naka) have second remodels with higher stats and rare equipment, which turn them into top tier CL. These have high level requirements, but they are a good choice in the long term.
    • Sendai Kai 2 remodel comes with a Searchlight, Star Shell and Type 98 Recon Seaplane (Night Scout), all of these are support equipment that will improve your fleet performance during night warfare.
    • Naka Kai 2 has the lowest level requirement for a second remodel (Lv 48) among CL but comes with stats to rival Sendai and Jintsuu (Lv 60) which makes her a very good CL for lower level Admirals.
    • Obtaining all three CL of the Sendai class is required to unlock the third fleet through Quest A14.
  • Isuzu Kai 2 boasts the highest ASW stat in-game and third best Anti-Air stat, behind Maya and Akizuki. However, her range is reduced from medium to short and can no longer use scouting seaplanes
    • Her first remodel comes with a Type 21 Air RADAR, while her second remodel comes with another Type 21 Air RADAR, a Type 22 Surface RADAR, and a Type 3 Depth Charge.
    • Her first remodel can be useful for modernizing AA stat (+5 )
  • Yuubari and Ooyodo are the only Light Cruisers with 4 equipment slots.
    • Having 4 equipment slots is quite important for ASW purposes, as ASW stats from equipment are worth 10x more than ASW stats from the ship's original stat. See combat mechanics page for more information on how ASW damage is calculated.
  • Kitakami, Ooi and Kiso can be remodelled into Torpedo Cruisers (CLT). While no longer a Light Cruiser for fleet composition requirements, they gain outstanding Torpedo stat can equip Type A Ko-hyoteki Midget Subs for preempetive torpedo strikes.
    • Kitakami and Ooi remodel into CLT at level 10, but do not shine until their second remodel at level 50, which gives them an extra equipment slot that allows them to equip for both prempetive torpedo strikes as well as night special attacks.
    • Kiso unlocks the 3rd equipment slot after the first remodel, at level 20, but does not change class until her second remodel at 65. Her stats are more evenly distributed, making her Torpedo attacks less powerful than her sisters.
    • In terms of ship type, Torpedo Cruisers (CLT) are no longer classfied as Light cruisers (CL), and can not be used as a substitute for CL in any branching requirements or expeditions.
  • Kuma and Nagara have good stats with their first remodel at level 20. However, they can be difficult to obtain on early worlds.