Introduction

This article is meant to be a rough guideline to help you determine which girls you should be leveling. Included in this is which girls you should be using your limited blueprints, action reports and prototype catapults on. Event-only girls are listed separately due to their rarity. Any girl not listed here can be considered low priority.

The bare minimum you'll require for events is 7DD 1CL 3CA/V 4FBB 2CV 2CVL. This covers all combined fleet combinations with no extra capacity for ship locks or historical ships.

As a general rule, girls which require special resources (blueprint, action report, protoype catapult) are rated lower than their counterparts unless they outclass every other girl in that category. Unless otherwise noted, you should be getting girls to their highest remodel.

The advice in this article assumes you already have the girl. Don't stress about missing high priority girls.

Destroyer (DD)

DDs form the backbone of your fleet. They are your specialists that can be divided into the following roles:

Combat
- Torpedo Cut-In
Anti-sub
Anti-installation (overlaps with Transport Combined Fleet)
Anti-air

Some DDs can fulfill more than one role.

Combat (Including TCI)
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
Very High	Yuudachi	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Low Kai Ni level at 55.
	Ayanami	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Can double up as TCI ship with 40 at Kai Ni.
	Yukikaze	Drop Normal Construction	Low remodel level. Combat stats are on the low end but high makes her ideal for TCI.
	Shimakaze	Drop Normal Construction	Low remodel level.
	Shigure	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Low Kai Ni level at 60. Combat stats are on the low end but high makes her ideal for TCI.
High	Asashio	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Convertible remodel to ASW focus.
	Jervis	Event Drop	Low combat stats but 55 makes her good for TCI. Innate OASW at Kai.
	Tashkent	Event Drop	4-slots. Low combat stats but 4 slots and 43 makes her a good for TCI.
Medium	Naganami	Drop	Requires Blueprint and Action Report Required for quarterly that gives Action Reports.
	Kawakaze	Drop	Can also carry landing craft.
	Michishio	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Can also carry landing craft/tanks.
	Kasumi	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Can also carry landing craft/tanks.
Low	Hatsushimo	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Low combat stats but 53 makes her capable of TCI.
	Shiratsuyu Murasame	Drop Normal Construction	Requires Action Report. Common drop. Can carry tanks (Shiratsuyu) or DLC (Murasame).
	Umikaze	Drop	Requires Action Report. Can carry tanks.
	Ooshio Arashio Arare	Drop Normal Construction	Requires Blueprint. Common drop Can carry tanks and DLC.
	Kagerou Shiranui Kuroshio	Drop Normal Construction	Requires Blueprint.
	Yuugumo Makigumo Kazagumo Asashimo	Drop	Requires Blueprint and Action Report

Anti-Submarine
Priority	Name	Availability	(Other) Roles	Notes
Very High	Yukikaze Kai, Hatsushimo Kai 2	D, RC	TCI	low remodel level (Yukikaze)
High	Shimakaze Kai	D, RC	Combat	low remodel level
High	Michishio Kai 2, Kasumi Kai 2	D, RC	Combat, AIW	DLC/Tank-Capable
High	Jervis Kai	E	TCI, ASW	Auto-OASW
High	Tashkent Kai	E	ASW, AIW	4 Slots
Medium High	Akizuki Kai, Teruzuki Kai, Hatsuzuki Kai, Suzutsuki Kai	E	AA	Main Source of 10cm HA + AAFD
Medium High	Kawakaze Kai 2	D	Combat	DLC-Capable
Medium	Fletcher Kai, Johnston Kai	E	AA, ASW	Auto-OASW, Special AACI
Medium	Naganami Kai 2	D	Combat	BQx for repeatable Action Report
Medium	Verniy, Asashio K2D	D, RC	Combat, ASW, AIW	DLC/Tank-Capable
Medium	Akatsuki Kai 2, Asashio Kai 2	D, RC	Combat
Medium	Tanikaze D Kai, Urakaze D Kai	D	ASW
Medium	Isokaze B Kai, Hamakaze B Kai	D	AA	Special AACI w/o AAFD
Medium	Ooshio Kai 2, Arashio Kai 2	D, RC	Combat, AIW	DLC/Tank-Capable
Medium	Shiratsuyu Kai 2, Umikaze Kai 2	D, RC (S)	Combat, ASW, AIW	Tank-Capable
Medium	Murasame Kai 2	D, RC	Combat, ASW, AIW	DLC-Capable
Low	Satsuki Kai 2, Fumizuki Kai 2, Arare Kai 2	D, RC	ASW, AIW	Tank/DLC-Capable
Low	Kagerou Kai 2, Shiranui Kai 2, Kuroshio Kai 2	D, RC	Combat
Low	Yuugumo Kai 2, Makigumo Kai 2, Kazagumo Kai 2, Asashimo Kai 2	D	Combat
Low	Maestrale Kai, Libeccio Kai, Grecale Kai, Samuel B. Roberts Kai	E, D (Libe)	ASW	Lib. enables Zara LSC, Auto-OASW (Sammy)
Very low	Anything not listed here

Destroyer Escorts

See the Modernization page for details on modding with DEs.

Priority	Ship	Availability	Role	Misc
Low	Shimushu, Kunashiri	E	ASW, Mod	May be periodically available as a temporary drop on normal maps and/or reward from temporary quest(s).
Low	Ishigaki, Hachijou	E	ASW, Mod
Low	Etorofu, Matsuwa	Q, E	ASW, Mod	May be periodically available as a temporary drop on normal maps and/or reward from temporary quest(s). Quest reward option for F73.
Low	Sado, Tsushima, Fukae	E	ASW, Mod	May be periodically available as a temporary drop on normal maps and/or reward from temporary quest(s).
Low	Hiburi, Daitou	E	ASW, Mod	May be periodically available as a temporary drop on normal maps and/or reward from temporary quest(s).
Very Low	Mikura	E	ASW, Mod	No modding partner (see Modernization).

Light Cruisers

CLs face the tightest competition for slots in a fleet as escort fleets traditionally allow only a single CL. There exists a large gulf in quality between the best and the worst picks for a CL slot. The very best CLs are capable of enhancing the performance of the entire fleet with torpedoes or a fourth slot.

Priority	Ship	Accessibility	Role	Misc
Very High	Abukuma Kai 2	D, RC	Combat	Opening Torpedo, Daihatsu/Tank Carrier
Very High	Sendai Kai 2	D, RC	Eq	Valuable for equipment, mediocre combat performance otherwise
Very High	Kitakami Kai 2, Ooi Kai 2	D, RC	Combat	CLT
High	Yuubari Kai	D, RC	Utility	Easily accessible 4 slot CL
High	Kuma Kai, Nagara Kai	D, RC	Combat	Low remodel level, excellent stats
High	Yura Kai 2	D, RC	AS, AIW	Opening Torpedo, Daihatsu/Tank Carrier, Seaplane Fighters
Medium	Isuzu Kai 2	D, RC	ASW	Auto-OASW
Medium	Kiso Kai 2	D	Combat	CLT
Medium	Jintsuu Kai 2	D, RC	Combat
Medium	Ooyodo Kai	D, E	AIW	Source of FCF, 4 Slots
Low	Tama Kai 2	D, RC	AS, AIW	Tank/DLC/SPF-Capable
Very Low	Tatsuta Kai 2	D, RC	ASW, AIW	Auto-OASW
Medium-High (If available)	Gotland Kai, Garibaldi Kai, Abruzzi Kai	E	Combat	4 Slots
Very Low	Anything else not listed here

Heavy Cruisers

tl;dr: CAV, Maya, Myoukou-class

SS(V)

tl;dr: Maruyu, U-511 for WG, Big Sub for Seiran

BB

tl;dr: nelson, snails, hotels, warspite, colorado

FBB

tl;dr: Boungous (w/o K2C), Iowa, Italians, Richelieu, Boungou K2C/Bisko Drei, Gangut

BBV

tl;dr Ise K2, big gap, Hyuuga K2, Fuso/Yamashiro K2

CV

tl;dr: Cranes, Sara, Intrepid, Dragons, Akagi, Kaga(?), Taihou, Ark, Unryuu-Class, Aquila, GZ

CVL

tl;dr: Zuihou, Junyou, Chitose-Class, RJ, the rest...

AV

tl;dr: Nisshin, Teste, Akitsushima (for routing and Taitei), gap, Mizuho, chiyoda/chitose

AO

n/a

AS

n/a

AX

Top priority Akashi

CT

Wow, it's fucking nothing. Extremely Low Priority. Don't bother unless you're completely out of other things to work on.

Their slow speed and poor combat stats generally leave them completely outclassed by other ships.
Some potential for ASW thanks to their 4 slots, but you should not be using them at all unless shiplocking conservatively for an early ASW map. Again, completely outclassed by ships specialising in ASW.
You should not be using them in PvP for the passive experience bonus unless you have absolutely run out of other things to level. You're better off levelling more useful ships instead of wasting a PvP slot on them.

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