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	Notes
High	Tanikaze Urakaze	Drop	Decent ASW Stat at D Kai Remodel
High	Jervis Janus Fletcher Johnston Samuel B. Roberts	Event	Automatic OASW at Kai Remodel
Medium	Asashio Kai 2 D	Drop Construction	Good ASW Stat at Kai Ni D Remodel Gives up the good Combat Stats of her Kai 2 Remodel
	Shiratsuyu Umikaze Arare	Drop Construction (not Umikaze)	Decent ASW Stat at Kai Ni Remodel Shiratsuyu and Umikaze Require Action Report Arare requires Remodel Blueprint
	Fumizuki Satsuki	Drop Construction	Decent ASW Stat at Kai Ni Remodel
	Tashkent	Event	4 Slots
Low	n/a	n/a	Any Ship that you can make OASW with your available Equipment Ships that also appear in other DD Categories are to be preferred

Destroyer Escort (DE)

All DEs are low priority for leveling. There's no reason to level them outside of fulfilling branching or expedition requirements. You'll want at least 4 DE at Kai and the rest can be leveled at your own leisure.

Light Cruiser (CL)

The primary role of a CL is to provide utility for the fleet. This is readily apparent in Combined Fleets that only allow a single CL to participate. As such, there is a limited number of CLs that can be considered useful. Like DDs, they can be roughly divided into the same roles.

Regular Girls
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
Very High	Abukuma	Drop Normal Construction	Requires blueprint. Can perform opening torpedoes. Has great combat stats for TCI if luckmodded. Good ASW allows OASW at Kai Ni. Requires level 82 for OASW while maintaining opening torpedoes. Can carry DLC/tank for anti-installation nukes.
	Kitakami Ooi	Drop Normal Construction	Low remodel level. Can perform opening torpedoes. Source of 61cm Quint (Oxygen) Torpedo Mount. Classified as CLT. They do not always count as CL for branching requirements. They do not count as CLs for the 1CL requirement in CF escorts.
	Sendai	Drop Normal Construction	Only valuable for equipment, but equipment is a must-have.
High	Kuma Nagara	Drop Normal Construction	Low remodel level. Common drop.
	Yuubari	Drop Normal Construction	4-slots. Good ASW allows OASW relatively early on. 4-slots allows maintaining DA setups while stacking WG42 for anti-installation. Unable to perform artillery spotting.
	Yura	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Requires Blueprint. Can perform opening torpedoes. Good ASW allows OASW at Kai Ni. Requires level 79 for OASW while maintaining opening torpedoes. Can carry DLC/tank for anti-installation nukes. Can carry SPF to help with AS. Can perform decent AACI.
Medium	Kiso	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Can perform opening torpedoes. Classified as CLT. Does not always count as CL for branching requirements. Does not count as CL for the 1CL requirement in CF escorts.
	Isuzu	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Low Kai Ni level. Innate OASW at Kai Ni.
	Jintsuu	Drop Normal Construction	Low Kai Ni level. Common drop. Highest combat stats.
	Naka	Drop Normal Construction	Lowest Kai Ni level. Common drop.
	Agano Noshiro Yahagi Sakawa	Drop Large Ship Construction (Except Sakawa)	Low remodel level. Can carry SPB.
	Ooyodo	Drop Event	4-slots allows maintaining DA setups while stacking WG42 for anti-installation. Bad ASW makes her unable to OASW until very high levels. Low combat stats.
Low	Tama	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Requires blueprint. Good ASW allows OASW on Kai Ni. Can carry DLC/tank for anti-installation nukes. Can carry SPF to help with AS.
Low	Kinu	Drop Normal Construction	Requires blueprint. Good ASW allows OASW on Kai Ni. Can carry DLC/tank for anti-installation nukes.
Event-Only Girls
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
High	Gotland Abruzzi Garibaldi	Event	4-slots. Good ASW for Gotland and Garibaldi allows OASW relatively early on. 4-slots allows maintaining DA setups while stacking WG42 for anti-installation.

Heavy Cruiser (CA/V)

CAs are primarily used for their night battle capabilities. The CAV subclass is quite valuable because of the limited selection and being necessary for AS requirements in some maps.

Regular Girls
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
Very High	Myoukou	Drop Normal Construction	Great combat stats. 32 is decent for TCI.
	Maya	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Great combat stats. Powerful AACI. Requires Reinforcement Expansion to work at full potential.
	Mogami	Drop Normal Construction	Low remodel level. CAV with good slots.
	Mikuma	Drop Large Ship Construction	CAV. Main use is a source of 20.3cm(no.3) Twin Gun Mount.
High	Suzuya Kumano	Drop Normal Construction	Good combat stats. CAV at Kai and Kai Ni. Becomes CVL at Carrier Kai Ni. Requires Blueprint.
	Tone Chikuma	Drop Normal Construction	Good combat stats. Requires Blueprint. Low Kai Ni level. CAV only at Kai Ni.
	Nachi Ashigara Haguro	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Great combat stats. Low Kai Ni level.
	Choukai	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Great combat stats. Low Kai Ni level. Requires Blueprint.
Medium	Takao Atago	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Low remodel level. Good combat stats.
Medium	Kinugasa	Drop Normal Construction	Low Kai Ni level. Good fit bonuses make up for lack of gun upgrades.
Low	Furutaka Kako	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Fit bonuses can compensate for lack of gun upgrades.
Very Low	Aoba	Drop Normal Construction	Common drop. Bad combat stats.
Event-Only Girls
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
Very High	Prinz Eugen	Event	Good combat stats. 40 is good for TCI.
High	Zara	Event	Counts as a CA but can carry SPF. Requires Blueprint. High firepower but not very good torpedo to back it up.
Low	Pola	Event	Counts as a CA but can carry SPF. Bad combat stats.

Battleship (BB)

The priority of a BB changes depending on their type. Fast battleships, slow battleships and aviation battleships all have their own special niche. For a player just starting out, fast BBs can fill in for slow BBs. They won't have the raw power of a slow BB, but they'll perform adequately in the role.

Fast Battleships
Regular Girls
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
Very High	Kongou Hiei Haruna Kirishima	Drop Normal Construction	Good combat stats.
Low	Kongou Kai Ni C	Drop Normal Construction	Requires 2 Blueprints, 2 GunMats and an Action Report. Gains closing torpedo. Powerful night battle BB.
Low	Bismarck	Large Ship Construction	Requires 2 Blueprints to reach adequate performance levels. Gains closing torpedo. Powerful night battle BB.
Event-Only Girls
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
Very High	Iowa	Event	Great combat stats. Low remodel level.
Very High	Richelieu	Event	Good combat stats. Low remodel level.
Medium	Littorio Roma	Event	Good combat stats. Low remodel level. Requires Blueprint. Very Long default range.
Very Low	Gangut	Event	Bad combat stats. Counts as fast BB but slow speed. Can perform closing torpedoes.

Slow Battleships
Regular Girls
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
Very High	Nagato Mutsu	Drop Normal Construction	Requires Blueprint. The second one of the pair would just be High priority. Powerful special skill. Good combat stats. Can carry DLC/tank for anti-installation work.
Medium	Musashi	Large Ship Construction	Requires 3 Blueprints, 3 GunMats and an Action Report. 5 slots. Great combat stats. Has AACI with niche usefulness.
Medium	Yamato	Large Ship Construction	Great combat stats.
Event-Only Girls
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
Very High	Nelson	Event	Decent combat stats. Powerful special skill.
Medium	Warspite	Event	Decent combat stats.
Low	Colorado	Event	Low remodel level. Bad special skill.

Aviation Battleships
Regular Girls
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
Very High	Ise	Drop Normal Construction	Requires 2 Blueprints, a Prototype Catapult and an Action report. 5 slots. Two large slots makes her great at assisting with AS. Has AACI with niche use.
High	Fusou Yamashiro	Large Ship Construction	Requires Blueprint. Single large slot good for assisting with AS.
Low	Hyuuga	Large Ship Construction	Requires 2 Blueprints, a Prototype Catapult and an Action report. 5 slots. Only has one large slot. Has AACI with niche use. Can perform OASW with the correct setup.

CV

Standard Fleet Carriers are the backbone of the Fleet when it comes to providing Fighter Support and Opening Airstrikes against enemies. As Aircraft are their main weaponry, their slot size and distribution determines the usefulness of the Carrier. Armoured Carriers are capable of attacking while in Chuuha damage state.

Regular Girls
Priority	Name	Availability	Notes
Very High	Shoukaku Zuikaku	Regular Construction Drop	Requires Blueprint and Prototype Flight Deck Catapult Turn into Armoured Carriers upon Kai 2 A remodel Capable of operating Jet Aircraft
High	Soryuu Hiryuu	Regular Construction Drop	Source of T99 Egusa, T97 Tomonaga and M21 Skilled
High	Akagi Kaga	Regular Construction Drop Quest (Akagi)	Low remodel Level (Kai) Decent slot size and distribution
Medium	Akagi Kai 2		Requires 2 Blueprints and one Prototype Flight Deck Catapult 5 slots Can convert to Night Carrier upon Kai 2 E remodel
	Taihou	Large Ship Construction	Is a Armoured Carrier Great slot distribution
	Unryuu	Drop Event	Requires Blueprint Gives Access to Quest F15 , rewarding Reppuu (601 Air Group) Low running cost
Event-only Girls
Very High	Saratoga	Large Ship Construction Event	Requires Blueprint and Prototype Flight Deck Catapult Turns into a Night Carrier upon Mk II Remodel Turns into a Armoured Carrier upon Mk II Mod 2 Remodel Gives Access to the Questline rewarding various Carrier Night Operation Equipment
High	Intrepid	Event	Big Slots, decent slot distribution
Medium	Ark Royal	Event	Average Carrier
Low	Katsuragi Amagi	Event	Requires Blueprint Come with decent Planes of the 601st Air Group Low running cost
Very Low	Aquila Graf Zeppelin	Event	Bad Capacity Bad Slot Distribution Very Fragile (Aquila)

CVL

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

SS(V)

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

AV

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

AO

Very Low Priority: Fleet Oilers fullfill their main purpose (carrying Maritime Resupply) at base Remodel.

AS

Very Low Priority: Taigei is only a Submarine Tender in her Base form (will remodel to the CVL Ryuuhou).

Her main purpose is to fullfill Quests D13 and D14 as well as obscure routing requirements in Event Maps from time to time, to which her level is largely irrelevant.

AX

Top Priority: As soon as you acquire Akashi, she should be leveled and remodeled

Akashi Kai has a higher success chance on improving Equipment, saving valuable Improvement Materials
The remodel also gives an additional Ship Repair Facility, enabling another ship to be repaired via Anchorage Repair
- Leveling a second Akashi for her Repair Facilities (for a total of 4) to be able to repair up to 5 Ships is also an option, but not high priority
It is not necessary to level her beyond her remodel level

CT

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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