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Azur Lane tier list of best ships

By Mihail Katsoris
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Azur Lane tier list of best ships

We'll help you solve the major dilemma with Azur Lane's tier list of best ships

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Updated on August 5th, 2024 - Version: 1.11.0 - Added: Strasbourg, L’Audacieux, Dupleix, Napoli, Admiral Nakhimov, Halford, Bayard, Daisen

We have prepared this ultimate Azur Lane tier list for the best ships in the game to help make your decisions a little easier. Why? Azur Lane requires you to choose the best ships in order to go on a winning streak, but it might be a difficult as well as a confusing task when you’re asked to choose from such a large list. Note that, the ships are arranged by carefully judging the viability and utility in intense battles.

Yostar’s side-scrolling naval warfare RPG is about intense shooting in a mesmerizing anime realm. The game asks you to arrange your battleships by judging enemies’ lineup and survive until the end of the battle to become the winner. It's not an easy task to pick the right battleships for your fleet, and that's why we have this Azure Lane tier list. 

In case you are playing other similar games, we have Another Eden tier list, Lost Centuria tier list, best characters in Alchemy Stars, and many others!

Now, let’s take a look at our meticulously prepared Azur Lane tier list. We will make sure to update it whenever there’s a significant change in the stats of the ships. 

BB/BC/BBV  |  DD  |  CV/CVL  |  CB/CA  |  SS/SSV  |  CL  
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The best BB/BC/BBV Ships

Azur Lane ship Frederich Der Grosse

Below you have a list of all the best Battleships and Battlecruisers you can get your hands on in Azur Lane.

TierBB/BC/BBV Ship List
SS Tier Bismarck Zwei, Musashi, Vanguard, Ulrich von Hutten, New Jersey, Friedrich der Grosse
S Tier Owari, Lützow, Warspite, Champagne, Gascogne, Georgia, Marco Polo, Monarch, Odin, Howe, Richelieu, Vittorio Veneto
A+ Tier Royal Oak, Brünhilde, Seydlitz, Akane Shinjo, Izumo, Alabama, Amagi, Bismarck, Duke of York, Honoka, Iori Minase, Kii, Nagato, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, Tosa, Patricia Abelheim, Daisen
A Tier Strasbourg, Roma, Thüringen, Gascogne µ, Hood, King George V, Massachusetts, Prince of Wales, Sovetskaya Rossiya, Suruga, Washington, Hyuuga, Queen Elizabeth, Alsace
B Tier Scharnhorst META, Jean bart, Kaga (Battleship), Littorio, Gangut, Little Renown, Nagisa
C Tier North Carolina, South Dakota, Tirpitz, Arizona, Ise, Mutsu, Pennsylvania, Mujina, Yamashiro META
D Tier Arkhangelsk, Mikasa, Super Gamer Kizuna AI, Amagi-chan, Dunkerque, Valiant, Fusou, Nevada, Oklahoma, Yamashiro
F Tier Andrea Doria, Sevastopol, Revenge, Colorado, Giulio Cesare, Gneisenau, Haruna, Hiei, Hiei-chan, Kirishima, Kongou, Maryland, Nelson, Renown, Rodney, Scharnhorst, West Virginia, California, Conte di Cavour, Repulse, Tennessee

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The best DD Ships

Azur Lane ship Shimakaze

Below you can see all the best Destroyer ships in Azur Lane.

TierDD Ship List
SS Tier Otto von Alvensleben, An Shan, Yuudachi, Shimakaze, Kitakaze, Chang Chun, Attilio Regolo
S Tier Wakatsuki, Suzutsuki, Tashkent, Fleuret, L’Audacieux, Halford
A+ Tier Hatsuzuki, Kiev, Bristol, Le Terrible, Allen M. Sumner, Ayanami, Kazagumo, Laffey, Marie Rose, Z23, Z46
A Tier L'Indomptable, Ingraham, Javelin, Le Main µ, Tashkent µ, Yukikaze, Naganami
B Tier Pompeo Magno, Kasumi, Kawakaze, Le Malin, Le Triomphant, Shirakami Fubuki, Z1, Hanazuki, Harutsuki, Kagerou, Yoizuki, Z24, Z28
C Tier Eldridge, Shigure, Ariake, Chang Chun, Eskimo, Fu Shun, Gremyashchy, Gromky, Hatsuharu, Shirayuki, Stephen Potter, Stremitelny, Tai Yuan
D Tier Nicholas, Carabiniere, Cooper, Hibiki, Le Mars, Libeccio, Minsk, Niizuki, Tanikaze, Vincenzo Gioberti, Yuugure, Z25, Z26, Z36, Cassin, Downes, Fletcher, Kiyonami, Shiranui, Hammann II
F Tier Asanagi, Miyuki, Z16, Emanuele Pessagno, Alfredo Oriani, Maillé Brézé, Specialized Bulin Custom MKIII, Prototype Bulin MKII, White Heart, Acasta, Amazon, Ardent, Bailey, Blanc, Charles Ausburne, Forbin, Fortune, Fubuki, Glowworm, Grenville, Grozny, Hamakaze, Hammann, Hardy, Hatsushimo, Icarus, Kamikaze, Kizuna AI, L'Opiniâtre, Le Téméraire, Maestrale, Makinami, Matchless, Matsukaze, Maury, Morrison, Mullany, Musketeer, Natsuiro Matsuri, Nicoloso da Recco, Nowaki, Sims, Tartu, Umikaze, Universal Bulin, Uranami, Vampire, Vauquelin, Yamakaze, Z2, Z35, Akatsuki, Arashio, Asashio, Aylwin, Bache, Benson, Bush, Comet, Crescent, Cygnet, Dewey, Echo, Foxhound, Fumizuki, Gridley, Halsey Powell, Hatakaze, Hazelwood, Hobby, Hunter, Ikazuchi, Inazuma, Isokaze, Jenkins, Jersey, Juno, Jupiter, Kalk, Kimberly, Kisaragi, Kuroshio, Michishio, Mutsuki, Nagatsuki, Oite, Ooshio, Oyashio, Radford, Shiratsuyu, Smalley, Stanly, Thatcher, Urakaze, Wakaba, Z18, Z19, Aulick, Beagle, Bulldog, Craven, Foote, McCall, Mikazuki, Minazuki, Spence, Uzuki, Z20, Z21

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The best CV/CVL Ships

Perseus ship

We've listed all the Aircraft Carriers into a tier list, starting from best to worst.

TierCV/CVL Ship List
SS Tier Perseus
S Tier Admiral Nakhimov, Bearn META, Implacable, Yorktown II, Klaudia Valentz, Volga, Chise Asukagawa, Hakuryuu, Shinano, Aquila, Centaur, Enterprise, Essex, Independence, Ryuuhou
A+ Tier Impero, August von Parseval, Ark Royal, Formidable, Hiryuu META, Illustrious, Intrepid, Shangri-La, Souryuu META, Ticonderoga, Shouhou, Unicorn
A Tier Theseus, Hornet II, Joffre, Akagi µ, Ark Royal META, Bunker Hill, Chihaya Kisaragi, Graf Zeppelin, Illustrious µ, Saratoga, Shoukaku, Zuikaku, Casablanca
B Tier Taihou-chan, Argus, Akagi, Hiryuu, Kaga, Katsuragi, Peter Strasser, Souryuu, Taihou, Taihou µ, Tokino Sora, Bataan
C Tier Elbe, Anniversary Kizuna AI, Béarn, Eagle, Hornet, Ookami Mio, Hermes, Ranger
D Tier Victorious, Chaser, Chitose, Chiyoda, Lexington, Little Enterprise, Nyotengu, Princeton, Ryuujou, Weser, Yorktown, Zeppy, Langley, Serri Glaus, Jade
F Tier Hwah Jah, Chen Hai, Green Heart, Akagi-chan, Glorious, Houshou, Little Illustrious, Long Island, Murasaki Shion, Vert, Bogue, Hiyou, Junyou, Wasp, Langley II

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The best CB/CA Ships

Here you can find all the Large and Heavy Cruisers in Azur Lane listed into a tier list.

TierCB/CA Ship List
SS Tier Unzen, Brest, Azuma, Drake, Ägir, Kronshtadt, Brennus, Wichita META
S Tier Napoli, Yume Minami, Anchorage, Cheshire, Azusa Miura, Prinz Heinrich, Roon µ, San Francisco, Foch META
A+ Tier Kursk, Northampton II, Little Prinz Eugen, Ibuki, Roon, Saint Louis, Baltimore, Bremerton, Chikuma, Minneapolis, Tallinn, Dupleix
A Tier Algérie META, Yorck, Kasumi (Venus Vacation), London, Pola, Portland
B Tier Gorizia, Blücher, Pola, Atago, Elegant Kisuna AI, Mogami, Takao, Zara, Admiral Graf Spee, Baltimore µ, Deutschland, Wichita, Haguro
C Tier Algérie, Choukai, Maya, Prinz Eugen, Chicago
D Tier Trento META, Exeter, York, Admiral Hipper, Admiral Hipper µ, Houston, Inidanapolis, Nakiri Ayame, Suffolk, Myoukou, Nachi, Northampton, Namiko, Lila Decyrus
F Tier Foch, Bolzano, Trieste, Black Heart, Ashigara, Astoria, Dorsetshire, Kumano, Noire, Quincy, Suzuya, Vincennes, Furutaka, Kako, Kent, Norfolk, Shropshire, Sussex, Trento, Aoba, Kinugasa, Pensacola, Salt Lake City

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The best SS/SSV Ships

Here are all the Submarines in Azur Lane, from best to worst.

TierSS/SSV Ship List
SS Tier U-37, Leonardo Da Vinci, U-556 META
S Tier Archerfish, U-47, U-81, U-96
A+ Tier I-13, Minato Aqua, U-101
A Tier Albacore, Cavalla, I-168, I-19, Albacore µ, Nautilus, U-410
B Tier Ami Futami, Mami Futami, Bluegill, Dace, I-25, I-26, I-56, U-110, U-522, U-556, U-557, U-73
C Tier I-58, Surcouf, Torricelli, U-1206
D Tier -
F Tier -

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The best CL Ships

Azur Lane ship San Diego

The best Light Cruisers are listed below, from best to worst.

TierCL Ship List
SS Tier Plymouth, Rikka Takarada, San Diego, Noshiro
S Tier Elbing, Mainz, Seattle, Duca degli Abruzzi, Helena, Reisalin Stout, Bayard
A+ Tier Voroshilov, Scylla, Sakawa, Prinz Adalbert, Neptune, Chapayev, Helena META, Jeanne d'Arc, Jintsuu, Kirov, Misaki, Pamiat Merkuria, Swiftsure, Aurora
A Tier Kuybyshev, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Emden, Avrora, Dido, Dido µ, Haruka Amani, Montpellier, Reno, Sirius, Biloxi, Birmingham, Boise, Curlew, Isuzu, Leipzig, Phoenix
B Tier Natori, Magdeburg, Belfast, Kinu, Ning Hai, Ping Hai, Cleveland, Columbia, Denver, Newcastle, Sendai, Yat Sen
C Tier Achilles, Ajax, Curacoa, Little Bel, Nürnberg, Sheffield, Sheffield µ, St. Louis, Brooklyn, Regensburg
D Tier Charybdis, Hermione, Yuubari, Émile Bertin, Black Prince, Chao Ho, Cleveland µ, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Monica, Ying Swei, Yura, Honolulu, Leander, Hass, Hai Tien, Hai Chi
F Tier Purple Heart, Agano, Cleveland, La Galissonnière, Lena, Li'l Sandy, Mikuma, Murmansk, Neptune (Neptunia), Penelope, Abukuma, Arethusa, Atlanta, Concord, Fiji, Galatea, Glasgow, Jamaica, Juneau, Karlsruhe, Köln, Marblehead, Memphis, Naka, San Juan, Southampton, Königsberg, Nagara, Omaha, Raleigh, Richmond

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Other Ships

TierOther Ships
SS Tier Princess Hime
S Tier Akashi, Vestal
A+ Tier Vestal META
A Tier Iritsuko Akizuki
B Tier -
C Tier Kashino
D Tier Erebus
F Tier Abercrombie, Terror, Ting An

We really hope that our Azur Lane tier list of best ships will help you pick the right ones that fit your playstyle the most!

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Mihail Katsoris
Mihail Katsoris
I've enjoyed playing games ever since I was a kid (which was a long long time ago at this point). It all started off with an Atari 65XE, then came an Amiga 500+, a Sega Genesis, a 386, and the rest was history. I consider myself lucky to have been able to experience the gaming evolution over the years - this is my passion, and what I will continue to do for as long as I can.