If you're looking to create the best Azur Lane shipgirl team, you'll find the character rankings here. That's why we're meeting today for a full tier list Azur Lane. Find all the characters in the game ranked from most powerful to least effective to help you create formidable teams! The complete Azur Lane roster includes more than 600 characters, so this ranking of the best ships is here to help you figure it out.
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Organization of this top shipgirls Azur Lane
First of all, keep in mind that this Azur Lane tier list takes into account the current meta. Indeed, everyone's experience with this or that ship can vary. With the right strategy, even a weak character in our tier list can be effective.
Then, we made the choice to group the ships by type. Thus, each following section presents the characters in descending order of power in its category only. Here is what each rank in the ranking corresponds to:
| Ranking | Character effectiveness |
|---|---|
| SS | The best in their category |
| S | Extremely powerful |
| A | Powerful |
| B | Rather effective |
| C | Correct |
| D | Lack of efficiency |
| E | Rather low |
| F | To be avoided |
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The best ships in the BB/BC/BBV/BM categories
First, here are the best Azur Lane vessels in the BB, BC, BBV and BM category in this tier list. Behind these acronyms are the following types of vessels:
- BB: Battleship;
- BC: Battlecruiser;
- BBV: Aviation Battleship;
- BM: Monitor.
| Ranking | Characters |
|---|---|
| SS | Friedrich der Große / Musahi / New Jersey / Ulrich von Hutten / Vanguard |
| S | Gascogne / Marco Polo / Monarch / Odin / Prinz Rupprecht / Howe / Richelieu / Vittorio Veneto |
| A | Champagne / Izumo / Georgia / Alabama / Akane Shinjo / Amagi / Sovetskaya Belorussiya / Seydlitz / Repulse META / Patricia Abelheim / Nagato / Kii / Hood / Arizona META / Bismarck / Brünhilde / Duke of York / Honoka / Gneisenau META |
| B | Warspite / Iori Minase / King George V / Prince of Wales / Renown META § Queen Elizabeth / Little Renown / Washington / Suruga / Tosa / Sovetskaya Rossiya / Scharnhorst META / Roma |
| C | Gascogne µ / Yamashiro META / Jean Bart / Nagisa / Kaga (Battleship) / Hyuuga / Littorio / Gangut / Lützow / Massachusetts |
| D | Pennsylvania / North Carolina / Mutsu / South Dakota / Tirpitz / Ise / Arizona / Mujina |
| E | Mikasa / Yamashiro / Super Gamer Kizuna AI / Amagi-chan / Oklahoma / Arkhangelsk / Nevada / Dunkirk / Fusou / Fusou META / Valiant / Thüringen |
| F | Tennessee / Repulse / Conte di Cavour / California / West Virginia / Terror / Scharnhorst / Rodney / Revenge / Renown / Nelson / Maryland / Kongou / Kirishima / Hiei-chan / Hiei / Haruna / Gneisenau / Giulio Cesare / Erebus / Colorado / Abercrombie |
Tier list Azur Lane: the best CVs/CVLs
Second, let's look at CV and CVL vessels. These are the abbreviations for Aircraft Carrier and Light Aircraft Carrier.
| Ranking | Characters |
|---|---|
| SS | Perseus / Unicorn |
| S | Volga / Hakuryuu / Shinano / Ryuuhou / Yorktown II / Klaudia Valentz / August von Parseval / Independence / Chkalov / Enterprise / Aquila |
| A | Akagi µ / Shouhou / Ticonderoga / Albion / Ark Royal / Centaur / Chihaya Kisaragi / Chise Asukagawa / Essex / Theseus / Taihou / Souryuu META / Joffre / Indomitable / Impero / Illustrious / Hornet II / Hiryuu META / Graf Zeppelin / Formidable / |
| B | Casablanca / Shangri-La / Saratoga / Intrepid / Bunker Hill / Ark Royal META |
| C | Serri Glaus / Akagi / Zuikaku / Hiryuu / Illustrious µ / Tokino Sora / Kaga / Taihou µ / Katsuragi / Souryuu / Peter Strasser / Shoukaku |
| D | Anniversary Kizuna AI / Bataan / Ranger / Hermes / Bearn / Eagle / Ookaami Mio / Hornet / Elba |
| E | Zeppy / Yorktown / Victorious / Chaser / Weser / Ryuujou / Chitose / Chiyoda / Princeton / Nyotengu / Junyou META / Lexington / Little Enterprise |
| F | Wasp / Langley / Green Heart / Akagi-chan / Junyou / Hiyou / Chen Hai / Glorious / Bogue / Green / Hiyou META / Houshou / Murasaki Shion / Long Island / Hwah Jah |
Ranking of the most efficient CA/CB
We continue this Azur Lane top of the best ships with the most powerful CA and CB of the game. This time, it's the Heavy Cruiser and Large Cruiser type ships. We're talking about some pretty big ships!
| Ranking | Characters |
|---|---|
| SS | Kronshtadt / Ägir / Drake / Azuma / Brest |
| S | Anchorage / Cheshire / San Francisco / Roon µ / Azusa Miura / Prinz Heinrich / Kala Ideas |
| A | Ibuki / Roon / Saint Louis / Yume Minami / Tallinn / Prinz Adalbert / Baltimore / Bremerton / Minneapolis / Northampton II |
| B | Pola / Little Cheshire / Portland / Shropshire / New Orleans / London / Kasumi (Venus Vacation) / Chikuma Blücher |
| C | Wichita / Atago / Haguro / Elegant Kizuna AI / Deutschland / Mogami / Takao / Zara / Baltimore µ / Admiral Graf Spee |
| D | Chicago / Algeria / Little Spee / Maya / Choukai |
| E | Northampton / Axeter / Prinz Eugen / Trento META / York / Suffolk / Houston / Namiko / Indianapolis / Nakiri Ayame / Lila Decyrus / Little Prinz Eugen |
| F | Bolzano / Astoria / Ashigara / Admiral Hipper µ / Admiral Hipper / Black Heart / Suzuya / Quincy / Noire / Kumano / Foch / Dorsetshire / Kent / Kako / Furutaka / Yorck / Vincennes / Trieste / Aoba / Trento / Sussex / Norfolk / Nachi / Myoukou / Salt Lake City / Pensacola / Kinugasa |
Tier list Azur Lane: the best Light Cruisers
Let's continue this Azur Lane tier list with the Light Cruiser (abbreviated CL) vessels.
| Ranking | Characters |
|---|---|
| SS | Plymouth |
| S | Rikka Takarada / Reisalin Stout / San Diego / Harbin / Mainz / Noshiro / Helena META / Seattle / Emden / Helena |
| A | Neptune / Kirov / Chapayev / Jintsuu / Duca degli Abruzzi / Joan of Arc / Yat Sen / Kuybyshev / Swiftsure / Misaki / Pamiat Merkuria / Montpelier / Aurora |
| B | Phoenix / Avrora / Leipzig / Dido / Juneau / Dido µ / Isuzu / Giuseppe Garibaldi / Curlew / Haruka Amami / Boise / Magdeburg / Birmingham / Reno / Biloxi / Sakawa / Bellona / Sirius |
| C | Belfast / Sendai / Kinu / Newcastle / Ning Hai / Denver / Columbia / Cleveland |
| D | Achilles / Brooklyn / Ajax / St. Louis / Curacoa / Sheffield µ / Sheffield / Nürnberg / Little Bel |
| E | Émile Bertin / Leander / Black Prince / Honolulu / Chao Ho / Yura / Cleveland µ / Ying Swei / Edinburgh / Gloucester / Monica |
| F | Charybdis / Hermione / Purple Heart / Yuubari / Penelope / Neptune (Neptunia) / Nurmansk / Mikuma / Memphis META / Manchester / Li'l Sandy / Lena / La Galissonière / Hass / Hai Tien / Hai Chi / Enterprise (Royal Navy) / Elbing / Cleveland / Agano / Abukuma / Arethusa / Atlanta / Concord / Fiji / Galatea / Glasgow / Jamaica / Karlsruhe / Köln / Marblehead / Memphis / Naka / San Juan / Southampton / Königsberg / Nagara / Omaha / Raleigh / Richmond |
Top DD and DDG vessels in Azur Lane
We continue our ranking of the best Azur Lane ships with the Destroyers(DD) and the Guided-missile Destroyers(DDG).
| Ranking | Characters |
|---|---|
| SS | - |
| S | Shimakaze / Yuudachi / Kitakaze / An Shan / Chang Chun |
| A | Allen M. Summer / Ayanami / Jervis / Kazagumo / Kiev / Marie Rose / Suzutsuki / Tashkent / Wakatsuki / Z46 |
| B | Z23 / Bristol / Ingraham / Yukikaze / Tashkent µ / Janus / Pompeo Magno / Javelin / Le Terrible / L'Indomptable / Le Malin µ / Laffey / Naganami |
| C | Z1 / Shirakami Fubuki / Le Triomphant / Le Malin / Kawakaze / Kasumi / Charles Ausburne / Z28 / Z24 / Yoizuki / Kagerou / Harutsuki / Hanazuki / Carabiniere |
| D | Eldriige / Shigure / Tai Yuan / Stremitelny / Stephen Potter / Shirayuki / Hunter META / Hatsuharu / Gromky / Gremyashchy / Fu Shun / Eskimo / Ariake |
| E | Nicholas / Cooper / Le Mars / Hibiki / Fortune META / Hammann II / Le Téméraire / Libeccio / Tanikaze / Soobrazitelny / Niizuki / Minsk / Z36 / Z26 / Z25 / Yuugure / Vincenzo Gioberti / Cassin / Downes / Kiyonami / Shiranui / Fletcher |
| F | White Heart / Prototype Bulin MKII / Specialized Bulin Custom MKIII / Acasta / Alfredo Oriani / Amazon / Fortune / Forbin / Emanuele Pessagno / White / Bailey / Ardent / Hammann / Hamakaze / Grozny / Grenville / Glowworm / Fubuki / L'Opiniâtre / Kizuna AI / Kamikaze / Icarus / Hatsushimo / Hardy / Maury / Matsukaze / Matchless / Makinami / Maillé Brézé / Maestrale / Nicoloso da Recco / Natsuiro Matsuri / Musketeer / Mullany / Morrison / Miyuki / Uranami / Universal Bulin / Umikaze / Tartu Sims / Nowaki / Z35 / Z2 / Z16 / Yamakaze / Vampire / Benson / Bache / Aylwin / Asashio / Arashio / Akatsuki / Echo / Dewey / Cygnet / Crescent / Comet / Bush / Hazelwood / Hatakaze / Halsey Powell / Gridley / Fumizuki / Foxhound / Jenkins / Isokaze / Ikazuchi / Hunter / Hobby / Kisaragi / Kimberly / Kalk / Jupiter / Juno / Jersey Jupiter / Juno / Jersey / Ooshio / Oite / Nagatsuki / Mutsuki / Michishio / Kuroshio / Thatcher / Stably / Smalley / Shiratsuyu / Radford / Oyashio / Z19 / Z18 / Wakaba / Urakaze / Beagle / Aulick / Minazuki / Mikazuki / McCall / Foote / Craven / Bulldog / Z21 / Z20 / Uzuki / Spence |
Tier list Azur Lane: the best SS, SSV and IX ships
Let's keep going with the SS, SSV and IX characters that respectively designate the Submarine, Submarine carrier and Frigate ships for this Azur Lane tier list complete with all the characters of the game.
| Ranking | Characters |
|---|---|
| SS | - |
| S | Archerfish / Leonardo da Vinci / U-96 / U-81 / U-47 / U-37 / Royal Fortune |
| A | U-101 / Minato Aqua / Albacore |
| B | Cavalla / I-19 / I-168 / I-13 / U-410 / Nautilus / I-58 / Albacore µ |
| C | U-110 / U-1206 / U-522 / U-556 / U-557 / U-73 / I-25 / I-26 / I-56 / Dace / Bluegill / Mami Futami / Ami Futami |
| D | Torricelli / Surcouf |
| E | - |
| F | - |
Best Azur Lane ships in the "Others" category
Finally, we conclude this top of the best Azur Lane ships with the characters not belonging to the above-mentioned types. Although few in number, they deserve their ranking.
| Ranking | Characters |
|---|---|
| SS | - |
| S | - |
| A | - |
| B | Akashi / Vestal |
| C | Ritsuko Akizuki |
| D | Kashino |
| E | Ting An |
| F | - |
That concludes our tier list Azur Lane! Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, you will have noticed that the number of characters is more than significant. Thus, it is not always easy to rank the ships objectively. So if you have any suggestions or feedback to give us, don 't hesitate to express yourself in the comments! On that note, we'll see you soon for new Azur Lane tips 😉