Azur Lane Tier List (April 2023) – Best Ships Ranked

Wanna find out the best ships in Azur Lane? Well then, you’re in luck, below you will find our very own Azur Lane tier list for various types and classifications of ships.

Azur Lane – Quick Intro

Azur Lane is a free-to-play mobile game for Android and iOS, where you get to collect and customize your own fleet of powerful warships. Join the fight as one of the seven factions and take on the enemy in countless story-driven missions.

Your ship is at the center of your fleet, so it’s important that you choose wisely when you’re customizing your ships.

You can equip your ship with different weapons, armor, and support items to help them perform its best on the battlefield.

You can also give them a makeover with a new paint job or a new character voice!

There are over 500 different ships available in the game, each with its own set of strengths and weaknesses. You can level up your fleet by upgrading their ships, which will increase their stats and allow you to unlock more powerful abilities.

So because of the high number of ships available to use, we’ve decided to create an Azur Lane tier list for every type of ship, to make it easier for beginners and veterans alike to select only the best units for their fleet.

February 22, 2023: Added new ships and made changes to our Azur Lane Tier List

The Azur Lane tier list is a ranking of the ships in the game. The tiers are separated into five sections: BB, DD, CA, CL, and SSV. Starting from the S+ tier (which are the best ships in the game), and ending with the F tier (the worst ships). So let’s get started:

Azur Lane Tier List: BB/BC/BBV/BM

We’re going to start our Azur Lane tier list with the battleship class ships, so here is our list starting from the very best (S+) to the weakest (F tier).

Tier	BB/BC/BBV/BM Ship List
S+	Friedrich der Große, Musashi, New Jersey, Ulrich von Hutten, Vanguard
S	Monarch, Marco Polo, Odin, Prinz Rupprecht, Vittorio Veneto
A	Akane Shinjo, Amagi, Champagne, Georgia, Gneisenau, Izumo, Kii, Repulse, Sovetskaya Belorussiya
B	Hood, Iori Minase, King George V, Little Renown, Prince of Wales, Roma, Scharnhorst, Sovetskaya Rossiya, Warspite, Tosa
C	Gascogne µ, Jean Bart, Kaga (Battleship), Littorio, Lützow, Massachusetts
D	Abercrombie, Amagi-chan, Ise, Mujina, Mutsu, Nelson, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Renown, South Dakota, Super Gamer Kizuna AI, Tirpitz
F	Arkhangelsk, California, Colorado, Conte di Cavour, Erebus, Fusou, Giulio Cesare, Gneisenau, Haruna, Hiei-chan, Kirishima, Kongou, Maryland, Nevada, Repulse, Revenge, Rodney, Scharnhorst, Tennessee, Terror, West Virginia, Yamashiro

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Azur Lane CV/CVL Ships Tier List

Now let’s take a look at our Aircraft Carrier tier list for Azur Lane:

Tier	CV/CVL Ships
S+	Perseus, Unicorn
S	Aquila, Ark Royal, Centaur, Chihaya Kisaragi, Chkalov, Enterprise, Hakuryuu, Independence, Shinano, Volga
A	Essex, Formidable, Hiryuu META, Illustrious, Impero, Indomitable, Joffre, Shouhou, Souryuu META, Ticonderoga
B	Ark Royal META, Bunker Hill, Intrepid, Katsuragi, Peter Strasser, Saratoga, Shangri-La, Shoukaku
C	Anniversary Kizuna AI, Bataan, Taihou, Taihou µ, Tokino Sora, Zuikaku
D	Chiyoda, Junyou META, Lexington, Little Enterprise, Nyotengu, Princeton, Ryuujou, Weser, Yorktown, Zeppy, Chaser, Chitose, Elbe, Hermes, Hornet, Ookami Mio, Ranger, Victorious
F	Bogue, Chen Hai, Glorious, Green Heart, Hiyou, Hiyou META, Houshou, Junyou, Langley, Little Illustrious, Murasaki Shion, Vert, Wasp

Azur Lane SS/SSV Ships Tier List

Now let’s take a look at the best submarines in Azur Lane:

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

Azur Lane Tier List: DD/DDG Ships

The Destroyer ships are pretty important in battle, so here is a DA ship list:

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

Azur Lane Tier List: CB/CA Ships

Let’s now take a look at our Large and Heavy Cruisers ships in our Azure Lane tier list.

Tier	Azur Lane Ships List
S+	Azuma, Drake, Kronshtadt, Ägir
S	Brest, Anchorage, Azusa Miura, Prinz Heinrich, Roon µ, San Francisco
A	Baltimore, Blücher, Bremerton, Chikuma, Ibuki, Prinz Adalbert, Roon, Saint Louis, Tallinn, Yume Minami
B	Atago, Kasumi (Venus Vacation), Little Cheshire, London, Mogami, New Orleans, Pola
C	Admiral Graf Spee, Baltimore µ, Deutschland, Little Prinz Eugen, Nakiri Ayame, Haguro, Takao, Wichita, Zara, Yorck
D	Admiral Hipper, Admiral Hipper µ, Algérie, Chicago, Choukai, Exeter, Maya, Prinz Eugen, York, Houston, Indianapolis, Namiko, Northampton, Suffolk, Trento META
F	Aoba, Ashigara, Astoria, Black Heart, Bolzano, Dorsetshire, Foch, Furutaka, Kako, Kent, Kinugasa, Kumano, Myoukou, Nachi, Noire, Norfolk, Pensacola, Quincy, Salt Lake City, Sussex, Suzuya, Trento, Trieste, Vincennes

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CL Ships List

The CL ships are your Light Cruisers units of the game, and they are also crucial in your strategy to win more battles. Here’s our Azure Lane CL tier list:

Tier	Azur Lane CL Ships
S+	Harbin, Mainz, Plymouth, Seattle,
S	Chapayev, Emden, Helena, Helena META, Rikka Takarada
A	Avrora, Dido, Dido µ, Duca degli Abruzzi, Neptune (PR1), Jeanne d’Arc, Kirov, Misaki
B	Biloxi, Birmingham, Boise, Curlew, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Haruka Amami, Magdeburg, Sirius, Sakawa
C	Belfast, Cleveland, Columbia, Denver, Kinu, Newcastle, Ning Hai, Ping Hai, Black Prince, Chao Ho, Cleveland µ
D	Achilles, Ajax, Brooklyn, Charybdis, Concord, Elbing, Nürnberg, Sheffield µ, St. LouisEdinburgh, Honolulu, Monica, Ying Swei, Émile Bertin, Yuubari
F	Agano, Arethusa, Enterprise (Royal Navy), Fiji, Galatea, Glasgow, Hai Chi, Hai Tien, Hass, Hermione, Jamaica, Karlsruhe, Köln, Königsberg, La Galissonnière, Lena, Li’l Sandy, Marblehead, Memphis, Memphis META, Mikuma, Murmansk, Nagara, Naka, Neptune (Neptunia), Omaha, Penelope, Purple Heart, Raleigh, Richmond, San Juan, Southampton

Other Ships

These ships aren’t really all that popular and have few uses, mainly they are in the munition and repair class.

Tier	Ships
S+	–
S	Akashi, Vestal
A	–
B	Ritsuko Akizuki
C	–
D	Kashino
F	–

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How We Created This Tier List?

When we create tier lists for our website, we do it by first playing the game ourselves.

We’ve found that this is the best way to get an idea of what’s actually happening in the game. It’s also the best way to learn about how each ship plays, and how they interact with others in the fleet.

But that’s not all, we’re also doing extra research on the more special units of the game that are ranked higher.

We read guides and watch videos about them so that when we finally get around to writing up a tier list, we’ll have all the information necessary to make an informed decision about where each ship belongs in terms of ranking.

Additionally, we get feedback, tips, and suggestions from Azur Lane online communities such as the Discord server, Reddit, and also Facebook groups.

Still, no tier list is 100% accurate, so we don’t claim our Azur Lane tier list to be the most accurate in the world.

Instead, we aim to provide a tier list that takes into account everything relevant about each ship, including skills, stats, and abilities.

We also want to make sure that we don’t just focus on one aspect of any given ship over another because Azur Lane is like an actual game of chess in this regard: it requires you to think about everything at once rather than just focusing on one thing at a time.

But if you have any extra and additional feedback about our ship rankings, you can leave us a comment below and we might take it into consideration next time we update this tier list.

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