Azur Lane In-Game Fleet Guide and Tempesta Priorities

To optimize your fleets after the update, use Azur Lane's in-game fleet composition tool on the fleet preparation screen as a baseline role checklist, manually adjust auxiliary gear for late-game stage mechanics, and acquire permanent Tempesta assets without spending limited Wisdom Cubes.

How to Use the In-Game Fleet Composition Guide

The in-game fleet composition guide provides official baseline templates directly inside the fleet preparation screen. It organizes recommendations by battle type, separating sustained mob-clearing fleets from burst-oriented boss fleets.

Instead of only listing hull categories, each preset highlights specific fleet roles and weapon profiles:

Role distribution: Identifies core positions, including vanguard lead tanks, off-tank utility ships, sustained healers, and main fleet barrage flagships.
Equipment archetypes: Indicates whether a backline ship requires fast cooldown guns to cycle barrages or high-shelling armaments for heavy armor targets.
Progression benchmarks: Demonstrates functioning vanguard and main fleet balance for players transitioning into oil-capped campaign maps.

Use these presets to verify that your leveling and farming fleets have proper sustain and damage coverage before spending oil on repeated sorties.

Adjusting Guide Presets for High-Difficulty Content

While automated suggestions handle standard campaign maps through World 12—often pairing reliable sustain options like Unicorn Retrofit with standard cruiser frontlines—they do not account for specialized regional hazards. Modify the default templates when clearing late-game content:

Worlds 12 and 13 (Air Superiority): Presets frequently run balanced battleship and aircraft carrier splits. Replace battleships with additional aircraft carriers equipped with high-tier fighters (such as the F4U Corsair or Sea Hornet) to secure Air Supremacy and survive heavy enemy airstrikes.
World 14 (Concealment and ASW): Default setups do not automatically slot anti-submarine equipment. Manually equip sonar auxiliaries and depth charge projectors on your vanguard destroyers or light cruisers, and slot illumination flare gear to counter enemy concealment.
Operation Siren (Arbiter Bosses): Standard presets do not account for passive map debuffs. You must manually swap healers when facing healing-reversal modifiers and adjust armor-piercing or high-explosive loads against specific elemental shields.

Tempesta Permanent Content and Gear Priorities

The permanent archiving of Tempesta content makes Sailing Frigates, led by Royal Fortune, permanently available alongside their specialized equipment. Royal Fortune operates in submarine slots or auxiliary vanguard roles, providing heavy close-range cannon fire without consuming a standard vanguard position.

Item / Ship	Role & Classification	Acquisition & Strategic Value
Royal Fortune	Tempesta Sailing Frigate	Permanent build pool and shop; provides high close-range cannon damage as an alternative to submarine wolfpacks.
Old-Style Heavy Cannon	Specialized Main Armament	Gear Shop / Core Exchange; mandatory high-damage weapon that directly scales with Sailing Frigate firepower.
Round Shot Ammunition	Specialized Auxiliary Gear	Core Data / Event Archive; increases critical strike damage and armor modifier penetration against light and medium armor.

If you lack a fully raised submarine fleet (such as an Iron Blood U-boat trio), build Royal Fortune with her dedicated main guns and auxiliary gear to provide reliable off-fleet boss damage in late campaign chapters and Operation Siren.

Post-Maintenance Resource Routine

Complete these routine tasks to maximize event rewards and new permanent gear without wasting resources:

Clear daily mini-event tasks: Complete the daily mission checklist for recurring mini-events (such as the Nico-wave collaboration rerun). Routine tasks—clearing three hard mode stages, conducting one light build, and completing tactical training—award wisdom cubes, skill books, and limited gear skins.
Hold Wisdom Cubes on permanent pools: Because Sailing Frigates and Tempesta gear are now permanently available, avoid large build expenditures on permanent pools if upcoming major faction events require saved cubes.
Spend Core Data before shop resets: Verify your Core Data currency balance to acquire Tempesta armaments like the Old-Style Heavy Cannon and Round Shot Ammunition.
Farm oil-capped stages: Direct excess oil into oil-capped farming maps (World 9 through World 12) to generate coins and experience while leveling your adjusted fleet compositions.