Azur Lane Tier List [All Ships Ranked & Compared]

Azur Lane is a very popular game centered around Waifus. The game has a good gameplay mechanism, similar to World War 2 Gacha game, but over here, the gameplay mechanics aren’t the focal point. The main center of attention is the Waifus, and in my Azur Lane Tier List, I will rank them from the best ships to the worst.

Tier List

Before diving deep into my Tier List, let’s check out the comparison between every Ship in the game:

S-Tier

Unlike many other F2P games, the Azur Lane has an excellent system where you can easily unlock powerful characters, navigate easily in battle, and have high stats.

The S Tier of my tier List consists of the most useful Waifus in the game, making it an experience with minimal grinding. On top of that, these are some of the most skimpy-looking characters & ships whose designs can give you concupiscent dreams.

A-Tier

Unlike the S Tier, the A Tier does have characters that are somehow on par in the majority of the aspects with the superior or best ships tier, but they do have some minor drawbacks, which makes you grind a little more in battles. These characters also have great looks and look amazing, but they aren’t as raunchy as the S Tier characters. 

B-Tier

The B-Tier of my Azur Lane Tier List consists of the average Waifu ships that you can unlock. They are not far away from the S and A-tier characters. Since it is a very good F2P with the aim to make the player grind as little as possible, the C-Tier is exactly for those casuals who just want characters with good abilities and don’t want amorous feelings (not sure any waifu fans would want that).

C-Tier

From this tier onwards, the abilities tend to go down, and the gap between the Waifus in the upper tier and here becomes visible. These characters are average in navigation and their overall abilities in the battles. They, despite this, are good, and if you have played the game enough, you can win battles, and yes these Waifus are not as hot as the ones in the upper tiers of my tier list.

D-Tier

These are below-average Waifus, and they do fall short in battles. There are some Waifus that one can debate being in the upper tier because of their abilities, but the way they are designed is, in less harsh words, a disgrace to the Waifus. Thus, I had to put them in the D tier.

F-Tier

The tier that you would want to avoid. The way the Waifus are designed is way below par, and they aren’t blessed by the developers with the strength, vigor, and punch to make you a victor during battles.

Tier List Criteria

The Waifus in the Azur Lane are ranked in my tier based on two things where I have assigned different weightage to each. The first thing is how well the Waifus are designed, while the other aspect is their stats because this is a great freemium game, where you don’t need to spend to win.

Thus, I have assigned 70% of the weight to the design of the Waifus and the remaining 30% to the overall abilities.

Ranking Based On Experience And Research

I have put a lot of my time into playing the Azur Lane. There was a clear pattern observed in MY experience in the game and the research on the past behavior of the Waifus in the game.

The pattern leads to the conclusion that the players of the game are more interested in how the developers and the graphic teams have paid homage to the basic purpose of the Waifus, which is how skimpy they are and the titillation you experience from them.

That is why the game is not like other freemium games, where you unlock special abilities with real-life money to win. In this game, the difference between the Waifus is not that big. The major way the developer of the game makes money is through skins and other things that make the Waifus look more attractive.

Why Trust Us?

I have played the game for very long and have taken into account not just the current situation of the game but the past as well. After conducting qualitative research online, I found the ranking factors and assigned knowledge according to that. I made sure I take into account that there is no one absolute truth when it comes to perception and then added MY own experience in the game into the mix to derive a meaningful conclusion.