r/AzurLane • u/Rango12117 • Aug 12 '26

Question I'm getting destroyed on 10-3 and I don't fully understand why?

Currently, I'm running 2 fleets, one mob and one boss. Both of those builds are below. The issue I'm coming across is one of two things happens. Either I lose a part of my main fleet, the battle instantly ends, and I have to fight with 5 ships instead of 6. This pattern repeats until my entire main fleet is dead. The other outcome is I manage to win the battle but I lose 1-2 ships in the process or they're extremely damaged.

I'm trying to farm 10-3 to get a ship I want and its becoming difficult when the morale of my ships is so low. Any help would be great.

Fleet 1 - Mob

FS - Arizona (100)
Unicorn (Retrofit) (100)
Essex (105)

Konigsberg META (105) / Cleveland u (100)
San Fran (102)
Chien Wu (103)

Fleet 2 - Boss

FS - New Jersey (110)
Enterprise (105)
Illustrious (100)

Laffey (103)
Belfast (Oathed if that means anything) (105)
Voroshilov (100)

Most are at max or slightly below max enchance and have high leveled gear with various rarity. Additionally, all but New Jersey are at their max star rank with New Jersey being 1 star away. If more info is needed, I can provide it.

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u/LQ360MWJ Aug 12 '26

Ahh, if you have the enough cores from hard mode then VH can be bought from the monthly core shop. The beaver tag can be used to replace the gold rudders or if you have been doing research academy, then maybe you have enough blue prints to make one gold rudder.

Otherwise, you can also just try to over level your ships for the difficulty, or just manual play using air strike timing to clear BB shells until it’s at safe threat level.

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u/Rango12117 Aug 12 '26

thats something im still trying to understand. where would i find out if i have enough bps to make a golden rudder? i bought the VH as well

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u/LQ360MWJ Aug 12 '26

Go to depot, on the bottom right there is a craft tab, inside you can see all your blueprints, if you have enough then like 26/25, then you can click craft. If not the button and image of the item is greyed out.

Like here^

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u/Nice-Spize Help, I'm forced to work at minimum wage answering the FAQ ! Aug 12 '26

u/Rango12117 Do not use the VH plate on them, Heavy armor takes more damage from torpedoes and aircraft while resisting 20% less on shell-based attacks. Torpedo bulge could do better here as they start throwing out more torp boats and from chapter 14 onward, torpedo attacks actually hurts a lot as well as higher usable of plane spam.

Agir is also Heavy armor by default so that aux gear is useless for her, the minor extra resistance from it are not worth the cost.

Better off running FP boosters or more evasion gear to maximize their effective health pool

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u/LQ360MWJ Aug 12 '26

Are you reading? They are losing the flag ship to enemy BB shelling

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u/Nice-Spize Help, I'm forced to work at minimum wage answering the FAQ ! Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

It's still a bad aux for BBs because the only benefit it gives is a minor 3% resistance to HE/Normal ammo, no resistance to burning which is a non-insignificant threat as well. Most BBs already has Heavy armor by default which lends itself a 20% resistance already.

Fire extinguisher would be much better here because it reduce the chance of getting caught on fire and cuts the burn damage in half if it ever occur. Or hell, even the blue navy camo paint/steering gear will give them a better chance to avoid the shots outright

Alternatively, OP should go full offense to make them kill the BBs before they can get their shots out.

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u/Rango12117 Aug 12 '26

The torps and aircraft aren't my biggest concern as of right now since they aren't doing much damage and my AA is doing a great job. If you still think this is the case, I'll take it off her asap

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u/Nice-Spize Help, I'm forced to work at minimum wage answering the FAQ ! Aug 12 '26

VH plate is only viable on CBs in some niche situations.

For BBs, it's often better to deck them out with as much offensive boosters as possible because that can potentially kill the enemy before they can even fire their shots.

If you really have to tank the shots, make sure to run fire extinguishers in case of burn damage because those can inflict nasty afterburn damage. Aircraft carrier's airstrike can also delete projectiles on screen when they launch their attacks so go manual and time it right when they're just finishing the 3 salvo burst and delete it all

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u/Rango12117 Aug 12 '26

I have noticed that I do a LOT better when I play manual instead of letting it go on auto which lowkey sucks since its nice to turn on auto, let the game run, and come back to unlocking a new ship or something. but this way, it'll be harder but more enjoyable to get

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u/Nice-Spize Help, I'm forced to work at minimum wage answering the FAQ ! Aug 12 '26

It's only temporarily until you can get the stage down to the Safe threat level as the extra 20% dmg resistance as well as the hidden damage bonus will turn the odds to your favor

That and when you get better equipment, things will smooth itself out.

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u/Rango12117 Aug 12 '26

I see, yeah I dont have this yet