Houshou

Light Aircraft Carrier

Houshou

Elite

Houshou class

Ctier

Introduction

Houshou is an Elite Light Aircraft Carrier character in Azur Lane. Houshou's class is Houshou. Faction: Sakura Empire.

On the combined Azur Lane tier list Houshou is C tier, 400th of the 700 characters ranked, from where 2 community tier lists put Houshou.

Other Light Aircraft Carrier characters in Azur Lane: Albion, Argus, Arromanches, Bataan, Bogue, Bois Belleau and 32 more.

What Houshou does

A carrier support who buffs your carriers' Aviation for 8s after each of her airstrikes. Her augment module adds a short heal that goes to whichever Main Fleet ship is lowest, doubled on carriers, and fires a special airstrike when it lands on one. The rest of the kit is bonus battle EXP for CVs and CVLs.

Stats

  • HP378th3,708
  • SPD546th25
  • Effect ACC564th83

At max level. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the Azur Lane roster, and the place is out of every character with that stat.

Skills

3
  • First-Generation Carrier

    Skill 1

    Increase battle experience gained by all CVs and CVLs in the same fleet as this ship by 5% (15%).

  • Air Support

    Skill 2

    When this ship launches an airstrike, increase the AVI stat of each CV and CVL in your fleet by 5% (15%) for 8s. This buff does not apply to the airstrike that triggered it.

  • (Augment Module) Air Support - Houshou

    Skill 3

    When this ship launches an airstrike: increases your CVs' and CVLs' AVI and ACC by 5% (15%) for 8s, then activates the following effect 3 times over 3 seconds: The ship in your Main Fleet with the lowest current HP percentage recovers HP equal to 1% (3.5%) of Houshou's max HP. If this effect activates on a CV or CVL, the healing potency is increased by 100%, and this ship fires a Lv.1 (Lv.10) special airstrike (DMG is based on the skill's level). (Replaces Air Support)

How to get Houshou

Not obtainable through construction; obtainable only through drops in normal stages (chapters 1-12).

Art

Houshou key art

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