Talk:Tutorial: Leveling/@comment-24547185-20150601160651/@comment-24430017-20150601172334

I like to level them in 1-5 with some ASW. I add 2 level 1 DD and then a non attacking ship like BB, SS, CA etc. (you can use level 1 BB/CA and then scrap them later too)

You can then sparkle them a bit and use them for expeditions or the xp isn't that bad. Drawback is that it requires a bit of ASW equipment to put on your DD (or reequiping them if you don't have enough). They do get damaged but usually their repairs aren't that bad. Just try to level another DD when they are repairing. Shouldn't take that long to level them to 20 but the special DD would take a bit longer.

Using them in PvP against SS fleet when you have the chance is also pretty good xp. You could bring them to 3-2 but that can take a while; its not a bad idea if you plan on leveling other BB or CV/L. 4-1 is alright as well as the SS node is pretty good although you can only guarentee it going west (southern path has chance to go to dead end BB node which will probably hurt your fleet quite a bit).