Talk:Spring 2016 Event/@comment-26082284-20160519165011/@comment-26082284-20160519220045

My setup:

Main:

Akitsumaru: Fw190, Reppu, FCF

Yamashiro: 16Inch, triple 41cm, sanshiki, Zuiun12

Fusou: triple 41cm, triple 41cm, sanshiki, Zuiun 12

Shoukaku: Suisei 601, Suisei 12A, Reppu 601, Type 2 recon

Zuikaku: Suisei 601, Suisei 12A, Fw190, Reppu

Jun'you: Suisei 601, Zero Type 62 Iwai, Suisei 12A, Saiun

I basically thrown every good dive bomber I had, including three Suisei 12A I made yesterday (100x 20,30,10.40 recipe).

Escort:

Hatsuzuki: 2x 10cm FD, Type13 kai

Yuudachi: 12.7cm Type B, 10cm FD, WG42

Kasumi: 10cm FD, Commando Daihatsu, Ka-Mi tank

Ooyodo: 20.3 (3) 15.2 kai, WG42, WG42

Prinz: SKC, 20.3 (3), Night scout, sanshiki

Choukai: SKC, 20.3 (#), Type 0 Obs, sanshiki

Boss support fleet had 2 DDs (Akatsuki and Kawakaze) with full radar and 4CVs (Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu and Souryu) with 3 dive bombers and one fighter in smallest slot each. For support I've prioritised planes with accuracy bonus, so Fighters were skilled Zero Type 52, and out of dive bombers they had Skilled Type 99, Suisei Egusa and three Ju87C distributed on biggest slots. Rest was filled with regular suiseis. I've run out of dive bombers by that point, and node support CVLs got torpedo bombers out of neccessity.

Not enough trys to say if it was fluke or if that's good setup. Debuff obviously helped. Sanshiki with zuiun might played a role. Also, I suspect that there was contact bonus on top of  all, thanks to recon planes.

Akitsumaru also helped a lot, making it possible to use more CVs slots for dive bombers instead of fighters. If you don't have Akitsumaru, it might be worth trying AV with seaplane fighters for similar purpose. Or using mixed seaplane fighters with Zuiuns and sanshiki on CAVs. Chevroned, obviously.