Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-25730832-20150801135604/@comment-25477086-20150828182439

CLTs have been an event staple for so long who could've expected a non CLT final map combined with 66% more boss armor.

For damage calculations in KC you can check the combat page. There are typically two factors that will determine how much the same cut-in does. 1. Did 0, 1, or 2 of the hits crit. 2. The armor roll of the boss.

Just because you see the word 'crit' doesn't meant that it was an actual critical (1.5x). Any damage above 40 for example will always display the crit message. If your torpedo cut-in does not actually crit, against 300 armor you will most likely scratch. If 1 or 2 hits happen to be actual critical hits, add on another ~100 or so damage each. The boss's armor roll itself can swing damage up to 200 points when dealing with 300 armor (200-400 mitigation per hit). Then you have the special boss mechanic which can throw numbers off even more. Thus sometimes the same cut-in can hit for scratch or 400+. Talk about RNG.

Abukuma kai ni has been invaluable with her opening torp and required CL rule for combined fleets.

Myoukou kai ni has the highest luck amongst non-Prinz CA and if a future event requires us to rely on cut in CAs, she's a must have.

Who knows what future mechanics or ships will get remodeled for the next event, so the best you can do is prepare a deep fleet. Here are some names that if you don't have leveled you probably should work on.

CV: Kaga

CVL: Junyou

BBV: Yamashiro/Fusou

CA: Maya, Myoukou, Prinz

CLT: Kitakami, Ooi

CL: Abukuma, Ooyodo (FCF equip), Sendai (Yasen equip), Jintsuu

DD: Yuudachi, Ayanami, Yukikaze, Shigure, Fubuki, Aki/Teruzuki, Shimakaze