User blog comment:Kuras/Summer Event 2016/@comment-26715360-20160822161130

Just a few quick questions, what's your take on the use of CVB instead of regular CV for E4 Hard ? I'm currently on my chipping runs (30% of the gauge done so far), with 6 out of 7 runs reaching the boss (had to use FCF twice though), and with damage inflicted on the boss ranging from 60 for the worst run to 390 for the best. I'm currently using 4 CV in my main fleet : Zuikaku K2 (lvl 97), Shoukaku K2 (lvl 97), Kaga K (lvl 98) and Akagi K (lvl 92), with a total air power reaching 414 (AS+ on the boss node). However, I'm noticing that most of the time pretty much all of my ships get (at least) chuuha in one shot by either CA hime or BB hime (the fuel penalty doesn't help), despite being at full health at the beginning of the fight.

Since I don't have Taihou, I'm wondering whether or not I should remodel Zuikaku and/or Shoukaku into CVB to gain more survivability and firepower. Ammo and steel won't be a problem (only my fuel is a bit lacking), but I'm kind of afraid that the loss of Air Power due to CVB planes slots will be a problem, especially if I have to put my AACI ship in the main fleet instead of the escort fleet for last dance, which would reduce my number of CV(B) to 3.

Also, did you feel that the use of Yamato class battleships for last dance made a significant difference ? I only have Yamato, but she's only lvl 50, so I'm not using her because I'm afraid of the potential fuel repair cost (which is always more than half of my total fuel cost after a sortie). Instead I'm using Italia (lvl 124) and Iowa K (lvl 73), whose respective firepowers are 160 and 175.

Thanks for any input on this !