Talk:Fall 2017 Event/@comment-112.204.82.114-20171203094026/@comment-30501447-20171203104220

I'll copy my reply from other post:

You can clear E4 from the north or the south starting point.

You can start south already, but if you want to start from north, you need to sortie all ships you want to use at E1/E2 once so they have green tag.

You need 6 Nishimura ships to do South route on Hard, but starting from North you can bring about just any ships (still CV(L) not recommended). Nishimura ships have 1.34x damage at boss so you still should use them.

Here is some pros and cons:

South:

+: 1 less night battle node, more ammo at the boss (but just 10% more); Nishimura ships have 30% more damage at the boss; ships can be of any tag

-: Need 6 Nishimuras, always need 4DD for optimal routing so if you bring a SS to tank you may need to take out the CAV; first node have So-class SS at day



North:

+: First node have SS at night > abuse spoon formation, route consists of mostly ASW ships so you can tank with SS easily, longer route means ships sparkle themshelves; can have more compos (2BBV 1CAV 1CL 2DD 1SSV is what I used, or 2BBV 2CLT 2DD 1SSV, or even 1AO 5BB 1SSV if you have res to throw away but this takes an even longer route), don't need Nishimura ships (but bring them anyway); easier to secure AS than south (with CAV or Yura)

-: Need green tags so if you already locked someone you may get screwed, less ammo at the boss, Nu opening strike and CA/SS at night can still hurt you; more powerful compos take very long route and only have 30% ammo at the boss



I pass Z6 using sub too. Z6 and the bosses are too RNG based, people say the 2nd boss is easier, yet I needed ~30 LD runs, while Z6 10 runs, 1st boss 4 LD runs.

Another time-sinking mechanic is 2 perfect airbase defenses.

I think you can do it but you need to squeeze time to play every day to be sure. It took me 4 - 5 day to clear E4H, and I'm quite lucky at Z6 and 1st boss.