Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-30501447-20161114064230/@comment-27862274-20161114093319

I would say you should K2 Kinugasa first for an extra 20.3(3) red gun over Ashigara, especially since you only have one. But since this is so close to the event, and your Kinugasa is only Lvl 18 i would ignore levelling your CA's. Instead you should level up your CAV's a little bit to level 60-70, and level your DD's if possible (10-12 ships over level 60+). There's no need for overly high levels since this is easy (by this i mean 70-75), so don't stress too much on that. Higher levels just makes it a bit easier to clear maps - but not a necessity - you can still clear with lower level ships.

With Akashi you should improve Red guns (e.g. 15.2, 20.3(2), 20.3(3),35.6(Biggest priority - due to accuracy and fp bonus  when fully maxed  + fit bonus for most BB's) and 41cm or 41cm Proto). You can also improve AP shells as they're relatively cheap to improve - i have max star and a couple of 6-10 star shells. If you want to get more OASW ability you could improve your Type 93 Passive Sonar to get a Type 4 Sonar (+12 ASW) to reach 100 ASW for your ships.