Talk:Spring 2014 Event/@comment-58.187.19.221-20140429105152

I actually use a very different fleet setup for E4 grinding.

Our wiki's E4 strategy, while cost-efficient, is risky (esp if the player doesn't have good, high lv DD).

My fleet setup for E4 is 2CV, 1BBV, 3CL/CLT.

- CV filled with Fighters, with a Saiun and optionally a Dive bomber for smallest slot. Can switch 1 CV for CL/DD if fleet lacks good ASW. Kaga, Akagi and Taihou can actually crit any enemy in Wo node except Wo herself, reducing potential dmg taken.

- BBV filled with Ka-type autogyro, either 4x or 3x (last slot for a 46cm - both for AA and killing light ships in Wo node). BBV needs 3-4 Ka-type autogyro for this to works.

- CL/CLT filled with best ASW equips. Reason why I picked CLT because they are superior to DD in ASW thanks to (a little) higher ASW stat and hp/armor, their evasion is close to DD's lv too. And beside, almost everyone use CLT so they should probably have them at high lv, but not everyone use DD in combat so CLT is a good replacement for DD in this setup. CL works too but ships' base ASW hardly give any bonus at all, so I don't think CL really have ASW advantage over CLT.

This setup requires some luck with compass, around 40-50% of the times I get to Wo node (and if managed to survive, boss node), consumes more resource but has higher survival rate than DD fleet setup. Then again, everyone have their own view about how they should clear/grind this map, I don't advise u to use this setup unless you have good ASW gear but not high lv DD.