Talk:Winter 2016 Event/@comment-26373992-20160228224105/@comment-27088725-20160228231739

With just 19 buckets...? It'll be hella close. I would recommend against going the southern route if you can help it; the carrier princess is freaking brutal.

You'll need a couple of strong battleships to form the core of your main fleet for a surface TF, and it's a really good idea to have one fast battleship in the escort fleet, so that they can fire twice. (Also she'll be a boost to firepower.) But as long as you have two high-ish level battleships and two high-ish level CA's, you should be good for the boss bar, assuming you've got good enough equipment.

Give your Yukikaze a cut in setup (3x torpedo) once you get past the TP bar and are ready for final kill and the boss gauge. She's a freaking boss at it. [See the below comment.] Other than that, make sure that you have AS at the boss node; you'll need it. Just pray that someone is able to take out the boss during the inevitable night battle for your last dance.

Best of luck to you.