Talk:Shoukaku/@comment-25697516-20150925151034/@comment-25477086-20150925214002

With aircraft proficiency the reppu slot sizes don't matter as much as even small slot carriers can provide plenty of air support.

During events which is where it really matters, hard hitting enemies will frequently one shot your carriers to orange. Most likely I would be running either Shoukaku in a 2 bombers + 2 reppu setup. Kai Ni would offer 21 more air power over Kai Ni A. Opening airstrike between the two would be about equal.

A chuuha Kai Ni A with 2 ryuusei kai will still shell for 139 during parallel which is a pretty huge improvement over Kai Ni's 0. Head on would be reduced to 111.

Having a slightly larger first slot on Kai Ni A would mean that it'd be slightly harder to 0 the first bomber slot (one would think?). According to the aircraft proficiency page, having a >> bomber in the first slot would increase your crit damage by 10%. The better you can protect the first slot bomber the more you can utilize the potential crit bonus.

In a 1 bomber 3 reppu setup Kai Ni gets a 27 fighter power advantage over Kai Ni A. Chuuha will allow 125 FP shelling in parallel, 100 in head on, and 150 in green T. Kai Ni A will also have a slight advantage in the opening air strike over Kai Ni.

In a 3 bomber 1 reppu setup you probably aren't running an event. Kai Ni would only have 4 fighter power advantage over Kai Ni A. Kai Ni would have the better opening airstrike and larger slots to keep bombers alive. Although Kai Ni would still lack the ability to shell while chuuha, this setup probably benefits Kai Ni the most if you need to keep bombers alive.

So as most people agree, Kai Ni A.