Talk:List of fleet standard aircraft carriers by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-84.90.161.45-20141212234052/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150117230506

OP here, thanks for all the replies, this is a good discussion.

As far as I can tell about AACI, the end result (cripple the enemy CV(L) or not) depends of how high is the AA stat of the ship performing it. Akizuki definitely excels on it. Although I'm sure she still wouldn't help much on 3-5 north route - who is suicidal enough to bring DDs there anyway?

On my PvP battles, I've been using Taihou + Zuihou, with Taihou loaded with Reppuu on biggest and smallest slot while Zuihou fully loaded with Reppuu, and manage to get at least air parity in every fight so far. Sure I sacrifice 1 shelling attack per round (Zuihou gets oranged before her turn most of the times anyway), but that doesn't stop my fleet from getting A and S ranks every time.