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Hiryuu has a weakness of having a slot of 3 planes. If you place bombers in this slot they can often be shot down to zero and Hiryuu will be unable to participate in shelling phase. This usually requires her to have a large slot for bombers and reduces her air superiority contributions. Placing fighters in only a 3 slot offers very low firepower, so I usually think of her as having 3.5 slots to use. She will be useful if you want saiun or special equipment, but less useful if your main goal is to secure air superiority.