Talk:List of fleet standard aircraft carriers by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-24272365-20140125171111/@comment-122.62.49.206-20140127125126

Better is such a relative term.

Akagi and Kaga are geared for concentrated firepower because of their bigger slot #3, works especially great if you dont have enough rare planes since you only need to fit your best on their slot 3 to get results.

Shoukaku and Zuikaku have more evenly distributed slots which require you to have more good planes to achieve optimal results (eg. 2 squads of Reppu gives you total of 32+46=78 planes with akagi/kaga kai versus 24+24=48 with shoukaku/zuikaku kai), which is not a problem if you have enough squads. These two also have comparatively better evasion and anti-air compare to akagi/kaga. Zuikaku has high luck as well.

Just pick the ship you like base on history or aesthetics and invest your love. The difference are minimal enough where you'd be better worrying about RNG than actual stats.