Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-25730832-20151117075059/@comment-25832576-20151121014354

Hard mode cleared. Swapped around stuff depending on the phase of E5 I was doing:

Transport Phase:

I utilized the Sendai+Shigure+Kawakaze trinity since getting to the boss was the primary goal, and picking off 4 ships for an A-rank is not too difficult.

That said, I did employ 'budget' support shelling for both preboss and boss with 2 DDs and 2 CV(L)s for each team to help get a few pickoffs without going over the top with costs

Debuff Phase (PT Killing)

For this phase I replaced Sendai with Abukuma, which routes you A C E H K L N in order to get as many encounters with PT Imps in one run as possible. Still utilized both budget support fleets.

Final Phase:

After getting debuffed, the boss is incredibly fragile, so I opted to skip cut-ins and stick with double attack setups. I also swap Abukuma back for Sendai because going through H node becomes an unnecessary risk, and having an extra opening torpedo from Abukuma isn't strong enough to warrant putting up with the shit the PT boats can sometimes pull off in that node. I also try to minimize the any other bullshit that can happen in the night battle nodes by giving Kawakaze a searchlight and 2 repair teams so that she can hopefully take the blows for the rest of the team, and I also employ 6-girl support shelling teams from here on, although I use CAs in the preboss support team since they'll have the same effect as BBs against the enemies in the single preboss node they can activate on).

Debuff Phase (PT Killing)

For this phase I replaced Sendai with Abukuma, which routes you A C E H K L N in order to get as many encounters with PT Imps in one run as possible. Still utilized both budget support fleets.

Here's my final run of the map for anyone curious. Good luck