Talk:Winter 2015 Event/@comment-49.231.232.222-20150219065211/@comment-26091970-20150219091745

Hard Mode is never nice, even to experienced teitokus.

I would recommend at least one or two DDs with high luck stats that are set up to perform night battle cut-ins. This will deal some insane damage to the CL Demon, even though she has a ridiculous armor stat (I recommend Yukikaze/Hatsushimo/Shigure). If you have the high luck CA Prinz Eugen, she would be just as capable at a night battle cut-in as any DD.

Also, like Blastech recommended, a boss support expedition would make a large difference, especially if they eliminate one or two enemies. You should save up some fuel and whatever other resources you need, then try the map again with boss support ready.

Finally, not much else to say other than try sparkling. Since sparkling improves accuracy, your 1st Fleet should be able to hit more enemies in the boss fleet, leaving less enemies for the 2nd Fleet to target in the night battle.

P.S. Stick to Formation 4 (bottom-right) for the boss battle.