Talk:Winter 2017 Event/@comment-115.135.170.115-20170225035928/@comment-26356092-20170225042639

Okay, a few things to clarify:

1) Air Superiority is not affected by AACI. http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Aerial_Combat#Anti-Air_Cut-In

2) Importance of Air superiority: to give your ships the ability to Artillery spot. That means double attack and cut-ins. http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Artillery_Spotting#Introduction:

Certainly, having your CVLs as Reppuu mules can seem quite debilitating, but they allow your other ships to hit harder and more accurately, as well as prevent excessive damage you take from enemy fire when you get AI instead.

Of course, there is always the option of improving your total fighter power at a node by assigning more fighters to your Air base and sending them to the desired node. That would then allow your CVLs more leeway to equip attack planes (bombers and torpedo bombers).

TL;DR Get Air superiority, by hook or by crook, at boss node.