Talk:Akashi/@comment-4492342-20150707150105/@comment-26154973-20150711000731

You don't need here for the event -_- You just need her, period (for repairing and improvements, level her for assumed improvement rate increase if you feel like it), but not for actual sorties. Check this, no Akashi there.

That Winter 2015 E-5 branching was also possible with SS, so using Akashi was optional.

If you ever need to sortie her, then 1) destroyer guns, yellow 15.5 and such, surface radars to boost her low FP and add up to accuracy, 2) AA CI guns, AA guns (her low AA stat...) with AA radars for AA CI, 3) she can also equip boilers, bulges and star shell. She don't have DB special attacks (no planes), she can perform the usual NB special attacks.