Talk:General Discussion/@comment-4133273-20150104114322/@comment-25730832-20150104142544

If you try to think "Hibiki should have high luck since she's a survivor" then you're going nowhere. You need to think of it as "How did she survive?"

Before anymore complaints I'll get it out of the way first...yes, I agree that her luck is a bit low for a survival ship. I expected 30 Luck actually...due to her method of survival.

Now, to find out an acceptable theory for this, you need to look into her service reports. If you read through her progress you should find out that she spent most of her time in the war...'repairing'. Yes, she did survive the war. However, that is all due to her missing out in all the major battles during the war because she was being repaired and in the end...missed the final battle and was given to the Soviet. You can also look at her intro:

"I'm Hibiki. I'm also referred to as "The Phoenix" from my exploits."

Now compare her to Yukikaze. Yukikaze went into countless major battles and still managed to surive every single one of it until the war ends (she was given the name "grim reaper" too since the luckiest and only ship to survive means any fleet who has her will...all sink).

The same thing can be seen in Shigure (survivor of Nishimura fleet) and well...Ayanami (She was sunk after being separated from the fleet, but she did went gungho on the enemy so hard she brought 3 down with her). Yuudachi kinda went YOLO so I guess that's why her luck isn't high.

But hey, it's just a theory, a Kancolle Theo....

IMHO: I always see Yukikaze (and Shigure) as the saddest destroyer of the war.