Talk:Akizuki/@comment-25471396-20141115233548/@comment-69.110.0.67-20141116152709

I'm just talking in terms of stats here (not if you like one girl's art/personality):

Akizuki is better because she's still in the running for Top 6.

Verniy's out of the "kami 6" senbatsu, but not because of Akizuki. She's been replaced by Ushio Kai Ni. She's always been the weakest of the top 6 (though really, when was the last time anyone ran six destroyers outside of 3-2?  It's almost always 1 CL + 5 DD or 2 CL + 4 DD). But now, Ushio Kai Ni can outperform Verniy in night battle where even a few points in firepower + torpedo makes a difference against boss-level mobs. Verniy has a few more HP but destroyer HP (unlike FP + torpedo for NB) tends not to be a big issue anyway. Their ASW stats (yeah, it's kinda useless given how ASW equipment works) is competitive with Verniy so even that excuse of being the "ASW queen" isn't left to Verniy. Ushio > Verniy.

Unlike Verniy, Akizuki is a specialist; she won't ALWAYS be in a destroyer fleet. She'll be handy on maps like 3-5 light route and the monthly 1-4 mission where the enemy will have aircraft but you can't bring carriers. She's something of a liability in night battles because her FP+Torpedo weak to the point of being mistaken for a Mutsuki-class, but her value in air defense cut-ins possibility of making up for that.

So I think in terms of utility, even as a specialist Akizuki is better than Verniy. And if I don't need AA, I won't be taking Verniy anyway, I'll be taking Ushio Kai Ni.