Talk:List of fleet standard aircraft carriers by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-84.90.161.45-20141212234052/@comment-25806814-20141215121703

The main purpose of fighter is to shot down enemy bomber to minimize damage from their CV, surely Kaga and Taihou load with Reppuu, Reppuu Kai can do it very well. But that mean you only have 4 ship capable of attacking, they can't do much even with type 62 fighter/bomber.

If you run AA cut in set up, with some luck you can shot down most enemy bomber, potentaly render their CV useless with just 1 CV and air parity, leaving room for 1 more surface combat ship. You don't need get S rank at pre boss node, so just get A or B rank and move on. Then again, it only useable if boss node have none or only 1 CV (3-5 north route for example). And for those without good fighter like Reppuu, Reppuu Kai or Shinden Kai (does anyone here have that ?), it can be an option.

However, AS or AS+ allow day battle DA and CI so it might be better to just go with more fighter power. Beside, get AS with 2 CV is easier and more reliable because RNG.

PS: just my wild stupid guess but i think some day there will be a map which doesn't allow us to bring any CV(L) while the enemy have tons of CV (Operation Ten-Go anyone ?)