Talk:World 6/@comment-826197-20190124045258/@comment-35934120-20190126143127

About w5-1...it's not easier exactly: yes, you going always fixed(and very unpleasant) route through 4 battles, 1 guaranteed under AI, and 2 others have ~50/50 chances; boss node without any subs in phase 2 BUT most of enemy encounters now stronger than in phase 1 - all DDs becomes late models, all CVLs becomes FS instead of elite, presence of Tsu and Ne classes instead of old ships...but boss node itself have 2/5 encounters a little bit easier than old 5-1 map.

About 6-4...you can in theory clear that map if you have lot of k2+ ships and tons of WG and Daihatsus different types, but boss compos is very randomly between very weak and very harsh. Of course, you can oneshot Depot princess from very first  attack(WG+2 different daihatsus deals  nuclear damage against her) and then oneshot Imps one by one from every attack, or trying to kill single transport vessel entire day phase instead while all ships get taihas and obtain D-rank loss.

So answer is - "yes", you can do it even without LBAS(which can destroy 3-4 enemies or being fully shooted down or just deal 0 damage after two waves) BUT if more enemies destroyed/disabled before shelling phase = your attacks less randomly, enemy has lesser firepower => obviously, chances to victory is greatly higher than without support.