Talk:Christmas 2013 Event/@comment-24001914-20140102050547

Finally! After stuck at E-2 for 8 days and burned all my resources down to 52 Fuel, 3k ammo, 312 steel, and 1k baux, successfully defeat Haruna for the 4th times and beat the stage! Before going through here and few other forums, my first victory against her wastotally luck-based (lone Iona + night-battle), while my second was a dangerous gamble (4/6 of my ships in red with the enemies still got Haruna and Kirishima in full health).

Anyway, managed to defeat Haruna for the remaining 2 times today with this fleet setup (following the order):

- Takao lv 10 (fog) - 2x 20.3cm red gun and 1x 15.5cm yellow gun.

- Hiei Kai lv 38 - 46cm, 41cm and 35.6cm red guns and 15.5cm yellow gun

- Kirishima lv 35 (3rd battle) and Haruna lv 31 (last battle) - both using 2x 41cm and 35.6cm red guns and 15.5cm yellow gun

- Iona lv 35 - 2x 61cm quad torpedo

- Shoukaku lv 35 - 2x Type 52 Zero fighter (green), Ryuusei Kai (blue), and Tenzan (blue)

- Akagi lv 10 - 2x Type 52 Zero fighter (green), 97 Torpedo Bomber (blue), and Tenzan (blue)

Now will stop for 1-2 days to gather resources while completing the quests required to unlock E-3. Plan to use the same setting for E-3 but not sure if I should swap the order?