Talk:List of fleet standard aircraft carriers by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-84.90.161.45-20141212234052/@comment-61.92.199.219-20141215083204

Hold on, I heard that AA cutins didn't affect air superiority combat. If so, you still need to load up fighters like normal. The AA cutins also don't seem to impact shelling phase damage, so it only seems to be useful if you have problems with the initial torpedo strike.

That said, for general purposes, I've never seen any reason to run more carriers than was absolutely necessary to win air combat. To that end, Taihou and Kaga have generally been my go to's. Though CVs have high firepower, thats only if you fill them with divebombers and torpedo planes, which isn't practical while also fighting for air superiority. They also have poor armor (even taihou) and generally fire last, making them an unreliable source of damage. Hiryuu's high dodge is a non-negligible factor though. In the end I generally favour Kaga and Taihou most for those reasons. I don't have Hiryuu or Souryuu though, so if their dodge really does up their survivability noticeably, that may be a swing factor.