Talk:Chitose/@comment-36.83.182.108-20151029101303/@comment-5380363-20151116093110

Not much - Chitose-class AV are really not that great in combat. Most people keep them as AV for the later Expeditions that require 2AV.

If you really insist on using her, 2x Main Guns + Seaplane or 2x Main Guns + Type A Ko-hyoteki. With the first setup, it's the basic Daytime DA (though because of low Firepower, don't expect her to do much against the thicker ships like CA/BB/CV). The second setup focuses on giving your fleet a weak opening torpedo strike (should be enough to sink a DD) and potential Nighttime DA.

Another setup is 3x Zuiun. This basically turns her into a stopgap CVL, but again, low damage output overall.

The Chitose sisters really start to shine once they get to CVL and CVL Kai, where they can just act like a typical CVL. You'd want to have a duplicate of them once you convert them, though, for the aforementioned Expeditions. Unless you have Mizuho and Akitsushima, that is.