Talk:Winter 2015 Event/@comment-24.220.95.8-20150215082831/@comment-5032812-20150215090956

Top right formation is supposed to be like double line, some defensive bonuses like increased dodge and flagship protects in return for lower power. Its important to get past that Battleship Water Oni. She's the real test of E-3 as she can total any ship in one hit and she doesn't get easier with different difficulties. Sparkling your ships is probably a must for you since you just need to be able to dodge all 3 of her shots. I doubt any of your ships can eat a dirrect hit to the face (my Yamato got oranged in one blow from her with maxed armor modernization).

DDs should probably carry 1 gun and 2 torpedoes or just 3 torpedos if they aren't yuudachi or ayanami, or setup to do AA cut ins or something else. DD guns and firepower are so low that its better to just bet it all on their torpedo shots in most cases.

For other ships, you may want to try to use a mixed attack equipment setup, such as 2 main guns, sea plane, and a secondary gun or AP shell. This gives you higher odds of doing some kind of special attack durring the day, and gives you more firepower. Since cutins and double attacks up your accuracy and power, its effectively a free boost. AP shells would be amazing if you had them, as it lets battleships shred most anything, but if not, the 15.5 cm tripple secondary gun gives good power and some accuracy.