Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-85.152.222.57-20161222120438/@comment-79.43.115.124-20161222190734

Question: What's the role of a carrier for you?

If the answer is "a hard hitter" then her CVB form is better.

If BB fulfill the role of hard hitter then her CV form is better. (this is my answer)

In my opinion, there are a lot of drawbacks about her CVB form. She has only 2 large slots against 3, so her opening airstrike / fighter power can't be as good as her other form (I usually equip her with 2 torpedo bombers and 2 fighters) and jet planes are risky to use. You would like to use Kikka in a large slot to get more fighter power but because of its high loss rate (2 air phases x node) your fighter power when you reach the boss is less predictable than using fighters (also jets gets less AA bonus from their rank than fighters).

Even though I said that, I have both cranes in CVB form right now but I think I'll turn Shoukaku into her CV form once I develop that Jet Keiun.