Talk:Zuikaku/@comment-28047893-20161124230725/@comment-28047893-20161130050450

Most of the times the armored form's benefits will heavily outweigh the cons. Higher stats overall, can shell on chuuha, better slot distribution...however, the Shoukaku-class K2 carriers are the only ones that can get AS against Wo kais while still leaving their highest slot open for a bomber, so keep that in mind. Either way, most of the time, yes, the CVB forms are better.