Talk:World 5/@comment-115.78.202.242-20140318151240/@comment-26035487-20140321154151

I used double line all the way in 5-3 with a fleet consisting of CL, 3 DD, 2 CL(t) (Yuubari with 2x 15.5cm + Type 3 SONAR + Type 3 Depth Charge, Hibiki with 2x 10cm high angle and improved steam turbine, Yuudachi same as Hibiki, Shigure with 2x 10cm high angle and a quintuple oxygen torpedo, and KTKM+Ooi both with 2x 15.5cm and type A ko-hyoteki. No, I didn't have searchlights.

With this setup, all of my kanmusu except Shigure used double attacks, and Shigure with her insane luck did cut-ins all the time. You must use the double attack setup to lower the chances of getting damaged on your way to the boss node. The reasoning is simple: both your and enemy fleets fire in the composition order in night battles; if a ship is sunk, she misses her turn. Even if you don't aim for their first ship right off the bat chances are it'll miss or do scratch damage (the first enemy ship usually has a triple attack setup) and the ship you just sank will give you an “extra” turn of dealing damage to the enemy anyway. By the way, CL(t)'s double attacks deal insane amounts of damage (I guess it's because they use both firepower and torpedo stats and CL(t)s have unmatched torpedo capabilities).

Always deploy the boss sortie support expedition (#34), preferably 4 BB besides the mandatory 2 DD. I actually cleared 5-3 when Haruna's support expedition decimated the transport flagship along with two other enemy vessels.