Talk:Summer 2016 Event/@comment-26355143-20160822150744/@comment-89.181.134.126-20160822220458

Ditch the LBAS to boss, instead send it 3x Reppuu + Catalina (should get 8 range) to both pre-boss air battles, once on each. If you have a good AACI trigger at each node, together with 400+ fleet air power, those two nodes become a joke. This is only if you 100% avoid deroute to SS Hime.

Send the remaining LBAS, first with full fighters/interceptors (range 4) and second with 2x LBAA + 2x fighters to node I. Again, good AACI trigger with 400+ fleet air power can render the installations sitting ducks, by wiping all bombers.

Going through the maelstrom avoids the troll sub node and only has one battle before node I. Main Fleet arrives at boss without fuel anyway.

Bring as many night cut-ins as you can on the escort fleet, and go Echelon at node K. Also bring the yasen holy trinity.

To aid with boss, send boss shelling expedition. You need only sparkle flagship and second slot. Use Irako on the expedition fleet and move the ones with highest morale to the top slots. 53 morale is minimum proper sparkling, anything less use Irako. Saves time and resources.

I went with Maya K2 (AACI - flagship), both Fusou-class K2 (AP cut-in + Zuiun M12), 3 CVB (can attack chuuha'd) + Shigure K2 (torps + searchlight - flagship), Hiei K2 (AP cut-in + night scout), ABKM K2 (torps + hyoteki), Ayanami K2 (torps + starshell), Myoukou K2 (2 guns, seaplane, torp), KTKM K2 (torps + hyoteki). 425~446 air power, decent airstrike power, with all double chevron planes.

12 runs, 4 retreats. S-ranked boss all but one run.