Winter 2019 Event/E-2

Map Guide

 * This is a 2 phases map with 2 ship-locks: GREEN (Phase 1) and BLUE (Phase 2).
 * WARNING: For Medium/Hard Difficulty, you cannot mix ships of the two tags.
 * Part 1 is a Single Fleet Operation against
 * Part 2 is a Combined Fleet operation against
 * You are given two Land Base Aerial Support.
 * Standard and Armored Carriers (CV/B) cannot enter this Map.
 * CVLs however are allowed to be used.

Part 1 : Defeating Node K Boss

 * Mandatory: : You must meet all of the requirements to go down to the Boss:
 * Amount of ships with equipped ≥ ?/?/3/4 on Casual/Easy/Medium/Hard
 * Flagship has a equipped.
 * At least 2 Destroyers in the Fleet.
 * It is recommended that you utilize the Vanguard Formation as much as possible to pass the Pre-Boss nodes smoothly.
 * Air raids against your Land Base can occur (starting even at Casual difficulty).

You may choose to take one of two following routes:

North Route

 * Route:
 * Fleet: 2 CA 1 CAV 1 CL 2 DD
 * This route is the shortest route towards the Boss Node.
 * Due to lack of a BB however, you may have some trouble finishing off the Boss.

South Route

 * Route:
 * Fleet: 2 BB 1 CVL 2 DD 1 CA(V)/CL
 * This Route takes a slightly longer and more difficult route in contrast to the Northern Route.

Part 2 : Opening the #2 Start Point

 * To open up the hidden 2nd Start Point, you must do the following (in any order, and can be done separately):
 * Obtain Air Superiority ( 航空優勢!  ) or Higher on Air Raid Nodes.
 * WARNING : Please be advised that you must send down Land Base Aerial Support down to the Nodes to gain Air Superiority. Otherwise it will not count!
 * You are advised to send your LBAS equipped with the appropriate Carrier-Based Fighters or  Land-Based Fighters down to the Nodes (Please see below for the LBAS Range Map).
 * Obtain Air Superiority ( 航空優勢!  ) or Higher from against an Enemy Air Raid on your LBAS via Air Defense.
 * Once you finish the requirement above, the 2nd Start Point will open up along with the Route to the 2nd Boss.

Part 3: Defeating the Node P Final Boss

 * The Recommended Route is :
 * Fleet: 2 (F)BB 4 CA(V) + 1 CL 2 DD 3 XX (from CLT/CA(V)/DD)
 * You must also meet all of the following requirements:
 * Amount of ships with Surface Radars equipped ≥ ?/?/8 on Casual/Easy/Medium+
 * Flagship has a Surface Radar equipped. (Medium/Hard Only)
 * NO CVL
 * The Boss is an outdated Enemy Boss Ship Southern Demon, who has very low stats.
 * However her Escort Ships can be troublesome, where use of Land Base Aerial Support against the Node and Support Expedition is highly recommended.

Recommendations

 * Because you cannot bring any CVL in this route, it is important that you bring approximately 5 or more  in order to gain Air Superiority at the Boss Node (Only as long as you bring Fighters into the Boss node via LBAS).
 * NOTE : Seaplane Bombers such as Zuiun IS NOT a Seaplane Fighter! Please do not confuse the two.
 * If you think you cannot survive this route due to lack of CVL, you are by all means free to use 2 CVL in Surface Task Force, at the cost of going into a much harsher route.
 * Please be aware that Node and  and very heavy Enemy Carrier presence, with very high Air Power requirement as well (Not really for Casual/Easy difficulties)
 * Please be aware that Node has  waiting for you.
 * However, up to Medium-scale, the Re-class is only a Standard version and isn't really much of a huge threat overall.
 * Use of and a 2nd BB for the utilization of her Special Attack either on Node  which has two, or on the Boss Node itself is highly recommended.
 * If you have obtained during the Early Fall 2018 Event, use of Nelson Touch is also an option as well.

Optional : Opening Shortcuts

 * Although optional, you are eligible to open up shortcuts from Nodes to, and  to.

Opening U to M Shortcut

 * Please do the following in any order, and can all be done separately:
 * Obtain Air Supremacy ( 制空権確保!!  ) in the Air Raid Nodes.
 * WARNING : Please be advised that you must send down Land Base Aerial Support down to the Nodes to gain Air Superiority. Otherwise it will not count!
 * Obtain No Damage (Perfect LBAS Defense) from against an Enemy Air Raid.
 * Obtain S-Rank Victory in Two (2) Times.

Opening M to P Shortcut
NOTE : You must have had opened U to M shortcut first!
 * Please do the following requirements to open the M to P shortcut:
 * (Obtain No Damage (Perfect LBAS Defense) from against an Enemy Air Raid.
 * Obtain Air Supremacy ( 制空権確保!!  ) in the Air Raid Nodes.
 * Obtain Air Superiority ( 航空優勢!  ) in the Air Raid Node.
 * WARNING : Please be advised that you must send down Land Base Aerial Support down to the Nodes to gain Air Superiority/Supremacy. Otherwise it will not count!
 * Obtain S-Rank Victory in Two (2) Times.

Historical Damage Bonus
The following ships seems to have historical damage bonus on at least the boss node (table from reddit): Note: This damage bonus applies only to P2.