Talk:List of heavy cruisers by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-5046483-20140326092311

CA need some kind of gimmick to make them worth using over BB (more firepower) and DD/CL (more torpedo damage, more flexibility in terms of role). I mean Tone and Chikuma help fleets without a carrier in the recon phase and Maya's AA is nothing to be sniffed at but that's it, their usefulness drops massively in the other phases when you could take say, Ooi and Super-KTKM-sama instead of Tone and Chikuma, or a carrier instead of Maya and do much more damage while still protecting your own fleet.

CAV aren't as horrible imho I quite like my Mogamin, she helps in the air combat and air attack phases, she can hit and kill non-elite Yo-class and can crit kill Ka-class flagship subs and she can throw out a decent double attack at night. Oh and she's much tougher than DD or CL. No reason not to use her on sub infested maps.

Only time I use my CA are when a map demands them, or when I'm spamming 2-2 for the daily and being cheap on ammo and fuel costs by not sending a BS with the fleet.