Talk:World 2/@comment-139.228.119.213-20150726024738/@comment-25730832-20150726101537

You need to understand how a ship can "sink" in this game. To "sink" in this game (currently) requires only ONE AND ONLY ONE condition: advancing to the NEXT NODE after the ship GOT taiha'd in the previous node. This means, they won't sink no matter what if you reached the boss node with a fleet that seems damaged, but are not taiha'd; even if you proceed onto night battle.

Now, your composition. AV is a wild mix and a very weird one. Yes, according to the page (I don't know who put it there), AV will help increases the chance of you reaching the boss. However, they are weak and cannot aid you in anything more than a few pre-battle punches. CVL is good for air support however, check your Air power. Do you have enough? Are you getting Air Superiority? Air Superiority will help in increasing your chance of sinking the enemy via increases in Acc, Eva and Cut-in. If you don't have enough, replace your CVL or AV with a CV if possible as they have higher plane slot count. Other than that it depends on what you have left to throw in which have good firepower (CA, BB or even CL and DD).

If you almost win, it might just be RNG screwing with you too.