Talk:Ark Royal/@comment-101.109.174.77-20170828101149/@comment-4981281-20170828172709

Clearly Ark Royal, and she wins by a long shot. What are the key aspects of a CV? Slot distribution and firepower; survivability is a nice bonus
 * Firepower: same between Ark and Graf
 * Slot distribution: Ark's slots are very close to that of Zuikaku K2A, meaning that her slots are very well-balanced and provide good survivability for attack aircrafts in the first 2 slots, the designated "attack slots" for most CVs (large enough to not be decimated by the Tsu-class). On the other hand, Graf has only one sufficiently large slot - the rest are on equal tiers with CV(L)s' last slots. This severely limits her attack capability and general flexibility: being to provide good air supremacy with 3 fighters she may be able to, but that's the end of it. On the other hand, Ark can both provide air supremacy and surface striking potential, a pair of parameters that must be fulfilled for any CVs to be considered "good" (as in flexible: to be both a sky ruler - achieving air superiority to enable allied Artillery Spotting - and efficient damage dealer).