Talk:Spring 2016 Event/@comment-27134016-20160510080158/@comment-25938809-20160510083327

Sparkle the entire main fleet and node shelling support fleet, it's an absolute must to get to the boss without taiha, which is indeed the biggest issue here. Boss shelling support is highly advised, no matter how shitty it can be, and only needs flag to be sparkled. AACI DD, preferably a Duki. 2CAVs are the key to killing the boss, give them Sanshiki and they're capable of major damage.

As for land bases, I had 4 long-range fighters (at least 6 range) in Base 1. One squadron went to aerial node, one to the boss node. Base 2 had 1 long-range Crane quest fighter-bomber and 3 landbased bombers that all attacked the boss node. Ranking up Base 2 to double chevron helps, but you'll probably lose ranks along the way in your attempts. That's OK. They help, but I never got nuke-level damage with them to begin with.