Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-27042419-20151215082203/@comment-26486243-20151216143626

Ise is now stronger than Fusou Kai Ni for the specific purpose of air superiority without carriers though, since Fusou's #1 and #2 slots die too fast to reliably contribute AS. This particular point should be familiar with most TTK who do monthly 5-1 quest (Bm3 IIRC). She also has higher evasion and lower consumption, making her superior in 1-5.

Yamashiro/Fusou Kai Ni has their uses, but Tone and Chikuma are probably more important.

If anything one of your highest priorities at the moment should be to acquire Akashi. The daily screw quest will upgrade all of your equipment significantly over time, which will be important especially for accuracy in a Combined Fleet.

More importantly, read up Combat. Knowledge of combat mechanics is far more important than any form of ship-based preparation you can do.