User blog comment:Shinhwalee/Major Event Preparation Guide for Admirals (OUTDATED)/@comment-203.106.150.70-20151215204128/@comment-4981281-20160115140812

Personally, I'd say CVB. Points: -Chuuha shelling and great armor -High firepower, easily capping shelling damage at head-on -You'll be facing Tsu-class along the way (certainly), and according to Hayashi H's guide, you won't be placing bombers in their 3rd and 4th slots (they're useless for bombers in the first place anyway). Hence their first 2 slots shine. The last 2 slots can give a decent amount of fighter power with good planes, actually making them useful. Case in point.

Remember, these arguments is based on the point that a CV's primary role is bombing and BBs sit back as support. Therefore, you'd want to have your CVs at the strongest form possible for shelling.