Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25390763-20151014010359/@comment-26574811-20151014095041

Important: You read that article ONE YEAR AGO. In other words, before AACI and aircraft proficiency.

Before aircraft proficiency, aviation phase attacks are very ineffective at any map after 3-3. And since Torpedo bombers (hereafter referred to as TB) are primarily used for aviation phase, they are ineffective in later maps/ event maps. Dive bombers (hereafter referred to as DB), on the other hand, performs better on the barrage phase, and is thus more effective.

Yes, at least before the aircraft proficiency, DB has better survivability, their output (in aviation phase) is also less affected by air superiority status. In the age when air supremacy is usually not achieveable and that air superiority is only achieveable by reppuu mules, a popular setup is to have all but one slot fitted with fighters, and the last slot with a DB. This is effective as a "barrage-capable reppuu mule", and was used widely by players.

But things have changed. With buffed aerial attack power and much easier achievable air superiority, aerial phase is finally of considerable threat. Even if the survivability still favor DBs, the overwhelming aviation attack power still mean that it's the age of TBs.