Talk:Winter 2015 Event/@comment-25033430-20150217161154/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150217183238

Wait KusoRNG! All fast fleet + CV goes node A, and from there to fuel maelstrom ... are you sure Emikou should arrive at boss without fuel?

Without good CA(V), you'll be forced to use the expensive alternative ... keep in mind that Unryuu has a 0.67% drop rate on S rank boss node only, so it may take a while and a huge chunk of your resources for her to drop. I got mine today, and been farming it since friday ...

Here's a fleet that goes B-F-H-J-K (not exactly in order):

Yamashiro: 46cm + Proto 41cm + AP shell + Zuiun M12 (if you don't have 46cm gun, use double Proto 41cm. Also, Zuiun goes in biggest slot)

: 46cm + Proto 41cm/35.6cm dazzle/Proto 36.5cm triple + recon seaplane + AP shell/good radar

: full fighters, reppuu or better, goal is to achieve at least 187 air power at boss for superiority and artillery spotting

Shigure: 2x best torpedos + searchlight/starshell or 3x best torpedos

Yuudachi: 2x 10cm HA + starshell/searchlight/radar

: (BB) 46cm + 36.5cm dazzle/Proto 36.5cm triple + recon seaplane + radar; (CA) 2x 20.3cm (nº 2 preferable) + recon seaplane + radar

The strategy for this is dealing as much damage as possible during the day with artillery spotting, and then gangrape her at night.

I recon your Sendai is not yet K2, so probably no starshell and no night scout. If you only have searchlight (probably from Furutaka), give it to Yuudachi and gear Shigure up with 3x torpedo.

The CV will become a fighter mule, so she won't attack, unless you can achieve superiority at boss with only 3 fighter slots. In that case feel free to put bombers on the remaining slots, but more air power means more enemy bombers shot down. Type 62 Fighter-Bomber comes in handy here, in the small slot, allowing her to maintain most of the air power and still be able to airtrike and shell.

If you have a good CLT, by all means use her instead of the CA/3rd BB. KTKM with either 2x torpedo + hyoteki (if you trust her) or 2x 15.5cm sec + hyoteki. Ooi/Kiso with 2x 15.5cm sec + hyoteki.

They say that cut-in ships should go near the bottom, but my experience says that the bottom slots are more easily targetted, disabling your night cut-ins. Try putting Yuudachi as flagship, then the 2 BBs, then the CA/BB/CLT, then Shigure, then the CV. Yuudachi has some fame as a crit magnet, being flagship should give her some protection. The CV is a meatshield, useless at night. See where I'm getting at?

Keep in mind that CV Hime WILL smack hard on your ships, no exceptions.

I hope this helps, and good luck on your farming.