Talk:World 3/@comment-99.190.21.209-20141209052742/@comment-24978536-20141209055051

Honestly, the opinions in the wiki of the defensive benefits of Line Abreast formation are divided... some people seem to find that using Line Abreast decreases not only the damage your fleet deals to the enemies, but also the enemies' damage to your fleet. Then there are people like me, who don't believe in the defensive benefits of Line Abreast at all - it is just an ASW formation and nothing more, nothing less.

I'd just recommend going with Line Ahead myself... that is how I've cleared the map 2 times already in just 3 sorties, with no damecons used. My DDs were also quite low level the first time around (lvl 25-45).