Talk:List of Land-based Fighters by stats/@comment-27.3.0.120-20160905184212

A little historical context for interceptors in Kancolle world:interceptors are aircrafts designed to... intercept enemy bombers.

Quoting Wikipedia:"The interceptor mission is, by its nature, a difficult one. Consider the desire to protect a single target from attack by long-range bombers. The bombers have the advantage of being able to select the parameters of the mission – attack vector, speed and altitude. This results in an enormous area from which the attack can originate. In the time it takes for the bombers to cross the distance from first detection to being on their targets, the interceptor must be able to start, take off, climb to altitude, maneuver for attack and then attack the bomber."

Because of this, interceptor aircraft must sacrifice their air superiority capabilities in order to achieve a higher rate of climb and/or speed (to reach enemy bombers faster) and heavier armanents (to take down bombers faster), in return they fare poorly against traditional fighters cause limited maneuverability especially at low attitudes.

The Raiden is a dedicated interceptor, hence the poor AA stat but great anti-bomber and interception stat.

While the Hien - a pretty decent fighter while historically also used as interceptor but its light armanents means it's not very good at interceptor role.