Talk:Winter 2015 Event/@comment-25033430-20150216161047/@comment-26091970-20150216202037

Emikou,

Unless you're paranoid about the fleetwide evasion bonus, FBBs shouldn't be your primary concern. If you have slow BBs/BBVs that are higher level than your Hiei and Kongou, use them. The only thing that will affect your branching is Akashi/Katori/SS(V).

Also, do you really not have any submarine higher level than a level 7 U-511? If you don't have a sufficiently leveled submarine, I'd recommend taking Katori in the First Fleet (preferrably with damecons). However, if you absolutely want to stick to a submarine, use a Ko-hyoteki (midget submarine) on U-511.

I'm assuming that since you have CVLs, you should have CV Akagi at the very least. Use Akagi, she's better than any CVL when it comes to air power.

Finally, if you're going through the CL Demon's node, you should use the Surface Combined Fleet. This is especially important if you have a submarine. Your First Fleet should eliminate most or all of the CL Demon's fleet so that your submarine doesn't get wrecked by the enemy's ASW.