Talk:Abukuma/@comment-181.46.73.38-20150717185158/@comment-26458588-20150718010805

Only those who have done 6-3 can really see how powerful opening torp phase is. By stats, she is weaker than jintsuu, but I've seen the chitose-class AV sunk an enemy CLT(HP 70) with their weaker torp stats. Also, I think the dev made abukuma K2 an interesting one. I'll put abukuma at "specialized" ship kinda like isuzu(ASW and AA but sadly, game mechanics killed her), maya(AACI queen), and Ooyodo(Utility CL). Unlike those who I have mentioned, Abukuma's specialization is sinking other ship from the get go(opening torp). Yeah, Jintsuu's the stronger brawler than abukuma, but Abukuma can take out 1 trash from the get go. Also, Abukuma's night battle  not that far off from jintsuu with only FP+Torp difference, heck she can even equip OTO's to give her a better armor than the sendais.