User blog comment:Kuras/Summer Event 2016/@comment-116.86.94.100-20160823090054/@comment-25289497-20160823185425

Sorry, I am currently on vacation and couldn't react earlier. But the answer to your question: Yes, absolutely. The finals form has only the DDs changed into stronger Elite Tsu-class CLs. If you managed to kill the boss before that, you have cleared the map without encountering its "final form". Boss and BB Himes always stay the same.

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