Talk:Sandbox/List of ships by combat performance/@comment-25733368-20160719114520

Great job writing everything out. Overall very useful guide.

However there should be some note that those numbers are far from conclusive and can change a lot depending on situation. For example one can equip upgraded searchlight or sonar to further boost firepower, effect of night scout is ignored and so on, and so on.

Abukuma is criminally underrated by this page. Her yasen DA is #2 only behind Jintsuu thanks to midget sub giving additional +12 tp (her DA value should be 2x 218 in your table). In overall usefulness she's far above Jintsuu thanks to almost the same yasen power, additional torpedo attack and having far better synergy with TCI because it boosts her torpedo attacks and her luck is a bit higher. Even with unmodified luck her TCI is still the best among CLs because Sakawa is much less powerful. Jintsuu shouldn't be allowed to have more stars than Abukuma. The only CLs who can compare with Abukuma combat-wise are Isuzu in ASW (but difference is significant only at low levels) and Ooyodo & Yuubari at fighting installations (they pack more punch but Abukuma has more utility thanks to torp and is only behind those two in power thanks to equipping tanks). I'm pretty sure the only map where Jintsuu isn't losing to Abukuma in usefulness is 6-3.

I think Prinz deserves higher grade as well because she's the only CA who can somewhat reliably use TCI without having to be luck-boosted, especially with yasen gear (that was crucial during Summer 2015). This mean you can focus your Maruyu on DDs or CLs. Her bulk is also significant enough to make a difference, especially when more and more bosses gain opening torpedoes (she can tank AV Hime or CA Hime).