Talk:List of destroyers by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-5032812-20150716012510

Ok, so I'm trying to sort out for myself the best destroyers for each purpose.

Night battle cut ins:  Destroyers aiming to bring down the hammer when night arrives using torpedo cut ins. Yukikaze and Shigure already hit the 50 luck mark naturally, with Yukikaze being stronger, but Shigure having AA capacity. Ayanami is only 40 base luck, but has significantly higher firepower. For a night cutin user, it seems best to focus solely on the double torpedo cut. Shigure can do a mixed cut in and AA-cut in using a 10cm+fire dirrector, a torpedo and a radar, but its multiplier is only 130% compared to double torpedoes 150%.

Day battler:  Aiming to hit really hard with night double attacks while actualy contributing at all to day battle. Obviously Yuudachi or Ayanami. Unfortunately neither of them have much AA power, so even though they can wear the AA-cutin setup without any detriment to their normal setup, they don't get much out of it either.

AA-cutin:  Aiming to protect the fleet from opening torpedo strikes, can also contrubite to night battles. Ayanami is obviously top in this regard, but her actual combat ability is pretty lacking. Hatsushimo is a bit more balanced, but still favours AA over attacking power. With the marginal power bonus and lower odds, I'm not too excited about an AA-cutin and night cutin setup. That leaves a night double attacker, which seems to mean Fubuki or Murakumo.

Survival/ASW:  If you need a destroyer to just survive battles well, such as when fighting subs (attack stats and such don't really matter when fighting subs). Shimakaze, Yukikaze and Amatsukaze seem to have the most survivability. Hibiki and Akizuki have a few more points of hp, but their armor and dodge are a lot lower.

Can't think of any other destroyer roles at present.