Board Thread:Event Community Discussion/@comment-31769437-20170418115539/@comment-26574811-20170421031936

Derplorat wrote: Thanks for the help guys

i was just wondering, does it matter where i put my aircraft carriers in a fleet? For protection purpose: put as flagship, as flagships have better protection. If you are encountering airstrike nodes the first 3 slots receives more protection.

For Night battle, just like above, put them in the last few slots.

Note that since in a combined fleet only the 2nd fleet participates in night battle, carriers in the 1st fleet doesn't have to worry about night battles. Rather, since we wish to have the carriers attack as early as possible (esp. in the second round of shelling) to prevent them from being knocked out (can't attack with HP<=50%) before attacking, putting them in front positions is better.

So it actually depends on what kind of a fight you are facing. If you face little to no night battle concerns it is advised to put them as the 1st~3rd ships.