Talk:General Discussion/@comment-25730832-20141218144404/@comment-24430017-20141221023555

its kind of tricky question as it depends on what you are trying to do. Often times you can just ignore trying to attack subs such as when you have more important things to focus on like boss node. ASW formations have poor surface combat capabilities.

If the question is SS at boss node, you want to determine if you need to kill SS. If you don't often you can equip or choose ships that will ignore SS. Other times you will want to kill the SS so that you can use the powerful night battle attacks of torpedo ships like CLT, DD. If you need to kill an SS at boss node often it is good to have a dedicated ASW ship (all ASW equips). The formation line ahead does poor damage against SS and often the minimum you can do is double line to do damage to SS. Equipment is a huge factor in doing ASW damage. So often the question is if you should try to kill SS or can limit your ability to fight other ships.