Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-1820055-20150205083915/@comment-25572286-20150210060232

Screw this map. I initially did this in hard mode but damn the boss just cannot die. Only managed to kill the boss once using boss support exp (never used it the other time). But the final kill was the problem. CV Hime always wrecked my ships and I couldn't deal notable damage at night.

So before I lose all my resources (and sanity) and can't farm Unryuu and some others, I changed to medium mode. And guess what, it was so piss easy. 6 runs, always S-ranked the boss. It was like last fall event again difficulty-wise.

This is my setup in medium (tried this on hard too and somehow worked well enough, if you use boss support exp, maybe):

HQ 100 - Medium


 * Yukikaze Kai (lv59): 2xQuint O2 torpedo, Star shell
 * Nagato Kai (lv74): 46cm triple, Prototype 41cm triple, Type 3 shell, FuMO 25 radar
 * Mutsu Kai (lv82): Prototype 51cm twin, 46cm triple, Type 3 shell, Type 14 air radar
 * Agano Kai (lv51): 2xSKC34 20.3cm, Type 98 Night recon seaplane
 * Kitakami Kai2 (lv90): Midget subs, 2x15.5cm triple (secondary)
 * Shigure Kai2 (lv85): 10cm HA+FD, Type 13 air radar kai, Quint O2 torpedo

In this setup, I focused on highest night battle damage (2 cut-ins and 1 deadly double attack) while still having good AA defense (AA cut-in and Sanshikis), and also saved some bauxite by not using carriers.

As for final kill, I replaced Mutsu with Hiryuu, because well, I hate seeing Ru's double-attacks. Also this time, boss support exp was used (and worked very well).


 * Hiryuu Kai2 (lv82): Reppuu, Reppuu 601, Tenzan Tomonaga, Reppuu

Maybe if I had tried going BFHJK route, I could have actually cleared it in hard by trying hard enough. But whatever, even if I did, I'm not sure I could beat E-5 without Yamatos anyway.