Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-1820055-20150205083915/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150211154333

HQ 101, Easy - Because f*ck you takoyakis and BWS

Formations: Double Line all pre-boss nodes, Line Ahead at boss.

8 runs total: 6 successful kills, 2 retreats

Bismarck Drei (77): 46cm + 41cm + Quad O2 + Searchlight

Kirishima (75): 46cm + 41cm + T98 Night Scout + FuMO25 RADAR

Prinz Eugen (56): 2x SKC34 20.3cm + Quad O2 + T21 Air RADAR

Myoukou (70): 2x 20.3cm (nº2) + Quad O2 + Starshell

Akizuki (54): 2x 10cm HA + T13 Air RADAR Kai

Yuudachi (60): 2x 10cm HAFD + T13 Air RADAR Kai

ELoS = 42 - AS = 0

Fleet tuned up for Yasen, with 3 ship loaded for Mixed Cut-in (Bismarck, Prinz Eugen and Myouko) and 3 ship loaded for Double Attack (Kirishima, Yuudachi and Akizuki).

Yuudachi and Akizuki also loaded for AACI to keep the enemy airstrikes in check.

Buckets wasted: 40

Notable drops: None worth mentioning, though I managed to get a much sought after Shoukaku from boss.

Final Comments:

- Did 2 runs not accounted for in the total runs, due to HP bar reset. First one to test the route on Easy, second one changed to Medium to see the difference. Without air support, the showing of flagship level enemies made the run very dangerous, and predictably enough was unable to kill the boss. Changed back to Easy for third run onwards and started recording progress from there. Buckets spent on those 2 runs were accounted for as part of the full E-4 report, 8 in total.

- Started out with Yukikaze instead of Yuudachi, but due to the boss being vaporized in Yasen by either Bismarck or Kirishima (thus never giving her a chance to launch her magic missile) decided to switch her for Yuudachi to provide a backup AACI chance in case Akizuki fails, with strong Yasen Double Attack to boot.

- Even with AACI, the airstrikes were strong enough to cause medium damage, leading to high bucket spending - an average of 4 buckets per sortie.

- The real threat was not the CV Hime, it was the Elite Ri-class at node I. If she survived long enough and triggered a cut-in, it was a 100% forced retreat right there. Luckily it only happened 2 times, the rest she would either do weak double attacks or get pwnd by either one of the BBs or Prinz Eugen - due to lineup, Ri attacks before Myoukou.

- For Final Dance mode (in Easy difficulty), the only remarkable change in boss formation is the addition of an Elite Ru-class BB, increasing the fleet size from 5 to 6 ships. She was quickly disposed of by concentrated fire from both CAs during first shelling, which left her crippled for second shelling and finally sunk on closing torpedo salvo, leaving the CV Hime all alone and lightly damaged for Yasen. Starshell and Searchlight triggered, Bismarck does the mix as per usual, Kirishima finishes her off. Katori GET!!!