Board Thread:Fleet's Prepared-ness/@comment-34343339-20180201230120/@comment-32647310-20180206232321

Perhaps... I've been helping lots of folks out here XD

And DEs have been available as drops in Summer, Fall (one of the clear rewards was Sado) and the Saury Fest (September/October)...and given the new batch that's coming out, you can expect some there too. This being said, DEs have a lot of uses (especially Modernization if you don't want to keep any: http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Modernization#DE_Modernization_.28HP.2C_ASW.2C_Luck.29).

...but for me, the best thing about them is their fairly high evasion and the fact that they get OASW at 60 instead of the standard 100...and because they start with high ASW stats, they can get that opening strike before they're even in double-diget levels.

As far as who to give that Hole-Punch to, my knee-jerk reaction is to say Maya.

She has the most powerful AACI in the game (even outperforming any of the ducks), which the set up is the following: High-Angle Gun + Air Radar + 25mm Concentrated deployment (she gets this as stock at K2).

By putting the hole-punch on her, you can put that 25mm CD in the extra slot, which opens up an equipment slot, letting you have the best of both worlds (Double-Attack and AACI).

I wouldn't even worry about Musashi; she's not high enough level for K2 and there are other quests and such that will reward hole-punches later...and if you don't mind paying real money for them, they're 500 Yen (about $5 USD).