Talk:Tutorial: Leveling/@comment-135.23.225.8-20150331113111

If you don't mind constantly repair cycling your CL/CLT/DD and getting the occasional defeat, then doing 5-3C isn't that bad.

I recommend all ships being at least lv.20, since this gives them a chance to evade and do actual damage, where as below that they're basically cannon fodder. Any equipment setup works, since it's a night battle and you want to use line ahead for maximum accuracy. An A rank win gives you 400exp and a Lv.30+ flagship is very likely to score MVP for a total of 1200exp per C node run. CL/DD repair is very cheap and short compared to the kind of fleet you need in 5-2, and it allows leveling 6 CL/DD at the same time, which is very resource efficient. You definitely want to unlock all your repair docks, as the achilles heel in this leveling method is that you eventually run out of CL/DD that aren't in the red.

When the ships start hitting Lv.30, they get better at evading incoming damage, at which point you can start going to node D.

Basically, aim for leveling CL and DD with lower level Kai2, especially Sendai and Jintsuu, as they have very useful night combat equipment.