Talk:Ushio/@comment-14.169.14.217-20141116153102/@comment-16545476-20141121150823

Any DD that's got a better status then Z1 zwei and Z3 zwei is worth the grinding. Ushio along with Hatsuharu are the kind of ship that don't look like they're strong in particular, but offers a well-rounded performance in all the right places. Sure, they're not rare, but that doesn't mean they can't stand to a fight. DDs are becoming more and more important in the last three events (2014 spring, summer and fall) and there are numerous event maps that requires admirals to save the top two Kai Ni destroyers (Yuudachi, Ayanami) to the end (Such as Spring E4, Summer E3~E5 and Fall E3~E4). It is quite a relief to have Hatsuharu and Ushio to recieve their second remodel at this point to relieve the burden for most admirals. I did notice that a number of admirals don't really have the luxury to own Yukikaze, Shimakaze and Amatsukaze in their fleet and usually they have to make do with whatever they've got in their hands during the event.

Though I'm not suggesting that the other DDs are useless. It's just that during the event, most admirals would prefer DDs that have a better status to gain a bit more edge just for superstitions sake. Hatsuharu and Ushio does help new admirals without great DDs to cover the gap while older admirals can have the luxury to save their main fleets for harder maps later.