Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-24980562-20151223164431/@comment-84.90.161.45-20151225010759

1-4 - CV, 2 CL, 3 CLT

Flagship: 4-slotter capable of equipping searchlight and skilled lookouts, can be a CA or a BB for added firepower but increased costs. How many of each, depends on each one's tastes. Personally use 1 searchlight + 3 skilled lookouts.

CV: Kaga Kai, enough airpower for AS+, rest bombers. Don't bother with saiun.

Second CL: ABKM K2, 2x guns + hyoteki.

CLT: Same as ABKM K2.

Somewhat decent airtrike (depends on which planes and respective rank), followed by stronk opening torp. No AACI means fleet gets chipped by enemy opening airstrike. More expensive than the CVL, 5 DD compo posted above, but with very good odds to end the battle before shelling.

As far as AACI is concerned, tested it before with 4 CV(L), 2 DD, one DD being Teruzuki in AACI and the other being a searchlight/skilled lookout mule, with ~180 air power, and even so the enemy airstrike at boss would chip my fleet with AACI triggered, so I decided to give up on AACI altogether.

It also seemed to me that with 3+ CV(L/B) on the fleet, it would take the south route very frequently. So I decided to switch the powerful opening airstrike for a mild airstrike + strong opening torp, and lo and behold it only goes south every so often, going north and middle most times.

41 boss kills netted me 20 decos and 2 boxes.