Talk:World 5/@comment-24237563-20140516065309/@comment-126.36.139.221-20140517080009

Nagato class might seem like they have about equivalent firepower to Kongou (especially Kirishima Kai II), but with the AP Shell they seem to have a higher kill rate on double night attacks against a full hp Wo-Kai, so I suspect it's probably some kind of hidden stat modifier like how Sanshiki is more effective as AA than radars of the same stat. 3BB/3CV or 4BB/2CV (or even 4BB/1CA/1CV) are both legit formations, but getting air superiority is really good for depleting the non-boss ships before night, so I greatly prefer 3BB/3CV, but make sure to use Kai2/Zwei BBs if you go this route (Sorry Haruna...). Taihou isn't necessary; she can attack at mid health but she actually has less evasion/luck/hp than other carriers, so Re's torpedo seems to be a lot more effective against her. If you go the 3 CV setup, stacking everyone with Reppu/Reppu/Reppu(Kai)/RyuuseiKai or Reppu/Reppu/ShindenKaiII/Type62 will do the trick for the boss.

Don't bother doing the 3 SS/3 BB route unless you have really extremely high level BB and SS to do it with. You also need to send a really strong pre-boss support fleet (even more high level BBs and CV/CVLs), so you can use that +  torpedo attacks + high level BBs to kill literally all of the ASW ships before they can fire. Hence, it's not feasible unless you have the high level ship's accuracy and high firepower. Most people use this route to deploy one Kongou for searchlight and two super heavy duty ships (Yamato/Nagato) since even Re will attack submarines before the expensive heavy ships. However, I haven't tried this route since the update; the enemy CA will be able to double attack during the day post update, so I don't think it's feasible any longer.