Summer 2017 Event/E-3

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Crossing the Stebian Sea ステビア海の先へ
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Special Mechanics	Combined Fleet Abyssal Combined Fleet LoS Check Transport Load-Off Ship Locking
Experience	HQ: non-boss
Boss gauge (HQ 120)	Easy: 360 TP Easy E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 TP HP HP HP TP HP 1 → 34 600 640 1050 35 → 79 700 1250 280 320 1300 940 3150 1200 80 → 89 1000 3300 1300 1050 1500 4000 90 → 99 1350 340 1400 1060 3430 1400 1150 1750 4500 100 → 109 1400? 350 1440 1120 3550 1500 1250 2000 5000 110 → 120 1440 360 1190 3650 1600? 1350 5280 Medium: 370 TP Medium E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 TP HP HP HP TP HP 35 → 79 330 80 → 89 90 → 99 370? 100 → 109 1240 1400 380 1700 1120 3550 2010 1400 2000 110 → 120 1440? 390 1190 3650 1800 1500 2200 5280 Hard: 480 TP Hard E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 TP HP HP HP TP HP 80 → 89 90 → 99 100 → 109 1700 460 1880 2010 1800 110 → 120 1440 480 1960 1190 3650 2120 2000 2200 5280
Kills required	Easy: 1400 HP Medium: 1700 HP Hard: 1960 HP
Rewards
Casual: Easy: 211 Medium: 1211 Hard: 11311
In-game description
Operation
Task

E-3 Branching Rules
Nodes		Rules
Start	A	Transport Escort Fleet Fleet contains a Kongou-class + Fast Fleet + amount of DD ≦ 2 Fleet contains Hiryuu and Souryuu
	B	Amount of (F)BB(V) + CV(B) ≧ 4 (Overrides any other route) Amount of (F)BB(V) ≧ 3 (Overrides any other route) Amount of CV(B) ≧ 3 (Overrides any other route) Amount of CA(V) ≧ 5 (Overrides any other route) Amount of CLT ≧ 2 (Overrides any other route) Do not meet the requirements to go to A.
E	F	Active branching
	H
F	G	???
	I	???
I	J	Slow Fleet (Hard) (Overrides any other route) Do not meet the requirements to go to K.
	K	Fleet contains BBV/CVL/LHA Amount of CAV on main fleet ≧ 2
H	I	Transport Escort Fleet
	M	Random/Historical routing???
	N
M	N	Random/Historical routing???
	O	Fail the LoS check
	Q	Random/Historical routing???
N	P	Fail the LoS check
	Q	???

Map Guide

• This is a Combined Fleet map.
• Node B and node J are submarine nodes.

Transport Phase

• The first part of this map is to reach the Boss node to empty the TP Bar.
  • Please note that you are required to obtain A or S-Rank Victory to deplete the TP Bar.
  • Bring as many Daihatsu Landing Craft and Drum Canister on your ships to deplete the Bar faster.
  • Note that E-6 also has a TP Phase that is much longer compared to E-3. It is recommended to hold your Daihatsu carrying DDs for E-6 if you're planning to clear both maps on Normal or Hard.
• Transport Combined Fleet:
  • Recommended Fleet is 2 CAV 4 DD + 1 CL 2 CA 3 DD.
    • Routing is A-C-D-E-H(or F)-I-K-L
    • Using any Slow Ships will result in going node B and J.
• It is possible to use Surface Task Force or Carrier Task Force instead.
  • However, in this case you must go through extra nodes of node B and J, which are Submarine nodes. The branching rules are still being polished and there's been report of people avoiding going to node A instead, making these two more viable.
• All of the nodes other than the Boss node have enemy Carriers in them. It is recommended that you bring a Ship proficient in Anti-Air Cut-In.
  • Please note due to the high Air Power requirement, it is recommended that you have multiple Seaplane Fighters to gain Air Parity at least. (For Hard mode, the Air Power requirement is very high to the point just having multiple Seaplane Fighters may still not be enough)
  • Taiyou Kai or Kai Ni can be used for transport fleet for E-3, but she can also be used in E-6, which can be more useful as the Boss node of E-6 has CVL.
    • However you must equip her with Engine & Turbine to turn her into a Fast-Ship. Otherwise, you will be forced to go through node B and J.
      • Same applies if you want to use Commandant Teste or Mizuho as a Seaplane Fighters carrier.
• Boss node contains multiple Battleship Ru-class Flagship variant.
  • Hard mode contains 1 Flagship Kai and 3 Flagship variants.
  • You may opt to use Boss node Support Shelling Expeditions for a better chance to gain A- or S-Rank victory if you think your fleet isn't working out very well against them.
• Clearing the TP Bar Phase will open up a new route to node Q, where the final Boss of the map Heavy Cruiser Summer Princess appears.
  • After node Q opened, if you wish to go to node L using Surface Task Force or Carrier Task Force, you need to take node F from node E, as H will likely direct you towards Q instead.
  • Using Transport Combined Fleet, however, will direct you towards L regardless of node you select from E.

Boss Kill Phase

• The second part of this map is to reach node Q to face Heavy Cruiser Summer Princess to deplete and completely destroy the Boss HP Bar.
  • WARNING: Please note that resetting the Map will result in you being forced to start from the TP Bar phase all over again.

Recommended Fleets

• Carrier Task Force
  • Route: A-C-D-E-H-(M or N)-Q
    • 1 FBB 3 CA(V) 2 CV + 1 CL 2 DD 1 CLT 2 CA(V)
• Surface Task Force
  • Route: B-C-D-E-H-(M-N or N)-Q
    • 2 FBB 2 CA(V) 2 CVL + 1 CL 2 DD 1 CLT 2 CA(V)
    • WARNING: Going to M or N after H appears to be random.  However, if you go M without certain ships in your fleet you can end up going M->N->Q and fighting an extra battle.

Historical Ships

WARNING:: This is still under testing and requires further verification. Please use this at your own discretion.

• It is suspected certain ships affect routing of node M and N, if a large number (at least 7 for Hard mode) of Historical ships are used.
  • This is ignored if you happen to use more than 1 FBB and 2 CV(?) and/or Slow Ships.
• Suspected (this is unconfirmed but compiled from reports on wikiwiki) ships include:
  • Kongou, Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna
  • Akagi,Souryuu, Hiryuu
  • Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya, Kumano
  • Sendai, Yura, Abukuma
  • Fubuki, Urakaze, Hatsuyuki

Special Damage Multiplier

WARNING:: This is just a speculation. There is no legit test of this claim yet.

• Hiryuu & Souryuu have been observed to have a slight damage bonus multiplier against the Boss in node Q.

Enemy patterns

• Easy
• Medium
• Hard

1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q

1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q

1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q

Drop list

☑ All drops (enabled)☒ All drops (disabled, only rare drops)

Type	Ship?	G	L	M	N	Q
CV	Amagi		Easy+			Easy+
DD	Amagiri		Easy+			Easy+
DD	Amatsukaze	Easy+	Easy+	Hard+	Hard+	Easy+
DD	Asashimo		Easy+			Easy+
DD	Fujinami	Easy+	Easy+	Medium+	Medium+	Easy+
DD	Harusame		Easy+
AO	Hayasui	Easy+	Easy+			Easy+
DD	Isokaze	Easy+
DD	Kamikaze		Easy+			Easy+
SS	Maruyu		Hard+			Easy+
CA	Mikuma		Easy+			Easy+
CL	Noshiro	Easy+	Easy+	Medium+	Medium+	Easy+
DD	Tokitsukaze		Easy+			Easy+
DD	Yamakaze	Easy+
CL	Abukuma		Easy+			Easy+
CV	Akagi		Easy+			Easy+
DD	Akigumo	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+
CA	Atago		Easy+			Easy+
CA	Chikuma		Easy+			Easy+
BB	Fusou		Easy+			Easy+
FBB	Haruna		Easy+			Easy+
FBB	Hiei		Easy+			Easy+
CV	Hiryuu		Easy+			Easy+
CVL	Hiyou	Easy+		Easy+	Easy+
BB	Hyuuga		Easy+			Easy+
BB	Ise		Easy+			Easy+
CVL	Junyou	Easy+		Easy+	Easy+
CV	Kaga	Easy+	Easy+			Easy+
CA	Kinugasa		Easy+			Easy+
FBB	Kirishima		Easy+			Easy+
FBB	Kongou		Easy+			Easy+
DD	Makigumo	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+
CA	Mogami		Easy+			Easy+
BB	Mutsu		Easy+			Easy+
CA	Myoukou		Easy+			Easy+
DD	Naganami	Easy+		Easy+	Easy+
CL	Nagara	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+
CVL	Ryuujou	Easy+		Easy+	Easy+
CL	Sendai	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+
CVL	Shouhou	Easy+		Easy+	Easy+
CV	Shoukaku		Easy+			Easy+
CV	Souryuu	Easy+	Easy+			Easy+
CA	Takao		Easy+			Easy+
CA	Tone		Easy+			Easy+
BB	Yamashiro		Easy+			Easy+
DD	Yuugumo	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+	Easy+
CVL	Zuihou	Easy+	Easy+	Hard+	Hard+	Easy+
CV	Zuikaku		Easy+			Easy+

Notes
node ignored: I for Hiyou node ignored: I for Junyou ship ignored: Kuma node ignored: I for Makigumo node ignored: I for Naganami node ignored: D for Nagara node ignored: I for Nagara node ignored: I for Ryuujou node ignored: D for Sendai node ignored: I for Sendai node ignored: I for Shouhou