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→Totaku's Proposal for Preliminary Guide
'''Path: U-V-T-R-Q-P-L-O-W''' (with European Ship requirement)
'''Path: U-V-T-R-Q-P-L-O-W''' (with European Ship requirement + German and French Ships)
'''LBAS Recommendation'''
'''LBAS Recommendation'''
* '''LBAS 3 (Node W): 4 LBAS Bombers or Torpedo Bombers'''
* '''LBAS 3 (Node W): 4 LBAS Bombers or Torpedo Bombers'''
* '''LBAS 3 (Node T): 0-3 Toukai/ 1 ASW Bomber or 4 ASW Bomber'''
* '''LBAS 3 (Node T): 0-3 Toukai/ 1 ASW Bomber or 4 ASW Bomber'''
On this path your surface task force fleet will have to travel through some sub fleet consisting of the [[New Submarine Princess]] which can be a possible issue unless confront them in a line abreast formation or you use a LBAS consisting of ASW plane to help take out subs. Following this, you will encouter a carrier fleet which depending on the difficulty will require you to have relatively high fighter power to either maintain or overcome the air power. A high plane capacity carrier like [[Intrepid]] or similar are preferred or bringing 2 CVL in your fleet. Finally, you'll encounter a Surface fleet consisting of battleships, torpedo cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers which should be easily manage under normal Surface Task Force conditions.
If you choose to bring a submarine in your fleet be aware tat nodes P and L will have lots of small ships that may be ASW capable and could present a possible issue but getting your submarine over to the boss fleet will help give you a big advantage compare to others other ships.
Once reaching the boss fleet, you will encounter the [[French Summmer Battleship Princess]] accompanied by a [[Summer Harbor Princess]], possibly an [[Airfield Princess]] (doesn't appear outside final kill on lower difficulties), some [[Artillery Imp]]s, [[PT Imp Group]]s, Destroyers and a light cruiser.
Depending on the difficulty you play, and the approach you do, the amount of work required to defeating her will vary. Below are some composition that can be considered:
'''Hard:'''
* [[Bismarck]] [[Richelieu]], 2 CA, 1 CV, 1 SS + 1CL, 1 AV ([[Commandant Teste]]), 2 CA (including [[Prinz Eugen]], 2 DD ([[Tashkent]] preffered)
* [[Bismarck]], [[Richelieu]], 2 CA, 2CVL, + 1CL, 1 AV([[Commandant Teste]]), 2 CA (including [[Prinz Eugen]], 2 DD ([[Tashkent]] preffered)
In this difficulty, you will need everything you can possibly throw at the boss to ensure the greatest chances of success in battle. Your equipment will need to be well modified and prepared so that your ships can attack all enemy units effectively and maximize the damage you can deliver upon them. Bring a Sub can be risky since the earlier battles presents great dangers that can potentially risk the sub sinking in battle, so if you choose this path, bring in route support to minimize your sub's risk of sinking. Boss support is also highly recommended as they will be needed to help eliminate of take out certain enemy units in the in battle along with the assistance of your LBAS.
Since the boss is located close to your air base, you can use interceptors or strong AA type planes to to place in 1 slot of both your first and 2nd air base to help reduce the air power. So if you choose the sub strat, do carefully consider that in some cases if you bring too much anti-air, you may end up destroying all the [[French Summmer Battleship Princess]] planes which will result in her targeting your fleet rather than your sub.
In addition to this, carefully consider the placement of AA guns/skilled lookouts for your ships in the event PT Imps survive the opening attacks as they can easily take away shots that could target the big 3 targets. You want to if possibly to reduce it down to just the 3 major targets and do as much damage as you can to the princesses before the Day Battle turn ends.
If all goes well, your friend fleet may be able to pick off at least one installation and leave the other for your Anti-installation ships in the escort fleet to finish off in night battle.
Outside of this, the [[French Summmer Battleship Princess]] has armor that exceeds cap levels (312 armor) making it very difficulty to strike through her. She is however most weak to attacks coming from European ships (about 1.2x modifier), so use torpedo cut in set up for your DDs like [[Tashkent]] and CAs like [[Prinz Eugen]] to hope you score a low armor roll and/or crit which can successfully end the battle.
'''Medium:'''
* [[Bismarck]] [[Richelieu]] + 1 BB, 1 CA, 1 CV, 1 SS + 1CL, 0-1 AV([[Commandant Teste]]), 1-2 CA ([[Prinz Eugen]] preferred), 0-1 CLT 2-3 DD (Include [[Tashkent]] and/or other Euro DD)
* [[Bismarck]] [[Richelieu]] + 1 BB, 1 CA, 2 CVL + 1CL, 0-1 AV([[Commandant Teste]]), 1-2 CA ([[Prinz Eugen]] preferred), 0-1 CLT 2-3 DD (Include [[Tashkent]] and/or other Euro DD)
Most of the above mentioned strats should remain the same, however without the tag restrictions that occur on hard mode. It makes it possible to bring more Heavy hitting ships along with extra European ships without restriction.
Enemy composition should also be weaker and easier to deal with, especially if you have enough European ships in tow with you. Allowing for your fleet to bring more damage buffer ships and be able to fight efficiently without restriction.
The [[French Summmer Battleship Princess]] is still heaviler armroed in normal, but it is also more possible to defeat her since she will be lacking the extra armor she has in hard mode.
''' Easy/ Casual'''
* 4BB, 1 CV, 1SS(V) + 1CL, 2-3 DD, 2 CA, 1 CLT
* 4BB, 2CVL + 1CL, 2-3 DD, 2 CA, 1 CLT
Same case, but now with freedom to use a full set of BBs in the main fleet. As mentioned before hand, European ships are most helpful here as they will be able to help defeat the [[French Summmer Battleship Princess]]. The [[French Summmer Battleship Princess]]'s armor should be low enough the a European ship cut in and / or crit from any ship should be more than enough to defeat her if you are able to successfully know her HP down low enough.
Once completed, the new boss bar will appear which will then begin the final phase of the battle.
'''Step 3: Unlock the path to the European Water Princess (Easy+)'''
'''Note: If you're playing on Casual, the path to the boss will be already open, completely disregard this step if you're playing this path.
'''Recommended Fleet: 4 CV(L)(B), 2 (F)BB(V) + 1 CL, 1-2 CA, 3 DD 0-1 CLT'''
LBAS: Not Necessary, consider Air Defense or Evacuate for this phase
'''Path: C-A-D-F-H or C-A-D-F-I (with European Ship requirement)'''
In this step you'll use your carrier task for to go to Node H and I and defeat some basic enemy fleets. Node H consist of Battleships while I has carriers. Use your fleet to successfully defeat the enemy in each node and score an S rank. Once the condition is met, the new path should be unlocked to the boss.
'''Step 4: Unlock the alternate path for the [[European Water Princess]]'''
2-4(F)BB(V), 0-1 CA, 0-1 CL, 0-1 CV, 0-2 CVL, + 1CL, 2-5 DD 0-2 DE (ASW Focused)
'''Path: U-V-T-R-Q-P-L-O-W''' (with European Ship requirement + German and French Ships) (only consider additional nodes if Land Base Air Raid has not triggered past T consider discontinuing sortie before W)
* '''LBAS 1-2 (Node W): 4 Interceptor/Fighter or 3 Interceptor/ Fighter + Saiun (may not need both LBAS depending on equipment + difficulty)
* '''LBAS 3 (Node T): 0-3 Toukai/ 1 ASW Bomber or 4 ASW Bomber'''
In this operation you will need to complete the following objectives:
* Defeat the [[New Submarine Princess]] fleet on Node T
* Successfully gain Air Superiority at an LBAS Air Raid (Twice on Medium +)
Bring a Fleet with ASW capable ships and use your fleet along with an ASW LBAS or ASW support fleet to help wipe out the subs at Node T. LBAS air raids should trigger as early as Node T making it possible to consider pulling back after you complete Node T. Repeat until condition are met and an alternate path will be open for your surface fleet to travel to the boss.
'''Step 5: Chipping away at the [[European Water Princess]]'''
* ''' 2(F)BB(V),2 CA, 2 CVL, + 1CL, 3 DD, 1-2 CA, 0-1 CLT (European ships required to meet the difficult requirements)
'''Path: U-V-T-R-Q-M-X-Z3-Z2''' (with European Ship requirement)'''
* '''LBAS 1 (Node Z2): 0-2 Fighter / 1-4 LBAS Bombers''' (more fighters needed depending on difficulty + Equipment)
* '''LBAS 2 (Node Z2): 0-1 Fighter / 2-4 LBAS Bombers''' (more fighters needed depending on difficulty + Equipment)
* '''LBAS 3 (Node Z2): 4 LBAS Bombers''' (more fighters needed depending on difficulty + Equipment)
* '''LBAS 3 (Node T): 0-3 Toukai/ 1 ASW Bomber or 4 ASW Bomber'''
** '''(Distance of 7 Required)'''
This path is the shortest path the STF can take the boss and should arrive with a decent supply of fuel and ammo. Your fleet along with LBAS should be able to damage most enemy units with ease. On higher difficulties, you will have to deal with additional princesses. So if nessary, brign boss support to help make it possible to do as much damamge as you can to the [[European Water Princess]].
EUropean ships and various European equipment can provide addition modifiers against the boss. So plan carefully who and what you bring so you can get benefit easily in battle as you chip away at her HP.
'''Step 6: Triggering the Debuff to the [[European Water Princess]] (Recommended for Normal +)'''
'''STF - 2(F)BB(V),2 CA, 2 CVL, + 1CL, 3 DD, 1-2 CA, 0-1 CLT (European ships required to meet the difficult requirements)'''
'''Path: U-V-T-R-Q-M-X-Z3-Z2''' (with European Ship requirement)'''
'''CTF - 4 CV(L)(B), 2 (F)BB(V) + 1 CL, 0-2 CA, 3-5 DD 0-1 CLT (European ships required to meet the difficult requirements)'''
'''Path: C-A-D-F-H-X-Y-Z2 or C-A-D-F-H-X-Z3-Z2 (with European Ship requirement)'''
* '''LBAS 1 (Node Z2): 0-3 Fighter / 1-4 LBAS Bombers''' (more fighters needed depending on difficulty + Equipment)
* '''LBAS 2 (Node Z2): 0-2 Fighter / 2-4 LBAS Bombers''' (more fighters needed depending on difficulty + Equipment)
* '''LBAS 3 (Node Z2): 0-1 Fighter / 3-4 LBAS Bombers''' (more fighters needed depending on difficulty + Equipment)
In the final battle against the [[European Water Princess]] players on higher difficulty will need to successfully score a debuff to weaken the boss so she can be killable. You will need to complete the following conditions:
* Score an A rank with the STF
* Score an A rank with the CTF
Bringing the appropriate fleet will along with a strong Boss support and LBAS should allow you to gain an A rank on lower difficulty, but you may need to have stronger ships like CLT and Topedo Cut in ships for higher difficulties especially on hard where you will face a main fleet of princesses.
If you successfully score an A rank with both fleets. when returning to base, the question completion chime should ring indicating you completed the debuff.
Players on Easy and Casual can optionally consider this step as the [[European Water Princess]] is weak enough that she should be killable without the help of the debuff.