Changes

'''Sendai 川内''' - Level 60

'''Sendai 川内''' - Level 60

''(Temporary notes, write a full summary.) Not nearly as strong as Abukuma or even Jintsuu. Only real utility is the stock equipment she comes with. Briefly explain the benefits and drawbacks of the following: Night Scout, Searchlight, and Star Shells. Emphasise that these are Important Things™ for Night Battles, but add that on easier difficulties they aren't strictly necessary.''

Sendai is somewhat rarer than Jintsuu, although not as rare as Abukuma, and can be obtained from the basic 30/30/30/30 recipe for daily construction quests. However, she has neither Jintsuu's raw power, nor any special gimmicks like Abukuma. Theoretically, her FP/TP combination of 67/89 gives her a slight edge over Abukuma, but this is more than negated by Abukuma's unique ability to launch opening torpedoes (see below).

 

Nevertheless, Sendai does have one useful feature: Her second remodel comes with a full set of night battle equipment ([[Searchlight]], [[Star Shell]], and the [[Type 98 Recon Seaplane (Night Scout)]]). While this equipment does not need to be obtained right away, it becomes more and more important the closer you get to the endgame, and Hard mode. Thus, it is useful to work on levelling her along the way, and she is one of the stronger CLs (at K2) that are relatively easy to obtain before Abukuma.

 

 

Both Kuma and Nagara are about as rare as Sendai, and can also be obtained from the basic 30/30/30/30 recipe. Although neither has a second remodel as of this time, both are actually stronger at Kai than Jintsuu (in terms of total FP/TP - 69/89) before she reaches her second remodel, and slightly stronger than Sendai (by 2 points) even after her second remodel. They also come with a post-remodel armour of 69, on par with both Sendai and Jintsuu at their second remodel.

 

Given that they aren't that difficult to obtain, and that they both come with solid stats all round at the relatively low point of entry of Level 20, both ships are well worth levelling if you happen to come across them during your daily quests and/or sorties.

'''Abukuma Kai Ni 阿武隈 - Lander/Tank Capable, Minisub Capable - Level 75, <span style=" color:blue">Blueprint Required</span>'''

'''Abukuma Kai Ni 阿武隈 - Lander/Tank Capable, Minisub Capable - Level 75, <span style=" color:blue">Blueprint Required</span>'''