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The formation appears to be most useful in allowing fleets to better evade attacks; this comes in especially useful in night battle nodes, where there are fewer methods of preventing enemies from attacking, placing an emphasis on being able to survive enemy attacks.

The formation appears to be most useful in allowing fleets to better evade attacks; this comes in especially useful in night battle nodes, where there are fewer methods of preventing enemies from attacking, placing an emphasis on being able to survive enemy attacks.

One thing which is reasonable to assume is that [[Expeditions|Support Expedition Fleets]], like with other formations, suffer the offensive penalties of this formation.

One thing which is reasonable to assume is that shelling [[Expeditions|Support Expedition Fleets]], like with other formations, suffer the offensive penalties of this formation.

One identified the weakness of the Vanguard Formation is that the '''fourth''' ship is at the '''highest risk''' of taking damage out of anyone in battle as she does not receive the evasion modifiers the fifth to seventh ships do. So it is recommended to consider the position of your fleet when considering the Vanguard formation.

One potential weakness of the Vanguard Formation is that the '''fourth''' ship is at the greatest risk as she receives neither the favorable targeting of ships 1-3 nor evasion bonuses as great as the fifth to seventh ships do. Care should be taken when this formation is used.

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