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**At various HQ level thresholds, enemy compositions will increase in difficulty, but if you train a fleet of Destroyers, Light Cruisers and Escorts and maintain strong ASW equipment it should be manageable.
**At various HQ level thresholds, enemy compositions will increase in difficulty, but if you train a fleet of Destroyers, Light Cruisers and Escorts and maintain strong ASW equipment it should be manageable.
***Using [[Isuzu|Isuzu Kai Ni]] or any DD/CL that has ASW stats that go over 100, or DE that has an ASW of 60 or higher will allow them to perform a [[Combat#Anti-Sub_Warfare|Preemptive ASW attack]], which can be very helpful on this map. It can easily turn this map to your advantage for the most part.
***Using [[Isuzu|Isuzu Kai Ni]] or any DD/CL that has ASW stats that go over 100, or DE that has an ASW of 60 or higher will allow them to perform a [[Combat#Anti-Sub_Warfare|Preemptive ASW attack]], which can be very helpful on this map. It can easily turn this map to your advantage for the most part.
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<br/>'''Branching Rules'''
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*To reach the boss, a fleet of no more than 4 ships is required.
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**A fleet with 3 or fewer ships disallows the choice of formations (defaulting to Line Ahead), which has a low modifier for ASW damage. Therefore, it is critical that exactly 4 ships are deployed.
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**More than 2 CL (not CT or CLT) will route you to F (from C).
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**Having more than 4 ships will send you to D (from B); there is a path from D to I but it apparently requires 4 or fewer ships.
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***Thus D -> I is only possible if you lose enough ships to then have 4 or fewer ships left.
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* 1 CVL, CAV, AV or [[Akitsu Maru]] is needed to have a direct route to the boss node without the risk of hitting a dead end node.
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*The enemies on the map is scaled to your admiral level, which means that the enemy may rank up when you hit certain admiral levels (40 and 80).
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**Nodes F and G consist of very strong enemies, even after being adjusted to your admiral level. Make sure you satisfy the fleet requirements above and have at least 1 DD or 1 CL in order to reach the boss safely.
<br/>'''Recommended Fleet'''
<br/>'''Recommended Fleet'''