World 7/7-3

World 7-3: ペナン島沖 Penang Island Sea

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Strategy Name	マラッカ海峡を抜けて (Breaking Through Malacca Strait)
Difficulty	☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Item
Strategy Content	精強な重巡及び駆逐艦を中核とする小艦隊でマラッカ海峡を突破する。ペナン島沖の敵戦力を撃破して前進せよ！ Break through the Malacca Strait using a powerful heavy cruiser and a small fleet centered around destroyers.Defeat the enemy forces in the Penang Island Sea and advance forward

Stage Guide

7-3 Branching Rules Part 1
Nodes		Rules
A	B	Go to C if fleet contains only one ship Meet ANY of the following to go to B Fleet contains 5 or 6 ships CA(V) = 0 DD+DE = 0 Fleet contains CV(L/B) Meet ANY of the following to go to C Fleet contains Haguro and Kamikaze Fleet contains Haguro and DD = 3 Fleet contains only DD, DE, CL and CA(V) Otherwise, B
	C
C	D	Meet ANY of the following to go to E Fleet contains only 1DD Fleet contains only 1CA(V) and 1DD Meet ANY of the following to go to D Fleet contains SS(V), (F)BB(V) or CV(L/B) Fleet contains 5 or 6 ships If fleet contains Haguro and Kamikaze Go to D if CA(V) = 3 or fleet also contains any CAV, CLT Otherwise, E If fleet has only 4 ships Go to E if fleet contains Haguro or Kamikaze and meets one of the following: CA(V) = 1 and DD+DE = 3 DD+DE = 4 Otherwise, D If the amount of ships in the fleet is 3 or less: Go to E if CA(V) = 1 and DD+DE = 2 or DD+DE = 3 Otherwise, D
	E
D	E	Meet ANY of the following to go to F Fleet contains (F)BB(V) or CV(L/B) Fleet contains 6 ships CA(V) ≥ 4 CAV ≥ 2 Otherwise, E
	F

7-3 Branching Rules Part 2
Nodes		Rules
A	B	FORCE node C if fleet contains only one ship Meet ANY of the following to go to B Fleet contains CV(L/B) CA(V) = 0 DD+DE = 0 Meet ANY of the following to go to C Fleet contains Haguro & Kamikaze Fleet contains AO, DD ≥ 3 If fleet contains 5 or 6 ships Go to B if meeting one of the following conditions: DD+DE ≤ 2 Fleet contains slow ships & doesn't contain Haguro CAV ≥ 2 & CA = 0 Otherwise, C If fleet contains 4 ships or less If amount of ship in fleet = 4, go to B if CA(V) ≥ 2 or DD+DE ≤ 1 Go to C if fleet contains only CL, DD, CA(V) Otherwise, B
	C
C	D	Go to D if fleet contains (F)BB(V), CV(L/B), DD+DE = 0 Go to I if Fastest fleet If fleet contains 6 ships Go to I if Fast+ fleet, CL+DD ≥ 4 Otherwise, D If fleet contains 5 ships and contains Haguro & Kamikaze Go to D if DD+DE ≤ 1 Go to I if fleet contains CL or Ashigara Otherwise, D Go to I if CA(V) = 1, CL = 1 and DD = 3, all fast Otherwise, D if fleet contains 5 ships but doesn't meet any of the above conditions If fleet contains 4 ships If fleet contains Haguro & Kamikaze Go to D if CA(V) ≥ 3 OR fleet doesn't contain Ashigara and DD+DE ≤ 1 Otherwise, E Go to E if fleet contains Haguro and DD+DE = 3 OR fleet contains Kamikaze and DD+DE = 4 Otherwise, D If fleet contains 3 ships Go to D if CA(V) ≥ 2 or DD+DE ≤ 1 Go to E if fleet contains only DD, CA(V) Otherwise, D Go to E if fleet doesn't meet any of the above conditions and contains 2 ships or less
	E
	I
D	F	Go to F if CAV ≥ 3, CV(L/B) ≥ 3, (F)BB(V) ≥ 3 Otherwise, G
	G
G	H	Go to H if DD ≥ 2, CA(V) = 0, and meets one of the following: AV ≥ 2 Fleet contains AO Go to I if fleet contains SS(V) Meet ANY of the following to go to J Fleet contains slow ship Fleet contains (F)BB(V) or CV(L/B) DD ≤ 2 CA(V) ≥ 3 Meet ANY of the following to go to P Fleet contains Haguro, Ashigara and Kamikaze Fleet contains Haguro and Kamikaze, Fast+ Fleet contains 4 ships or less, including Haguro and Kamikaze Go to K if fleet contains Haguro and Kamikaze, no Ashigara Otherwise, I
	I
	J
	K
	P
I	J	Meet ANY of the following to go to J Fleet contains (F)BB(V) or CV(L/B) DD = 0 CA(V) ≥ 3 Fleet contains Haguro and Kamikaze, DD ≥ 3, Fast+ Fastest fleet, DD ≥ 3 Meet ANY of the following to go to M Fleet contains Haguro and Kamikaze, DD ≥ 3, the speed is Fast or below Fleet contains Haguro and Kamikaze, DD = 2, Fastest Fleet contains Ashigara and either Haguro or Kamikaze, DD ≥ 3 Otherwise, L
	L
	M
J	M	Meet ANY of the following to go to M Fleet contains slow ship Fleet contains (F)BB(V), CV(L/B), SS(V) CA(V) ≥ 4 Meet ANY of the following to go to P Fleet contains Haguro & Ashigara, DD ≥ 3 Fast+ fleet, DD ≥ 3 Fleet contains Haguro, Kamikaze & Ashigara, DD = 2 Otherwise, M
	P
M	N	Go to N if fleet contains CV(B), CV(L/B)+(F)BB(V) ≥ 2, SS(V) ≥ 4 Go to O if AV ≥ 2 or fleet contains AO, slow BB Otherwise, P
	O
	P

7-3
Fleet
Route
Other Notes
AP	AS	AS+
0	0	0

Tips

• World 7-3 consists of 2 Phases total
• Similar to World 7-2, this map resets at the end of each month and you will have to clear Phase 1 and 2 each month.
• Similar to World 5-2, this map featured historical routing if you use Kamikaze, Haguro, Ashigara for Phase 2
  • Kamikaze is the key historical ship for this map and required in order to avoid node M which features CA Ri-Class that can potentially harm your light ships. If you don't have her, try to farm for her in this map as soon as possible to get better routing.
  • The number of historical ship being presented in the fleet heavily affects the routing you will take in Phase 2. Increasing the speed of the fleet to Fast+ or more can help reduce the number of historical ships required to go the shortest route (See below).

Phase 1

• This is a Light Fleet phase where you go and kill a fleet of 5 enemy destroyers. The boss in this phase is DD Ro-Class Late Model, who will turn into Late Model Elite form in the Final Kill (Reverted to Late Model form again once this phase is cleared).

Recommended Fleet

• Haguro + 3DD
  • Route: A-C-E

Phase 2

• This phase requires you to kill a much heavier enemy fleet than Phase 1 featuring CA Ne-Class Elite as the boss. In the final kill, the boss comp will feature 6 enemies in total, and will revert back to 5-enemy comp once the map is cleared.
• It is possible to clear this phase by either using a fleet of 5 ships or 6 ships depending on what the player wants.
• All the compositions suggested below requires at least Fast fleet

Historical Fleet

• Kamikaze + Ashigara + Haguro + AV/CLT 2 DD (BY5 Composition)
• Haguro + Kamikaze, 1 CA(V) 1 CL(T)/AV 2 DD (Fast+)
  • Route: A-C-D-G-P
• Kamikaze + Ashigara + Haguro, 1CA(V) 1 DD (5 Ships)
• Haguro + Kamikaze, 1 CA(V)/CLT/AV 3 DD (Fast+)
  • Route: A-C-I-J-P
• Haguro + Ashigara + Kamikaze, 1 AV 1 CL/CLT 1 DD
  • Route: A-C-D-G-J-P
  • Strongest comp possible you can bring that helps minimize bucket usage due to extra opening shots and less DDs required.
• Haguro + Ashigara + 3DD + 1 CLT/AV
  • Route: A-C-D-G-I-M-P
  • Not recommended as there is ammo penalty at the boss node. Only use this comp if you don't have Kamikaze

Non-historical fleet

• 2 CA(V) 1 CL 3 DD (Fast+ fleet / Max 1 CAV)
  • Route: A-C-I-L-M-P
• 1 CL 3 DD 2 CA(V) (Fastest fleet / Max 1 CAV)
  • Route: A-C-I-J-P

Nodes and Enemy Encounters

7-3 A

#	Empty Node
A	気のせいだった。 Must be my imagination.
#	Empty Node

7-3 B (PoiDB)

#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+
B	Echelon Line Abreast		0/0 0/0
	Echelon Line Abreast		0/0 0/0
	Echelon Line Abreast		0/0 0/0
#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+

7-3 C (PoiDB)

#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+
C	Line Ahead Echelon		0/0 0/0
	Line Ahead Echelon		0/0 0/0
	Line Ahead Echelon		0/0 0/0
#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+

7-3 D (PoiDB)

#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+
D	Line Ahead Echelon		0/0 0/0
	Line Ahead Echelon		0/0 0/0
	Line Ahead Echelon		0/0 0/0
#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+

7-3 E (PoiDB)

#	Formation	Boss Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+
E	Line Ahead Echelon		0/0 0/0
	Line Ahead Echelon		0/0 0/0
	Line Ahead Echelon (Final)		0/0 0/0
#	Formation	Boss Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+

7-3 F

#	Empty Node
F	敵影を見ず。 No enemy spotted.
#	Empty Node

7-3 G

#	Empty Node
G	気のせいだった。 海峡を抜ける…対潜警戒を厳とせよ！ Must be my imagination. Once we pass through the strait... be on high alert for submarines!
#	Empty Node

7-3 I

#	Empty Node
I	気のせいだった。 Must be my imagination.
#	Empty Node

7-3 J (PoiDB)

#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+
J	Echelon Line Abreast		0/0 0/0
	Echelon Line Abreast		0/0 0/0
	Echelon Line Abreast		0/0 0/0
#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+

7-3 K

#	Maelstrom Node
#	Maelstrom Node

7-3 L

#	Maelstrom Node
#	Maelstrom Node

7-3 M (PoiDB)

#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+
M	Line Ahead Double Line		0/0 0/0
	Line Ahead Double Line		0/0 0/0
	Line Ahead Double Line		0/0 0/0
#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+

7-3 N (PoiDB)

#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+
N	Diamond		80/159 357/714
#	Formation	Normal Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+

7-3 P (PoiDB)

#	Formation	Boss Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+
P	Line Ahead Echelon		0/0 0/0
	Line Ahead Echelon		0/0 0/0
	Line Ahead Echelon (Final)		0/0 0/0
#	Formation	Boss Battle Node	AD/AP AS/AS+

Drops

Ship drops
Type	Ship	C	D	E	M	P
CL	Agano			✓		✓
DD	Asakaze					✓
DD	Fujinami			✓		✓
DE	Fukae *			✓		✓
CVL	Gambier Bay *					✓
DE	Hirato *			✓		✓
DD	Kamikaze		✓	✓		✓
DD	Kishinami			✓		✓
SS	Luigi Torelli *					✓
CA	Pola *					✓
DD	Yamakaze			✓		✓
DD	Akatsuki			✓		✓
DD	Akebono	✓	✓		✓
CA	Aoba			✓		✓
DD	Asashio			✓		✓
CA	Ashigara	✓	✓	✓		✓
CA	Atago			✓		✓
DD	Ayanami	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CA	Chikuma			✓		✓
CA	Choukai			✓		✓
DD	Fubuki	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CA	Furutaka			✓		✓
CA	Haguro	✓	✓	✓		✓
FBB	Haruna			✓		✓
DD	Hatsuharu			✓
DD	Hatsuyuki	✓	✓		✓
FBB	Hiei			✓		✓
BB	Hyuuga			✓		✓
BB	Ise			✓		✓
DD	Isonami	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CL	Isuzu	✓	✓
CL	Jintsuu	✓	✓	✓		✓
DD	Kagerou			✓
CA	Kako			✓		✓
DD	Kikuzuki			✓
CA	Kinugasa			✓		✓
FBB	Kirishima			✓		✓
CL	Kiso		✓		✓	✓
CL	Kitakami			✓		✓
FBB	Kongou			✓		✓
CL	Kuma		✓	✓	✓	✓
CA	Kumano			✓		✓
CA	Maya			✓		✓
DD	Mikazuki			✓
DD	Miyuki	✓	✓		✓
DD	Mochizuki			✓
CA	Mogami		✓	✓		✓
DD	Murakumo	✓	✓		✓
DD	Mutsuki			✓
CA	Myoukou			✓		✓
CA	Nachi			✓		✓
CL	Nagara		✓	✓		✓
CL	Naka	✓	✓			✓
CL	Natori	✓	✓	✓	✓
DD	Oboro	✓	✓		✓
CL	Ooi			✓		✓
DD	Sazanami	✓	✓
CL	Sendai		✓	✓		✓
DD	Shikinami	✓	✓
DD	Shiratsuyu			✓
DD	Shirayuki	✓	✓			✓
DD	Suzukaze			✓		✓
CA	Suzuya			✓		✓
CA	Takao			✓		✓
CL	Tama		✓		✓	✓
CA	Tone			✓		✓
DD	Ushio	✓	✓
CL	Yura		✓	✓