Winter 2015 Event

Introduction

The Winter 2015 Event, 【Counter-attack! Assault on Truk Anchorage】 will begin February 6th, ending two weeks later on February 20th.

It is based around Operation Hailstone

Patch Notes

1. New Ships
   • Katori
   • Amagi
   • Asashimo
   • U-511
2. New Remodels
3. New Enemy Vessels
   • Light Cruiser Demon(軽巡棲鬼)
   • Battleship Water Demon(戦艦水鬼)
4. New Equipment
5. Voice and other Updates

Mechanics

Participation requirements

• Must have a 75% sortie win ratio
• Must have 5 empty ship slots for new ships
• Must have 20 free equipment slots

Special Mechanics

1. Combined Fleet
2. Choosable difficulty
   • Different difficulties give different medals, equipment and materials
   • When the difficulty is changed, the boss's health bar will be reset
3. This event has 3 ranks (easy,丙 normal,乙 hard,甲)

Event Maps

E-1

Wreck the enemy submarines around our anchorage! 『泊地周辺の敵潜を叩け!』 Information There are multiple difficulties on which you can clear the map. Easy, Medium, and Hard. Difficulty affects drops (?) and completion bonus Use CLs and DD Boss: (Node I) Submarine So-class Elite(丙） ASW Nodes B, C, F, J and K have no battle Boss changes on final attack Rewards upon clear: 1 Chocolate, 1 Mamiya, 1 Furniture Fairy, 2 Improvement Materials, 1 Reppuu (601 Squadron) (甲)
Branching rules Random between A and B LOS check from G to I LOS check from H to I (Apparently requires more LOS than G to I)
Tips Have some surface equip ready for Node G, H, And possibly I to avoid Moderate to Severe damage Fighting Sub-only nodes does not expend ammo Node H formation is line ahead

E-2

Bombing of Truk anchorage 『トラック泊地空襲』 Information Boss: (Node I)　Standard Carrier Wo-Class Flagship II（丙） (Node I)　Standard Carrier Wo-Class Kai Flagship （丙,finalform ）
Branching rules
Tips

E-3

Combined Fleet, sortie now ! 『連合艦隊、出撃！』 Information Combined Fleet Boss: (Node K)　Light Cruiser Demon　"damaged"（丙） (Node K)　Light Cruiser Demon （丙,finalform） Rewards: U-511
Branching rules
Tips

E-4

Unnamed Map Unnamed Map Information
Branching rules
Tips

E-5

Unnamed Map Unnamed Map Information
Branching rules
Tips

See Also

References

• Wikipedia entry on Operation Hailstone

Tools

• Air Superiority Calculator (Japanese version. English version in works)
• KanColle Calculator and tools by 艦載機厨 (in Japanese)

Discussions

• Before and After Resource Checks
• Reports and Results: E-1
• Reports and Results: E-2
• Reports and Results: E-3
• Reports and Results: E-4
• Reports and Results: E-5

Player Live Streams

• KanColle U.S.A. streamers
  • Zak提督's stream: twitch.tv/bl2w (will be playing every day from 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM JST)
  • Totaku's stream: Totaku's Livestream (will be playing on weekends from 1:30 AM - 6:00 AM CST / 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM JST)
  • DS4's stream 1: twitch.tv/deltasierra4 (will be playing on weekends from 9:00 PM - 3:00 AM CST / 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM JST. More stream announcements will be made on the wiki chat)
  • DS4's stream 2: DS4 on Livestream
  • Remi_Scarlet's stream: twitch.tv/remi_scarlet
  • NikaidoAkiBro's stream: twitch.tv/nikaidorumibro
  • HandgunOtonashi's stream : twitch.tv/handgunotonashi EST 1200 onwards.
  • SlashZero's stream: hitbox.tv/JenXIII (main) twitch.tv/jenxiii (mirror)
  • Kevadu's stream: http://www.twitch.tv/kevadu/ (will be frontlining, staying up all night to try and clear the event as quickly as possible after maintenance finishes)
  • Sekronashi's stream: http://www.twitch.tv/sekronashi
  • Crescentia's stream: http://www.hitbox.tv/crescentia (main) twitch.tv/crescentia (backup)
  • Gensui Hime's Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/gensuihime (All day Friday after 5PM, based on CST)
• Kancolle E.U Streamers
  • jeftai's stream: http://www.twitch.tv/jefferytai (will be playing randomly)
  • ArcticaFrost http://www.twitch.tv/SaberFrost
• Kancolle S.E.A. Streamers
  • dragonjet's Twitch (be one of the first to see, watch event maps, new ships and seasonal CGs get ripped first-hand)
  • Lolibunny's twitch (GMT +8 2100- 0100)
• Kancolle E.A. Streamers
  • pcp8p67's Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/pcp8p67 (W.G. Forum mainstream, Korean base.)