Sandbox/Winter 2022 E-4

Sandbox Rules

This sandbox is to be used to construct an event guide for the above-mentioned event map. These guides are to all of the following requirements:

List of branching unlocking requirements (If there are multiple requirements, compositions for each path along with the below requirements will be needed to discuss the unlocking requirements in question)
A list of working compositions that work: (These must have possible alternatives for players who may or may not have all ships needed for a specific path)
The Path said composition will take (To explain what path the composition will take)
A summary or description of what kind of obstacles a composition will face.
A description of the boss node, what it consists and a descriptive guide on what the player should consider for a course of action to successfully win the battle.
(Optional) Tips to farm to take the path to collect certain ships (This will also require a composition, path, and possible description.

Editors are to construct their own version of their guide and complete them in a timely fashion.

No other editors are to allowed to edit over other editors' work without the full consent of the editor and his approval to do so.

Several versions will be constructed through this page and will be reviewed and approved by the staff/ collaboration committee before being moved for the Summer 2020 Event which it'll be reviewed and updated once more before it can be released.

Overall there will be 3 versions of the guide that will be constructed which will include:

Preliminary Guide
Polished Guide
Finalized Guide

With each approval of each version of the guide, the said guide will be updated to the main page, and construction of the next version will begin.

All guides outside of the approved version will be removed and work will begin from the approved version to make it better for the next version until the finalized version is made.

Map Overview

Important Notice: This Event map will require to use fleets with several historical ships to obtain some advantageous routing, giving more chances to succeed in this map, please refer to the information below and remember to reserve as many ships from the "16th Squadron" as possible to use for this map.

Historical members: Aoba, Kinu, Ooi, Kitakami, Uranami, Shikinami, Amagiri, and Kamoi.

Single Fleets will be used throughout all phases of this map.

In the early phase of the map, 2 LBASs are available to sortie, a third base is only able to be used in defense.
- Once the Transport phase is completed (Phase 2), all 3 LBAS will be able to sortie.
- Air raids will occur on this map.

This map uses three locks:
- "South-Western Fleet".
- "16th Squadron".
- "Shima Escort Convoy".

At the start of the final boss phase, the "16th Squadron" tag will enforce a minimum historical ship requirement to be permitted to sortie on the map. This will be required across All difficulties.
- A minimum of 3 Historical ships is needed to Start at A (1st Starting Point) in the final phase.

Phase 1: Eliminate the Supply Depot Hime

There are two paths that can be taken to reach the boss:
- A short path which will feature night battle nodes featuring PT imps and TCI units along with a day battle with a Ne Kai.
- A long path which will be longer, but feature simpler fights such as submarines and basic surface battles.
Bringing anti-installation equipment will allow for the fleet to effectively fight the supply depot princess.
Multiple Nuke setups are recommended for higher difficulties due to the very high HP Supply Depot Princess can have (up to 6000 HP on hard mode)
LoS (Cn3) = 28.0 (Casual), 32.0 (Easy), 41.0 (Medium), 48.0 (Hard).
Nuke Setup = 1 Tank + 1 Anti-ground Rocket Launcher

+ any landing tank

or armed boat
.
3 Historical Ships are required to route West under specific conditions.
The Tag used in this segment is 16th Squadron

1CL, 0-1CA(V), 4DD
Route: A B C C2 F
- The CA CANNOT be Aoba.
- Have DD focus on using nuke setups to kill the princess more efficiently.
- Vanguard is recommended to pass through the 2 Night Battle Nodes along the way to the boss better.
- While difficult, this route serves as the fastest route to the boss
- Amagiri Kai Ni D (not Kai Ni) is recommended in this route to make the PT Imp node easier to pass thanks to her special mechanic.

1CL, 1CA/CLT, 4DD
Route: A D E E1 E2 F
- 3 Historical Ships are required for this route.
- Otherwise 1CL, 5DD is required to take the same route.
- Have DDs set up with "Nuke Setup".

Phase 2: Deplete the TP Gauge at O2

Shima Convoy will be required for this segment
All ships tagged in this sgement will be given this tag.

Due to the nature of the boss node, aim for A rank only for higher difficulties and have as much ship with Landing Crafts
as possible.
Submarine Shark Princess's fleet will consist of a mixed fleet that has submarines and surface ships.
- May contain a CVL in the mix in some cases.

0-1FBB, 0-1CV, 1CL, 3-4DD
Route: G K N1 N2 O O2
- Can reach the boss consistently but will get less TP Point per run.

1AV, 1CL, 4DD
Route: H L D A O O2
- Light Fleet allows DD to brings a lots of DLC to deplete the TP bar faster.

Phase 2.5: Locate the Jade Princess (X)

There are a total of 4 requirements needed to locate the Abyssal Jade Princess.
Vanguard is recommended to pass through Nodes before the targetted node more easily.
All the unlock will utilize the South-Western Fleet locks.

	U	R	LBAS	N
Hard	A+	A+	AS	AS
Medium	A+	A+	AS
Easy	A+	A+	AS
Casual	A+	A+

1CV, 1FBB, 1CL, 3DD
Route: G P P1 P2 Q S U
- U contains a New Submarine Princess.
- Bring OASW capable ships to A rank U easily.
- If needed, use LBAS with ASW planes and send them to U to support the fleet.
- Otherwise have LBAS bomb the nodes before U.

1-2CV(L), 1FBB, 0-1CL 2-4DD
- A fleet with a heavier weight or with no CL is required to take this route
Enemy Fleet will have a Heavy Cruiser Princess as flagship
Route: G P P1 P2 Q R
- LBAS Range to R is 6

2CV(L),1 CL, 3 DD
Route: G I M N
- At least 2 CV(L) is needed to route to N
- It is recommended to use LBAS with Fighter and send to the node to assist in getting AS for higher difficulties.
- LBAS Range to N is 6

Node N	AP	AS	AS+
Hard	232	521	1041
Medium	212	477	954
Easy	170	383	765
Casual	94	210	420

This can be done along with N, R, or U.
Otherwise send out 1 SS and keep going until the air raid is triggered.

Phase 3: Defeat Jade Princess at X

In this phase the following events will change on the map:

You will now be able to sortie all land bases on the map
- 16th Squadron can now only sortie if fleet consist of 3 historical ships

Important note: As a reminder, this phase will benefit most by using the 16th Squadron Fleet. Please be sure to conserve historical as listed at the start of the guide.

1CL, 1CA/CLT, 2DD, 2XX 16th Squadron
Route: A D V X
- XX can be DD, CLT, FBB, or CV.
- Vanguard is recommended on all Node before reaching X.
- Have 1FBB allows for 2nd shelling phase which could hurt when using vanguard on the non-boss nodes.
- LoS (Cn3) = 30.0 (Casual), 37.0 (Easy), 45.0 (Medium), 53.0 (Hard).
- 3 Historical Ships are required to route to the boss.

Debuff Phase

There are up to 5 requirements needed to Debuff the boss once Last Dance is reached :

	C1	LBAS	O2	U	W
Hard	AS	AS x2	A+	S	S
Medium	?	?	?	?	?
Easy		AS	A+		A+
Casual		AS	A+		A+

3CV, 3DD 16th Squadron
Route: A D B C C1
- Heavy Fleet for Force routing to C1
- LBAS Range to C1 is 2 if a LBAS fighter sweep is needed.

Node C1	AP	AS	AS+
Hard	55	123	246
Medium	46	102	204
Easy	32	72	144
Casual	?	?	?

This phase can be done in conjunction with any other phase during the debuff.

Refer to Phase 2 Composition for the requirement

Refer to Phase 2.5 Unlock with Node U fleet.

1CL, 2DD, 3XX (FAST) 16th Squadron
Route: A D V W
- XX can be CV(B)/(F)BB(V).
- 3 Historical Ships are required to reach W.