Winter 2015 Event

Revision as of 06:35, 7 February 2015 by 1.52.206.22 (talk) (→‎E-2)

Introduction

The Winter 2015 Event, 【Counter-attack! Assault on Truk Anchorage】 will begin February 6th, ending two weeks later on February 23rd.

It is based around Operation Hailstone

Patch Notes

See Recent Updates for more info.

  1. New Ships
  2. New Enemy Vessels
  3. New Equipment
  4. 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 (E-3 and E-5)
  2. Line of Sight requirements on some (all?) maps.
  3. Choosable difficulty
    • This event has 3 ranks: easy (丙), normal (乙), hard (甲).
    • You can choose the difficulty in each map separately.
    • Different difficulties give different medals, equipment and materials when clearing the maps.
    • Ships rewards (U-511, Katori and Amagi) will appear regardless of the difficulty.
    • Difficulties probably affect drop rates, but ships still drop in any difficulty.
    • When the difficulty is changed, the boss's health bar will be reset.
    • Once the map is cleared (boss HP bar is depleted and killed), you CANNOT go back and change the difficulty.
  4. There is no ship locking for this event.
  5. The boss HP gauges does not regenerate over time in any map in any difficulty.
  6. Support Expeditions are available. Expedition 141 Focuses on Support for Normal Nodes, Whereas Expedition 142 Focuses Support on Boss Nodes. The Expeditions DO REQUIRE that you have 2 DDs in your fleet. Do take note that their expeditions will end early after you finish one sortie, so try to make the most use out of them.

Event Maps

E-1

Wreck the enemy submarines around our anchorage!
『泊地周辺の敵潜を叩け!』

Information

  • Requires 5 kills to complete. On final kill, boss flagship will become an upgraded version, and needed to be killed in order to destroy the bar.
  • Can only use CL and DD
  • Boss: (Node I) Submarine So-class Elite (甲)
    Final Form: (Node I) Submarine So-class Flagship (甲)
  • ASW
  • Nodes B, C, F, J and K have no battle
  • Rewards upon clear:
    • Clearing on Hard (甲): 1 Chocolate, 1 Mamiya, 1 Furniture Fairy, 2 Improvement Materials, 1 Reppuu (601 Squadron)
    • Clearing on Medium (乙): 1 Chocolate, 1 Mamiya, 1 Furniture Fairy, 1 Reppuu (601 Squadron)
    • Clearing on Easy (丙): 1 Chocolate, 1 Mamiya, 1 Furniture Fairy, 1 Reppuu
  • The Chocolate is exchangeable for some resources. You should keep it because it's cute.

Branching rules

  • Random between A and B
  • More than 1 CL or insufficient LOS will send you from H to G
  • 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
  • The submarines on node H are in line ahead formation. Use line abreast when attacking them.


E-2

Bombing of Truk anchorage
『トラック泊地空襲』

Information

Branching rules

  • A fleet without DD/CL/CVL/Akitsumaru/Akashi will always end up at the dead end J
  • At least 2 DD/CL/CVL/Akitsumaru/Akashi OR 1 CV + 1 CVL(any combination) and not more than 1 CLT required to start with node A
  • 1 CL, at least 3 DD, fast fleet, and and not more than two of (CL, CLT, CA (not CAV), BB, CV, empty slot) required to go from A to D, otherwise you go to F.
  • A fleet with at most 1 BB and at most 1 CV goes from F to G, otherwise it's H
  • LOS check from G/H to I
  • If you're having trouble getting to the boss, it's advisable to avoid starting at node B; fuel loss = higher chances to get hit

Tips

  • 1 CLT 2BB 1 CV 1 CVL 1 DD (A-F-H-I)
  • 3 BB 2CV 1CVL
  • 1 DD 1 CL 2CV 2FBB
  • 2 BB 1 CA 2CVL 1CV
  • 2CA(V) 2CL 2CV (Light Fleet Ver.)
  • 2FBB, 2CV, 2CVL
  • 2FBB, 1CAV, 1CA, 2CVL
  • 2FBB, 1CV, 1CVL, 1CA, 1CL
  • 2FBB, 2CV, 1CVL, 1DD
  • 2FBB, 2CV, 1CAV, 1DD
  • CLT can be taken, without 2CVL bound to going to maelstrom node
  • Akizuki (Kai), Fubuki (Kai Ni), Hatsushimo (Kai Ni), Ushio (Kai Ni) or Shigure (Kai Ni) for doing AA cut-in (especially in the boss node) due to their high AA stats, reduces chances of damage from Nu-class flagship and Wo-class flagship


E-3

Combined Fleet, sortie now!
『連合艦隊、出撃!』

Information

Branching rules

Tips

  • 4 FBB + 1 CV + Akitsumaru (1st fleet) and 1 CL + 1 CLT + 4 DD (2nd fleet) will go either A->B->F->H->K or C->E->F->H->K (random). 4 battles total either way.
  • 2 FBB + 2 CAV + 2 CVL (1st fleet) and 1 CL + 1 CA + 4 DD (2nd fleet) will go C->E->H->K. This is only 3 battles total and is probably the shortest route to boss. Though there is a fuel maelstrom at E.
  • [Quick Response] - 2 FBB + 1 CAV + 3 CV (1st fleet) and 1 CL + 1 CA + 4 DD (2nd fleet) works pretty well if you have the ships supporting this composition. Goes A->B->F->H->K or C->E->F->H->K (random). Usually using top right formation (survive) until the boss node, then switch to bottom right (battle).
  • 2BB+1BBV+2CAV+CV (1st) 4DD+1CL+1CA (2nd) C->E->H->K Hard Mode


E-4

Seize the Enemy Task Force!
『敵機動部隊を捕捉せよ!』

Information

Branching rules

  • At least 2DD is REQUIRED to reach the boss.

Tips

  • Heavy AA on boss, using heavy AA CV's like Taihou or Kaga reccomended.
  • 47 ELOS Hardmode confirmed to reach boss.
  • Recommended Formation:
    • 2 FBB 2DD 2CV.


E-5

Decisive Battle! Combined Fleet, Begin Counterattack!
『決戦!連合艦隊、反撃せよ!』

Information

  • Boss:(Node J) Battleship Water Demon "damaged"(甲)
  • Rewards: Amagi, 2 Medals, 8 Improvement Materials, 1 First Class Medal (甲)
  • The First Class Medal is exchangable for  10,000, 10 Development Materials, 10 Improvement Materials, and 10 Large Furniture Boxes.

Branching rules

Tips


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