Started Playing: Early July, 2014

Server: Hitokappu

Current HQ: 99

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Standard Carriers


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Kaga kai card.jpg
Souryuu kai2 card.jpg
Hiryuu kai2 card.jpg
Shoukaku kai card.jpg
Zuikaku kai card.jpg

Unryuu kai card.jpg

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Battleships


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Hiei kai2 card.jpg
Haruna kai2 card.jpg

Kirishima kai2 card.jpg

Fusou kai card.jpg
Yamashiro kai card.jpg
Ise kai card.jpg

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Light Carriers


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Chiyoda carrier kai2 card.jpg
Ryuujou kai2 card.jpg
Junyou kai2 card.jpg

Hiyou kai card.jpg

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Heavy Cruisers


Myoukou kai2 card.jpg
Haguro kai2 card.jpg

Nachi kai card.jpg

Tone kai2 card.jpg
Chikuma kai2 card.jpg
Suzuya kai card.jpg

Kumano kai card.jpg

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Light Cruisers


Sendai kai2 card.jpg
Jintsuu kai2 card.jpg
Naka kai2 card.jpg

Ooyodo kai card.jpg

Kitakami kai2 card.jpg
Ooi kai2 card.jpg

Kiso kai2 card.jpg

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Destroyers


Yukikaze kai card.jpg
Shimakaze kai card.jpg
Yuudachi kai2 card.jpg
Shigure kai2 card.jpg
Ayanami kai2 card.jpg

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Submarines


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I-168 kai card.jpg
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I-58 kai card.jpg

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Sortie Notes


Very much under construction!


Map Applicable Notes
1-4 Map.jpgWorld 1-4 Bm3 - Deploy a Torpedo Squadron [2 / 2] attempts using 3 CL + 3 DD. All attempts were sent south B-H-I to dead end J.

[3 / 3] attempts using 1 CL + 5 DD. All attempts took one of the two northern routes so far.

1-5 Map.jpgWorld 1-5 Monthly Medal

Bw10 - A-rank at the boss node 3x

Recommended fleet order: CVL - Flag, BBV, DD/CL, DD/CL

This setup will allow your weaker ASW ships to focus on trash, saving the enemy flag for your CL/DD attacking last.

3-3 Map.jpgWorld 3-3 Bw7 - Defeat 5 bosses in the Northern Sea My currently preferred map for this weekly.

Recommended: AS+ 243 (includes 6 buffer)
Fleet: 2 CLT, 2 CAV, 1 CV, 1 CVL
CAV equipped with Zuiun to help with AS. Add one radar for maelstroms
Testing E->F pathing. 1 CV + 1 CVL (2/2 success so far). 2 CV does not seem to go E->F (0/3? success). 2 CVL is not guaranteed E->F (1/2? success)

3-5 Map.jpgWorld 3-5 Monthly Medal

Bw7 - Defeat 5 bosses in the Northern Sea

South Route: CL + 5 DD (SPARKLE ALL)

Ooyodo: 2 x 15.5 (red or yellow?) + 2 x type 0 observation = no LoS problems
DD: 2 x 10cm + boiler
First Node (B) - Double Line? Line Abreast? How best to avoid troll CL?
Second Node (G) - Line Abreast works miracles



World 2-5 Battle plans for next month: (untested)

2 CAV + 2 DD + CLT + CVL for B-E-H-L path
Advantages: resource cheap, buckets cheap, supposedly no B-F dead ends, 2 pre boss nodes, avoids BWS and BRS
Disadvantages: light fleet, Ru node E, will need to pack saiun as light fleet will be weak against boss node.
Best CVL to bring is Ryuujou Kai Ni as she has the largest 2 slots that isn't Jun'you slow speed.
Recommend: 35 AS for first node. Ignoring AS+ as it's only one node

CAV can help cover some of the AS, allowing green plane on 3rd largest slot.

Construction


Ship LSC Attempts Fuel Ammunition Steel Bauxite Item Icon Development Material.png Completed
Taihou 26 103,500 53,500 131,000 181,000 600 Not Available





LSC Results Count
Maruyu card.jpg 3
Akitsumaru card.jpg 2
Akagi card.jpg 1
Kaga card.jpg 3
Souryuu card.jpg 2
Hiryuu card.jpg 1
Shoukaku card.jpeg 3
Zuikaku card.jpg 5
Junyou kai card.jpg 2
Hiyou kai card.jpg 3
Ryuujou kai2 card.jpg 1

How to Prepare for Events


Are you ready? I'm a first-class lady.

Development

I'm placing this first as it can't be emphasized enough: develop, develop, develop. You can begin developing good stuff at a low HQ of 20-30. A lot of events have Line of Sight (LoS) checks which are highly equipment based. Your carrier's default planes are also pretty crappy and can receive a massive upgrade with developed planes. Developing equipment will help you succeed in events and sorties so there's no reason why you shouldn't start now. The last thing you need to happen during an event is realizing that you are short X item and are burning resources trying to develop an item that only has a 2% success chance. Following is a list of items that you should have developed before going into an event. You can research recipes here.

Item
Minimum Required
Recommended
Notes
Equipment Card Type 3 Shell.pngType 3 Shell
2
4
The Type 3 Shell or Sanshiki is a required staple now that there are installation type bosses. Installation type enemies are immune to torpedoes (but not torpedo bombers) and will take mostly scratch damage from all your ships. The Type 3 Shell can be equipped on your BB/CA to allow those ships to do increased damage on these types of bosses.
Equipment Card Saiun.pngSaiun
2
4
The Saiun (Iridescent Cloud) is used to prevent Red-T engagements which make it harder to S rank a boss. They also provide 9 LoS which is then doubled in LoS calculations. Event maps are almost guaranteed to have LoS checks along the way and these will help you to meet those checks.
Equipment Card Prototype Reppuu Late Model.pngReppu
2 - 4
8
The Reppuu (Strong Gale) is the best craftable +AA plane in the game and are incredibly valuable for securing air superiority. The Shiden Kai 2 is a close substitute if you aren't able to develop enough Reppuu (Strong Gale).
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0
8
Now moving on to not required but good to have equipment, the 46cm Triple Gun Mount will help get your BB up to firepower cap while also providing additional AA cover. These can be hard to make so you might want to only start with a few.
Equipment Card Type 0 Observation Seaplane.pngType 0 Obs. Seaplane
0
6
Not to be confused with the Type 0 Recon Seaplane which you have a million of, the Type 0 Observation Seaplane has better stats and is cheap to make, but is pretty rare. The +1 additional LoS is doubled in LoS calculations. The more LoS the better when it comes to meeting LoS requirements during events.
Equipment Card Type 33 Surface Radar.pngType 33 Surface Radar
0
4
The Type 33 Surface RADAR is the highest LoS radar that can fit on a DD. As DD cannot equip seaplanes to help with LoS checks, all they can do is equip small radars. These fit in nicely in their third slot should you need additional LoS.




Fleet

The general rule of thumb is take 2 ships of each type and level them up. It pays to be versatile though. Focus on getting your ships to Kai status first and modernized, then gradually work your way to Kai Ni or higher levels. Leveling up your ships is important, but so is having the appropriate ships for branching rules which you won't know until the event has started. Don't neglect developing your equipment!

"Two ships good, four ships better!"

These are a few ships which I recommend leveling either for their unique abilities or for their equipment. Feel free to love/level whichever ships you want though.

Ship Notes
Yukikaze kai card.jpgYukikaze With a cut-in setup and her 60 luck Yukikaze can one shot just about anything at the boss node during night battles. And since events tend to make you use DDs in branching rules...
Kitakami kai2 card.jpgKitakami Similar to Yukikaze with even more power but less luck, Kitakami is your ace in the hole for dishing out incredible amounts of damage through her torpedos during the day and her powerful double attacks or cut-ins at night.
Sendai kai2 card.jpgSendai A great CL with unique equipment. The only source of the Type 98 Recon Seaplane (Night Scout), along with one of the two Star Shell in the game. Sendai's equipment will help make your night battle life just a little more bearable.
Ayanami kai2 card.jpgAyanami Good stats and the owner of the other Star Shell if you wanted to carry a second to reduce the number of times that these tend to fail. Unfortunately Ayanami has her Kai Ni level at 70.
Souryuu kai2 card.jpgSouryuu

Hiryuu kai2 card.jpgHiryuu

You probably won't have Souryuu and Hiryuu if you are a newer TTK, but if you do get one it would be a good idea to level them up for their unique planes. The Tenzan Model 12 (Tomonaga Squadron) and Suisei (Comet) (Egusa Squadron) are the best blue and red bombers in the game. It does take quite a bit of work to both find them, level them to Kai Ni, and unlock the upgraded versions of their planes.
Kaga kai card.jpgKaga With her massive 46 plane slot, Kaga is considered one of the best CV in the game.




Event Record


Summer 2014 Event Banner Alt.jpg Summer 2014 Event
August 8th to August 29th
E-5 Cleared
Fall 2014 Event
November 14th to November 28th
E-?? Cleared

Useful Kancolle Links


Kancolle AS Calculator - Air Superiority Calculator. Very useful!
JP Kancolle LoS Calculator - A LoS calculator including red/blue plane LoS

KC Player - Play your favorite voice clips!
http://zh.moegirl.org - Lots of good stuff, but all in JP


Random Kancolle Videos


Taigei - Because Hnnnngggg
Kancolle MMD - 1, 2, 3, 4
【手書き】 艦これ絵日記〜第六駆逐隊〜 - Because sad video is sad
第13回MMD杯本選 イーノックが艦娘たちと踊ってみたようです - My favorite from the 13th MMD cup
第12回MMD杯Ex イーノックが艦娘たちと踊ってみたようです - The above guy's previous video
【第13回MMD杯本選】海の日なのです! - Because I happen to like Nichijou
Is the order a kanmusu? (niconico) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

【最新版】艦これ 戦闘BGMまとめ【2014.8.8】 - BGM Music Collection
【艦これBGM】 艦これオーケストラアレンジメドレー 【完成版】 - Short collection of some instrumental BGM Music
艦娘とティータイム出来る様に艦これBGMを色々喫茶店風にアレンジ - Coffee house music

【作業用BGM】 艦これ『雨音これくしょん』 【アレンジ】 - Another nice collection of instrumental music