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

Event Maps

E-1

Wreck the enemy submarines around our anchorage 『泊地周辺の敵潜を叩け』 Information Use CLs and DD Boss: (Node J) Submarine So-class Elite(丙） ASW Nodes B, C, F, J and K have no battle Boss changes on final attack
Branching rules Random between A and B LOS check from G to I LOS check from H 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）
Branching rules
Tips

E-3

Combined Fleet, weigh anchors! 『連合艦隊、抜錨！』 Information Combined Fleet 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 Ver 2.0 by Ofi123
• 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)