Sandbox/Fall 2020 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 consist 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 path to collect certain ships (This will also require a composition, path, and possible description.

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

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

Several version 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 version of the guide that will be constructed which will include:

• Preliminary Guide
• Polished Guide
• Finalized Guide

With each approval of each version 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.

Desired Deadline: 12/18/2020 Midnight

Partial Guide (Boss 1 & 2) by Memetails

• Feel free to edit, but please leave a note here on which Phase was edited

General Guidelines

E4 is a multi-phase map consisting of two TP Phases followed by a final HP Phase, including unlocks for second and third boss as well as an unlockable shortcut. 3 Bases of LBAS Support are available to you on this map.

Phase 1: Clear the TP Gauge

3 Submarines Princess at once! Wowee Zowee!

• Recommended Fleet: (1BBV+CVL 4DD CL) + (1-2CL 4-5DD)
• Route: D-E-F-G-I-K-P-Q
• LBAS: Range 6 (Q), No Airpower on boss Node
• Notes:
  • Bringing a BBV instead of CVL will give you a second shelling phase, which may be desired to deal with the high HP on the submarines.
  • If aiming for S-Rank victories, you may need to balance your ASW gear and Transport Equipment between the Main and Escort fleet. The Main Fleet will get a second Shelling phase, but the escort may have to attack at night and can damage submarines at night in a Combined Fleet.
  • AACI to deal with the Airstrike is recommended.
  • OASW is strongly recommended, there is the potential for 3 submarines princess at the boss and 2 sub-nodes enroute.
  • There is no Airpower on the Boss, but 2 Air Raid nodes enroute.
  • LoS requirement is around ~23 for guaranteed routing. Random between 16-23.

• Recommended Fleet: 0-1CVL 0-1CL 4-6DD
• Route: D-E-F-H-I-M-P-Q
• LBAS: Range 6 (Q), Range 5(Q), No Airpower on boss Node
• Notes:
  • Faces 3 sub-nodes and 1 surface battle enroute
  • Avoids any Air Raids so you can equip purely for ASW and Surface Combat
  • Sending 1 base of bombers to M should let you pass the surface battle more consistently with more ASW gear
  • Limited number of attacks on the boss and will likely struggle to reach S-Ranks
  • OASW is extremely recommended
  • There is no Airpower on the Boss, a single Seaplane-Fighter is sufficient to acquire AS
  • LoS requirement is around ~16.

Phase 2: Unlock Second Transport

• Obtain AS at node K x1
  • The same fleet as the Phase 1 TCF comp can be used. Load full fighters where capable.
  • Loading your LBAS with fighters and doing a fighter sweep may be required to obtain AS.
• Obtain AS at node A x2
  • Any comps can reach, just load up on fighters.

Phase 3: Second Transport Phase

AA go 'Pew'.

Transport Combined Fleet

• Recommended Fleet: (2AV 4DD) + (1-2CL 0-1CA 3-5DD) or (AV CAV 4DD) + (1-2CL 4-5DD)
• Route: D-C-B-A-R-S-U-V-W
• LBAS: Range 6 (W), Range 5 (U), No Airpower on boss Node
• Notes:
  • Bring any (F)BB(V) or CV(L/B) will offroute you
  • There are 4 Air Raids and 1 Surface Battle enroute to the boss.
  • It's possible to achieve AD on the Air Raids with enough Seaplane-Fighters (~200 Air Power)
  • AACI to deal with the Airstrike is highly recommended.
  • Sending LBAS to the Boss will likely result in them being shot down.
  • Send a single base of bombers to U to help pass to the boss.
  • The boss has a ~1/3 change of Vanguard formation, likely forcing a night battle to obtain even A-Rank victories.
  • The boss has 295 armor, plan accordingly.

Totaku's Proposal (With some borrowing from Memetales)

• Guide in current form will be constructed using known data collected from KC Piro Nav, experience and data from other player that had been checked across discord. Feel free to edit/merge/update accordingly and maybe leave a note of the changes thanks!

Preperations

If you successfully completed up to E4 and have plans to take on hard mode a few important steps need to be considered for this set. You will need a sizeable crew of both Japanese and American ships to take on the map and because of multiple location, bonuses will vary between ship so please be sure to have ships that will take on different responsibility to complete the operations on this map.

This will include the following thing:

• Organizing a strong ASW Fleet
• Have ships that can provide Anti-Air Coverage/ AACI
• A sizeable crew of ships that can take on transport operations
• Enough Land Base Planes that you can switch and organize to do various tasks ranging from ASW, Air power, Land Base Air Defense and Bombings.
• A strong crew of ships that can provide strong surface combat
• A team of ships that can perform TCI

All of these combinations should provide you what you need to complete this map.

Below is a list of questions you should ask yourself before considering hard mode for the final map:

1. Do you have a team of OASW capable ships which may include ships like OASW Japanese DDs, American DDs and DE?
2. Do you have a CVE/AV/LHA (Shinshuu Maru preffered) that can be used as a fighter mule during the transport segments?
3. Do you have ASW capable planes that can be used in your land base to attack submarines at the boss node?
4. Do you have planes that can provide strong air power to help you achieve AS on air nodes?
5. Do you have enough bombers that can be used upon 2-3 land bases?
6. Do you have enough land base fighters / interceptors and rocket interceptors to protect your land base efficiently?
7. Do you have enough ships that you can set up a team of 2-3 TCI units?
8. Do you have Atlanta?
9. If not, do you have at least 2 Akizuki / Fletch class DDs that can provide strong AACI?
10. Do you have a sizeable crew of American BBs, CVs, and DDs?
11. Do you have Special attack battleships like Nagato, Mutsu, or Nelson?
12. Do you have ships that are historically related to the Spring Breeze, Operation Ta-Go and nearby forces invovled in the campain (Check historical list for details)

If you said yes to most of the questions, you should be prepared to handle the map, otherwise reevaluate your fleet to see if you can actually do the map or consider lowering difficulty.

Historical stuff

(Insert Echo's history buff chart here or whoever makes it)

Phase 0 (Basic Land Base Defense (Optional))

While getting ready to run your LBAS, you can opt to build one of your LBAS (in this example of the guide the 3rd one) with the purpose of Land base defense. You can techically do most of the segments up to fighting the final boss with no more than 2 land bases. This in turn will minimize the loss of your resources but because it won't be enough to fully prevent loss in rank, be aware that your land base may began to loose rank slowly over (Primary in your rocket interceptors)

So it's up to your if you want to use this method, but you are free to use your land base for the offensive purpose if necessary. If so, you can opt to set up a similar set up as shown in the phases along the way. By around Phase 6 and 8, you'll be using your LBAS to the fullest extent against the last boss.

Phase 1: Spring Breeze Convoy (1st TP Phase)

In this phase you'll be performing a transport operation while also protecting your fleet from some air stirkes that will occur along the way. As long as you have a fleet with good ASW, AACI, capable of transporting supplies and a land base that can support your while taking out the enemy ships and subs, the phase should be simple to complete.

Below are the following comps you can consider for clearing this:

• Recommended Fleet: 1BBV/CVL, 1CL/CAV/AV/LAH, 4DD + 1 CL, 2-5DD, 0-3 DE)
• Route: D-E-F-G-I-K-P-Q
• LBAS: Range 6 (Q), No Airpower on boss Node
  • All Land Base Bombers/ ASW Bombers in Land Base 1-2
• Notes:
  • Bringing a BBV instead of CVL will give you a second shelling phase, which may be desired to deal with the high HP on the submarines.
  • DEs, American DDs, and Harukaze are effective to due to their bonus and can be considered for this phase.
  • If aiming for S-Rank victories, you may need to balance your ASW gear and Transport Equipment between the Main and Escort fleet. The Main Fleet will get a second Shelling phase, but the escort may have to attack at night and can damage submarines at night in a Combined Fleet.
  • Alternatively you use a CVL, your main ship, you will likely have your main fleet focus on transport while escort will concentrate ASW with possibly one ship focusing on combat in hopes of scoring an S rank.
  • AACI to deal with the Airstrike is recommended.
  • OASW is strongly recommended, there is the potential for 3 submarines princess at the boss and 2 sub-nodes enroute.
  • There is no Airpower on the Boss, but 2 Air Raid nodes enroute.
  • LoS requirement is around ~23 for guaranteed routing. Random between 16-23.

• Recommended Fleet: 0-1CVL 0-1CL 4-6DD
• Route: D-E-F-H-I-M-P-Q
• LBAS: Range 6 (Q), Range 5(Q), No Airpower on boss Node
  • All Land Base Bombers/ ASW Bombers in Land Base 1-3
• Notes:
  • Faces 3 sub-nodes and 1 surface battle enroute
  • Avoids any Air Raids so you can equip purely for ASW and Surface Combat
  • Sending 1 base of bombers to M should let you pass the surface battle more consistently with more ASW gear
  • Alternatively Vanguard can be considered for Node M to attempt to pass while consercing LBAS support for the boss node.
  • Limited number of attacks on the boss and will likely struggle to reach S-Ranks
  • OASW is extremely recommended
  • There is no Airpower on the Boss, a single Seaplane-Fighter is sufficient to acquire AS
  • LoS requirement is around ~16.

The submarine princess is not a difficult boss to clear out if you a strong LBAS that has a good mix of Land Bombers and ASW planes, bring DEs, or historical DDs that that effectively take her down.

It's often harder to take out the support fleet than the subs in most cases. In some comps, she can appear with two New Submarine Princesses which will be harder to eliminate, but again, a proper balance of OASW ships and combat gear should effectively do the trick.

Eliminate the surface ships will need the help of the LBAS or a ship that can attack in night battle. But regardless, if you bring enough ships that can carrier Daihatsu, clearing this phase shouldn't take long.

Once this phase is complete, the next phase will commence and you will need to unlock the path to the next area.

Phase 2: Unlocking the path to Ormoc Bay

In this phase you will need to complete two requirements (or less depending on the difficult) As of current, only Hard and Normal requirements are known and are listed below.

• Score AS on Node K (Hard Only)
• Score AS on Node A (2x on Hard, 1x on Normal)

Below will be a simple guide for each node:

• Recommended Fleet: Transport Combined Fleet -(1BBV/CVL, 1CL/CAV/AV/LAH, 4DD + 1 CL, 2-5DD, 0-3 DE
• Route: D-E-F-G-I-K
• LBAS: Range 5 (K), 166 AD/ 331 AP /744 AS under hardest composition
  • All Land Fighters in Land Base 1-2 (3rd LB with same set up optional)
• Notes:
  • BBV/ CVL and CL/CAV/AV/LAH should be all fighters, preferably the strongest you have
  • All methods to reach the node are simlar to phase 1.
  • Under weaker comps it can be done with mainly two land bases

• Recommended Fleet: Single Fleet 4CV
• Route: C-B-A
• LBAS: Range 3 (A) 166 AD/ 331 AP/ 744 AS under hardest composition
  • All Land Fighters in Land Base 1-3 (Optional)
• Notes:
  • This phase is one of the few times it might be good to organize you carrier fleet you'll be using for the later phases.
  • Load all fighters on Carriers
  • This should be achievable without using a Land base, so you can opt to put your land base on rest

Once all conditions are met the path to the 2nd TP area will be unlocked.

Phase 3: Operation Ta-Go (2nd TP Phase)

In this phase, you will be using your Transport Combined fleet once more to complete another transport operation going to Node W node. This phase will put you against lots of airwaves which you must successfully pass in order reach the battle of surface ships before reaching the transport drop off point.

For this phase members of the Operation Ta-Go ships will be useful in helping you complete this phase and can help you clear the phase quickly (See historical ships for details)

As of current no LoS is known for the path to the boss and appeared to be linked to ship types. As of current the following composition is known:

• Recommended Fleet: Transport Combined fleet 0-1 LHA(Shinshuu Maru)/CAV Max, 0-2 AV/CL, 4DD + 1CL, 0-1 CA, 4-5 DD
• Route: D-C-B-A-R-S-U-V-W
• LBAS: All Land Base Bombers on Land Base 1-2 (Land Base Recon Optional)
  • Range (5) Node U Land Base 1
  • Range (6): Node W Land Base 2

• Notes:
  • Bring any (F)BB(V) or CV(L/B) will offroute you
  • There are 4 Air Raids and 1 Surface Battle enroute to the boss.
  • AACI to crucial for to surviving the air nodes, bring Atlanta or two AACI ships to ensure that AACI will proc to improve you chances of survival.
  • Main Fleet DDs should mainly focus on transporting supplies
  • It's possible to achieve AD on the Air Raids with enough Seaplane-Fighters (~200 Air Power)
  • Node U will consist of Light cruisers and DDs that may pose a problem with passing depending on the formation.
  • Send a single base of bombers to U to help pass to the boss.
  • Sending LBAS to the Boss will likely result in them being shot down.
  • The boss has a ~1/3 change of Vanguard formation, likely forcing a night battle to obtain even A-Rank victories.
  • Boss Support is recommend to make A ranks and S ranks more possible.
  • Organizing some ships in escort for TCI may help with clearing for S rank.

The boss will consist of a Destroyer Forest Princess that will be accompanied by 2 Tsu-class and 3 Na-class DDs which two are capable of opening torpedo attacks on hard. Sending a Land Base here may help you clear out the enemy ships but it is also possible that they can knock out your planes in the process. Using Land base and boss support will help it make it more likely to secure an A rank, but to deplete the gauge faster, you can consider possible TCI units in hopes of killing the Princess if she weak enough to be taken out. Using historical DD TCI will be the most effective way of doing so. Otherwise feel free to continue with A ranks until you successfully deplete the gauge.

Once you complete the TP phase, you will then unlock the final boss phase and then process to look into unlocking the path.

Phase 4: Unlocking the path to the last boss

In this phase you will completing a few task to unlock the way to the final boss. They will consist of the following steps:

• Get AS on Land Base Defense Twice
• S Rank Node X2

The process to doing this step can be done as followed:

Recommended Land Base: 2-3 Land Base with Fighters / Interceptors and Rocket Interceptors

• You can run a single sub on the map until a land base air raid triggers
• If your on hard mode the air raid will be given the High Altitude Bomber buff making it hard to take down without rocket interceptors.
• If required on lower difficulties, you will not need rocket interceptors as much to clear.

• Recommended Fleet: STF - 2 (F)BB(V), 2 CAV, 1 CV, 1 CL + 1 CL, 0-1 CLT, 4-5DD
• LBAS: Set on Rest unless set on Air Defense
• Path: D-C-B-A-R-X1-X2 (Fast fleet can bypass Node B)

• Notes:
  • Arm fleet with Anti air guns or Skilled lookouts to take out PT Imps
  • Bring strong Air power and perform AACI to make passing the air nodes easier

X2 is just 3 PT imps a CL and 2 DD. All which can be passable, as long as you have a way to dispatch imps, getting an S ranks easily.

Once all conditions are met, the path to the boss will be unlocked.

Phase 5: Unlocking the shortcut (X2 to Y6)

In this phase, your fleet will need to complete a list of tasks in order to unlock the shortcut that will allow you you to take node Y6 instead Y1. This will require you to revisit and do various task that will involve different fleet, and arranging your LBAS to complete a variety of tasks.

These tasks will include the following:

• S Rank Node Q
• S Rank Node W
• AS Rank Node Y2
• S Rank Node Y3
• A Rank Node Y5
• Land Base Air Defense once