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| {{Ship/Banner|Souryuu|small=true}}{{Ship/Banner|Hiryuu|small=true}} || At Kai, they're effectively identical. The weakest of the 6 Kai IJN CAs. Like Kaga, they start dropping in 2-3 and early world 3.

| {{Ship/Banner|Souryuu|small=true}}{{Ship/Banner|Hiryuu|small=true}} || At Kai, they're effectively identical. The weakest of the 6 Kai IJN CAs. Like Kaga, they start dropping in 2-3 and early world 3.

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| {{Ship/Banner|Zuikaku|small=true}}{{Ship/Banner|Shoukaku|small=true}} || Better than Souryuu/Hiryuu, weaker than Akagi/Kaga. You will not see them outside of doing the CV recipe in Construction, as they only drop in 4-4 and beyond.

| {{Ship/Banner|Zuikaku|small=true}}{{Ship/Banner|Shoukaku|small=true}} || Better than Souryuu/Hiryuu, weaker than Akagi/Kaga. You're unlikely to see them outside of doing the CV recipe in Construction, as they only drop in 4-4 and beyond.

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|style="text-align:center;"|{{Ship/Banner|Akashi|small=true}} || Extremely important, and the sooner she's acquired the better. She grants the player access to Akashi's Improvement Arsenal which allows the improvement of equipment, and her ability to gradually repair lightly damaged ships greatly aids Instant Repair conservation efforts. She should be immediately placed in the player's PVP fleet when acquired to get her to Kai, where she gains the ability to repair an additional ship and a boost to her Improvement success rate.  

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Ship/Banner|Akashi|small=true}} || Extremely important, and the sooner she's acquired the better. She grants the player access to Akashi's Improvement Arsenal which allows the improvement of equipment, and her ability to gradually repair lightly damaged ships greatly aids Instant Repair conservation efforts. She should be immediately placed in the player's PVP fleet when acquired to get her to Kai, where she gains the ability to repair an additional ship and a boost to her Improvement success rate.  

She drops in the boss node of 1-5, 2-5 and 3-5. The easiest place to farm her is in 1-5, but it requires an HQ level of at least '''50'''. Since 1-5 is the best place to focus level DD/CL, she can hopefully be encountered while training your light ships.

She drops in the boss node of 1-5 and 2-5. The easiest place to farm her is in 1-5, but it requires an HQ level of at least '''50'''. Since 1-5 is the best place to focus level DD/CL, she can hopefully be encountered while training your light ships.

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You should aim for a minimum of '''8 DD, 3 CL, 4 CA/V, 4 CV, 4 CVL, 4 FBB, 1 BBV, 1 AV, 2 CLT''', plus a few specialized ships that will be mentioned specifically farther down. With everything outlined in this part of the guide (and an equivalent set of equipment), a player should be able to clear the entirety of any event on at least Easy difficulty, and some early maps might be doable on Medium or even Hard.  

You should aim for a minimum of '''8 DD, 3 CL, 4 CA/V, 4 CV, 4 CVL, 4 FBB, 1 BBV, 1 AV, 2 CLT''', plus a few specialized ships that will be mentioned specifically farther down. With everything outlined in this part of the guide (and an equivalent set of equipment), a player should be able to clear the entirety of any event on at least Easy difficulty, and some early maps might be doable on Medium or even Hard.  

At this point directions for where to collect specific key ships, if they're hard to find, is also given out, as it is feasible to begin target farming them. Construction is 100% not recommended at this point as farming gets you a better chance at ships per resources spent and gets you additional experience, too.

At this point directions for where to collect specific key ships is also given out, as it is feasible to begin target farming them. Construction is not recommended anymore as farming gets you a better chance at ships per resources spent - and gets you much needed experience, too.

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Following up on the CL mentioned in Part 1. Abukuma takes center stage here and will likely be your first blueprint target: Sendai and Isuzu are also K2'd for night battle gear and OASW/AACI, respectively. Kuma is likely to end up on the bench as her lead over other IJN ships disappears at this point.

Following up on the CL mentioned in Part 1. Abukuma takes center stage here and will likely be your first blueprint target: Sendai and Isuzu are also K2'd for night battle gear and OASW/AACI, respectively. Kuma is likely to end up on the bench as her lead over other IJN ships disappears.

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