how many resources should i stock up?
and what ships do i need to level up first?
how many resources should i stock up?
and what ships do i need to level up first?
I don’t think stopping with the training is a good idea. With the exception of buckets, whatever OP manages to stockpile is going to be wasted on countless failed runs due to low level ships. Given that fleet, I’d recommend training even harder, keeping all resources below softcap (to benefit from natural regen) and just try to get as many levels as possible, especially for CAs, CVs and BBs. Softcap is more than enough to clear easy as long as you have a half-decent fleet (which OP doesn’t have yet).
Yea I agree, I didn't realize that a lot his ships' levels are on the lower end so disregard what I said earlier. Basically he will need to...well...level up ships from every department. With around 2 weeks left before the event, I am not too sure which ships he should prioritize.
This is the first time I'm trying to help someone in this Forum. There are probably still lots of people who are better in this game but here is my advice:
I assume you will go full easy, so shiplocks won't be a problem. You should just focus on levelling your ships to 50. Level 50 should be enough for easy. Especially since this event is supposed to be small. But the higher your girls' levels are the better.
You might just want to look through some of the guides on this Wiki.
Since capital ships are naturally stronger than light ships they are going to have an easier time in the event, even on low levels. Many players tend to neglect their DDs and CLs but those ships are often required for branching and they will also be your main damage dealers in night battles. You should use them in PvP as often as you can because that gives them much and easy EXP.
DD: You should lvel your Yuudachi to Kai Ni. Akatsuki and Asashio to 50. Shimakaze to 50. She already has top stats on Kai so she is really a keeper. If you have time left, please consider levelling another DD a little bit up.
CL:Sendai to Kai Ni! Her Equipment is basically all you need for your night battles. If you have time you should also level KitaOoi to Kai Ni because they are incredibly strong.
CA(V): Mogami needs some level. Usually there are two CAVs required for branching but the others are hard to obtain. But if you find one of the Mogami-Cruisers make aure to level them. Make sure to level one other CA to 50.
CV(L): I woul recommend you to get one of your fast CVL a few levels. Apart from that you should be fine. Furthermore You should give your Kaga a few levels.
(F)BB(V): I would recommend to level Mutsu and Kirishima to 50. If you still have time left, consider training you Aviation Battleships.
You definitely don't have enough time for everything, but I won't stop leveling if I were you. As I said, get as much rsc as possible but never stop yourself from lvling your fleet. I'm a bit low on time so I'll be brief:
DD:
Yuudachi will be your highest priority to Kai Ni. Highest fighting power, nuff said.
Next up is Shimakaze considering her stats are high for early levels.
With only 5 levels left, you can consider Kai-ni-ing Fubuki.
That will give you 3 strong DD. Asashio, Akatsuki and Kasumi should be leveled up more but don't bother Kai-ni-ing them as I doubt you'll have enough time to get all of them to lvl 70. You just need two more decent DD so don't dedicate too much time to all of them.
CL: There's ships I can recommend and each have their own benefits. Depending on time constraint, you might wanna pick just one of these.
Isuzu Kai Ni can perform OASW, nuff said. Wait till you see if there's a sub-map first then level her during the event. It's not essential anyways. You also can't carry plane so her only salvage point is OASW. She'll be my last option to level.
Sendai Kai Ni gives you all the Night battle kit you will need; I would say to go for her first but the thing is you need a strong CL for your fleet and Sendai K2 takes a while to get. I'd get her if you really have the time to dedicate into leveling her up to 60 in time (along with everything else!)....She'll be my 2nd option to level
Kuma and Nagara (pick one, probably Kuma since you already leveled her). These two are the more hidden one as they don't have Kai Ni and new players might overlook them. However, their stats are ridiculous for non-Kai ni ships and you can regain benefit from them faster than many of the Kai Ni as their Kai form is strong enough as it is. Consider taking Kuma and level her up a bit more if you're running low on time. Yes, ditch Sendai and Isuzu if needed. You will most likely only need 1 to 2 CL (not certain, just a minimum safety measure) unlike others. They'll be my main priority to level.
'CLT: ' They're always indispensable. If you can get those two to Kai ni, then do it! Definitely High priority
CA:
You're pretty weak in this field but salvageable.
Tone and Choukai will need BP for Kai Ni so don't be too focus on them.
Maya needs extremely high level. Consider this when you're leveling her.
Due to your lack of CA, I would recommend leveling these 2 up more: Takao, Chikuma
It might sound weird but Takao and Chikuma have good stat considering their Kai form. So at the current state, lvling them might be the best option as reaching Kai Ni for any other ships is too far away.
BB:
As much of a Goddess Haruna is her Kai Ni is actually the highest of the four with around the same stat. If anything, focusing on Kirishima, the strongest hitter might be better. However, that doesn't matter much. Just reccomend.
CV/CVL:
Don't bother with Ryuujou, she needs Kai ni to be effective and you ain't getting that anytime soon. Get Chiyoda Kai Ni if possible for another CVL. Otherwise, focuses on the other CVLs too. Preferably the "FAST" one for branching.
I won't go much over them because it's pretty generic...level them up. Kaga is usually the choice, but since you have Shoukaku you can consider her too. Akagi is your back-up-ish.
Your current goal is not to Kai Ni as much as possible. Your current goal is to get the optimal ship out of the bunch (e.g. good stats for Kai Form). Kai Ni Junyou for now as you're almost there anyways. Fubuki is optional.
Well....it became pretty long but I focused on DD and CL mostly. Good luck.
Ill try stating things that people in this thread haven't said yet.
Resources do not matter too much in easy, as long as they are hovering around softcap (with exception of bauxite) at approx 25k with expedition support. However, note that i said *hovering*, meaning that your resources should be at 25k when you initially begin the event. You must take the event slowly to reduce drainage on resources, i.e. don't spam sorties quickly. Bauxite needs to be over softcap at maybe around 30-35k to be on the safe side - as carrier fleets + LBAS can kill your bauxite. Bauxite also doesn't regen quickly - limiting your sortie abilities to a crawl if you run out. Fuel and ammo can be quickly made up overnight alongside constant day expeditions. At the moment though, your fuel, ammo and bauxite is looking dangerously low, especially your ammo levels.
Equipment wise you will probably need to craft more shells. Usually 3-4 T3's and 3-4 AP shells will suffice. Also, T3 shells are not armour piercing shells, they are specialised for AA due it's explosive dispersion, shredding aircraft with it's shrapnel. For planes you will need around 8 ish quality fighters (either Shiden K2 or Reppuu), and at least 4 each of Suisei M12A and Ryuusei Kai. Torp bombers (blue planes) are especially important for loading carrier fleets and LBAS, so consider upgrading all your blue planes to Ryuusei's or better. Since the first map is likely to be friendly to new players, it probably will feature SS Hime, so also consider crafting better quality ASW equipment.
you can clear an event even ur buckets is only 50 and ur resource is fuel ammo and steel is 20k and bauxite is 15k or 10k if you put them is in wise and good use.Considering your going to do a combine fleet battle note that some players here take patient on sparkling all ships before going to battle.They are doing this to prevent more damage that may cause more casual buckets use, some players loss too much buckets because of keep and keep doing the sortie on event without sparkling there fleet the reason is only it's so hassle in time because they are on a rush it's so understandable but for those who is farming there exceptional for sparkling all their ships because they are farming only on easy mode and always expect that sometimes your ship will be damage there but not all, but on hard it is. If your aiming to clear on the event fast even a small bauxite like 15k-10k is enough how could it be enough?. well u need to know first on how much damage this map can cause you when battling the specific event map. In LBAS there is a formula on the wiki there to know if your planes is enough to get an +AS if not then in order for you to survive that event is to craft needed planes or make a wise sortie strategy to clear the map.
For Example:
I am going to sortie where a an event map has LBAS and i need to get an +AS in ther but my planes is not enough you can craft planes you are needed and make them double sheuvron >>
Note:
but note this always don't rush on playing the event since you can take your time level up your planes since the event takes 2 weeks on playing it and all the days you are not going to that map you are not yet clear because you are doing something to prepare for it. All you need to do is get some strategies on other players game on youtube you can study on how the map is made and what kind of strategy your going to do to clear. then if you do this then your already aware on how are you going to play the map and how are you going to clear.
Note: That if you can't still clear the map you can Ask kancolle staft or the people on the Kancolle wiki chat they are always there to help even i wiling to help if you can't understand something on why your fleets and LBAS is failing what i only mean is sometimes you cannot always solve a problem alone sometimes because somethimes you need help and always there is someone wiling to help others who needs help
This is an Advice.
Good luck to other Players who willl participate on the next event on feb 2017 i hope u can clear it
@Seldrick
Considering that combined cost of LBAS and carrier fleet is extremely heavy, it's dangerous to stick at 10k bauxite. Runs can easily reach 1100 bauxite per run on higher end difficulties, so even on easy the drain is high. If the devs decide to introduce a boss with high AA stats or AACI (due to new Akizuki ship) your bauxite will suffer greatly. Better to be safe than sorry.
For bucket count, easy to do quests give around 10 buckets per day + exp 2. This is good enough for perhaps quickly repairing single fleets, but will be harder to do for combined fleets. The amount of buckets used highly depends on the abilities and levels of your fleet. Again, better to be safe than sorry. If you run out of insta-repair buckets you risk having 6hr+ CV and BB repair times (if low level), which means you either sleep or wait the time until you can sortie.
Fuel and ammo are fine at 20k, though it's recommended to reach 25k or whatever your resource cap is. Steel doesn't matter too much if you are actively running exp 37 and 38.
I won't go much over them because it's pretty generic...level them up. Kaga is usually the choice, but since you have Shoukaku you can consider her too. Akagi is your back-up-ish.
should lvl 50 enough for kaga and akagi? and also shoukaku since i cant k2 her?
the lvl is not so considerable 40 is enough but if your aiming for hard and you will use KAGA and AKAGI you need to max their Armor and firepower so that they can withstand on the enemy you can lvl up them to high but 50 is not enough 70+ is recomended i think but Zel- Melon can explain more if the lvl is so needed if your fighting the event on hard
Asking for the best level to reach for Hard is like asking what is the odd of winning this poker game now that my card set is stronger, you think you have what it takes to beat the odds yet it is still possible for the game to fuck you over. The step is simple for me:
The higher the better. Better stat, better evasion.
However, what to level is another thing:
-Is the girl you're leveling worth it in the short run or the long run?
-Can you make it in time for event or should you go for others
-What else should I be working forward to?
Akagi and sometimes Kaga are your first choices because you're more likely to get them early on (Akagi was given) so they'll be your highest level CV most of the time. But in this case, it's Souryuu for you, which there's no problem with that. Of course, Shoukaku Kai Ni and Hiryuu Kai Ni is better but it will be ages before you get them to their full power. So I recommend just leveling Kaga and Akagi as much as possible. How much? As far as you can go. They're CV(L). They're usually one of the easiest ship to level (but not sortie/repair). I would say go higher but go for 50 if you think that's good for you.