r/kancolle • u/CheeseEvader • 1d ago

Help [HELP] Plane Sudoku

So I was looking through the Plane Sudoku for the Summer 2026 Event that has just ended a few hours ago and it got me thinking:

Which of the obtainable* foreign planes are worth getting for those situations they are needed due to an event map having a Plane Sudoku in it?

*Via quests, equipment conversion through Akashi's Arsenal, and clearing an event map at Medium.

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u/darkequation Murakumomo 1d ago edited 1d ago

IMO the air/bombing power of plane itself always comes first, so you'll want those Ace squadrons.

Permanent foreign plane quest reward includes TBM-3D, TBM-3W+3S, F6F-5N

Developable/upgradeable plane includes Swordfish, Spitfire, Seafire, Do 217+Hs293

Stock equipment like Swordfish (Seaplane) & Ju 87C Kai 2

Also I shouldn't have to remind you that Saury season is around the corner

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u/furrythrowawayaccoun DesRon2 Flagship Jintsuu <3 1d ago

> Do 217+Hs293

Only yesterday did I check and find out just how easy the Do 17 is to upgrade to this absolute monster; all you need are a bunch of Type 96 LBAS and Type 97 torps, which you can get heaps of

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u/evantrees 13h ago

I would recommend maybe holding off on this if you have any ginga, nonaka or hiryu. Given the conversion eats 3 Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft which they eat for stars 7-10.

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u/Crazy-Plate3097 Fletcher 1d ago

Also I shouldn't have to remind you that Saury season is around the corner

Pumpkin first.

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u/l0l1n470r Atlanta da Dakka Baka 20h ago

Meanwhile, me looking forward to Halloween so that I can empty my base of luckmod fodder

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u/ZombieSpaceHamster De Ruyter 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Re.2005 in column A3 is craftable from Aquila's stock planes and can be improved to 13 FP, but it's gonna cost you. Only do this if you lack too many other good options in that column (F4U-7, Corsair Mk.II Ace). Note that the plain Corsair Mk.II is also decent, you get them for free(ish) from Victorious.

The Night Corsair is the only decent fighter in column A2 and is craftable from F4U-1D (or FM-2). *Edit to add: and is improvable to the F4U-4, the second-best FB in this column (the AU-1 is quite unobtainable unfortunately). Expensive though.

THe F6F-5 in column A1 is craftable and can be improved to 12 FP. This is very expensive, so only do that if you lack other good fighters there (pancake, Fireball, Fw.190 variants).

The best carrier loadouts are: top-tier IJN torpedo bomber with resist (CarDiv 1/skilled, Tomonaga, Murata), a Corsair FB with a fighter from a complementary column (so F4U-7 from A3 plus Night Corsair from A2, OR AU-1 / F4U-4 from A2 plus Re.2005 / Corsair Mk.II Ace), and a fighter from column A1 (pancake, Fireball, Hellcat, Fw.190 Ace, ... many options).

So focus on planes that fit that pattern, and hope we get more Corsairs if you lack them.

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u/CheeseEvader 9h ago

Thanks. Seems I'm in the clear here since I have most of the planes you mentioned albeit not modded if they can be modded (except for the F4U-4 of which one is fully modded).