Not a ship I honestly expected a retrofit for. Honestly, would have preferred a British destroyer. That nation is critically lacking in gold destroyers.

dasCKD said:

Not a ship I honestly expected a retrofit for. Honestly, would have preferred a British destroyer. That nation is critically lacking in gold destroyers.

Noshiro's re-run is around the corner and Kasumi was part of said event, so the timing for it is pretty much impeccable.
And considering the event's lineup it was either her or Hibiki (as Kinu already got hers and the rest are already gold rarity ships).

As for the ship herself, I don't know how much of a benefit she'll get out of this one, but designwise she's amazing at the very least ^^

Ikkun said:

As for the ship herself, I don't know how much of a benefit she'll get out of this one, but designwise she's amazing at the very least ^^

Purple to gold? She will be very strong

Aken_Bosch said:

Purple to gold? She will be very strong

Kasumi is a collectible-tier ship though. She'll need a very serious buff if she wanted to compete with other Sakura Empire gold destroyers, which has very good rep.

I need an opportunity to get Kasumi. She's the only event ship I still don't have.

Finally!! such amazing new looks.

Rathurue said:

Kasumi is a collectible-tier ship though. She'll need a very serious buff if she wanted to compete with other Sakura Empire gold destroyers, which has very good rep.

Yeah, that's kind of the thing. The Japanese fleet is already overflowing with excellent destroyers. Either she comes out completely OP, or she'll be a bit redundant even as a very good destroyer. I doubt most people have her trained, after all.

Well... she certainly grew up big and healthy.

That ribbon over her eye...

Fischl?

I didn't anticipated a retrofit, but this is good.

Kasumi gets even more hotter too.

Rathurue said:

Kasumi is a collectible-tier ship though. She'll need a very serious buff if she wanted to compete with other Sakura Empire gold destroyers, which has very good rep.

She's no more a collectible ship than Naganami is though-- and Naganami does get used in heavy torpedo line-ups. In fact, the only thing Naga currently offers over Kasumi is extra crit rate for torpedoes. Outside that, the destroyers are nearly identical stat-wise. People see purple, automatically assume its a collectable ship because of Elite stat line, and rarely ever consider the skills. Both Naga and Kasumi are very strong when paired with ships like Noshiro (who is coming back now) and Jintsuu.

dasCKD said:

Yeah, that's kind of the thing. The Japanese fleet is already overflowing with excellent destroyers. Either she comes out completely OP, or she'll be a bit redundant even as a very good destroyer. I doubt most people have her trained, after all.

I have her trained, as I do Naganami. And any IJN destroyer that provides good synergy with their sister-ships and other destroyers. Kasumi and Naga are particularly potent when paired with Noshiro and/or Jintsuu, particularly since Kitakaze isn't a torpedo focused destroyer and sometimes I get tired of running Aya in all my torp fleets.

Naganami is nowhere near being a "collectible ship". She's T0 for torpedo focused destroyers.

dasCKD said:

Not a ship I honestly expected a retrofit for. Honestly, would have preferred a British destroyer. That nation is critically lacking in gold destroyers.

So you want a shiny collection piece? DD effectiveness is the Royal Navy's dump.stat