I bet only 20% of the time can my first team on a whale-ship clear. Usually they die on the last or second to last set of pests and the second team has no problem finishing up. These skill boosts will, hopefully, improve that percentage and maybe make clearing all pests with team 1 a reliable occurrence. It's also quite possible that I do not really understand how to set up a team that can efficiently clear these. Regardless, skill boosts for whaleship pest levels is welcome, imo.