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| If the fleet currently deployed has 4 or more ships, the player will be prompted to pick a fleet formation before every battle. Fleets with 3 or less ships will not have a fleet formation prompt and will default to '''Line Ahead'''. | | If the fleet currently deployed has 4 or more ships, the player will be prompted to pick a fleet formation before every battle. Fleets with 3 or less ships will not have a fleet formation prompt and will default to '''Line Ahead'''. |
| + | * Sunk ships and ships retreated with {{EquipmentLink|Fleet Command Facility|Striking Force Fleet Command Facility|Elite Torpedo Squadron Command Facility}} are not counted. |
| + | * Diamond Formation requires 5 or more ships present in the fleet to be selected. |
| + | * Enemy fleets do not have these restrictions. Enemy fleets in Diamond formation with fewer than 4 ships lack formation graphics on the battle screen. |
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| * Exact values were datamined from KanColle Kai for the Vita. Testing on the browser version has corroborated these results. | | * Exact values were datamined from KanColle Kai for the Vita. Testing on the browser version has corroborated these results. |
| ** Values for Vanguard are vague as it wasn't introduced for KanColle Kai. | | ** Values for Vanguard are vague as it wasn't introduced for KanColle Kai. |
− | * Diamond Formation specifically requires 5 or more ships present in the fleet.
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− | * Flagship protection refers to when an escorting ship (as in, any ship except the flagship) may protect the flagship from being damaged by receiving the attack instead.
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− | '''Vanguard Formation:''' | + | ===Flagship Protection=== |
− | * Vanguard is only available when the Event World is active. It is usable in any map during such time, however. | + | '''Flagship Protection''' is when a non-flagship protects the flagship from being targeted by receiving the attack instead. When activated, a "curved shield" animation plays in front of the flagship's banner. |
− | * The modifiers on Vanguard Formation refer respectively to the "upper half" and "bottom half" of the fleet. | + | * Activation rate is determined solely by the selected formation. If activated, a ship with HP above Minor Damage ({{lang|ja|小破}}) is randomly selected to be the protector. |
| + | ** If no ships are above Minor Damage, flagship protection cannot activate. |
| + | ** Having more ships above Minor Damage does not increase the rate. |
| + | * It may activate on any type of attack, including shelling, torpedo, ASW, airstrike, and support. |
| + | * Submarines do not protect surface ships. Surface ships do not protect submarines. |
| + | * Installations cannot perform protection, and cannot receive protection if they are flagship. |
| + | * In combined fleet, the escort flagship does not receive flagship protection. |
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| + | ===Vanguard Formation=== |
| + | * Vanguard is only available when an Event World is active. It is usable in any map during such time, however. |
| + | * The modifiers on Vanguard Formation refer respectively to the '''"upper half"''' and '''"bottom half"''' of the fleet. |
| ** For a fleet with 6 or 7 ships, the top row applies to ships 1, 2 and 3 and the bottom row applies to the remaining ships. | | ** For a fleet with 6 or 7 ships, the top row applies to ships 1, 2 and 3 and the bottom row applies to the remaining ships. |
| ** For a fleet with 4 or 5 ships, the top row applies to ships 1 and 2 and the bottom row applies to the remaining ships. | | ** For a fleet with 4 or 5 ships, the top row applies to ships 1 and 2 and the bottom row applies to the remaining ships. |
− | * '''Attacks from support fleets are affected by the top row multipliers.''' | + | * '''Attacks from support fleets are affected by the top row multipliers, meaning the 50% damage modifier is applied.''' |
− | * The bottom half ships have increased aggro (increased chance of being targeted by the enemy), being targeted 75% of the time. See [1] for tested values. Valid as of 09/03/2018.
| + | * Vanguard has a further post-cap evasion modifier for all ships in the fleet.<ref>https://twitter.com/Xe_UCH/status/972244541783793664 (2018-03-09)</ref> |
− | * Vanguard has a further post-cap evasion modifier for all ships in the fleet. See [2] for tested values. Valid as of 09/03/2018. | + | ** For ships at the upper half: '''Non-destroyers''' get a '''5%''' bonus. '''Destroyers''' get a '''20%''' bonus. |
− | ** For ships at the top half: Non-destroyers get a 5% bonus. Destroyers get a 20% bonus. | + | ** For ships at the bottom half: '''Non-destroyers''' get a '''20%''' bonus. '''Destroyers''' get a '''40%''' bonus. |
− | ** For ships at the bottom half: Non-destroyers get a 20% bonus. Destroyers get a 40% bonus. | + | ** Exception: Ships in position '''4''' of a 6 or 7 ships fleet receive the '''upper half''' bonuses, despite being bottom half ships for all other purposes of vanguard. |
| + | ** This bonus applies to shelling and torpedoes, but not airstrike. |
| + | * Bottom half ships have increased chance to be targeted. |
| + | ** The targeting is determined as follows: 1. Randomly select any ship from the fleet. 2. If the selected ship is an upper half ship, randomly select any ship from the fleet again.<ref>https://twitter.com/Xe_UCH/status/974571652229955584</ref> |
| + | ** Target rate per ship (without flagship protection) based on the above procedure: |
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| + | ! Number of Ships |
| + | ! 4 |
| + | ! 5 |
| + | ! 6 |
| + | ! 7 |
| + | |- |
| + | ! Upper Half |
| + | | 12.5% |
| + | | 8% |
| + | | 8.33% |
| + | | 6.13% |
| + | |- |
| + | ! Bottom Half |
| + | | 37.5% |
| + | | 28% |
| + | | 25% |
| + | | 20.4% |
| + | |} |
| + | <references/> |
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| ===Choosing a Formation=== | | ===Choosing a Formation=== |