Special Attacks

"Special Attacks", or "Touch", are special combats mechanics involving specific ships combinations in a fleet, in order to trigger a powerful attack, involving a unique animation and sometimes a unique "Touch CG" for the involved ships.

There are 4 main types of Touch currently in the game, the "Big Seven Touch", the "Yamato Touch", the "Kongou Touch", and the "Submarine Touch".

• In a Combined Fleet, it is possible to both:
  • Trigger a Big Seven or Yamato Touch in the main fleet during day battle,
  • Then trigger a Kongou Touch in the escort fleet during night battle.

No special attack can be triggered in PVP.

Big Seven Touch

"Big Seven" refers to the first 7 battleships built to carry the biggest naval guns (> 40 cm) allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty, namely, the Nagato-class, Nelson-class, and Colorado-class.

Nagato-class Special Attack

At Kai Ni, Nagato and Mutsu are able to perform a special attack:

• A Nagato-class Kai Ni must be the flagship.
  • Secretary for combined fleets.
  • She must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
• The 2nd ship in the fleet must be FBB/BB/BBV.
  • She must not be heavily damaged (大破).

• There must be 6 or more surface ships in the fleet.
  • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
  • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via FCF
    during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.

• In single fleet, Echelon needs to be selected.
• In a combined fleet, Cruising Formation 2 needs to be selected.

If triggered:

• The flagship will do a 1st & 2nd attack,
• The 2nd battleship will do a 3rd attack,
• Each attack targets a ship at random,
• If all enemies sunk, then touch stops early.

Attack Multipliers
Equipment	Ship in 2nd position
	Nagato-class Kai Ni	(Nagato Flagship only)				Other BB
		Mutsu Kai		Nelson Kai
	Attacks 1, 2, & 3	Attacks 1 & 2	Attack 3	Attacks 1 & 2	Attack 3	Attacks 1 & 2	Attack 3
No Bonus Equipment	1.68	1.61	1.62	1.54	1.50	1.40	1.20
Surface Radar Only	1.93	1.85	1.86	1.77	1.73	1.61	1.38
AP Shells Only	2.27	2.17	2.18	2.08	2.02	1.89	1.62
AP + Radar	2.61	2.50	2.52	2.39	2.33	2.17	1.86

• The modifiers are post-cap on day battle, and pre-cap on night battle.
• The equipment bonuses do not stack further than 1 radar and/or 1 AP shell per ship.
  • Only ships equipped with those equipment will get a bonus for their attack(s).

• Both ships involved consume additional ammunition when triggered:

Fleet type	Triggering type	Additional ammo consumption
Single	Day battle (no night battle)	10%
	Day battle (with night battle)	15%
	Night battle (after day battle)	15%
	Night battle Node	5%
Combined	Day battle (no night battle)	0%
	Day battle (with night battle)	10%
	Night battle (after day battle)	10%

• Trigger rate is affected by the Level and luck stat of the participating ships.
• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.

• 

  Nagato Special Attack Kai Ni

• 

  Mutsu Special Attack Kai Ni

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Nagato Special Attack Play	Let's do this! Main guns, full broadside! FIRE!!!!!!!	Special Attack Line
	行くぞ！主砲、一斉射！うってぇ！！！！！！
Nagato Special Attack Play	Mutsu, leave it all to me! FIRE!	Special Attack Line with Mutsu
	陸奥よ、この長門に任せておけ！うってぇ！
Nagato Special Attack Play	Mutsu, follow me! First fleet, attack! Main guns, full broadside! FIRE!	Special Attack Line with Mutsu
	陸奥よ、この長門に続け！第一戦隊、突撃！主砲、一斉射！うってぇ！
Nagato Special Attack Play	Nelson? Interesting. Let's do this! FIRE!	Special Attack Line with Nelson
	Nelsonか？面白い。行くぞ。うってぇ！

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Mutsu Special Attack 1 Play	Battleship Mutsu, beginning the attack! Full broadside, FIRE!	Special Attack Line
	戦艦陸奥、突撃するわ。一斉射、うてぇ！
Mutsu Special Attack 2 Play	Nagato, leave it to me! FIRE!	Special Attack Line with Nagato
	長門、任せて！うてぇ！
Mutsu Special Attack 3 Play	Nagato, ready? Here we go! First Fleet, full broadside, FIRE!	Special Attack Line with Nagato
	長門、いい？いくはよ！第一戦隊、一斉射、うてぇ！

Nelson-class Special Attack

Nelson and Rodney are able to perform a special attack:

• A Nelson-class must be the flagship.
  • Secretary for combined fleets.
  • She must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
• The 3rd and 5th ships must not be any CV/CVB/CVL/SS/SSV.
  • They can be heavily damaged (大破).

• There must be 6 or more surface ships in the fleet.
  • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
  • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via FCF
    during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.

• In single fleet, Double Line needs to be selected.
• In a combined fleet, Cruising Formation 2 needs to be selected.

If triggered:

• The flagship will do a 1st attack,
• The 3rd ship will do a 2nd attack,
• The 5th ship will do a 3rd attack,
• Each attack targets a ship at random,
• If all enemies sunk, then touch stops early.

Multiplier	No other Nelson-class present	Other Nelson-class present[1]
		Flagship	Other Nelson-class
Base	2.0	2.3	2.4
Red T	2.5	2.875	3.0

• The modifiers are post-cap on day battle, and pre-cap on night battle.
• There is an additional small Accuracy bonus of 1.05 [2].
• Even if the other two ships can attack submarines, they will never target them during the touch.

• It does not cost any extra resources if triggered.

• Trigger rate is affected by the Level and luck stat of the participating ships.
  • If all three ships are lv.99 the trigger rate is around 60%~65%.
• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.

• 

  Nelson Special Attack

• 

  Nelson Special Attack Kai

• 

  Rodney Special Attack

• 

  Rodney Special Attack Kai

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Nelson Special Attack Play	Nelson Touch. Main guns 1 and 2, one more shot!	Nelson Touch Line
	Nelson Touch。主砲、一番、二番、もう一撃だ！

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Rodney Special Attack Play	Rodney Squadron, charge. We'll divide those enemies. All ships, fire all your main guns! Commence bombardment!	Special Attack Line
	Rodney戦隊、突入。敵を分断する。各艦、全主砲斉射！始め！

Colorado-class Special Attack

Colorado and Maryland are able to perform a special attack:

• A Colorado-class must be the flagship.
  • Secretary for combined fleets.
  • She must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
• The 2nd and 3rd ships in the fleet must be FBB/BB/BBV.
  • They must not be heavily damaged (大破).

• There must be 6 or more surface ships in the fleet.
  • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
  • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via FCF
    during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.

• In single fleet, Echelon needs to be selected.
• In a combined fleet, Cruising Formation 2 needs to be selected.

If triggered:

• The flagship will do a 1st attack,
• The 2nd ship will do a 2nd attack,
• The 3rd ship will do a 3rd attack,
• Each attack targets a ship at random,
• If all enemies sunk, then touch stops early.

"Big 7" refers here to Nagato Kai/Ni
, Mutsu Kai/Ni
, Nelson Kai, Rodney Kai^{[citation needed]}, Colorado/Kai
, and Maryland/Kai
.

Attack Multipliers
Equipment	Any Flagship	2nd ship	3rd ship	2nd ship	3rd ship
		is Big 7		not Big 7
	Attack 1	Attack 2	Attack 3	Attack 2	Attack 3
No Bonus Equipment	1.50	1.50	1.52	1.30
Surface Radar Only	1.73	1.72	1.75	1.50
SG Radar (Late Model) Only	1.98	1.98	2.01	1.72
AP Shells Only	2.03	2.02	2.05	1.76
AP + Radar	2.33	2.32	2.36	2.02
AP + SG LM	2.68	2.67	2.72	2.32

• The modifiers are post-cap on day battle, and pre-cap on night battle.
• The equipment bonuses do not stack further than 1 radar and/or 1 AP shell per ship.
  • Only ships equipped with those equipment will get a bonus for their attack(s).

• All three ships involved consume additional ammunition when triggered:

Fleet type	Triggering type	Additional ammo consumption
Single	Day battle (no night battle)	10%
	Day battle (with night battle)	15%
	Night battle (after day battle)	15%
	Night battle Node	5%
Combined	Day battle (no night battle)	0%
	Day battle (with night battle)	10%
	Night battle (after day battle)	10%

• Trigger rate is affected by the Level and luck stat of the participating ships.
  • If all three ships are lv.99 the trigger rate is around 52%~60%.
• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.

• 

  Colorado Special Attack

• 

  Colorado Special Attack Kai

• 

  Maryland Special Attack

• 

  Maryland Special Attack Kai

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Colorado Special Attack Play	Colorado Squadron, full broadside! Open fire when you've confirmed your targets! We'll destroy them in one broadside. Fire!	Special Attack Line
	Colorado戦隊全力斉射！各個目標に砲撃開始！一気に殲滅する。Fire!

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Maryland Special Attack Play	Ready to begin directed fire. All ships, use the following targeting data. OK? ...Open fire!	Special Attack Line
	統制射撃を開始する。各艦、目標諸元入力。OK?……Open fire!

Yamato Special Attacks

Yamato gains two different special attacks on Kai Ni/Juu.

They're distinguished by how many ships participate, there's a 2-ship touch and a 3-ship touch:

Devs also have stated that the touch helpers will be updated with relevant ship implementation [8].

• So far, only Maryland + Colorado and Kongou + Haruna have been added for the 3-ship touch. Jean Bart, Massachusetts, and Rodney have not yet been added as any touch helpers.

Yamato-class 2-Ship Special Attack

"Touch Helpers"
Yamato Flagship:	Musashi Flagship:
	Kai Ni/Juu

• A Yamato-class Kai Ni/Juu must be flagship.
  • Secretary for combined fleets.
  • She must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
• Another "Touch Helper" must be in the 2nd position.
  • She must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
  • When using Musashi Kai Ni as the helper in the 2nd position with Nagato Kai Ni or Mutsu Kai Ni in the 3rd one being lightly damaged (小破) or better, there is a random chance to trigger the "3-Ship Special Attack" instead.

• There must be 6 or more surface ships in the fleet.
  • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
  • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via FCF
    during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.

• In single fleet, Echelon needs to be selected.
• In a combined fleet, Cruising Formation 4 needs to be selected.
• The touch can activate even if Yamato Kai Ni Juu is equipped with ASW equipment when facing a fleet mixed with submarines.

If triggered:

• The flagship will do a 1st & 2nd attack,
• The Helper will do a 3rd attack,
• Each attack targets a ship at random,
• If all enemies sunk, then touch stops early.

Equipment	Yamato Kai Ni Juu 2nd		Yamato-class Kai Ni 2nd		Other Helpers
	Attacks 1 & 2	Attack 3	Attacks 1 & 2	Attack 3	Attacks 1 & 2	Attack 3
No Bonus Equipment	1.54	1.94	1.54	1.86	1.40	1.55
Surface Radar Only	1.77	2.23	1.77	2.14	1.61	1.78
Sp Very large radar Only	1.96	2.45	1.95	2.35	1.77	1.96
AP Shells Only	2.08	2.62	2.08	2.51	1.89	2.09
AP + Radar	2.39	3.01	2.39	2.89	2.17	2.41
AP + Sp Very large radar	2.63	3.31	2.63	3.18	2.39	2.65

• The modifiers are post-cap on day battle, and pre-cap on night battle.
• The equipment bonuses do not stack further than 1 radar and/or 1 AP shell per ship.
  • Only ships equipped with those equipment will get a bonus for their attack(s).

The attack will consume extra ammo from participating ships when triggered. The total ammo consumption will be x1.6 of the original ammo consumption of those ships when the attack is triggered.

Currently measured above 70%, it seems similar to Big 7 touches:

• Trigger rate is affected by:
  • The Level and luck stat of the participating ships.
  • Surface Radars (5+ LoS?) on attacking ships (+8~10%).
• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.

Yamato 3-Ship Special Attack

• Yamato Kai Ni/Juu must be the flagship.
  • Secretary for combined fleets.
  • She must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
• A pair of ships from a same "Helper Pair" must be in the 2nd and 3rd positions.
  • They must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
  • When using Musashi Kai Ni as the helper in the 2nd position with Nagato Kai Ni or Mutsu Kai Ni in the 3rd one:
    • If the 3rd ship is lightly damaged (小破) or better, there is a random chance to trigger the "2-Ship Special Attack" instead.
    • If the 3rd ship is moderately damaged (中破) or worse, the "2-Ship Special Attack" will trigger instead.

• There must be 6 or more surface ships in the fleet.
  • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
  • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via FCF
    during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.

• In single fleet, Echelon needs to be selected.
• In a combined fleet, Cruising Formation 4 needs to be selected.
• The touch can activate even if Yamato Kai Ni Juu is equipped with ASW equipment when facing a fleet mixed with submarines.

"Helper Pairs"
One of the following pairs:
Musashi Kai Ni 2nd ship:		In any order:
				Kai Ni B/C

If triggered:

• Yamato will do a 1st attack,
• The 2nd ship will do a 2nd attack,
• The 3rd ship will do a 3rd attack,
• Each attack targets a ship at random,
• If all enemies sunk, then touch stops early.

Equipment	Musashi Kai Ni (& Helper )		Nagato-class Pair	Ise-class Pair		Other "Helper Pairs"	Any "Helper Pairs"
	Attacks 1	Attacks 2	Attack 1 & 2	Attacks 1	Attacks 2	Attack 1 & 2	Attacks 3
No Bonus Equipment	1.65	1.80	1.65	1.65	1.58	1.50	1.65
Surface Radar Only	1.90	2.07	1.90	1.90	1.80	1.73	1.90
Sp Very large radar Only	2.09	2.28	2.09	2.09	1.99	1.90
AP Shells Only	2.23	2.43	2.23	2.23	2.13	2.03	2.23
AP + Radar	2.56	2.79	2.56	2.56	2.45	2.33	2.56
AP + Sp Very large radar	2.82	3.07	2.82	2.82	2.69	2.56

• The modifiers are post-cap on day battle, and pre-cap on night battle.
• The equipment bonuses do not stack further than 1 radar and/or 1 AP shell per ship.
  • Only ships equipped with those equipment will get a bonus for their attack(s).

The attack will consume extra ammo from participating ships when triggered. The total ammo consumption will be x1.8 of the original ammo consumption of those ships when the attack is triggered.

Currently measured above 70%, it seems similar to Big 7 touches:

• Trigger rate is affected by:
  • The Level and luck stat of the participating ships.
  • Surface Radars (5+ LoS?) on attacking ships (+8~10%).
• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time Yamato takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.

Main source: [9]

Kongou-class Touch

On Kai Ni B/C, Kongou, Hiei, and Haruna gain a "Night Assault" special attack:

"Touch Helpers"
Kongou Flagship:	Hiei Flagship:	Haruna Flagship:
Kai Ni/B/C Base/Kai	B/C

• A Kongou-class Kai Ni B/C must be flagship.
  • Flagship of the 2nd fleet in combined fleets.
• Another "Touch Helper" must be in the 2nd position.
• Both must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
• It must be a Night Battle.

• In single fleet, Line Ahead or Echelon needs to be selected.
• In a combined fleet, Cruising Formation 2 or Cruising Formation 4 needs to be selected.
  • In a combined fleet, it can only be triggered in the Escort fleet.

If triggered:

• The flagship will do a 1st attack,
• The 2nd battleship will do a 2nd attack,
• Each attack targets a ship at random,
• If all enemies sunk, then touch stops early.

	Attack 1 & 2 [3]
Base Multiplier	2.4
Green T Engagement	32.4 x 1.25
Red T Engagement	1.922.4 x 0.8

• The modifiers are pre-cap.
• There is an additional flat Accuracy bonus of x1.25.

• The attack will consume extra ammo from both participating battleships when triggered. The total ammo consumption will be x1.2 of the original ammo consumption of those ships when the attack is triggered, hence:
  • If it is triggered in a night battle in a normal node, it costs 6% extra ammo.
  • If it is triggered in a night battle node, it costs 2% extra ammo.

The Night Assault can be:

• Activated in the same battle as another separate special attack.
• Activated twice per sortie, during night battle only:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Trigger}_\text{Rate}\text{%} = \Biggl\lfloor 4 \times \big( \sqrt{\text{Lv}_\text{FS}} + \sqrt{\text{Lv}_\text{2nd}} \big) + \sqrt{\text{Luck}_\text{FS}} + \sqrt{\text{Luck}_\text{2nd}} + \text{A} + \text{B} - 45 \Biggr\rfloor }[/math]

With

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv}_\text{FS} }[/math] the flagship's Level,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv}_\text{2nd} }[/math] the 2nd ship's Level,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{FS} }[/math] the flagship's Luck,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{2nd} }[/math] the 2nd ship's Luck,

Bonus	Condition	Kongou	Hiei	Haruna
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{A} }[/math]	Surface Surface Radar with a base LoS ≥ 8 equipped on the flagship, 0 otherwise	32	10	30?
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{B} }[/math]	Large Type 96 150cm Searchlight equipped on the flagship, 0 otherwise	10	32	0?

Submarine Special Attack

Also called the "AS Touch", it is a Special Attack involving a Submarine Tender leading a fleet of at least two submarines.

• The flagship must be a Submarine Tender (AS) at Lv 30+,
  • She must not be more than moderately damaged (中破).
• The 2nd and 3rd ships must be Submarines (SS) or Aircraft Carrying Submarines (SSV) and not evacuated via SFFCF,
  • The 4th ship may optionally be a SS(V), but does not affect the above requirement,
  • At least two SS(V) among the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th ships must not be more than lightly damaged (小破),
  • If all 3 ships are SS(V), the 2nd and 4th ones will attack; if one of the two is moderately damaged (中破), the 3rd one will attack instead.
• The fleet must be a single fleet or a Striking Force Fleet,
• The formation needs to be either Echelon or Line Abreast,
• At least one Submarine Supply Material must be available in the inventory.

• Two SS(V) will launch torpedo strikes.
• The attack power of each strike is postcapped and unaffected by formation, engagement, or damage cap.
• A rough damage formula per Submarine attack is:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{DMG}_\text{day} = \text{TP} \times ( 1.2 + 0.04 \times \sqrt{LV} ) }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{DMG}_\text{night} = ( \text{FP + TP} ) \times ( 1.2 + 0.04 \times \sqrt{LV} ) }[/math]

With

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{DMG} }[/math] the damage result for day and night battle respectively,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{FP} }[/math] the submarine's Firepower stat,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{TP} }[/math] the submarine's Torpedo stat,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{LV} }[/math] the submarine's Level.
  • [math]\displaystyle{ 1.2 + 0.04 \times \sqrt{LV} = 1.6 }[/math] at Lv 100.

The number of attacks per Touch ranges from 2 to 4.

• Each submarine will trough either 1 or 2 torpedo strikes.
  • Only Lv 75+ submarines can trigger 2 strikes,
  • If a Lv 75+ submarine does not carry any Submarine Radar, it rolls between 1 and 2 strikes randomly (exact rate unclear yet),
  • If a Lv 75+ submarine does carry any Submarine Radar, it is guaranteed to roll 2 strikes.

One Submarine Supply Material will be consumed for EACH battle the Touch triggers in.

• If the Touch triggers twice in a battle, only a single will be consumed for this battle.
• If the Touch triggers in multiple nodes, one will be consumed for each node it is triggered.

It does not consume any extra ammo. If the game is refreshed before the battle ends, then no material will be consumed even if the touch triggered.

Trigger rate is affected by the Level and luck stat of the participating ships.

• Submarine Radars affect the trigger rate, each increasing the trigger rate by about 10 %.

It has a chance to trigger every time the AS takes a turn at shelling.

• It can trigger in both day and night for the same battle.
• It can only trigger once during day battle.
• If it fails to trigger during the day battle, there is still a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.
• If all enemies sunk, then touch stops early.

The attack order is always (where amo,g the attacking submarines, 1 is upper one and 2 is lower one):

• 1-1-2-2 for 4 attacks,
• 1-1-2 or 1-2-2 for 3 attacks,
• 1-2 for 2 attacks.
  • If touch stops early, then attacks can be just 1-1
  • Also note that the actual order may be different from client animation of who shoots torpedoes, which always assigns attackers alternately like 1-2-1-2 or 1-2-1 or 1-2, so you may mismatch the real attack.

The touch can be activated multiple times per sortie.

When attacking a fleet, the usual Targeting rules apply.

• The torpedoes fired target ships independently,
• When facing a Combined Fleet, if any ship is present in the escort fleet on day battle, then all torpedoes will be fired to the escort fleet.

Regular
Taigei Special Attack Taigei Special Attack Damaged Jingei Special Attack Jingei Special Attack Damaged Jingei Special Attack Kai Jingei Special Attack Kai Damaged Chougei Special Attack Chougei Special Attack Damaged Chougei Special Attack Kai Chougei Special Attack Kai Damaged Heian Maru Special Attack Heian Maru Special Attack Damaged Heian Maru Special Attack Kai Heian Maru Special Attack Kai Damaged
Seasonal
Taigei Summer 2021 Special Attack Taigei Summer 2021 Special Attack Damaged Jingei Summer 2021 Special Attack Damaged Jingei Summer 2021 Special Attack Chougei Summer 2022 Special Attack Chougei Summer 2022 Special Attack Damaged

See Also

Backdoor links:

• Special Attacks/Nagato-class Touch
• Special Attacks/Nelson-class Touch
• Special Attacks/Colorado-class Touch
• Special Attacks/Yamato Touch
• Special Attacks/Kongou-class Touch
• Special Attacks/Submarine Touch