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The following table describes how {{Searchlight}}{{EquipmentLink|Searchlight|Type 96 150cm Searchlight|text=Searchlights|link_category=Searchlights}} actually work on the game side, assuming a night battle fleet with 6 ships.

The following table describes how {{Searchlight}}{{EquipmentLink|Searchlight|Type 96 150cm Searchlight|text=Searchlights|link_category=Searchlights}} actually work on the game side, assuming a night battle fleet with 6 ships.

*When a ship is attacking, it will roll a random "regular target" like usual, and then:

*When a ship is attacking, it will roll a random "regular target" like usual, and then:

**If a searchlight is activated, the game will try additional rolls, to check whether the SL carrier will be the new target or not.

**If a searchlight is activated, the game will try additional rolls, to check whether the SL carrier(s) will be the new target or not.

***The game '''treat whoever is carrying a SL as the SL carrier''', thus increasing the chance of hitting the SL carrier as mentioned below (the process will stop as soon as the game '''"rolled an SL carrier"''', even if that girl's searchlight did not triggered).

**If this attempt fails to roll that girl, it will '''repeat the roll again''', up to two or three times, depending on the type of searchlight.  

**If this attempt fails to roll that girl, it will '''repeat the roll again''', up to two or three times, depending on the type of searchlight.  

**This process stops once it rolled the girl carrying the SL or after it failed all the attempts and accepts the regular target rolled in the last attempt as the girl to be aimed at.

**This process stops once it rolled the girl carrying the SL or after it failed all the attempts and accepts the regular target rolled in the last attempt as the girl to be aimed at.

===Effect On the SL Carrier===

===Effect On the SL Carrier===

*Whoever carried it will get -80% evasion (0.2x modifier stacked on her effective evasion). If the said SL is {{MaxStar}}, the chance of '''her getting HIT''' increases (More likely to take damage)

If the SL is [[Improvement|improved]] {{Star}}, the chance of '''the SL carrier getting hit''' increases (more likely to take damage).

**On the same note, {{MaxStar}} searchlight '''does not change the rate of getting AIMED at''', it's still the same as base one.

*[[Improvement|Improved]] searchlight '''does not change the rate of "getting aimed at"''', it is still the base rate.

*If the fleet contains 2 girls or more carrying the SL and T96 SL, the T96 SL will take priority. If they carry the same type of SL, the higher-order girl will take priority, as in ship 1 being the highest order, followed by 2, 3 and so on...

*Improving SL reduces enemy CI rate even further while increasing the fleet CI so it is great to put some investment on this equipment.

*Notice one important thing in the above point: All the girls carrying the SL will '''get -80% evasion regardless of her searchlight being activated or not'''

*Despite this, it is still recommended to improve SL as it offers '''firepower/yasen''' (up to +3{{Firepower}} at +9{{Star}}).

**On the same note, the game '''will also treat whoever carrying the SL as the SL target''', thus increasing the chance of hitting the SL girls as mentioned above (The process will stop as long as '''the game rolled the girl carrying SL, even if that girl's searchlight never activated before''')

*Despite the increased getting hit rate, it's still recommended to max the SL because it offers '''+3 firepower'''. It's also suggested that improved SL reduces enemy CI even further while increasing our side CI so it's great to put some investment on this equipment

If the fleet contains 2 girls or more carrying the '''small SL''' and '''large SL''', the large SL takes priority.  

*If they carry the same type of SL, the priority follows ship order.

===SL Flagship Protection===

===SL Flagship Protection===

In practical use, especially during event, '''it's ill-advised to put searchlight on FS''' due to the potential of triggering this shield where the other girls could have stood alone and shot the enemies instead of taking bullets for the flagship and wasting a shot.

In practical use, especially during event, '''it is ill-advised to put searchlight on FS''' due to the potential of triggering this shield where the other girls could have stood alone and shot the enemies instead of taking bullets for the flagship and wasting a shot.

''Source'': [http://i.imgur.com/ElrJxcM.jpg]

''Source'': [http://i.imgur.com/ElrJxcM.jpg]