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Aerial Combat Breakdown

Aerial Combat is one of the Day Battle intermediary phases. In this phase, allied and enemy fleets indirectly fight each other for aerial dominance and airstrike potential, granting either fleet some substantial advantages in the subsequent combat phases.

Aerial Combat has the following structure:

LBAS's Jet Assault
Fleet's Jet Assault
Land-Based Aerial Support
Stage 1 - Battle for Air Superiority
Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense
Stage 3 - Airstrike

If an LBAS phase happens before the Aerial Combat phase, the enemy fleet state, such as plane slots and Fighter Power used for the subsequent Aerial Combat, is carried over. This can be used to tamper with the Enemy's Aerial Combat initial conditions.

See LBAS for more details.

In case neither fleets meet the requirements, the sub-phase will be skipped.

Planes in combat phases
Plane type	Detection	Contact	Airpower	Opening airstrike	Day Cut-in	ASW
Fighters	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Torpedo Bombers	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Dive Bombers	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Jets	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Carrier Recons	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Recon Seaplane Recons	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌
Bomber Seaplane Bombers	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Seaplane Fighters	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Large Flying Boats	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️
Rotorcraft	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
Liaison Aircraft	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️

Jet Assault Phase

Planes that participate in this phase:

, "Jets" (turbojet propelled fighter-bombers)

If any carrier on either side is equipped with Jets, the "Jet Assault" (JA) Phase will commence first of all. The JA Phase may only commence during battles where Airstrikes can be performed. The JA follows the same rules as Stage 3.

The defending side is allowed to defend against the Jets following the same rules as Stage 2, however, Jets possess great Anti-Air Resistance, specifically during the JA, and enemy AACI cannot be triggered during this phase either.

Jets also take part in the regular Stage 3, but in exchange, they are subject to enemy Anti-Air prior to the JA, and again during Stage 2.

Steel Cost: every time the Jet Assault Phase is triggered, is automatically subtracted from the stockpile.

Jets Steel Cost

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Jet Phase Cost} = \sum^{\text{All Jets} } \lceil \text{Count}_\text{Plane} \times \text{Steel Cost} \rceil }[/math]

With

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Count}_\text{Plane} }[/math] is the current plane count at the start of the battle.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Steel Cost} }[/math] is the steel cost per plane.
- Kikka Kai: 2.6
- Jet Keiun Kai: 2.8

Stage 1 - Battle for Air Superiority

Green text at the bottom of the screen indicating an Air Supremacy result.

Planes that participate in this phase:

Fighters:
- / carrier-based,
- seaplanes.
- Hayabusa ASW Hayabusa
Bombers
- //// carrier-based,
- Bomber seaplanes.

Following a possible Jet Phase, the fight for Air Supremacy will begin. The main objective of this phase is to define the Air State imposed on each fleet, by comparing each fleet's Air Power, more commonly referred to as Fighter Power (FP).

The Air State achieved can be critical, especially to trigger certain mechanics like Artillery Spotting/CVCI, Contact, or Night Contact.

Fighter Power is defined by each plane equipped in the fleet that participates in this phase.

Fighter Power Formula

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Fighter Power} = \sum^{\text{All planes} } \left[ \left(\text{AA}_\text{Plane} \times \sqrt{\text{Count}_\text{Plane} } \right) + \text{Mod}_\text{proficiency} \right] }[/math]

With

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AA}_\text{Plane} }[/math] is the AA stat of the plane, including Improvements.
- Visible Bonuses are not counted.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Count}_\text{Plane} }[/math] is the number of planes in the slot prior to Stage 1's start.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{proficiency} }[/math] is the fighter-power proficiency bonus. For maxed proficiency ❱❱ planes it is:
- 25.464 for carrier-based Fighters, Seaplane Fighters, and Hayabusa ASW Hayabusa
  ,
- 9.464 for Bomber Seaplane Bombers,
- 3.464 for //// carrier-based bombers,
- See Plane Proficiency for more details.

After Fighter Power is calculated for each fleet (FP and EFP for allied and enemy fleets, respectively), the values are compared, and Air State is determined, based on the following:

Air State	Fighter Power Range	Allied Planes Shot Down	Enemy Planes Shot Down	Airstrike Contact	Artillery Spotting	Night Contact
Air Supremacy (AS+) 制空権確保!	[math]\displaystyle{ \text{FP} \ge 3\text{EFP} }[/math]	3/120 - 7/120	0 % - 100 %	Allied Only	Allied Only	Allied Only
Air Superiority (AS) 航空優勢!	[math]\displaystyle{ 3\text{EFP} \gt \text{FP} \ge 1.5\text{EFP} }[/math]	9/120 - 21/120	0 % - 80 %	Allied & Enemy	Allied Only	Allied & Enemy
Air Parity (AP) No text	[math]\displaystyle{ 1.5\text{EFP} \gt \text{FP} \gt \frac{2}{3}\text{EFP} }[/math]	15/120 - 35/120	0 % - 60 %	Neither	Neither	Neither
Air Denial (AD) No text	[math]\displaystyle{ \frac{2}{3}\text{EFP} \ge \text{FP} \gt \frac{1}{3}\text{EFP} }[/math]	21/120 - 49/120	0 % - 40 %	Allied & Enemy	Enemy Only	Allied & Enemy
Air Incapability (AI) 制空権喪失!	[math]\displaystyle{ \frac{1}{3}\text{EFP} \ge \text{FP} }[/math]	30/120 - 70/120	0 % - 10 %	Enemy Only	Enemy Only	Enemy Only

After determining it, each fleet will lose a random number of planes across all slots based on the imposed Air State.

Proportional Air State Shootdown Formulas

Allied Fleet

For each slot of the Allied Fleet:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Plane Loss} = \left \lfloor \text{Count}_\text{Plane} \times \left( \text{random} \left[ 0 ; \frac{\text{Mod}_\text{Air State}}{3} \right] + \frac{\text{Mod}_\text{Air State}}{4} \right) \times 0.1 \times \text{Mod}_\text{Jet} \right \rfloor }[/math]

Enemy Fleet

For each slot of the Enemy Fleet:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Plane Loss} = \Big\lfloor \text{Count}_\text{Plane} \times \big( 0.035 \times \text{random} \left[ 0 ; \text{Mod}_\text{Air State} \right] + 0.065 \times \text{random} \left[ 0 ; \text{Mod}_\text{Air State} \right] \big) \Big\rfloor }[/math]

With

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Count}_\text{Plane} }[/math] is the plane's count in the slot.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Air State} }[/math] is the Air State modifier for each side, with:
- AS+: 1
- AS: 3
- AP: 5
- AD: 7
- AI: 10
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Jet} }[/math] is 0.6 for Jets
, 1 otherwise.
The random function takes a random integer within the range in a linear distribution.

Notes

Aircraft will be launched regardless of the carrier's state (except Sunk).
The Air States between the allied and enemy fleets are mirrored. For example, attaining AS+ imposes AI to the enemy fleet.
If both sides launch no planes, the Air State will be Air Parity.
By solely using planes with no AA stat, an enemy fleet might start Air Supremacy Combat with 0 total Fighter Power.
- In such case, the allied fleet will attain AS+ even if no planes are launched.

Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense

Planes that participate in this phase:

Bombers
- //// carrier-based,
- Bomber seaplanes.
- Hayabusa ASW Hayabusa

Following Stage 1, the Fleet AA Defense phase allows each fleet to reduce the incoming Airstrike damage by shooting down enemy planes.

Each bomber is assigned to a random enemy ship.
- Ships are picked regardless of damage state, ship class, and position in the fleet have no influence.
  - Even ships that cannot be targeted by airstrikes such as submarines can be chosen to defend against a given bomber.
  - Sunk ships cannot be chosen to defend^[1], but sunk enemy ships can still activate Anti-Air Cut-in for the fleet^[2]
When a ship defends against a bomber, it rolls two concurrent but independent events, each with 50 % chance of success:
- The first roll, denominated Proportional Shootdown, or Prop for short, reduces the slot size by a given % value.
- The second roll, denominated Fixed Shootdown, or Fixed for short, reduces the slot size by a given X value.
- There is therefore a chance of 25 % to trigger both effects, 25 % to trigger only Prop, 25 % to trigger only Fixed, and 25 % to trigger neither, for each bomber.
- Player-side ships are also guaranteed to shoot down at least +1 plane in addition to this, see Anti-Air Cut-in for details.

Adjusted Anti-Air

Adjusted Anti-Air is a set of values derived from each ship and the entire fleet. For a single ship, this value Ship Adjusted AA applies weights on different pieces of equipment to further increase its effectiveness against enemy air threats. For the fleet, this value Fleet Adjusted AA has the objective of further increasing the influence of particularly high Anti-Air ships on either side by strengthening the entire fleet's air defense performance.

Adjusted Anti-Air Formulas

Allied Fleet

Ship Adj AA

Allied Fleet:

Ship Adjusted AA of each ship is defined by^[1]:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} = \text{AA}_\text{ship} + \sum^{\text{All Equip}} \left( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Ship} + \text{AA}_\text{★-Equip} \right) }[/math]

Then, if ship has any equipment equipped: [math]\displaystyle{ \text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} = 2 \times \bigg\lfloor\frac{\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship}}{2}\bigg\rfloor }[/math] (rounded down to the nearest multiple of 2)

Fleet Adj AA

Fleet Adjusted AA is defined by:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AdjAA}_\text{fleet} = \frac{2}{1.3} \times \Bigg\lfloor \text{Mod}_\text{Formation} \times \sum^{\text{All Ships}} \bigg\lfloor \sum^{\text{All equip}} ( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Fleet} + \text{AA}_\text{★-Fleet} ) \bigg\rfloor \Bigg\rfloor }[/math]

Enemy Fleet

Ship Adj AA

Enemy Fleet

Ship Adjusted AA of each ship is defined by:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} = 2 \times \sqrt{\text{AA}_\text{ship} + \sum^{\text{All Equip}} \text{AA}_\text{Equip}} + \sum^{\text{All Equip}} ( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Ship} ) }[/math]

Then: [math]\displaystyle{ \text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} = 2 \times \bigg\lfloor\frac{\text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship}}{2}\bigg\rfloor }[/math] (rounded down to the nearest multiple of 2)

Fleet Adj AA

Fleet Adjusted AA is defined by:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy fleet} = 2 \times \Bigg\lfloor \text{Mod}_\text{Formation} \times \sum^{\text{All Ships}} \bigg\lfloor \sum^{\text{All Equip}} ( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Fleet} ) \bigg\rfloor \Bigg\rfloor }[/math]

With

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AA}_\text{ship} }[/math] the base AA stat of the ship.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AA}_\text{Equip} }[/math] the AA stat of the equipment
- Visible bonuses are included to some extent, but actual amount is unconfirmed^[2]
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AA}_\text{★-Equip} }[/math] the "equipment" AA stat gained from Improvements.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AA}_\text{★-Fleet} }[/math] the "fleet" AA stat gained from Improvements.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Formation} }[/math] the Formation modifier. See Combat for more details.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-XX} }[/math] the equipment type modifier, with each value used in their respective formulas:

Equipment Type	[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Ship} }[/math]	[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Fleet} }[/math]
High-Angle Guns, AAFD	4	0.35
Air Air Radars	3	0.4
AA Shells	0	0.6
46cm Triple Gun Mount^[3]	0	0.25
AA Guns	6	0.2
All other equipment	0
Other Abyssal AA Equipment Including CIC, HA Single-Guns	0

↑ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tqYyqzdc1RT_fYDKFMcUId0kOZHCdGpVsObm6yt-Yco/edit#heading=h.9md7m3uoezjq
↑ Estimated to be about 0.75-0.8 but not a precise fit: https://twitter.com/nishikkuma/status/1555196188621946884
↑ Other guns like the 46 cm variants
are untested.

Proportional and Fixed shootdowns

Ship Adjusted AA is used to calculate Proportional shootdown.
Ship Adjusted AA and Fleet Adjusted AA are used to calculate Fixed shootdown.

Prop/Fixed Shootdown Formulas

Allied Fleet

Allied Fleet's ship:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Prop}= \left \lfloor \frac{\lfloor\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship}\rfloor \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF}}{400} \times \text{Count}_\text{Plane} \right \rfloor }[/math]

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Fixed}= \left \lfloor \frac{ \left( \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship} \rfloor + \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{fleet} \times \text{AAR}_\text{fleet} \rfloor \right) \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF} \times \text{K}_\text{value}}{10} \right \rfloor }[/math]

Enemy Fleet

Enemy Fleet's ship:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Prop}= \left \lfloor \frac{\lfloor\text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship}\rfloor \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF}}{400} \times \text{Count}_\text{Plane} \right \rfloor }[/math]

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Fixed}= \Bigg\lfloor \frac{ \left( \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship} \rfloor + \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy fleet} \times \text{AAR}_\text{fleet} \rfloor \right) \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF} \times \text{K}_\text{value} \times 0.75 }{8} \Bigg\rfloor }[/math]

With

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AdjAA}_\text{xx} }[/math] the previously calculated Adjusted Anti-Air.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Count}_\text{Plane} }[/math] the current number of attacking planes.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{CF} }[/math] the Combined Fleet modifier, being:
- 1 in Single Fleets vs Single Fleet
- 0.8 if in Single Fleets vs Combined Fleets[1]
- 0.8 if the ship is in a CF's main fleet on Surface Nodes
- 0.72 if the ship is in a CF's main fleet on Air Raid Nodes
- 0.48 if the ship is in a CF's escort fleet
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{K}_\text{value} }[/math] the Anti Air Cut-in (AACI) multiplier.
- 1 if no AACI triggers
- See K-value column of AACI Patterns for values.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AAR}_\text{ship} }[/math] the attacking plane's Ship AA Resist.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AAR}_\text{fleet} }[/math] the attacking plane's Fleet AA Resist.

Notes

Smoke effects:
- The smoke affects the allied shootdown but not the enemy shootdown.
- No fixed shootdown above 2 has been observed under a smoke.
- The guaranteed shootdown does not seem to be affected.
- A modifier to the Adjusted AA is suspected but there is not enough data to confirm it.

Guaranteed Shootdown Formula

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Guaranteed}= \lfloor \text{AACI}_\text{shotA} \times \text{AAR}_\text{AACI} \rfloor + \text{AACI}_\text{shotB} }[/math]

With

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AAR}_\text{AACI} }[/math] the attacking plane's AACI Resist.
- Value is suspected to be equal to [math]\displaystyle{ \text{AAR}_\text{ship} }[/math], but not confirmed for all planes.^[1]
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AACI}_\text{shotA} }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ \text{AACI}_\text{shotB} }[/math] are Anti Air Cut-in (AACI) Shot-down values
- See Shot down per slot column of AACI Patterns for values in tooltips.
  - Player fleet uses [math]\displaystyle{ \text{AACI}_\text{shotA} = 1 }[/math], [math]\displaystyle{ \text{AACI}_\text{shotB} = 0 }[/math] if no AACI triggered
  - Enemy fleet uses [math]\displaystyle{ \text{AACI}_\text{shotA} = 0 }[/math], [math]\displaystyle{ \text{AACI}_\text{shotB} = 0 }[/math] if no AACI triggered
  - Values for API values after 13 are unconfirmed

Notes

The current formula only works for average AAR^[2]
For the other AAR:
- Low AAR: No reduction of the Guaranteed Shootdown have been observed,
- High AAR: a reduction of 3 have been observed,
- Extremely high AAR: a reduction of 3 have been observed.
  - The reduction for the Kikka Kai is inconsistant between 3 and 4.

Anti-Air Resistance

Specific planes, in particular skilled variants, remarkable aces or state-of-the-art aircraft may present a special AA resistance property. AA resistance is presented in form of "Ship AA Resistance/Fleet AA Resistance", with each value being used in the respective above formulas.

This property is arbitrary to each aircraft, but loosely fit in the following categories:

Extremely high resistance: Aircraft that presents a resistance of 0.5/0.5
High resistance: Aircraft that presents a resistance of 0.5/0.7
Average resistance: Aircraft that presents a resistance of 0.6/0.7
Low resistance: Aircraft that presents a resistance of 0.6/1.0

AA Resist Planes
Plane	Air State Modifier	Ship AA Modifier	Fleet AA Modifier
Torpedo Bombers
Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (Tomonaga Squadron)	1	0.6	1
Tenzan Model 12 (Tomonaga Squadron)	1	0.6	1
Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (Murata Squadron)	1	0.6	1
Tenzan Model 12 (Murata Squadron)	1	0.6	1
Ryuusei Kai (CarDiv 1/Skilled)	1	0.6	1
Tenzan Model 12A Kai (Skilled w/ Type 6 Airborne Radar Kai)	1	0.6	1
Ryuusei Kai (Skilled)	1	0.6	1
Mosquito TR Mk.33	1	0.6	1
Tenzan Model 12A Kai 2 (Murata Squadron w/ Radar)	1	0.6	1
Dive Bombers
Type 99 Dive Bomber (Egusa Squadron)	1	0.6	1
Suisei (Egusa Squadron)	1	0.6	0.7
Zero Fighter Model 62 (Fighter-bomber / Iwai Squadron)	1	0.6	0.7
Suisei Model 12 (634 Air Group w/ Type 3 Cluster Bombs)	1	0.6	1
Suisei Model 12 (w/ Type 31 Photoelectric Fuze Bombs)	1	0.6	1
F4U-4	1	0.6	1
AU-1	1	0.6	1
F4U-7	1	0.6	1
Type 0 Fighter Model 64 (Skilled Fighter-bomber)	1	0.6	1
Jets
Jet Keiun Kai	0.6	0.5	0.7
Kikka Kai	0.6	0.5	0.5
Bomber Seaplane Bombers
Zuiun (634 Air Group)	1	0.6	1
Zuiun Model 12	1	0.6	1
Zuiun Model 12 (634 Air Group)	1	0.6	0.7
Seiran (631 Air Group)	1	0.6	1
Zuiun (634 Air Group/Skilled)	1	0.6	0.7
Zuiun Kai Ni (634 Air Group)	1	0.5	0.7
Zuiun Kai Ni (634 Air Group/Skilled)	1	0.5	0.5
Prototype Night Zuiun (Attack Equipment)	1	0.5	0.7
Liaison Aircraft
Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (Skilled/20th Squadron)	1	0.6	1
Land Based Bombers
Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft (Nonaka Squadron)	1	0.6	1
Bomb-carrying Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (65th Squadron)	1	0.6	0.7
Ginga (Egusa Squadron)	1	0.6	1
Type 4 Heavy Bomber Hiryuu (Skilled)	1	0.6	1
Do 217 E-5 + Hs293 Initial Model	1	0.6	1
Do 217 K-2 + Fritz-X	1	0.6	1
SM.79 bis (Skilled)	1	0.6	1
Type 4 Heavy Bomber Hiryuu + No.1 Model 1A Guided Missile	1	0.6	1
Ki-102 B	1	0.6	1
Ki-102 B Kai + No.1 Model 1B Guided Missile	1	0.6	0.7
Mosquito FB Mk.VI	1	0.6	0.7
Type 4 Heavy Bomber Hiryuu (Skilled) + No.1 Model 1A Guided Missile	1	0.6	1
Ginga (Skilled)	1	0.6	1
Abyssal Planes
Abyssal Night Dive Bomber	1	0.6	0.7
Abyssal Night Revenge Torpedo Bomber	1	0.6	0.7
Abyssal Two-seat Fighter-bomber Hawk	1	0.6?	0.7?
Abyssal Two-seat Fighter-bomber Hawk Kai	1	0.6?	0.7?
[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Anti-Air Cut-in

Akizuki performing the ID 1 AACI.

Using special equipment setups, ships may perform one of multiple special Anti-Ait Cut-In mostly referred to as AACI, during Stage 2.

AACI types

Each AACI is defined by its "ID" (its API value), and is arbitrary (see the below table).
- They are then mostly referred to by their "ID".
- Some older AACI may be referred to by their abbreviation, such as BBR for AACI 5.
For all AACI, the "ID" therefore fully determines:
- The setup of the AACI and the ships able to trigger it,
- The "Trigger Rate" and the "Priority Order",
- The "K-value" and "shot down per slot" value,

AACI effects

Grant a multiplier to the "Fixed Shootdown" of all allied ships, referred to as the K-value, regardless of what ship triggers it,
Remove a fixed number of planes from each enemy bomber slot ("shot down per slot").

These effects make depleting the entirety of enemy planes much more feasible.

AACI triggering

Only one AACI can be performed per battle,
- On "Aerial Combat Nodes", AACI can be triggered twice, one per phase.
Only a ship equipped with proper AACI setups can trigger one (see the below table),
If multiple ships are equipped with AACI setups, each ship will roll their available AACI in ID's "Priority Order" (see the below table).
- If IDs are tied, priority goes by fleet order from top to bottom.
- Thus, for a given fleet & setup, some ships will take priority over others always the same way.
- If one ship fulfills the requirement for multiple setups at once, then it will be able to roll each individual AACI in ID's "Priority Order".
The trigger rate is unaffected by Stats like the damage status, Fleet AA, Ship AA, Adjusted AA, Air State, or any other parameter like Luck and LoS.

It is possible for all AACI rolls in a fleet to fail, triggering no AACI.
If the enemy fleet has a valid setup, it may as well activate an AACI. If that happens, no animation will be shown, but the effects will function normally.
- It can activate during the regular airstrike phase, but not during other phases like the Jet Assaults, LBAS phases, OASW, or Shelling phases.
- There is a bug that allows enemy ships to activate AACI even if they were sunk^[1].

For the following table:

is used to indicate any Large Caliber Main Gun
is used to indicate any High-Angle Gun (dual-purpose guns/HA guns), including Main HA Guns and Secondary HA Guns,
is used to indicate any AA Gun,
is used to indicate any AA Fire Directors
,
is used to indicate any AA Shell
is used to indicate any Radar, including Surface Radars,
Air is used to indicate an Air Radar (any Radar with AA stat of 2 or higher).

Do note that some setups also required a maximal or minimal base AA stat for the equipment to be counted.

This exclude any stat gained from Fit Bonuses or Improvement.

AACI List

AACI Patterns
ID	Priority Order	Setup	Shot down per slot	K-value	Rate	Users
None		Triggers if no other AACI is activated	+1A = 1, B = 0	1.0	N/A	Player's fleet only
1	12		+8A = 3, B = 5	1.7	65 %	Akizuki-class
2	17		+7A = 3, B = 4	1.7	58 %
3	27		+5A = 2, B = 3	1.6	50 %
4	16	Air	+7A = 5, B = 2	1.5	52 %	All
5	28	8+ AA 8+ AA Air	+5A = 2, B = 3	1.5	55 %	All (except Akizuki-class)
6	29		+5A = 4, B = 1	1.45	40 %	All
7	37	Air	+4A = 2, B = 2	1.35	45 %	All (except Akizuki-class)
8	34	8+ AA Air	+5A = 2, B = 3	1.4	50 %	All (except Akizuki-class)
9	47		+3A = 1, B = 2	1.3	40 %	All
10	6	9+ AA Air	+9A = 3, B = 6	1.65	60 %	Maya Kai Ni
11	9	9+ AA	+7A = 2, B = 5	1.5	55 %	Maya Kai Ni
12	41	9+ AA 3+ AA Air	+4A = 1, B = 3	1.25	45 %	All
13	35	8+ AA 9+ AA Air	+5A = 1, B = 4	1.35	35 %	All (except Maya Kai Ni)
14	26	Air	+5	1.45	62 %	Isuzu Kai Ni
15	36		+4	1.3	55 %	Isuzu Kai Ni
16	25	Air	+5	1.4	62 %	Kasumi Kai Ni B & Yuubari Kai Ni (not Toku/D )
17	44		+3	1.25	55 %	Kasumi Kai Ni B & Inagi Kai Ni
18	45	9+ AA	+3	1.2	60 %	Satsuki Kai Ni & Inagi Kai Ni
19	22	7- AA 9+ AA	+6	1.45	58 %	Kinu Kai Ni
20	38	9+ AA	+4	1.25	65 %	Kinu Kai Ni
21	23	Air	+6	1.45	60 %	Yura Kai Ni
22	46	9+ AA	+3	1.2	60 %	Fumizuki Kai Ni
23	48	3~8 AA	+2	1.05	80 %	UIT-25/I-504
24	39	3~8 AA	+4	1.25	40 %	Tenryuu-class Kai Ni
25	10	Air	+8	1.55	60 %	Ise-class Kai/Ni
26	15	Air	+7	1.4	55 %	Yamato-class Kai/Ni
27	20	Air	+6	1.55	55 %	Ooyodo Kai
28	30	Air	+5	1.4	55 %	Ise-class Kai/Ni & Musashi Kai/Ni
29	24	Air	+6	1.55	60 %	Hamakaze B Kai & Isokaze B Kai
30	33		+4	1.3	45 %	Tenryuu Kai Ni & Gotland Kai/Andra
31	42		+3	1.2	52 %	Tenryuu Kai Ni & Inagi Kai Ni
32	40	OR OR	+4	1.2	50 %	Royal Navy Ships & Kongou-class Kai Ni/B/C
33	32	4+ AA	+4	1.35	45 %	Gotland Kai/Andra
34	13		+8	1.6	55 %	Fletcher-class
35	18	OR	+7	1.55	55 %
36	19	OR OR	+7	1.55	50 %
37	31		+5	1.45	40 %
38	1		+11	1.85	57 %	Atlanta-class
39	2		+11	1.7	57 %
40	3	OR OR	+11	1.7	56 %
41	5	OR OR	+10	1.65	55 %
42	4	Sp 6+ AA	+11	1.65	64 %	Yamato-class Kai Ni
43	7	Sp	+9	1.6	59 %
44	14	Sp 6+ AA	+7	1.6	54 %
45	21	Sp	+6	1.55	40 %
46	8	9+ AA Air OR 9+ AA Air	+8	1.55	50 %	Haruna Kai Ni B
47	43	OR OR 4+ AA	+3	1.3	69.3 %	Shiratsuyu Kai Ni Shigure Kai Ni/San Murasame Kai Ni Harusame Kai Ni
48	11	4+ AA	+9	1.75	64.7? %	Akizuki-class Kai/Ni

Examples

Akizuki with 8+ AA8+ AAAir9+ AA fulfills the requirements of the AACIs 1, 2, 3, 13 (in this order).
- The resulting trigger rate is 95.22 %.

Fletcher with fulfills the requirements of the AACIs 34, 35, 9 (in this order).
- The resulting trigger rate is 88.80 %.

Musashi with Sp fulfills the requirements of the AACIs 42, 43, 44, 45, 5, 28, 8, 13 (in this order).
- The resulting trigger rate is 99.73 %.

Isokaze B Kai with 8+ AA8+ AAAir9+ AA fulfills the requirements of the AACIs 29, 5, 8, 13 (in this order).
- The resulting trigger rate is 94.15 %.

Sequential AACIs

The Sequential AACIs were the AACIs introduced with the implementation of Johnston, allowing to a single ship to roll multiple AACI IDs at once, greatly increasing the trigger rate. Since the 26/05/2023 update, this mechanic is defunct, being available to all ships.

See here for more details.

Main Sources: [9] [10]

Old sources: [11] [12] [13]

↑ https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1565631534362664960

Stage 3 - Airstrike

Planes that participate in this phase:

Carrier-based Reconnaissance Aircraft
Carrier-based Bombers
Seaplane Bombers
- Hayabusa ASW Hayabusa

With both preliminary phases executed, the final Aerial Combat Stage, Airstrike, is performed. In this phase, each bomber from the Allied Fleet and Enemy Fleet that still possess a slot size higher than 0 selects a ship to attack. The attack target is randomly picked following the same rules as Shelling target selection. The targeted ship is not necessarily the ship that has defended against said bomber during Stage 2.

See Damage Calculations for details on airstrike damage.

Notes

Each bomber is assigned to a single ship and performs exactly one attack. The same ship may be selected to be attacked by multiple different bombers.
The attack is unaffected by the battle's Engagement and the Fleet's Formation, as well as the Carrier's morale and damage state.
Submarines are untargetable by Airstrike

Contact

Tenzan Model 12 (Murata Squadron) performing Contact against the Enemy Fleet.

Contact is a special mechanic that increases the damage of all bombers participating in the Airstrike Phase. Specifically, it may be triggered during Stage 1, but has no effects until Stage 3. When successful, the Squadron performing Contact will be shown on top of the opposing fleet's "Radar", together with the text Making contact! (触接中!, shokusetsu-chū!).

Contact may be triggered only under AS+, AS, and AD. It cannot trigger under AP and AI.
At least one Sp Carrier Recon, / Torpedo Bomber, Recon/ Seaplane Recon, or Large Flying Boat must be present.
- Bomber Seaplane Bombers cannot perform contact.

Step 1: Contact Trigger

This step determines if any contact can trigger at all. Each plane that can perform contact contributes to the trigger rate based on the plane's LoS stat and current slot size.

Only Torpedo Bombers do not contribute to the trigger rate, but may still trigger the contact with the minimum rate possible.

Contact Trigger Rate Formula^[1]

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Contact Rate}= \frac{1 + \sum_{\text{All Planes} } \left( \lfloor \sqrt{\text{Count}_\text{Plane} } \times \text{LoS}_\text{Plane} \rfloor \right)} {\text{Mod}_\text{Air State} } }[/math]

With

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{All Planes} }[/math] refer only to all planes that can perform Contact (/Sp/Recon//) except Torpedo Bombers (/).
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Count}_\text{Plane} }[/math] is the current plane's slot size.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{LoS}_\text{Plane} }[/math] is the plane's displayed LoS stat.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Air State} }[/math] is the Air State modifier.
- AS+: 25
- AS: 40
- AD: 55

Notes

If only / Torpedo Bombers are present, there is still a very small chance Contact Trigger can succeed.

A single roll is performed using the Final Trigger Rate. If successful, Contact advances to Step 2.

Step 2: Aircraft Selection

After a successful Step 1, each plane will roll a Selection rate to be allowed to perform contact. The rolls are performed for each plane independently following a set priority, from highest to lowest. The priority for Aircraft Selection is:

Accuracy stat, starting from highest.
The Carrier's position in the fleet, starting from Flagship.
The Equipment slot position, starting from the first.

Aircraft Selection Formula^[1]

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Selection Rate}= \frac{\text{LoS}_\text{Plane} } {\text{Mod}_\text{Air State} } }[/math]

With

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Selection Rate} }[/math] applies only to planes that can perform Contact (/Sp///Recon//).
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{LoS}_\text{Plane} }[/math] is the plane's displayed LoS stat.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Air State} }[/math] is the Air State modifier.
- AS+: 14
- AS: 16
- AD: 18

The first Squadron that succeeds to be selected will perform Contact. If all planes fail to be selected, Contact will not trigger, even if Step 1 was successful.

If successful, then Contact will grant an additional damage multiplier based on the selected aircraft's stat.

Accuracy	Damage Modifier
0	112 %
1	112 %
2	117 %
3+	120 %

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 KanColle Kai decompile

Anti-Air Rocket Barrage

Certain ship types have the ability to trigger an "Anti-Air Rocket Barrage" (AARB), completely negating any airstrike damage they would otherwise take.

The only ships types able to trigger this mechanic are:
- BBV, CV, CVB, CVL, CAV, and AV.
The ship must be equipped with a 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni.
- It is often referred to as "RLK2" or "Rosa Kai Ni" for short.

AARB Trigger Rate Formula

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AARB %} = 100 \times \frac{\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} + {0.9} \times \text{Luck} }{400 - \left( 40 \times \text{N}_\text{rocket} + \text{AdjAA}_\text{RLK2} + 30 + \text{Mod}_\text{Ise-class} \right)} }[/math]

With

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} }[/math] the previously calculated Adjusted AA of the ship.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck} }[/math] the ship's Luck stat.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{N}_\text{rocket} }[/math] the number of RLK2 equipped on the ship.
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{AdjAA}_\text{RLK2} }[/math] the Adjusted AA of the RLK2, being 48[math]\displaystyle{ \text{8} \times \text{6} }[/math].
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Ise-class} }[/math] being 70 if the ship is an Ise-class, 0 otherwise.

Ise triggers AARB, while Choukai triggers a AA Shell barrage, during the Airstrike Stage.

If the AARB triggers on a ship, the ship will slide forward, and Rocket Barrage Successful (噴進弾幕成功, funshindan maku seikō) will be displayed over its card.

If the ship does not take any damage during the airstrike, the same animation will also be played, even if the AARB failed to trigger or the ship was not targeted by any bomber.
Generally when a ship is targeted by any bomber and takes no damage, the text "miss" will be displayed over the ship's card, but if the AARB actually triggered, nothing will be displayed instead.

Notes

It is possible to achieve more than 100 % activation rate.
There is another anti-air barrage animation in-game for only AA Shells. No effects were found for it.
- The combination of a AA Shells and the RLK2 is also supposed to have extra effects. No effects were found for it.
- The uselessness/cosmetic-only role of AA Shells in this mechanic might be an historical reference to the real T3 shells, being extremely ineffective in their AA role, and being compared to simple "fireworks".
Smokes reduce the AARB trigger rate, either directly or by reducing the Adjusted AA.

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Contents

Aerial Combat Breakdown

Jet Assault Phase

Stage 1 - Battle for Air Superiority

Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense

Adjusted Anti-Air

Proportional and Fixed shootdowns

Anti-Air Resistance

Anti-Air Cut-in

AACI List

Stage 3 - Airstrike

Contact

Step 1: Contact Trigger

Step 2: Aircraft Selection

Anti-Air Rocket Barrage

See Also

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+{{CombatPortal}}
 =Aerial Combat Breakdown=
+Aerial Combat is one of the [[Day Battle]] intermediary phases. In this phase, allied and enemy fleets indirectly fight each other for aerial dominance and airstrike potential, granting either fleet some substantial advantages in the subsequent combat phases.
-Aerial Combat is one of the ''daytime combat'' intermediary phases. In this phase, allied and enemy fleets indirectly fight each other for aerial dominance and airstrike potential, granting either fleet some substantial advantages in the subsequent combat phases.
 Aerial Combat has the following structure:
-* [[LBAS]]'s Jet Assault
+#LBAS's [[#Jet Assault Phase|Jet Assault]]
-* Fleet's Jet Assault
+#Fleet's [[#Jet Assault Phase|Jet Assault]]
-* [[LBAS|Land-based Aerial Support]]
+#[[LBAS|Land-Based Aerial Support]]
-* Stage 1 - Battle for Air Superiority
+#[[#Stage 1 - Battle for Air Superiority|Stage 1 - Battle for Air Superiority]]
-* Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense
+#[[#Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense|Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense]]
-* Stage 3 - Airstrike
+#[[#Stage 3 - Airstrike|Stage 3 - Airstrike]]
-If an LBAS phase happens before the Aerial Combat phase, the enemy fleet state, such as plane slots and Fighter Power used for the subsequent Aerial Combat, is carried over. This can be used to tamper with the Enemy's Aerial Combat initial conditions. For more information, check the [[LBAS]] article.
+If an [[LBAS]] phase happens before the Aerial Combat phase, the enemy fleet state, such as plane slots and Fighter Power used for the subsequent Aerial Combat, is carried over. This can be used to tamper with the Enemy's Aerial Combat initial conditions.
+*''See [[LBAS]] for more details.
 In case neither fleets meet the requirements, the sub-phase will be skipped.
+{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center"
+!colspan=7|Planes in combat phases
+|-
+!Plane type
+!Detection
+!Contact
+!Airpower
+!Opening airstrike
+!Day Cut-in
+!ASW
+|-
+|{{Fighter}}{{Night Fighter Aircraft}} [[Fighter]]s
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--ASW-->
+|-
+|{{Torpedo Bomber}}{{Night Torpedo Bomber}} [[Torpedo Bomber]]s
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--ASW-->
+|-
+|{{Dive Bomber}} [[Dive Bomber]]s
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--ASW-->
+|-
+|{{JetFighterBomber1}}{{JetFighterBomber2}} [[:Category:Jet-powered Fighter-Bombers|Jets]]
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--ASW-->
+|-
+|{{Carrier Recon}} [[Carrier Recon]]s
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--ASW-->
+|-
+|{{SPR}}{{Night Recon}} [[Seaplane Recon]]s
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--ASW-->
+|-
+|{{SPB}}{{Night SPB}} [[Seaplane Bomber]]s
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--ASW-->
+|-
+|{{SeaplaneFighter}} [[Seaplane Fighter]]s
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--ASW-->
+|-
+|{{LFB}} [[Large Flying Boat]]s
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--ASW-->
+|-
+|{{Autogyro}} [[Rotorcraft]]
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--ASW-->
+|-
+|{{ASWPlane}} [[Liaison Aircraft]]
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Detection-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Contact-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--Air power-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Airstrike-->
+|style="background-color:#ffb6c1"|❌ <!--Day Cut-in-->
+|style="background-color:#90ee90"|✔️ <!--ASW-->
+|}
 =[[Jets|Jet Assault]] Phase=
 Planes that participate in this phase:
 * {{Template:JetFighterBomber2}},{{Template:JetFighterBomber1}} "Jets" (turbojet propelled fighter-bombers)
-If any carrier on either side is equipped with [[Jets]], the Jet Assault (JA) Phase will commence first of all. The JA Phase may only commence during battles where '''Airstrikes''' can be performed. The JA follows the same rules as the Stage 3 - Airstrike phase.
+If any carrier on either side is equipped with [[Jets]], the '''"Jet Assault" (JA)''' Phase will commence first of all. The JA Phase may only commence during battles where '''Airstrikes''' can be performed. The JA follows the same rules as [[#Stage 3 - Airstrike|Stage 3]].
-The defending side is allowed to defend against the Jets following the same rules as the ones from Stage 2 - Fleet AA Defense, however, Jets possess great [[Anti-Air_Fire#Shoot_Down_Resistance|shootdown resistance]], specifically during the Jet Assault Phase.
+The defending side is allowed to defend against the Jets following the same rules as [[#Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense|Stage 2]], however, Jets possess great [[#Anti-Air Resistance|Anti-Air Resistance]], specifically during the JA, and enemy [[AACI]] cannot be triggered during this phase either.
-Jets are not excluded from the Stage 3 - Airstrike phase, but in exchange, they are subject to enemy Anti-Air prior the JA, and again on Stage 2 - Fleet AA Defense.
+Jets also take part in the regular [[#Stage 3 - Airstrike|Stage 3]], but in exchange, they are subject to enemy Anti-Air prior to the JA, and again during [[#Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense|Stage 2]].
 '''Steel Cost:''' every time the Jet Assault Phase is triggered, {{Steel}} is ''automatically subtracted from the stockpile''.
+{{Formula|Title= Jets Steel Cost
-<math>\text{Jet Phase Cost} = \sum^{\text{All Jets}} \lceil \text{Plane}_\text{Count} \times \text{Steel Cost} \rceil</math>
+|Math=\text{Jet Phase Cost} = \sum^{\text{All Jets} } \lceil \text{Count}_\text{Plane} \times \text{Steel Cost} \rceil
+|Var=<math>\text{Count}_\text{Plane}</math> is the current plane count '''at the start of the battle'''.
-* <math>\text{Plane}_\text{Count}</math> is the current plane count '''at the start of the battle'''.
 * <math>\text{Steel Cost}</math> is the steel cost per plane.
 ** [[Kikka Kai]]: '''2.6'''
 ** [[Jet Keiun Kai]]: '''2.8'''
+}}
 =Stage 1 - Battle for Air Superiority=
@@ Line 40: / Line 142: @@
 Planes that participate in this phase:
 * Fighters:
-** {{GreenPlane}}/{{Night Fighter Aircraft}} carrier-based,
+** {{Fighter}}/{{Night Fighter Aircraft}} carrier-based,
 ** {{SeaplaneFighter}} seaplanes.
+** {{IconText|{{ASWPlane}}|Hayabusa|8}} ASW Hayabusa
 * Bombers
-** {{RedPlane}}/{{BluePlane}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}}/{{JetFighterBomber1}}/{{JetFighterBomber2}} carrier-based,
+** {{Dive Bomber}}/{{Torpedo Bomber}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}}/{{JetFighterBomber1}}/{{JetFighterBomber2}} carrier-based,
 ** {{SPB}} seaplanes.
 Following a possible Jet Phase, the fight for Air Supremacy will begin. The main objective of this phase is to define the '''Air State''' imposed on each fleet, by comparing each fleet's Air Power, more commonly referred to as '''Fighter Power (FP)'''.
+*The Air State achieved can be critical, especially to trigger certain mechanics like [[Artillery Spotting]]/[[CVCI]], [[#Contact|Contact]], or [[Night Battle#Night Contact and Spotting|Night Contact]].
 Fighter Power is defined by each plane equipped in the fleet that participates in this phase.
+{{Formula
-{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%"
+|Title=Fighter Power Formula
-!Fighter Power
+|Math=\text{Fighter Power} = \sum^{\text{All planes} } \left[ \left(\text{AA}_\text{Plane} \times \sqrt{\text{Count}_\text{Plane} } \right) + \text{Mod}_\text{proficiency} \right]
-|-
+|Var=<math>\text{AA}_\text{Plane}</math> is the {{AA}} AA stat of the plane, including [[Improvement]]s.
-|
+** [[Visible Bonus]]es are not counted.
-<math>\text{Fighter Power} = \sum^{\text{All planes}} \left[ \left(\text{AA}_\text{Plane} \times \sqrt{\text{Plane}_\text{Count}} \right) + \text{Mod}_\text{proficiency} \right]</math>
+* <math>\text{Count}_\text{Plane}</math> is the number of planes in the slot prior to Stage 1's start.
-Where:
-* <math>\text{AA}_\text{Plane}</math> is the {{AA}} AA stat of the plane, including [[Improvement]]s.
-** [[Equipment Bonuses|Visible bonuses]] are not counted.
-* <math>\text{Plane}_\text{Count}</math> is the number of planes in the slot prior to Stage 1's start.
 * <math>\text{Mod}_\text{proficiency}</math> is the fighter-power proficiency bonus. For maxed proficiency {{Double Chevron}} planes it is:
-** '''25.464''' for {{GreenPlane}}carrier-based [[Fighter]]s and {{SeaplaneFighter}}[[SPF|seaplane fighters]],
+** '''25.464''' for {{Fighter}} carrier-based [[Fighter]]s, {{SeaplaneFighter}} [[Seaplane Fighter]]s, and {{IconText|{{ASWPlane}}|Hayabusa|8}} {{Equipment/Link|Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model II Kai (20th Squadron)|Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (Skilled/20th Squadron)|link=Liaison Aircraft|text=ASW Hayabusa}},
-** '''9.464''' for {{SPB}}[[SPB|seaplane bombers]],
+** '''9.464''' for {{SPB}} [[Seaplane Bomber]]s,
-** '''3.464''' for all other planes.
+** '''3.464''' for {{Dive Bomber}}/{{Torpedo Bomber}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}}/{{JetFighterBomber1}}/{{JetFighterBomber2}} carrier-based bombers,
 ** See ''[[Plane Proficiency]]'' for more details.
-|}
+}}
 After Fighter Power is calculated for each fleet ('''FP''' and '''EFP''' for allied and enemy fleets, respectively), the values are compared, and Air State is determined, based on the following:
@@ Line 81: / Line 180: @@
 | <math>\text{FP} \ge 3\text{EFP}</math>
 | 3/120 - 7/120
-| 0% - 100%
+| 0 % - 100 %
 | Allied Only
 | Allied Only
@@ Line 89: / Line 188: @@
 | <math>3\text{EFP} > \text{FP} \ge 1.5\text{EFP}</math>
 | 9/120 - 21/120
-| 0% - 80%
+| 0 % - 80 %
 | Allied & Enemy
 | Allied Only
@@ Line 97: / Line 196: @@
 | <math>1.5\text{EFP} > \text{FP} > \frac{2}{3}\text{EFP}</math>
 | 15/120 - 35/120
-| 0% - 60%
+| 0 % - 60 %
 | Neither
 | Neither
@@ Line 105: / Line 204: @@
 | <math>\frac{2}{3}\text{EFP} \ge \text{FP} > \frac{1}{3}\text{EFP}</math>
 | 21/120 - 49/120
-| 0% - 40%
+| 0 % - 40 %
 | Allied & Enemy
 | Enemy Only
@@ Line 113: / Line 212: @@
 | <math>\frac{1}{3}\text{EFP} \ge \text{FP}</math>
 | 30/120 - 70/120
-| 0% - 10%
+| 0 % - 10 %
 | Enemy Only
 | Enemy Only
@@ Line 122: / Line 221: @@
 {|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%"
-!Proportional Air State Shootdown Formulas
+!colspan=2|Proportional Air State Shootdown Formulas
 |-
+!width=20px|<div style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;transform:rotate(180deg); text-align:left;">Allied Fleet</div>
 |
 For each slot of the '''Allied Fleet:'''
+{|style="padding:10px; margin:20px; border:1px solid orange; border-radius:10px"
+|valign="center"|  <math>\text{Plane Loss} = \left \lfloor
-<math>\text{Plane Loss} = \left \lfloor
+    \text{Count}_\text{Plane} \times
+    \left(
-    \text{Plane}_\text{Count} \times
-    \left[
        \text{random}
-       \left(
+       \left[
 ; \frac{\text{Mod}_\text{Air State}}{3}
-       \right) + \frac{\text{Mod}_\text{Air State}}{4}
+       \right] + \frac{\text{Mod}_\text{Air State}}{4}
-    \right] \times 0.1 \times \text{Mod}_\text{Jet}
+    \right) \times 0.1 \times \text{Mod}_\text{Jet}
 \right \rfloor</math>
+|}
+|-
+!width=20px|<div style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;transform:rotate(180deg); text-align:left;">Enemy Fleet</div>
+|
 For each slot of the '''Enemy Fleet:'''
+{|style="padding:10px; margin:20px; border:1px solid orange; border-radius:10px"
-<math>\text{Plane Loss} = \left \lfloor \text{Plane}_\text{Count} \times \left( 0.035 \times \text{random} \left[ 0 ; A \right] + 0.065 \times  \text{random} \left[ 0 ; A \right] \right) \right \rfloor</math>
+|valign="center"|  <math>\text{Plane Loss} = \Big\lfloor \text{Count}_\text{Plane} \times \big( 0.035 \times \text{random} \left[ 0 ; \text{Mod}_\text{Air State} \right] + 0.065 \times  \text{random} \left[ 0 ; \text{Mod}_\text{Air State} \right] \big) \Big\rfloor</math>
+|}
-Where:
+|-
-* <math>\text{Plane}_\text{Count}</math> is the plane's count in the slot.
+|colspan=2|
+;With
+* <math>\text{Count}_\text{Plane}</math> is the plane's count in the slot.
 * <math>\text{Mod}_\text{Air State}</math> is the Air State modifier for each side, with:
 ** {{color|green|'''AS+'''}}: 1
-** {{color|green|'''AS'''}}: 2
+** {{color|green|'''AS'''}}: 3
 ** '''AP''': 5
 ** {{color|red|'''AD'''}}: 7
@@ Line 155: / Line 260: @@
 |}
-'''Notes:'''
+;Notes
 * Aircraft will be launched regardless of the carrier's state (except Sunk).
 * The Air States between the allied and enemy fleets are mirrored. For example, attaining AS+ imposes AI to the enemy fleet.
@@ Line 165: / Line 270: @@
 Planes that participate in this phase:
 * Bombers
-** {{RedPlane}}/{{BluePlane}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}}/{{JetFighterBomber1}}/{{JetFighterBomber2}} carrier-based,
+** {{Dive Bomber}}/{{Torpedo Bomber}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}}/{{JetFighterBomber1}}/{{JetFighterBomber2}} carrier-based,
 ** {{SPB}} seaplanes.
+** {{IconText|{{ASWPlane}}|Hayabusa|8}} ASW Hayabusa
 Following Stage 1, the Fleet AA Defense phase allows each fleet to reduce the incoming Airstrike damage by shooting down enemy planes.
@@ Line 173: / Line 279: @@
 *** Even ships that cannot be targeted by airstrikes such as submarines can be chosen to defend against a given bomber.
 *** Sunk ships cannot be chosen to defend<ref>https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1564593185824841729</ref>, but sunk enemy ships can still activate [[#Anti-Air Cut-in|Anti-Air Cut-in]] for the fleet<ref>https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1565631534362664960</ref>
-* When a ship defends against a bomber, it rolls two concurrent but independent events, each with 50% chance of success:
+* When a ship defends against a bomber, it rolls two concurrent but independent events, each with 50 % chance of success:
 ** The first roll, denominated '''Proportional Shootdown''', or '''Prop''' for short, reduces the slot size by a given % value.
 ** The second roll, denominated '''Fixed Shootdown''', or '''Fixed''' for short, reduces the slot size by a given X value.
-** There is therefore a chance of 25% to trigger both effects, 25% to trigger only Prop, 25% to trigger only Fixed, and 25% to trigger neither, for each bomber.
+** There is therefore a chance of 25 % to trigger both effects, 25 % to trigger only Prop, 25 % to trigger only Fixed, and 25 % to trigger neither, for each bomber.
 ** Player-side ships are also guaranteed to shoot down at least +1 plane in addition to this, see [[#Anti-Air Cut-in|Anti-Air Cut-in]] for details.
 <references/>
@@ Line 185: / Line 291: @@
 {|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%"
-!Adjusted Anti-Air Formulas
+!colspan=3|Adjusted Anti-Air Formulas
 |-
+!width=20px rowspan=2|<div style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;transform:rotate(180deg); text-align:left;">Allied Fleet</div>
+!width=20px|<div style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;transform:rotate(180deg); text-align:left;">Ship Adj AA</div>
 |
 '''Allied Fleet:'''
 *'''Ship Adjusted AA''' of each ship is defined by<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tqYyqzdc1RT_fYDKFMcUId0kOZHCdGpVsObm6yt-Yco/edit#heading=h.9md7m3uoezjq</ref>:
-*<math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} = \text{AA}_\text{ship} + \sum^{\text{All Equip}} \left( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Ship} + \text{AA}_\text{★-Equip} \right)</math>
+{|style="padding:10px; margin:20px; border:1px solid orange; border-radius:10px"
+|valign="center"|  <math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} = \text{AA}_\text{ship} + \sum^{\text{All Equip}} \left( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Ship} + \text{AA}_\text{★-Equip} \right)</math>
+|}
 * Then, if ship has any equipment equipped: <math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} = 2 \times \bigg\lfloor\frac{\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship}}{2}\bigg\rfloor</math> (rounded down to the nearest multiple of 2)
+|-
+!width=20px|<div style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;transform:rotate(180deg); text-align:left;">Fleet Adj AA</div>
+|
 *'''Fleet Adjusted AA''' is defined by:
-*<math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{fleet} = \frac{2}{1.3} \times \Bigg\lfloor \text{Mod}_\text{Formation} \times \sum^{\text{All Ships}} \bigg\lfloor \sum^{\text{All equip}} ( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Fleet} + \text{AA}_\text{★-Fleet} ) \bigg\rfloor \Bigg\rfloor</math>
+{|style="padding:10px; margin:20px; border:1px solid orange; border-radius:10px"
+|valign="center"|  <math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{fleet} = \frac{2}{1.3} \times \Bigg\lfloor \text{Mod}_\text{Formation} \times \sum^{\text{All Ships}} \bigg\lfloor \sum^{\text{All equip}} ( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Fleet} + \text{AA}_\text{★-Fleet} ) \bigg\rfloor \Bigg\rfloor</math>
+|}
+|-
+!width=20px rowspan=2|<div style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;transform:rotate(180deg); text-align:left;">Enemy Fleet</div>
+!width=20px|<div style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;transform:rotate(180deg); text-align:left;">Ship Adj AA</div>
+|
 '''Enemy Fleet'''
 *'''Ship Adjusted AA''' of each ship is defined by:
-*<math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} = 2 \times \Bigg\lfloor \sqrt{\text{AA}_\text{ship} + \sum^{\text{All Equip}} \text{AA}_\text{Equip}} \Bigg\rfloor + \sum^{\text{All Equip}} ( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Ship} )</math>
+{|style="padding:10px; margin:20px; border:1px solid orange; border-radius:10px"
+|valign="center"|  <math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} = 2 \times \sqrt{\text{AA}_\text{ship} + \sum^{\text{All Equip}} \text{AA}_\text{Equip}} + \sum^{\text{All Equip}} ( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Ship} )</math>
+|}
 * Then: <math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} = 2 \times \bigg\lfloor\frac{\text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship}}{2}\bigg\rfloor</math> (rounded down to the nearest multiple of 2)
+|-
+!width=20px|<div style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;transform:rotate(180deg); text-align:left;">Fleet Adj AA</div>
+|
 *'''Fleet Adjusted AA''' is defined by:
-*<math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy fleet} = 2 \times \Bigg\lfloor \text{Mod}_\text{Formation} \times \sum^{\text{All Ships}} \bigg\lfloor \sum^{\text{All Equip}} ( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Fleet} ) \bigg\rfloor \Bigg\rfloor</math>
+{|style="padding:10px; margin:20px; border:1px solid orange; border-radius:10px"
+|valign="center"|  <math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy fleet} = 2 \times \Bigg\lfloor \text{Mod}_\text{Formation} \times \sum^{\text{All Ships}} \bigg\lfloor \sum^{\text{All Equip}} ( \text{AA}_\text{Equip} \times \text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Fleet} ) \bigg\rfloor \Bigg\rfloor</math>
+|}
-With:
+|-
+|colspan=3|
+;With
 * <math>\text{AA}_\text{ship}</math> the base {{AA}} AA stat of the ship.
 * <math>\text{AA}_\text{Equip}</math> the {{AA}} AA stat of the equipment
@@ Line 222: / Line 342: @@
 !<math>\text{Mod}_\text{Equip-Fleet}</math>
 |-
-!{{GreenGunDP}}{{AntiAircraftFireDirector}}<br>[[High-Angle Gun]]s, {{Equipment/Link|Type 91 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|Type 94 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|text=AAFD|link_category=Anti-Aircraft Fire Director}}
+!{{Green Gun}}{{AntiAircraftFireDirector}}<br>[[High-Angle Gun]]s, {{Equipment/Link|Type 91 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|Type 94 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|text=AAFD|link_category=Anti-Aircraft Fire Director}}
 |4||0.35
 |-
-!{{Radar}}<br>[[Radar]]s
+!{{Air Radar}}<br>[[Air Radar]]s
 |3||0.4
 |-
-!{{GreenAmmo}}<br>{{Equipment/Link|Type 3 Shell|Type 3 Shell Kai|Type 3 Shell Kai Ni|text=AA Shells|link_category=Anti-Aircraft Shells}}
+!{{AA Shell}}<br>{{Equipment/Link|Type 3 Shell|Type 3 Shell Kai|Type 3 Shell Kai Ni|text=AA Shells|link_category=Anti-Aircraft Shells}}
 |0||0.6
 |-
@@ Line 234: / Line 354: @@
 |0||0.25
 |-
-!{{GreenGunMG}}<br>[[AA Gun]]s
+!{{AA Gun}}<br>[[AA Gun]]s
 |6||rowspan=3|0.2
 |-
@@ Line 251: / Line 371: @@
 {|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%"
-!Prop/Fixed Shootdown Formulas
+!colspan=2|Prop/Fixed Shootdown Formulas
 |-
+!width=20px|<div style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;transform:rotate(180deg); text-align:left;">Allied Fleet</div>
 |
 '''Allied Fleet's ship''':
-*<math>\text{Prop}= \left \lfloor \frac{\lfloor\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship}\rfloor \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF}}{400} \times \text{Plane}_\text{Count} \right \rfloor</math>
+{|style="padding:10px; margin:20px; border:1px solid orange; border-radius:10px"
+|valign="center"|  <math>\text{Prop}= \left \lfloor \frac{\lfloor\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship}\rfloor \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF}}{400} \times \text{Count}_\text{Plane} \right \rfloor</math>
-*<math>\text{Fixed}= \left \lfloor \frac{ \left( \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship} \rfloor + \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{fleet} \times \text{AAR}_\text{fleet} \rfloor \right) \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF} \times \text{K}_\text{value}}{10} \right \rfloor</math>
+|}
+{|style="padding:10px; margin:20px; border:1px solid orange; border-radius:10px"
+|valign="center"|  <math>\text{Fixed}= \left \lfloor \frac{ \left( \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship} \rfloor + \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{fleet} \times \text{AAR}_\text{fleet} \rfloor \right) \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF} \times \text{K}_\text{value}}{10} \right \rfloor</math>
+|}
+|-
+!width=20px|<div style="writing-mode:vertical-rl;transform:rotate(180deg); text-align:left;">Enemy Fleet</div>
+|
 '''Enemy Fleet's ship''':
+{|style="padding:10px; margin:20px; border:1px solid orange; border-radius:10px"
+|valign="center"|  <math>\text{Prop}= \left \lfloor \frac{\lfloor\text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship}\rfloor \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF}}{400} \times \text{Count}_\text{Plane} \right \rfloor</math>
+|}
-*<math>\text{Prop}= \left \lfloor \frac{\lfloor\text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship}\rfloor \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF}}{400} \times \text{Plane}_\text{Count} \right \rfloor</math>
+{|style="padding:10px; margin:20px; border:1px solid orange; border-radius:10px"
+|valign="center"|  <math>\text{Fixed}= \Bigg\lfloor \frac{ \left( \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship} \rfloor + \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy fleet} \times \text{AAR}_\text{fleet} \rfloor \right) \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF} \times \text{K}_\text{value} \times 0.75 }{8} \Bigg\rfloor</math>
-*<math>\text{Fixed}= \Bigg\lfloor \frac{ \left( \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy ship} \times \text{AAR}_\text{ship} \rfloor + \lfloor \text{AdjAA}_\text{enemy fleet} \times \text{AAR}_\text{fleet} \rfloor \right) \times \text{Mod}_\text{CF} \times \text{K}_\text{value} \times 0.75 }{8} \Bigg\rfloor</math>
+|}
+|-
-With:
+|colspan=2|
+;With
 * <math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{xx}</math> the previously calculated '''[[#Adjusted Anti-Air|Adjusted Anti-Air]]'''.
-* <math>\text{Plane}_\text{Count}</math> the current number of attacking planes.
+* <math>\text{Count}_\text{Plane}</math> the current number of attacking planes.
 * <math>\text{Mod}_\text{CF}</math> the [[Combined Fleet]] modifier, being:
-** '''1''' in Single Fleets
+** '''1''' in Single Fleets vs Single Fleet
+** '''0.8''' if in Single Fleets vs Combined Fleets[https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1721218789587476633]
 ** '''0.8''' if the ship is in a CF's main fleet on Surface Nodes
 ** '''0.72''' if the ship is in a CF's main fleet on Air Raid Nodes
@@ Line 280: / Line 412: @@
 * <math>\text{AAR}_\text{ship}</math> the attacking plane's '''Ship AA Resist'''.
 * <math>\text{AAR}_\text{fleet}</math> the attacking plane's '''Fleet AA Resist'''.
+|-
+|colspan=2|
+;Notes
+*[[Smoke]] effects:
+**The smoke affects the allied shootdown but not the enemy shootdown.
+**No fixed shootdown above 2 has been observed under a smoke.
+**The guaranteed shootdown does not seem to be affected.
+**A modifier to the '''Adjusted AA''' is suspected but there is not enough data to confirm it.
 |}
+{{Formula
-{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%"
+|Title=Guaranteed Shootdown Formula
-!Guaranteed Shootdown Formula
+|Math=\text{Guaranteed}= \lfloor \text{AACI}_\text{shotA} \times \text{AAR}_\text{AACI} \rfloor + \text{AACI}_\text{shotB}
-|-
+|Var=<math>\text{AAR}_\text{AACI}</math> the attacking plane's '''AACI Resist'''.
-|
-*<math>\text{Guaranteed}= \lfloor \text{AACI}_\text{shotA} \times \text{AAR}_\text{AACI} \rfloor + \text{AACI}_\text{shotB}</math>
-With:
-* <math>\text{AAR}_\text{AACI}</math> the attacking plane's '''AACI Resist'''.
 **Value is suspected to be equal to <math>\text{AAR}_\text{ship}</math>, but not confirmed for all planes.<ref>https://github.com/noro6/kc-web/blob/main/src/classes/aerialCombat/shootDownInfo.ts#L115</ref>
 * <math>\text{AACI}_\text{shotA}</math> and <math>\text{AACI}_\text{shotB}</math> are Anti Air Cut-in (AACI) Shot-down values
@@ Line 296: / Line 431: @@
 *** Enemy fleet uses <math>\text{AACI}_\text{shotA} = 0</math>, <math>\text{AACI}_\text{shotB} = 0</math> if no AACI triggered
 *** Values for API values after 13 are unconfirmed
+|Notes={{Color|red|'''The current formula only works for average AAR}}<ref>https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1721218789587476633</ref>
+*For the other AAR:
+** Low AAR: No reduction of the Guaranteed Shootdown have been observed,
+** High AAR: a reduction of '''3''' have been observed,
+** Extremely high AAR: a reduction of '''3''' have been observed.
+*** The reduction for the [[Kikka Kai]] is inconsistant between 3 and 4.
 <references/>
-|}
+}}
 ===Anti-Air Resistance===
@@ Line 304: / Line 444: @@
 ==Anti-Air Cut-in==
-[[File:AkizukiAACI.png|thumb|right|Akizuki performing the API 1 (HHR) AACI.]]
+[[File:AkizukiAACI.png|thumb|right|Akizuki performing the ID 1 AACI.]]
-Using special equipment setups, ships may perform one of multiple special anti-air maneuvers during Stage 2. These moves are often referred to as AA Cut-ins, or '''AACI''' due to the way the equipment is displayed in the screen before they are performed. Particular AACI are often referred to by their acronym, such as BBR for AACI 5.
+Using special equipment setups, ships may perform one of multiple special Anti-Ait Cut-In mostly referred to as '''AACI''', during Stage 2.
-AACI grants a multiplier to the Fixed Shootdown of all Allied Fleet ships regardless of what ship uses it, referred to as ''K-value''. On top of that effect, AACI will remove a fixed number of planes from each enemy bomber slot. These effects make depleting the entirety of enemy bombers much more feasible.
+;AACI types
+*Each AACI is defined by its '''"ID"''' (its API value), and is arbitrary (''see the [[#AACI|below table]]'').
+** They are then mostly referred to by their '''"ID"'''.
+** ''Some older AACI may be referred to by their abbreviation, such as BBR for AACI 5.
+* For all AACI, the '''"ID"''' therefore fully determines:
+** The setup of the AACI and the ships able to trigger it,
+** The "Trigger Rate" and the "Priority Order",
+** The "K-value" and "shot down per slot" value,
-Although several ships can be equipped with a proper AACI setup, '''only one ship can perform an AACI'''. ''If Stage 2 happens multiple times, like in an Air Battle node, then each Air Phase's Stage 2 might roll an AACI.''
+;AACI effects
+* Grant a multiplier to the "Fixed Shootdown" of all allied ships, referred to as the ''K-value'', regardless of what ship triggers it,
+* Remove a fixed number of planes from each enemy bomber slot ("shot down per slot").
+These effects make depleting the entirety of enemy planes much more feasible.
-If the enemy fleet has a valid setup, it may as well activate an AACI. If that happens, an animation will not be shown, but the effects will function normally. It can activate during the regular airstrike phase, but not during LBAS phases.
+;AACI triggering
-* There is a bug that allows enemy ships to activate AACI even if they were sunk<ref>https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1565631534362664960</ref>.
+* Only one AACI can be performed per battle,
+** On '''"[[Node|Aerial Combat Nodes]]"''', AACI can be triggered twice, one per phase.
+* Only a ship equipped with proper AACI setups can trigger one (''see the [[#AACI|below table]]''),
+* If multiple ships are equipped with AACI setups, each ship will roll their available AACI in '''ID's "Priority Order"''' (''see the [[#AACI|below table]]'').
+** If IDs are tied, priority goes by fleet order from top to bottom.
+** Thus, for a given fleet & setup, some ships will take priority over others always the same way.
+** If one ship fulfills the requirement for multiple setups at once, then it will be able to roll each individual AACI in '''ID's "Priority Order"'''.
+* The trigger rate is unaffected by [[Stats]] like the [[Stats#Health|damage status]], Fleet AA, Ship AA, Adjusted AA, Air State, or any other parameter like Luck and LoS.
-The trigger chance of a given AACI is solely determined by its API value, and is arbitrary. Fleet AA, Ship AA, Adjusted AA, Air State, or any other parameter like Luck and LoS '''have no bearing in AACI trigger rates.''' Most trigger chances were datamined from KanColle Vita, and tests in the Browser version corroborated the results.
+* It is possible for all AACI rolls in a fleet to fail, triggering no AACI.
+* If the enemy fleet has a valid setup, it may as well activate an AACI. If that happens, no animation will be shown, but the effects will function normally.
+** It can activate during the regular airstrike phase, but not during other phases like the [[Jet Assault]]s, [[LBAS]] phases, [[OASW]], or [[Shelling]] phases.
+** There is a bug that allows enemy ships to activate AACI even if they were sunk<ref>https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1565631534362664960</ref>.
-*{{GreenGunDP}} is used to indicate any '''[[:Category:High-angle Guns|High-Angle Guns]]''' (dual-purpose guns/HA guns), including [[:Category:Main High-Angle Gun|Main HA Guns]] and [[:Category:Secondary High-Angle Gun|Secondary HA Guns]]
+For the following table:
+* {{Large Gun}} is used to indicate any '''[[Large Caliber Main Gun]]'''
-*{{AntiAircraftFireDirector}} is used to indicate any '''{{Equipment/Link|Type 91 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|Type 94 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|text=AA Fire Directors|link_category=Anti-Aircraft Fire Directors}}'''.
+* {{Green Gun}} is used to indicate any '''[[High-Angle Gun]]''' (dual-purpose guns/HA guns), including [[:Category:Main High-Angle Gun|Main HA Guns]] and [[:Category:Secondary High-Angle Gun|Secondary HA Guns]],
+* {{AA Gun}} is used to indicate any '''[[AA Gun]]''',
-* {{GreenGunMG}} is used to indicate any '''[[:Category:Anti-Aircraft Guns|AA Machine Gun]]'''.
+* {{AntiAircraftFireDirector}} is used to indicate any '''{{Equipment/Link|Type 91 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|Type 94 Anti-Aircraft Fire Director|text=AA Fire Directors|link_category=Anti-Aircraft Fire Directors}}''',
+* {{AA Shell}}  is used to indicate any '''[[AA Shell]]'''
-* {{Air Radar}} is used to indicate an '''[[:Category:Air Radars|Air Radar]]'''.
+* {{Radar}} is used to indicate any '''[[Radar]]''', including [[Surface Radar]]s,
-** Any Radar with {{AA}} AA stat of 2 or higher is considered an Air Radar, even if not explicitly stated by the game.
+* {{Air Radar}} is used to indicate an '''[[Air Radar]]''' (any Radar with {{AA}} AA stat of 2 or higher).
+Do note that some setups also required a maximal or minimal base {{AA}} AA stat for the equipment to be counted.
+*This exclude any stat gained from [[Fit Bonus]]es or [[Improvement]].
+===AACI List===
 {{Anchor|AACI}}
-{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin:auto"
+{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
 ! colspan=7|AACI Patterns
 |-
-! API value
+! ID
-! width="300px"|Type
+! Priority<br>Order
+! width="300px"|Setup
 ! width="80px"|Shot down<br>per slot
 ! width="64px"|K-value
 ! width="64px"|Rate
-! User
+! Users
-! Notes
 |-
-!None
+!colspan=2|None
-|'''-'''
+|''Triggers if no other AACI is activated
-|{{ToolTip|'''+1'''|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 0}}
+|{{ToolTip|+1|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 0}}
 |1.0
 |N/A
 |Player's fleet only
-|Triggers if no other AACI is activated
 |-
 !1
-|nowrap|'''HHR'''<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{GreenGunDP}} {{Air Radar}}
+!12
-|{{ToolTip|'''+8'''|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 3, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 5}}
+|{{Green Gun}} {{Green Gun}} {{Radar}}
-|nowrap|1.7
+|{{ToolTip|+8|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 3, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 5}}
-|65%
+|1.7
-|rowspan=3|'''{{Ship/Link|Akizuki|Teruzuki|Suzutsuki|Hatsuzuki|Fuyutsuki|link_class=Akizuki|text=''Akizuki''-class}}'''
+|65 %
-|'''HA guns x2 + Air Radar'''
+|rowspan=3|'''{{Class|Akizuki}}'''
 |-
 !2
-|nowrap|HR<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{Air Radar}}
+!17
+|{{Green Gun}} {{Radar}}
 |{{ToolTip|+7|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 3, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 4}}
 |1.7
-|58%
+|58 %
-|HA guns + Air Radar
 |-
 !3
-|nowrap|HH<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{GreenGunDP}}
+!27
+|{{Green Gun}} {{Green Gun}}
 |{{ToolTip|+5|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 2, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 3}}
 |1.6
-|50%
+|50 %
-|HA guns x2
 |-
 !4
-|nowrap|MSAR<br>{{RedGunHeavy}} {{GreenAmmo}} {{AntiAircraftFireDirector}}{{Air Radar}}
+!16
+|{{Large Gun}} {{AA Shell}} {{AAFD}}{{Air Radar}}
 |{{ToolTip|+7|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 5, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 2}}
 |1.5
-|52%
+|52 %
-|'''Battleships'''
+|'''All'''
-|Large Main Gun + {{EquipmentLink|Type 3 Shell|Type 3 Shell Kai|text=Type 3 Shell}} + AAFD + Air Radar
 |-
 !5
-|nowrap|'''BBR'''<br>{{IconText|{{GreenGunDP}}|8+ AA|9}} {{IconText|{{GreenGunDP}}|8+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
+!28
-|{{ToolTip|'''+5'''|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 2, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 3}}
+|{{IconText|{{Green Gun}}|8+ AA|9}} {{IconText|{{Green Gun}}|8+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
-|nowrap|1.5
+|{{ToolTip|+5|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 2, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 3}}
-|55%
+|1.5
-|'''All'''
+|55 %
-|'''HA guns (≥8 AA) x2 + Air Radar'''
+|'''All'''<br>''(except {{Class|Akizuki}})''
 |-
 !6
-|nowrap|MSA<br>{{RedGunHeavy}} {{GreenAmmo}} {{AntiAircraftFireDirector}}
+!29
+|{{Large Gun}} {{AA Shell}} {{AAFD}}
 |{{ToolTip|+5|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 4, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1}}
-|nowrap|1.45
+|1.45
-|40%
+|40 %
-|'''Battleships'''
+|'''All'''
-|Large Main Gun + {{EquipmentLink|Type 3 Shell|Type 3 Shell Kai|text=Type 3 Shell}} + AAFD
 |-
 !7
-|nowrap|HAR<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{AntiAircraftFireDirector}} {{Air Radar}}
+!37
+|{{Green Gun}} {{AAFD}} {{Air Radar}}
 |{{ToolTip|+4|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 2, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 2}}
 |1.35
-|45%
+|45 %
-|rowspan=3|'''All'''
+|rowspan=2|'''All'''<br>''(except {{Class|Akizuki}})''
-|HA guns + AAFD + Air Radar
 |-
 !8
-|nowrap|BR<br>{{IconText|{{GreenGunDP}}|8+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
+!34
+|{{IconText|{{Green Gun}}|8+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
 |{{ToolTip|+5|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 2, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 3}}
-|nowrap|1.4
+|1.4
-|50%
+|50 %
-|HA guns (≥8 AA) + Air Radar
 |-
 !9
-|nowrap|HA<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{AntiAircraftFireDirector}}
+!47
+|{{Green Gun}} {{AAFD}}
 |{{ToolTip|+3|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 2}}
 |1.3
-|40%
+|40 %
-|HA guns + AAFD
+|'''All'''
 |-
 !10
-|nowrap|'''HCR'''<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|9+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
+!6
-|{{ToolTip|'''+9'''|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 3, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 6}}
+|{{Green Gun}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
+|{{ToolTip|+9|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 3, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 6}}
 |1.65
-|60%
+|60 %
 |rowspan=2|'''{{Ship/Link|Maya/Kai Ni}}'''
-|'''HA guns + AA Gun (≥9 AA) + Air Radar'''
 |-
 !11
-|nowrap|HC<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|9+ AA|9}}
+!9
+|{{Green Gun}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}}
 |{{ToolTip|+7|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 2, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 5}}
 |1.5
-|55%
+|55 %
-|HA guns + AA Gun (≥9 AA)
 |-
 !12
-|nowrap|CGR<br>{{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|9+ AA|9}} {{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|3+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
+!41
+|{{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|3+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
 |{{ToolTip|+4|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 3}}
 |1.25
-|45%
+|45 %
 |'''All'''
-|AA Gun (≥9 AA) + AA Gun (≥3 AA) + Air Radar
 |-
 !13
-|style="color:black;background-color:#eaecf0"|'''Cannot be activated''':<br>{{IconText|{{GreenGunDP}}|8+ AA|9}} {{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|9+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
+!35
-|style="color:black;background-color:#eaecf0"|{{ToolTip|+5|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 4}}
+|{{IconText|{{Green Gun}}|8+ AA|9}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
-|style="color:black;background-color:#eaecf0"|1.35
+|{{ToolTip|+5|A <nowiki>=</nowiki> 1, B <nowiki>=</nowiki> 4}}
-|style="color:black;background-color:#eaecf0"|35%
+|1.35
-|style="color:black;background-color:#eaecf0"|All except '''{{Ship/Link|Maya/Kai Ni}}'''
+|35 %
-|style="color:black;background-color:#eaecf0"|HA guns (≥8 AA) + AA Gun (≥9 AA) + Air Radar
+|'''All'''<br>''(except {{Ship/Link|Maya/Kai Ni}})''
 |-
 !14
-|nowrap|HGR<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{GreenGunMG}} {{Air Radar}}
+!26
-|nowrap| +5
+|{{Green Gun}} {{AA Gun}} {{Air Radar}}
+| +5
 |1.45
-|62%
+|62 %
 |rowspan=2|'''{{Ship/Link|Isuzu/Kai Ni}}'''
-|HA guns + AA Gun + Air Radar
 |-
 !15
-|nowrap|HG<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{GreenGunMG}}
+!36
+|{{Green Gun}} {{AA Gun}}
 | +4
 |1.3
-|55%
+|55 %
-|HA guns + AA Gun
 |-
 !16
-|nowrap|HGR<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{GreenGunMG}} {{Air Radar}}
+!25
+|{{Green Gun}} {{AA Gun}} {{Air Radar}}
 | +5
 |1.4
-|62%
+|62 %
-|nowrap|'''{{Ship/Link|Kasumi/Kai Ni B}} &'''<br>'''{{Ship/Link|Yuubari/Kai Ni}}''' (not {{Ship/Link|Yuubari/Kai Ni Toku|Yuubari/Kai Ni D|text=Toku/D}})
+|'''{{Ship/Link|Kasumi/Kai Ni B}} &<br>{{Ship/Link|Yuubari/Kai Ni}}''' ''(not {{Ship/Link|Yuubari/Kai Ni Toku|Yuubari/Kai Ni D|text=Toku/D}})''
-|HA guns + AA Gun + Air Radar
 |-
 !17
-|nowrap|HG<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{GreenGunMG}}
+!44
+|{{Green Gun}} {{AA Gun}}
 | +3
 |1.25
-|55%
+|55 %
-|'''{{Ship/Link|Kasumi/Kai Ni B}}'''
+|'''{{Ship/Link|Kasumi/Kai Ni B}} &<br>{{Ship/Link|Inagi/Kai Ni}}'''
-|HA guns + AA Gun
 |-
 !18
-|nowrap|C<br>{{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|9+ AA|9}}
+!45
+|{{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}}
 | +3
 |1.2
-|60%
+|60 %
-|'''{{Ship/Link|Satsuki/Kai Ni}}'''
+|'''{{Ship/Link|Satsuki/Kai Ni}} &<br>{{Ship/Link|Inagi/Kai Ni}}'''
-|AA Gun (≥9 AA)
 |-
 !19
-|nowrap|HC<br>{{IconText|{{GreenGunDP}}|7- AA|9}} {{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|9+ AA|9}}
+!22
+|{{IconText|{{Green Gun}}|7- AA|9}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}}
 | +6
 |1.45
-|58%
+|58 %
 |rowspan=2|'''{{Ship/Link|Kinu/Kai Ni}}'''
-|HA guns (≤7 AA) + AA Gun (≥9 AA)
 |-
 !20
-|nowrap|C<br>{{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|9+ AA|10}}
+!38
+|{{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}}
 | +4
 |1.25
-|65%
+|65 %
-|AA Gun (≥9 AA)
 |-
 !21
-|nowrap|HR<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{Air Radar}}
+!23
+|{{Green Gun}} {{Air Radar}}
 | +6
 |1.45
-|60%
+|60 %
 |'''{{Ship/Link|Yura/Kai Ni}}'''
-|HA guns + Air Radar
 |-
 !22
-|nowrap|C<br>{{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|9+ AA|9}}
+!46
+|{{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}}
 | +3
 |1.2
-|60%
+|60 %
 |'''{{Ship/Link|Fumizuki/Kai Ni}}'''
-|AA Gun (≥9 AA)
 |-
 !23
-|nowrap|G<br>{{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|3~8 AA|9}}
+!48
+|nowrap|{{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|3~8 AA|9}}
 | +2
 |1.05
-|80%
+|80 %
 |'''{{Ship/Link|UIT-25|I-504|text=UIT-25/I-504}}'''
-|AA Gun (3 to 8 AA)
 |-
 !24
-|nowrap|HG<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|3~8 AA|9}}
+!39
+|nowrap|{{Green Gun}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|3~8 AA|9}}
 | +4
 |1.25
-|40%
+|40 %
 |'''{{Ship/Link|Tenryuu/Kai Ni|Tatsuta/Kai Ni|text=''Tenryuu''-class Kai Ni|link_class=Tenryuu}}'''
-|HA guns + AA Gun (3 to 8 AA)
 |-
 !25
-|{{Equipment/Card|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|size=70px}} {{Air Radar}} {{GreenAmmo}}
+!10
+|{{Equipment/Card|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|size=70px}} {{Air Radar}} {{AA Shell}}
 | +8
 |1.55
-|60%
+|60 %
 |'''{{Ship/Link|Ise/Kai|Ise/Kai Ni|Hyuuga/Kai|Hyuuga/Kai Ni|text=''Ise''-class Kai/Ni|link_class=Ise}}'''
-|{{Equipment/Link|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|text=RLK2}} + Air Radar + {{EquipmentLink|Type 3 Shell|Type 3 Shell Kai|text=Type 3 Shell}}
 |-
 !26
-|nowrap|{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Kai + Additional Machine Guns|size=70px}} {{Air Radar}}
+!15
+|{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Kai + Additional Machine Guns|size=70px}} {{Air Radar}}
 | +7
 |1.4
-|55%
+|55 %
-|'''{{Ship/Link|Yamato/Kai Ni|Yamato/Kai Ni Juu|Musashi/Kai Ni|text=''Yamato''-class Kai Ni|link_class=Yamato}}'''
+|'''{{Ship/Link|Yamato/Kai|Yamato/Kai Ni|Yamato/Kai Ni Juu|Musashi/Kai|Musashi/Kai Ni|text=''Yamato''-class Kai/Ni|link_class=Yamato}}'''
-|{{Equipment/Link|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Kai + Additional Machine Guns|text=10cm Twin HA Mount Kai}} + Air Radar
 |-
 !27
-|nowrap|{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Kai + Additional Machine Guns|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|size=70px}} {{Air Radar}}
+!20
+|{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Kai + Additional Machine Guns|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|size=70px}} {{Air Radar}}
 | +6
 |1.55
-|55% {{ToolTip|(5%)|when accounting for API 8 rate}}
+|55 %
 |'''{{Ship/Link|Ooyodo/Kai}}'''
-|{{Equipment/Link|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Kai + Additional Machine Guns|text=10cm Twin HA Mount Kai}} + {{Equipment/Link|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|text=RLK2}} + Air Radar
 |-
 !28
+!30
 |{{Equipment/Card|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|size=70px}} {{Air Radar}}
 | +5
 |1.4
-|55%
+|55 %
 |'''{{Ship/Link|Ise/Kai|Ise/Kai Ni|Hyuuga/Kai|Hyuuga/Kai Ni|text=''Ise''-class Kai/Ni|link_class=Ise}} &<br>{{Ship/Link|Musashi/Kai|Musashi/Kai Ni|text=Musashi Kai/Ni}}'''
-|{{Equipment/Link|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|text=RLK2}} + Air Radar
 |-
 !29
-|nowrap|HR<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{Air Radar}}
+!24
+|{{Green Gun}} {{Air Radar}}
 | +6
 |1.55
-|60%
+|60 %
-|'''{{Ship/Link|Hamakaze/B Kai}} &<br>{{Ship/Link|Isokaze/B Kai}}'''
+|'''{{Ship/Link|Hamakaze/B Kai}} &<br>{{Ship/Link|Isokaze/B Kai}}
-|HA guns + Air Radar<br>''Using '''HA guns (≥8 AA)''' has a high chance to proc AACI 5/8 instead.''
 |-
 !30
-|nowrap|HHH<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{GreenGunDP}} {{GreenGunDP}}
+!33
+|{{Green Gun}} {{Green Gun}} {{Green Gun}}
 | +4
 |1.3
-|45%
+|45 %
-|'''{{Ship/Link|Tenryuu/Kai Ni}} &'''<br>'''{{Ship/Link|Gotland/Kai|Gotland/Andra|text=Gotland Kai/Andra}}'''
+|'''{{Ship/Link|Tenryuu/Kai Ni}} &<br>{{Ship/Link|Gotland/Kai|Gotland/Andra|text=Gotland Kai/Andra}}'''
-|HA guns x3
 |-
 !31
-|nowrap|HH<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{GreenGunDP}}
+!42
+|{{Green Gun}} {{Green Gun}}
 | +3
 |1.2
-|52%
+|52 %
-|'''{{Ship/Link|Tenryuu/Kai Ni}}'''
+|'''{{Ship/Link|Tenryuu/Kai Ni}} &<br>{{Ship/Link|Inagi/Kai Ni}}'''
-|HA guns x2
 |-
 !32
+!40
 |{{Equipment/Card|16inch Mk.I Triple Gun Mount Kai + FCR Type 284|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|QF 2-pounder Octuple Pom-pom Gun Mount|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|20-tube 7inch UP Rocket Launchers|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|QF 2-pounder Octuple Pom-pom Gun Mount|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|20-tube 7inch UP Rocket Launchers|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|20-tube 7inch UP Rocket Launchers|size=70px}}
 | +4
 |1.2
-|50%
+|50 %
-|'''[[RN|Royal Navy Ships]] &<br> {{Ship/Link|Kongou/Kai Ni|Kongou/Kai Ni C|Hiei/Kai Ni|Hiei/Kai Ni C|Kirishima/Kai Ni|Haruna/Kai Ni|text=''Kongou''-class Kai Ni/C|link_class=Kongou}}'''
+|'''[[RN|Royal Navy Ships]] &<br> {{Class|Kongou|Kai Ni/B/C}}'''
-|{{Equipment/Link|16inch Mk.I Triple Gun Mount Kai + FCR Type 284|text=16inch Mk.I Triple + FCR}} + {{Equipment/Link|QF 2-pounder Octuple Pom-pom Gun Mount|text=QF 2-pounder}} <br>'''OR'''<br> {{Equipment/Link|20-tube 7inch UP Rocket Launchers|text=20-tube 7inch UP}} + {{Equipment/Link|20-tube 7inch UP Rocket Launchers|text=20-tube 7inch UP}} / {{Equipment/Link|QF 2-pounder Octuple Pom-pom Gun Mount|text=QF 2-pounder}}
 |-
 !33
-|nowrap|HG<br>{{GreenGunDP}} {{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|4+ AA|9}}
+!32
+|{{Green Gun}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|4+ AA|9}}
 | +4
 |1.35
-|45%
+|45 %
 |'''{{Ship/Link|Gotland/Kai|Gotland/Andra|text=Gotland Kai/Andra}}'''
-|HA guns + AA Gun (≥4 AA)
 |-
 !34
+!13
 |{{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37|size=70px}}
-|'''+8'''
+| +8
 |1.6
-|55%
+|55 %
-|rowspan=4|'''{{Ship/Link|Fletcher|Johnston|text=''Fletcher''-class|link_class=Fletcher}}'''
+|rowspan=4|'''{{Class|Fletcher}}'''
-|2 {{Equipment/Link|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37|text=5inch Mk.30 + GFCS Mk.37}}
 |-
 !35
+!18
 |{{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai|size=70px}}
-|'''+7'''
+| +7
 |1.55
-|55%
+|55 %
-|{{Equipment/Link|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37|text=5inch Mk.30 + GFCS Mk.37}} + {{Equipment/Link|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30}} / {{Equipment/Link|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai|text=Kai}}
 |-
 !36
+!19
 |{{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37|size=70px}}
-|'''+7'''
+| +7
 |1.55
-|50%
+|50 %
-|2 {{Equipment/Link|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30}} / {{Equipment/Link|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai|text=Kai}} + {{Equipment/Link|GFCS Mk.37}}
 |-
 !37
+!31
 |{{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai|size=70px}}
 | +5
 |1.45
-|40%
+|40 %
-|2 {{Equipment/Link|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai}} (not base)
 |-
 !38
+!1
 |{{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}}
-|'''+11'''
+| +11
 |1.85
-|57%
+|57 %
 |rowspan=4|'''{{Ship/Link|Atlanta|text=''Atlanta''-class|link_class=Atlanta}}'''
-|2 {{Equipment/Link|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|text=GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin CD}}
 |-
 !39
+!2
 |{{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}}
-|'''+11'''
+| +11
 |1.7
-|57%
+|57 %
-|{{Equipment/Link|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|text=GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin CD}} + {{Equipment/Link|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|text=5inch Twin CD}}
 |-
 !40
+!3
 |{{Equipment/Card|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37|size=70px}}
-|'''+11'''
+| +11
 |1.7
-|56%
+|56 %
-|2 {{Equipment/Link|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|text=5inch Twin CD}} / {{Equipment/Link|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|text=GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin CD}} + {{Equipment/Link|GFCS Mk.37}}
 |-
 !41
+!5
 |{{Equipment/Card|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|size=70px}}
-|'''+10'''
+| +10
 |1.65
-|55%
+|55 %
-|2 {{Equipment/Link|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|text=5inch Twin CD}} / {{Equipment/Link|GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|text=GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin CD}}
 |-
 !42
-|{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=70px}} {{Very Large Radar}} {{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|6+ AA|9}}
+!4
-|'''+11'''
+|{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=70px}} {{Very Large Radar}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|6+ AA|9}}
+| +11
 |1.65
-|?%
+|64 %
 |rowspan=4|'''{{Ship/Link|Yamato/Kai Ni|Yamato/Kai Ni Juu|Musashi/Kai Ni|text=''Yamato''-class Kai Ni|link_class=Yamato}}'''
-|rowspan=4|{{Equipment/Link|15m Duplex Rangefinder + Type 21 Radar Kai Ni|15m Duplex Rangefinder Kai + Type 21 Radar Kai Ni + Skilled Fire Direction Center|text=Very large radar|link_category=Very Large Radar}} + 1 or 2 {{Equipment/Link|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|text=10cm Twin HA Gun CD}} + 0 or 1 AA Gun (≥6 AA)
 |-
 !43
+!7
 |{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=70px}} {{Very Large Radar}}
-|'''+9'''
+| +9
 |1.6
-|?%
+|59 %
 |-
 !44
-|{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=70px}} {{Very Large Radar}} {{IconText|{{GreenGunMG}}|6+ AA|9}}
+!14
-|'''+7'''
+|{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=70px}} {{Very Large Radar}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|6+ AA|9}}
+| +7
 |1.6
-|?%
+|54 %
 |-
 !45
+!21
 |{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=70px}} {{Very Large Radar}}
-|'''+6'''
+| +6
 |1.55
-|?%
+|40 %
+|-
+!46
+!8
+|{{Equipment/Card|35.6cm Twin Gun Mount Kai San (Dazzle Camouflage)|size=70px}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|35.6cm Twin Gun Mount Kai Yon|size=70px}} {{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}} {{Air Radar}}
+| +8
+|1.55
+|50 %
+|'''{{Ship/Link|Haruna Kai Ni B}}
+|-
+!47
+!43
+|{{Equipment/Card|12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 3 H|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 3 H|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 3 H|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|25mm Anti-aircraft Autocannon Mount & Machine Guns|size=70px}}<br>'''OR'''<br>{{Equipment/Card|12.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model C Kai 3 H|size=70px}} {{IconText|{{Radar}}|4+ AA|9}}
+| +3
+|1.3
+|69.3 %
+|'''{{Ship/Link|Shiratsuyu/Kai Ni}}<br>{{Ship/Link|Shigure/Kai Ni|Shigure/Kai San|text=Shigure Kai Ni/San}}<br>{{Ship/Link|Murasame/Kai Ni}}<br>{{Ship/Link|Harusame/Kai Ni}}
+|-
+!48
+!11
+|{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Kai + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director Kai|size=70px}} {{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Kai + Anti-Aircraft Fire Director Kai|size=70px}} {{IconText|{{Radar}}|4+ AA|9}}
+| +9
+|1.75
+|64.7? %
+|'''{{Class|Akizuki|Kai/Ni}}
 |}
-;Notes
+;Examples
-* '''If multiple ships can trigger AACI, the ship that rolls the highest API number takes priority.'''
+*[[Akizuki]] with {{IconText|{{Green Gun}}|8+ AA|9}}{{IconText|{{Green Gun}}|8+ AA|9}}{{Air Radar}}{{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}} fulfills the requirements of the AACIs 1, 2, 3, 13 (in this order).
-** If API numbers are tied, priority goes by fleet slot order from top to bottom.
+**The resulting trigger rate is 95.22 %.
-* '''If a single ship fulfills multiple AACI requirements:'''
-** A '''single roll''' is done to check for all AACIs.
+*[[Fletcher]] with {{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37|size=36px}}{{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai + GFCS Mk.37|size=36px}}{{Equipment/Card|5inch Single Gun Mount Mk.30 Kai|size=36px}}{{AAFD}} fulfills the requirements of the AACIs 34, 35, 9 (in this order).
-** This means that an AACI with higher priority and higher trigger rate completely blocks lower priority AACI from activating.
+**The resulting trigger rate is 88.80 %.
-*** For example, Akizuki with a {{IconText|{{GreenGunDP}}|8+ AA|9}}{{IconText|{{GreenGunDP}}|8+ AA|9}}{{Air Radar}} setup fulfills the requirements of the AACIs with API values 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8, with 1 being the highest priority. Due to this, the only API that Akizuki can trigger is 1, because a success will activate it, and a failure implies that the roll wouldn't meet the 58%, 50%, 55%, and 50% trigger rates as it has failed to meet a 65% rate roll.
-** Conversely, an AACI with lower priority but higher trigger rate has a chance of occurring, if the roll fails to pass the higher priority AACI.
+*[[Musashi]] with {{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=36px}}{{Equipment/Card|10cm Twin High-angle Gun Mount Battery Concentrated Deployment|size=36px}}{{Equipment/Card|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|size=36px}}{{Very Large Radar}} fulfills the requirements of the AACIs 42, 43, 44, 45, 5, 28, 8, 13 (in this order).
-*** For example, Isokaze B Kai with {{IconText|{{GreenGunDP}}|8+ AA|9}}{{IconText|{{GreenGunDP}}|8+ AA|9}}{{Air Radar}} fulfils 5 (55% rate) and 29 (60% rate), with 5 having priority. This means that in total, 5 will occur 55% of the time, and 29 will occur the leftover 5% of the time (60% - 55%).
+**The resulting trigger rate is 99.73 %.
-** Priority is: '''(1 > 2 > 3, 10 > 11, 14 > 15, 16 > 17, 19, 21, 25, 42 > 43 > 44 > 45) > 4 > 5 > 6 > 8 > 7 > (26 > 28, 29) > 9 > (33) > 12 > 13 > (18, 20, 22, 23, 30 > 31 > 24, 32)'''<ref name="aaci1">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YUppVErQj7P9f9-ddpdR-e7fTaycjSK9-x4GE9ibCrA/edit#gid=1156988467, TsunDB</ref><ref name="YamatoK2">https://twitter.com/syoukuretin/status/1535102184530276352</ref>
-*** Examples:
+*[[Isokaze B Kai]] with {{IconText|{{Green Gun}}|8+ AA|9}}{{IconText|{{Green Gun}}|8+ AA|9}}{{Air Radar}}{{IconText|{{AA Gun}}|9+ AA|9}} fulfills the requirements of the AACIs 29, 5, 8, 13 (in this order).
-**** [[Kinu|Kinu Kai Ni]] can trigger both API 20 and 19.
+**The resulting trigger rate is 94.15 %.
-**** The same ship can activate APIs 20, 5, and 29.
-*** Note: At some point during 2018-2019(?), priority was changed from '''7 > 8''' to '''8 > 7'''. Prior to this, both 7 and 8 could be triggered with {{IconText|{{GreenGunDP}}|8+ AA|9}}{{AntiAircraftFireDirector}}{{Air Radar}}<ref>https://gyazo.com/2472468c10c0dacd28a493a79ff140da</ref>, whereas now only 8 can be triggered.
-===Sequential AACIs===
+;Sequential AACIs
-The '''Sequential AACIs''' are the Cut-ins introduced with the implementation of [[Johnston]] onwards. So far, they are exclusive to the {{Ship/Link|Fletcher/Kai|Johnston/Kai|text=''Fletcher''-class|link_class=Fletcher}} and {{Ship/Link|Atlanta/Kai|text=''Atlanta''-class|link_class=Atlanta}}. Different from Original AACIs, each eligible AACI will be '''rolled independently''' if the previous roll has failed. If all Sequential rolls fail, an additional Original Type roll is performed. This grants the specific ships with access to Sequential AACIs extremely high combined trigger rates.
+The '''Sequential AACIs''' were the AACIs introduced with the implementation of [[Johnston]], allowing to a single ship to roll multiple AACI IDs at once, greatly increasing the trigger rate. Since the [[Game Updates/2023/May 26th|26/05/2023]] update, this mechanic is defunct, being available to all ships.
-* Example: Atlanta with {{Equipment/Link|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|text=5inch Twin CD}} + {{Equipment/Link|5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)|text=5inch Twin CD}} + {{EquipmentLink|GFCS Mk.37|text=GFCS}} fulfils 39, 40, 41, and 5. Rolled independently, this gives 57% for 39, ~24% for 40, ~10.4% for 41, ~4.7% for 5, for a total of ~96% chance of some AACI occurring.
+*''See [[Sequential AACI|here]] for more details.
-Sequential AACIs are, in order of priority: '''(34 > 35 > 37 > 36, 38 > 39 > 40 > 41) > (Original AACI)'''<ref name="aaci1"></ref>
+'''''Main Sources: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1agGoLv57g5eOXLXtNIKHRoBYy61OQYxibWP6Vi_DMuY/edit#gid=13450409] [https://twitter.com/CC_jabberwock/status/1665406435969097729?s=20]
+*Old sources: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YUppVErQj7P9f9-ddpdR-e7fTaycjSK9-x4GE9ibCrA/edit#gid=1156988467] [https://twitter.com/syoukuretin/status/1535102184530276352] [https://gyazo.com/2472468c10c0dacd28a493a79ff140da]
 <references/>
@@ Line 712: / Line 901: @@
 Planes that participate in this phase:
-* {{Seaplane}} Reconnaissance Seaplanes
+* {{Carrier Recon}} Carrier-based Reconnaissance Aircraft
-* {{YellowPlane}} Carrier-based Reconnaissance Aircraft
+* {{Torpedo Bomber}}{{Dive Bomber}}{{JetFighterBomber2}} Carrier-based Bombers
-* {{BluePlane}}{{RedPlane}}{{JetFighterBomber2}} Carrier-based Bombers
 * {{Seaplane}} Seaplane Bombers
+** {{IconText|{{ASWPlane}}|Hayabusa|8}} ASW Hayabusa
-With both preliminary phases executed, the final Aerial Combat Stage, Airstrike, is performed. In this phase, each bomber from the Allied Fleet and Enemy Fleet that still possess a slot size higher than 0 selects a ship to attack. The attack target is randomly picked following the same rules as Shelling target selection. The targeted ship is '''not necessarily''' the ship that has defended against said bomber during Stage 2.
+With both preliminary phases executed, the final Aerial Combat Stage, Airstrike, is performed. In this phase, each bomber from the Allied Fleet and Enemy Fleet that still possess a slot size higher than 0 selects a ship to attack. The attack target is randomly picked following the same rules as [[Shelling]] target selection. The targeted ship is '''not necessarily''' the ship that has defended against said bomber during Stage 2.
 See [[Damage_Calculations#Airstrike|Damage Calculations]] for details on airstrike damage.
-'''Notes:'''
+;Notes
 * Each bomber is assigned to a single ship and performs exactly one attack. The same ship may be selected to be attacked by multiple different bombers.
 * The attack is unaffected by the battle's Engagement and the Fleet's Formation, as well as the Carrier's morale and damage state.
@@ Line 731: / Line 920: @@
 * Contact may be triggered only under {{color|green|'''AS+'''}}, {{color|green|'''AS'''}}, and {{color|red|'''AD'''}}. It '''cannot''' trigger under '''AP''' and {{color|red|'''AI'''}}.
-* At least one  {{YellowPlane}} [[:Category:Recon Aircraft|Carrier-based Recon]], {{BluePlane}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}} [[Torpedo Bomber]], {{SPR}}/{{Night Recon}} [[SPR|Seaplane Recon]], or {{Large Flying Boat}}[[Large Flying Boat]] must be present.
+* At least one {{Carrier Recon}}{{Large Recon}} [[Carrier Recon]], {{Torpedo Bomber}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}} [[Torpedo Bomber]], {{SPR}}/{{Night Recon}} [[Seaplane Recon]], or {{LFB}} [[Large Flying Boat]] must be present.
-** {{SPB}} [[SPB|Seaplane Bombers]] '''cannot''' perform contact.
+** {{SPB}} [[Seaplane Bomber]]s '''cannot''' perform contact.
 ===Step 1: Contact Trigger===
-Each plane that can perform Contact has an independent trigger rate based on the plane's {{LOS}} LoS stat, type, and slot size. The Final Trigger Rate is equal to the sum of all independent trigger rates.
+This step determines if any contact can trigger at all. Each plane that can perform contact contributes to the trigger rate based on the plane's {{LOS}} LoS stat and current slot size.
+*Only [[Torpedo Bomber]]s do not contribute to the trigger rate, but may still trigger the contact with the minimum rate possible.
-{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%"
+{{Formula
-!Contact Trigger Rate Formula
+|Title=Contact Trigger Rate Formula<ref name="vita">[[KanColle Kai]] decompile</ref>
-|-
+|Math=\text{Contact Rate}= \frac{1 + \sum_{\text{All Planes} } \left( \lfloor \sqrt{\text{Count}_\text{Plane} } \times \text{LoS}_\text{Plane} \rfloor \right)} {\text{Mod}_\text{Air State} }
-|
+|Var=<math>\text{All Planes}</math> refer only to all planes that can perform Contact ({{Carrier Recon}}/{{Large Recon}}/{{SPR}}/{{Night Recon}}/{{LFB}}) '''except''' Torpedo Bombers ({{Torpedo Bomber}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}}).
-<math>\text{Contact Rate}= \sum^{\text{All Planes}} \left( \frac{\sqrt{\text{Plane}_\text{Count}} \times \text{LoS}_\text{Plane}} {\text{Mod}_\text{Air State}} \right)
+* <math>\text{Count}_\text{Plane}</math> is the current plane's slot size.
-</math>
-Where:
-* <math>\text{All Planes}</math> refer only to all planes that can perform Contact ({{YellowPlane}}{{BluePlane}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}}/{{SPR}}/{{Night Recon}}/{{Large Flying Boat}}).
-* <math>\text{Plane}_\text{Count}</math> is the curent plane's slot size.
 * <math>\text{LoS}_\text{Plane}</math> is the plane's displayed {{LOS}} LoS stat.
 * <math>\text{Mod}_\text{Air State}</math> is the Air State modifier.
@@ Line 752: / Line 936: @@
 ** {{color|green|'''AS'''}}: 40
 ** {{color|red|'''AD'''}}: 55
-|}
+|Notes=If only {{Torpedo Bomber}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}} [[Torpedo Bomber]]s are present, there is still a very small chance Contact Trigger can succeed.
+}}
 A single roll is performed using the Final Trigger Rate. If successful, Contact advances to Step 2.
 ===Step 2: Aircraft Selection===
 After a successful Step 1, each plane will roll a Selection rate to be allowed to perform contact. The rolls are performed for each plane independently following a set priority, from highest to lowest. The priority for Aircraft Selection is:
@@ Line 763: / Line 947: @@
 * The Carrier's position in the fleet, starting from Flagship.
 * The Equipment slot position, starting from the first.
+{{Formula
-{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="100%"
+|Title=Aircraft Selection Formula<ref name="vita"></ref>
-!Aircraft Selection Formula
+|Math=\text{Selection Rate}= \frac{\text{LoS}_\text{Plane} } {\text{Mod}_\text{Air State} }
-|-
+|Var=<math>\text{Selection Rate}</math> applies only to planes that can perform Contact ({{Carrier Recon}}/{{Large Recon}}/{{Torpedo Bomber}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}}/{{SPR}}/{{Night Recon}}/{{LFB}}).
-|
-<math>\text{Selection Rate}= \frac{\text{LoS}_\text{Plane}} {\text{Mod}_\text{Air State}}
-</math>
-Where:
-* <math>\text{Selection Rate}</math> applies only to a planes that can perform Contact ({{YellowPlane}}{{BluePlane}}/{{Night Torpedo Bomber}}/{{SPR}}/{{Night Recon}}/{{Large Flying Boat}}).
 * <math>\text{LoS}_\text{Plane}</math> is the plane's displayed {{LOS}} LoS stat.
 * <math>\text{Mod}_\text{Air State}</math> is the Air State modifier.
@@ Line 778: / Line 956: @@
 ** {{color|green|'''AS'''}}: 16
 ** {{color|red|'''AD'''}}: 18
-|}
+}}
 The first Squadron that succeeds to be selected will perform Contact. If all planes fail to be selected, '''Contact will not trigger''', even if Step 1 was successful.
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 !Accuracy {{Acc}}!!Damage Modifier
 |-
-|0||112%
+|0||112 %
 |-
-|1||112%
+|1||112 %
 |-
-|2||117%
+|2||117 %
 |-
-|3+||120%
+|3+||120 %
 |}
+<references/>
 ==Anti-Air Rocket Barrage==
-[[File:Anti-Air Rocket Barrage.png|thumb|right|Ise triggers AARB, while Choukai triggers a AA Shell barrage, during the Airstrike Stage.]]
+Certain ship types have the ability to trigger an "Anti-Air Rocket Barrage" (AARB), completely negating any airstrike damage they would otherwise take.
-Certain types of ships have the ability to completely negate airstrike damage when certain conditions are fulfilled.
 * The '''only''' ships types able to trigger this mechanic are:
 ** [[BBV]], [[CV]], [[CVB]], [[CVL]], [[CAV]], and [[AV]].
-* The ship must be equipped with a {{Equipment/Link|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni}}.
+* The ship must be equipped with a '''{{Equipment/Link|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni}}'''.
 ** It is often referred to as "RLK2" or "Rosa Kai Ni" for short.
+{{Formula
+|Title=AARB Trigger Rate Formula
+|Math=\text{AARB %} = 100 \times \frac{\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} + {0.9} \times \text{Luck} }{400 - \left( 40 \times \text{N}_\text{rocket} + \text{AdjAA}_\text{RLK2} + 30 + \text{Mod}_\text{Ise-class} \right)}
+|Var=<math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship}</math> the previously calculated '''[[#Adjusted Anti-Air|Adjusted AA]] of the ship'''.
+* <math>\text{Luck}</math> the ship's {{Luck}} Luck stat.
+* <math>\text{N}_\text{rocket}</math> the number of {{Equipment/Link|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|text=RLK2}} equipped on the ship.
+* <math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{RLK2}</math> the '''[[#Adjusted Anti-Air|Adjusted AA]] of the RLK2''', being {{ToolTip|'''48'''|<math>\text{8} \times \text{6}</math>}}.
+* <math>\text{Mod}_\text{Ise-class}</math> being '''70''' if the ship is an {{Class|Ise}}, '''0''' otherwise.
+}}
-The trigger rate for a given ship is:
+[[File:Anti-Air Rocket Barrage.png|thumb|right|Ise triggers AARB, while Choukai triggers a AA Shell barrage, during the Airstrike Stage.]]
-<math>\text{AARB %} = 100 \times \frac{\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship} + {0.9} \times \text{Luck}}{400 - \left( 40 \times \text{N}_\text{rocket} + \text{AdjAA}_\text{RLK2} + 30 + \text{Mod}_\text{Ise-class} \right)} </math>
+If the AARB triggers on a ship, the ship will slide forward, and '''Rocket Barrage Successful''' (噴進弾幕成功, ''funshindan maku seikō'') will be displayed over its card.
+*If the ship does not take any damage during the airstrike, the same animation will also be played, even if the AARB failed to trigger or the ship was not targeted by any bomber.
-Where:
-* <math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{ship}</math> is the previously calculated '''[[#Adjusted Anti-Air|Adjusted AA]] of the ship'''.
-* <math>\text{Luck}</math> is the ship's {{Luck}} Luck stat.
-* <math>\text{N}_\text{rocket}</math> is the number of {{Equipment/Link|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|text=RLK2}} equipped on the ship.
-* <math>\text{AdjAA}_\text{RLK2}</math> is the '''[[#Adjusted Anti-Air|Adjusted AA]] of the RLK2''', being {{ToolTip|'''48'''|<math>\text{8} \times \text{6}</math>}}.
-* <math>\text{Mod}_\text{Ise-class}</math> is '''70''' if the ship is an [[:Category:Ise Class|''Ise''-class]], '''0''' otherwise.
-If the AA rocket barrage triggers on a ship, the ship will slide forward and '''Rocket Barrage Successful''' (噴進弾幕成功, ''funshindan maku seikō'') will be displayed over the ship's card.
-*The same animation will be also displayed if the AARB failed to trigger, but the ship does not take any damage during the airstrike (even if the ship was not targeted by any bomber).
 *Generally when a ship is targeted by any bomber and takes no damage, the text "'''miss'''" will be displayed over the ship's card, but if the AARB actually triggered, nothing will be displayed instead.
-'''Notes:'''
+;Notes
-* It is possible to achieve more than 100% activation rate.
+* It is possible to achieve more than 100 % activation rate.
-* The combination of {{GreenAmmo}} {{Equipment/Link|Type 3 Shell|Type 3 Shell Kai|text=AA Shells|link_category=Anti-Aircraft Shells}} and the {{Equipment/Link|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|text=RLK2}} is supposed to have the same effects of negating damage.
+* There is another anti-air barrage animation in-game for only {{AA Shell}} [[AA Shell]]s. ''No effects were found for it.''
-** Extra effects are still unknown.
+** The combination of a [[AA Shell]]s and the {{Equipment/Link|12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni|text=RLK2}} is also supposed to have extra effects. ''No effects were found for it.''
-* There is another anti-air barrage animation in-game for only {{Equipment/Link|Type 3 Shell|Type 3 Shell Kai|text=AA Shells|link_category=Anti-Aircraft Shells}}. No effects were found for it.
+** The uselessness/cosmetic-only role of AA Shells in this mechanic might be an historical reference to the real T3 shells, being extremely ineffective in their AA role, and being compared to simple "fireworks".
+* [[Smoke]]s reduce the AARB trigger rate, either directly or by reducing the '''Adjusted AA'''.
 =See Also=
+*[[Day Battle|Carrier Day Attacks]]
+**[[CVCI]]
+*[[Combat/Night Battle#Carrier Night Attacks|Carrier Night Attacks]]
+**[[CVNCI]]
 {{Mechanics}}