Plane Proficiency

Introduction

Planes have the ability to earn experience and gain ranks. Experience is gained from combat, be it normal sorties or LBAS attacks and defense. The only planes unable to earn experience are Autogyros, the Type 3 Spotter/Liaison (ASW) and Land-based reconnaissance planes. Certain elite planes such as the Tenzan Model 12 (Tomonaga Squadron) Will already have some ranks when they are obtained.

Overview

As planes earn experience, they will progress through the ranks as follows:

Rank Level	Displayed Insignia	Experience	Fighter Power Bonus		Innate Bonus	Notes
0	(blank)	0-9	0	0	0
1	|	10-24	0	0	+1
2	||	25-39	+2	+1	+1
3	|||	40-54	+5	+1	+2
4	\	55-69	+9	+1	+2
5	\\	70-84	+14	+3	+2
6	\\\	85-99	+14	+3	+2-3
7	>>	100-120	+22	+6	+3

Important Notes

• Planes will gain ranks at different speeds. Exactly what determines that is unknown. Please see below for more details.
• Planes getting shot down will lose ranks.
  • A slot getting emptied has a high chance of resetting plane ranks.
• Abyssal planes do not have proficiency.
• Opposing PvP fleets do have proficiency.
• It is important to secure air superiority where possible to preserve plane proficiency.
• The innate bonus is calculated as [math]\displaystyle{ \sqrt{\frac{\text{Exp}_\text{plane}}{10}} }[/math]; where [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Exp}_\text{plane} }[/math] is the current experience level of the plane.

Rank Effects

Fighter Power Bonus

The biggest bonus from plane proficiency is giving a fighter power bonus to help during the air control phase. The innate bonus is added onto the fighter power bonus of the relevant plane to get the full fighter power bonus.

Fighter Power Bonus for >> Plane

Plane Type	Fighter Power Bonus
		+25
	+9
	+3

Important Notes

• Fighter-bombers are considered dive bombers and only get the +9 bonus instead of the +25.
• This is a flat bonus applied after the fighter power of the slot is calculated. This means it is not affected by rounding.
• Even if the plane has 0 , it will still get the relevant bonus.

Critical Bonus

There are two separate critical modifier bonuses for plane proficiency. One affects normal carrier attacks and carrier night cut-ins, the other affects carrier cut-in attacks.

Carrier Attack Modifier

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{CVAtk} = 1 + \text{Count}_\text{equipped} \times 0.1 + 0.1\text{(If max proficiency plane in first slot)} }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Count}_\text{equipped} }[/math] is the number of max proficiency planes equipped.
• This means a carrier with two maxed proficiency planes equipped in the top two slots, it will have a 1.3x bonus. This makes her total critical strike modifier 1.95x (1.5 x 1.3).
• This also applies to carrier night attacks.
  • Unlike other carrier night attacks formulas, non-night capable planes are taken into account for calculating the proficiency critical bonus.

Carrier Cut-In Attacks

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{CVCI} = 1.106 + 0.15\text{(If the plane in the first slot participates in the attack)} }[/math]

• The average skill level of all planes is taken into account when calculating the modifier. The 1.106 value assumes all planes equipped are of max proficiency.
• If you have multiple aircraft of the same type equipped, the plane in the first slot, "the Captain" will always take priority.
• This bonus is multiplicative with the base critical modifier. This means if the Captain participates in the CVCI, the attack gets a critical strike modifier of 1.875x (1.5 x 1.25).

Accuracy Bonus

The average proficiency of all torpedo bombers, dive bombers, seaplane bombers and large flying boats on the carrier are taken into account for calculating the accuracy bonus.

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Acc Bonus} = \sqrt{0.1 \times \text{Exp}_\text{Avg}} + \text{Mod}_\text{proficiency} }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Exp}_\text{Avg} }[/math] is the average experience level of all relevant planes on the carrier.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Skill} }[/math] is the extra bonus depending on the proficiency level.

Accuracy Bonus

Experience Level	Proficiency Bonus	Accuracy Bonus
0-9	0		0
10-24	0	+1
25-39	+1	+2
40-54	+2	+4
55-69	+3	+5
70-79	+4	+6
80-99	+6	+8-9
100-120	+9	+12

Important Notes

• Remember that fighters are not counted for the accuracy bonus.

Ranking Planes

Carrier-Based Planes

Carrier-based planes can be ranked anywhere. The most resource efficient way is to send them on sorties to surface nodes with little to no air power. It is possible to rank them through LBAS but it gets expensive. The following are recommended spots:

• 1-1
• 2-2: 3CV+ off route

Land-Based Planes

Land-based planes can only be ranked through LBAS. This makes ranking them quite expensive. Outside of events, only 6-4 and 6-5 have LBAS available to use. Of these, 6-5 is the best place because it allows the use of two land bases and has a Range 1 submarine node at B. This allows any land-based plane to be rank and only requires a fleet of at least 1 light cruiser and a mix of destroyers and destroyer escorts.

Leveling Speed

Leveling speed is measured in the estimated number of battles it will take to get a plane from no rank to >>.

No. of Battles	Plane Type	Plane Name
~16		Type 96 Fighter Type 96 Fighter Kai Zero Fighter Type 21 Fw190 T Kai
		Swordfish Swordfish Mk. II (Skilled) Swordfish Mk.III (Skilled)
		Type 0 Recon Seaplane Ar196 Kai OS2U
~20		Zero Fighter Type 52 Bf109 T Kai Re. 2001 OR Kai Fulmar
		Type 99 Dive Bomber Skua Re.2001 CB Kai
		Type 97 Torpedo Bomber Tenzan (931 Air Group) Re. 2001 G Kai
		Type 0 Observation Seaplane Type 98 Recon Seaplane (Night Scout)
		Zuiun
		Type 2 Flying Boat PBY-5A Catalina
		Ro.44 Seaplane Fighter
		Type 96 Land Attacker Type 1 Land Attacker Type 1 Land Attacker (Nonaka Squadron) Type 1 Land Attacker Model 22A Type 1 Land Attacker Model 34 Bomb-carrying Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (55th Squadron)
		Prototype Toukai
		Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model II
~23		Prototype Reppuu Late Model Shiden Kai 2 Zero Fighter Type 21 (Skilled) Reppuu (601 Air Group) Zero Fighter Type 52 (Skilled) Zero Fighter Type 32 Zero Fighter Type 32 (Skilled) Seafire LF.Mk.III Kai Shiden Kai 4
		Suisei Zero Fighter Type 62 (Fighter-bomber) Ju 87C Kai Type 99 Dive Bomber (Skilled) Suisei (601 Air Group) Type 0 Fighter Model 63 (Fighter-bomber) FM-2 Suisei Model 22 (634 Air Group)
		Tenzan Ryuusei Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (931 Air Group) Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (Skilled) Ryuusei (601 Air Group) Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (931 Air Group / Skilled)
		Saiun
		Shiun Ro.43 Recon Seaplane Type 0 Recon SeaPlane Model 11 B Type 0 Reconnaissance Seaplane Model 11B (Skilled) S9 Osprey
		Zuiun Model 12
		Ro.44 Seaplane Fighter Bis
		Ginga
		Toukai (901 Air Group)
		Shiden Type 21 Shiden Kai Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III A Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III A (54th Air Squadron) Spitfire Mk.I Spitfire Mk.V Spitfire Mk.IX (Skilled)
~27		Reppuu Model 11 Zero Fighter Type 52 Model C (601 Air Group) Zero Fighter Type 52 Model C (Iwai Squadron) Zero Fighter Type 52 Model A (Iwamoto Squadron) Re. 2005 Kai F4F-3 F4F-4 F6F-3 F6F-5
		Suisei Model 12A Type 99 Dive Bomber (Egusa Squadron) Zero Fighter Type 62 (Fighter-bomber/Iwai Squadron) SBD Suisei Model 22 (634 Air Group/Skilled) Suisei Model 12 (634 Air Group w/ Type 3 Cluster Bombs) Suisei Model 12 (w/ Type 31 Photoelectric Fuze Bombs)
		Type 97 Torpedo Bomber Tenzan Model 12 (Tomonaga Squadron) Tenzan (601 Air Group) Type 97 Torpedo Bomber (Murata Squadron) TBD TBF
		Type 2 Recon Aircraft Prototype Keiun Saiun (East Caroline Air Group)
		Prototype Seiran Zuiun (634 Air Group) Zuiun Model 12 (634 Air Group) Seiran (631 Air Group)
		Type 2 Seaplane Fighter Kai
		Type 3 Fighter Hien (244th Air Combat Group) Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model II (64th Air Squadron)
~34		Shinden Kai Zero Fighter Type 53 (Iwamoto Squadron)
		F6F-3N F6F-5N
		Suisei (Egusa Squadron) Prototype Nanzan F4U-1D Ju 87C Kai Ni (w/ KMX)
		Ryuusei Kai Tenzan Model 12 (Murata Squadron)
		TBM-3D Prototype Type 97 Torpedo Bomber Kai No. 3 Model E (w/ Type 6 Airborne Radar Kai)
		Laté 298B Zuiun (631 Air Group) Zuiun (634 Air Group/Skilled) Zuiun Kai Ni (634 Air Group) Zuiun Kai Ni (634 Air Group/Skilled)
		Type 2 Seaplane Fighter Kai (Skilled) Kyoufuu Kai
		Raiden Shiden Kai (343 Air Group) Fighter Unit 301 Reppuu Kai Reppuu Kai (352 Air Group/Skilled)
		Type 3 Fighter Hien Type 3 Fighter Hien Model 1D Type 4 Fighter Hayate
~42		Reppuu Kai (Prototype Carrier-based Model) Reppuu Kai Ni
		Ju 87 C Kai 2 (w/ KMX / Skilled)
		Ryuusei Kai (CarDiv 1)
		Prototype Type 97 Torpedo Bomber Kai (Skilled) No. 3 Model E (w/ Type 6 Airborne Radar Kai)
		Jet Keiun Kai Kikka Kai
		Shiden Type 11
~63		Reppuu Kai Ni Model E
		Ryuusei Kai (CarDiv 1/Skilled)
		Me 163B Prototype Shuusui
~99		Reppuu Kai Ni Model E (CarDiv 1/Skilled)
		Shuusui