Special Attacks

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

There are 3 main types of Touch currently in the game:

• The "Big Seven Touches", the "Yamato Touch", the "French Touch", the "Queen Elizabeth-class Touch", some 2/3-battleships, 3-hits attacks.
• The "Kongou Touch", a 2-battleships, 2-hits night attack.
• The "Submarine Touch", a 1-submarine tender & 2/3-submarine, 2/4-hits torpedo attack

In a Combined Fleet, it is possible to both:

• Trigger a Big Seven or Yamato Touch in the main fleet during day battle,
• Then trigger a Kongou Touch in the escort fleet during night battle.

No special attack can be triggered in PVP.

Big Seven Touch

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

Nagato-class Special Attack

At Kai Ni, Nagato and Mutsu gain a special attack:

"Touch Helpers"
Any FBB, BB, BBV

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

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

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

• Bug: The attack cannot trigger in CTF versus a single fleet.

If triggered:

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

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

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

• Both ships involved consume additional ammunition when triggered:

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

• Costs are rounded up.

The touch:

• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.
• The rate is :

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Trigger}_\text{Rate}\text{%} = \Biggl\lfloor \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Lv}} + 1.5 \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Luck}} + 25 \Biggr\rfloor }[/math]

With

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv} }[/math] the Level of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck} }[/math] the Luck of the participating ships.

• 

  Nagato Special Attack Kai Ni

• 

  Mutsu Special Attack Kai Ni

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Nagato Play	Let's do this! Main guns, full broadside! FIRE!!!!!!!	Special Attack Line
	行くぞ！主砲、一斉射！てえーーっ！！！！！！
Nagato Play	Mutsu, leave it all to me! FIRE!	Special Attack Line with Mutsu Kai
	陸奥よ、この長門に任せておけ！てえーーっ！！
Nagato Play	Mutsu, follow me! First fleet, attack! Main guns, full broadside! FIRE!	Special Attack Line with Mutsu Kai Ni
	陸奥よ、この長門に続け！第一戦隊、突撃！主砲、一斉射！てえーーっ！！
Nagato Play	Nelson? Interesting. Let's do this! FIRE!	Special Attack Line with Nelson
	Nelsonか？面白い。行くぞ。てえーーっ！
Mutsu Play	Battleship Mutsu, beginning the attack! Full broadside, FIRE!	Special Attack Line
	戦艦陸奥、突撃するわ。一斉射、てえーーっ！
Mutsu Play	Nagato, leave it to me! FIRE!	Special Attack Line with Nagato Kai
	長門、任せて！てえーーっ！
Mutsu Play	Nagato, ready? Here we go! First Fleet, full broadside, FIRE!	Special Attack Line with Nagato Kai Ni
	長門、いい？いくわよ！第一戦隊、一斉射、てえーーっ！

Nelson-class Special Attack

Nelson and Rodney are able to perform a special attack:

"Touch Helpers"
Any FBB, BB, BBV, CA, CAV, CL, DD, DE, AV, AS, AR, AO, LHA

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

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

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

If triggered:

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

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

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

• It does not cost any extra resources if triggered.

The touch:

• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.
• The rate is:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Trigger}_\text{Rate}\text{%} = \Biggl\lfloor 1.1 \times \sqrt{\text{Lv}_\text{FS}} + \sum_\text{Helper} \sqrt{\text{Lv}_\text{H}} + 1.4 \times \sqrt{\text{Luck}_\text{FS}} + 25 \Biggr\rfloor }[/math]

With

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv}_\text{FS} }[/math] the flagship's Level,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv}_\text{H} }[/math] the helper ships' Level,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{FS} }[/math] the flagship's Luck.

• 

  Nelson Special Attack

• 

  Nelson Special Attack Kai

• 

  Rodney Special Attack

• 

  Rodney Special Attack Kai

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Nelson Play	Nelson Touch. Main guns 1 and 2, one more shot!	Nelson Touch Line
	Nelson Touch。主砲、一番、二番、もう一撃だ！
Rodney Play	Rodney Squadron, charge. We'll divide those enemies. All ships, fire all your main guns! Commence bombardment!	Special Attack Line
	Rodney戦隊、突入。敵を分断する。各艦、全主砲斉射！始め！

Colorado-class Special Attack

Colorado and Maryland are able to perform a special attack:

"Touch Helpers"
Any FBB, BB, BBV

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

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

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

If triggered:

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

"Big 7" refers here to the Nagato-class Kai/Ni


, the Nelson-class Kai
, and the Colorado-class base/Kai


.

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

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

• All three ships involved consume additional ammunition when triggered:

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

• Costs are rounded up.

The touch:

• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.
• The rate is probably:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Trigger}_\text{Rate}\text{%} = \Biggl\lfloor \text{V} \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Lv}} + \text{W} \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Luck}} + \text{X} + \text{Y} \Biggr\rfloor }[/math]

With

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv} }[/math] the Level of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck} }[/math] the Luck of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{V & W} }[/math] some yet unknown bonus factors,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{X} }[/math] some yet unknown bonus variables,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Y} }[/math] some yet unknown base rate.

It is currently measured around 52~60 % if all three ships are lv.99.

• 

  Colorado Special Attack

• 

  Colorado Special Attack Kai

• 

  Maryland Special Attack

• 

  Maryland Special Attack Kai

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Colorado Play	Colorado Squadron, full broadside! Open fire when you've confirmed your targets! We'll destroy them in one broadside. Fire!	Special Attack Line
	Colorado戦隊全力斉射！各個目標に砲撃開始！一気に殲滅する。Fire!
Maryland Play	Ready to begin directed fire. All ships, use the following targeting data. OK? ...Open fire!	Special Attack Line
	統制射撃を開始する。各艦、目標諸元入力。OK?……Open fire!

Richelieu-class Special Attack

On Kai/Deux, Richelieu and Jean Bart gain a special attack called "Richelieu! Overwhelm them!" (Richelieuよ！圧倒しなさいっ！, "French Touch"):

"Touch Helpers"
Richelieu Flagship:	Jean Bart Flagship:
	Kai/Deux

• A Richelieu-class Kai/Deux must be flagship.
  • Secretary for combined fleets.
  • She must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
• The other "Touch Helper" must be in the 2nd position.
  • She must not be heavily damaged (大破).

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

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

• Bug: The attack cannot trigger in CTF versus a single fleet.

If triggered:

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

Attack Multipliers [3]
Equipment	Flagship
	Attacks 1 & 2	Attack 3	Attacks 1, 2, & 3
No Bonus Equipment	1.30	1.24	1.24
Surface Surface Radar Only	1.50	1.43	1.43
AP Shells Only	1.76	1.67	1.67
AP + Surface Radar	2.02	1.93	1.93

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

• Both ships involved consume additional ammunition when triggered [4]:

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

• Costs are rounded down.

The touch:

• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.
• The rate is probably:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Trigger}_\text{Rate}\text{%} = \Biggl\lfloor \text{V} \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Lv}} + \text{W} \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Luck}} + \text{X} + \text{Y} \Biggr\rfloor }[/math]

With

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv} }[/math] the Level of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck} }[/math] the Luck of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{V & W} }[/math] some yet unknown bonus factors,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{X} }[/math] some yet unknown bonus variables,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Y} }[/math] some yet unknown base rate.

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Richelieu Play	The power of battleship Richelieu, it's time to show mine. Overwhelm them!	Special Attack Line
	戦艦Richelieuの火力、見せるのは今。圧倒しなさい！
Jean Bart Play	We only have one life. I, Jean Bart start to attack!	Special Attack Line
	On n'a qu'une vie. Jean Bart、突撃！

Queen Elizabeth-class Special Attack

On Kai, Warspite and Valiant gain a special attack:

"Touch Helpers"
Warspite Flagship:	Valiant Flagship:

• A Queen Elizabeth-class Kai must be flagship.
  • Secretary for combined fleets.
  • She must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
• The other "Touch Helper" must be in the 2nd position.
  • She must not be heavily damaged (大破).

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

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

• Bug: The attack cannot trigger in CTF versus a single fleet.

If triggered:

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

Attack Multipliers[5]
Equipment	Flagship
	Attacks 1, 2 & 3	Attack 1 & 2	Attacks 3
No Bonus Equipment	1.24	1.20	1.24
Surface Surface Radar Only	1.42	1.38	1.42
AP Shells Only	1.67	1.62	1.67
AP + Surface Radar	1.92	1.86	1.92

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

• ??

The touch:

• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.
• The rate is probably:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Trigger}_\text{Rate}\text{%} = \Biggl\lfloor \text{V} \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Lv}} + \text{W} \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Luck}} + \text{X} + \text{Y} \Biggr\rfloor }[/math]

With

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv} }[/math] the Level of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck} }[/math] the Luck of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{V & W} }[/math] some yet unknown bonus factors,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{X} }[/math] some yet unknown bonus variables,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Y} }[/math] some yet unknown base rate.

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Warspite Play	Queen Elizabeth Class, Battleship Warspite, open all weapons! Shoot!	Special Attack Line
	Queen Elizabeth Class, Battleship Warspite, open all weapons! Shoot!
Valiant Play	Big sis, ready? Full broadside! Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship, shoot!	Special Attack Line
	姉貴、いいかい？一斉射撃だ！Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship、shoot!

Yamato Special Attacks

Yamato gains two different special attacks on Kai Ni/Juu, distinguished by how many ships participate:

• The 2-ship touch, for the Yamato-class,
• The 3-ship touch', for Yamato Kai Ni/Juu only.

Devs also have stated that the touch helpers will be updated with relevant ship implementation [13].

• So far have been added:
  • Jean Bart for the 2-ship touch,
  • Maryland+Colorado, Kongou+Haruna/Kirishima, Hiei+Kirishima, Richelieu+Jean Bart, Nelson+Rodney, and Warspite+Valiant for the 3-ship touch.
  • Massachusetts has not yet been added as any touch helpers.

Yamato-class 2-Ship Special Attack

At Kai Ni/Juu, Yamato and Musashi gain a special attack:

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

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

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

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

If triggered:

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

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

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

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

The touch:

• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.
• The rate is:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Trigger}_\text{Rate}\text{%} = \Biggl\lfloor \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Lv}} + 1.25 \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Luck}} + \text{A} + \text{B} + 33 \Biggr\rfloor }[/math]

With

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv} }[/math] the Level of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck} }[/math] the Luck of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{A} }[/math] the helper bonus, being:
  • 4 if Yamato is helper,
  • 7 if Musashi is the helper,
  • 0 otherwise.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{B} }[/math] the bonus for equipping Radars with ( Acc ≥ 8?), being:
  • 10 if 1 ship has a radar,
  • 20 if both ships have a radar,
  • 0 otherwise.

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Yamato Play	Yamato, leading the attack! Musashi, follow me! 1st Fleet, all guns, full salvo!	Special Attack Line with Musashi
	大和、突撃します！武蔵続いてッ！第一戦隊、全主砲、全力斉射ッ！
Yamato Play	Yamato, leading the attack! 2nd ship, please follow my lead! All guns, full salvo!	Special Attack Line
	大和、突撃します！二番艦も続いてください！全主砲、斉射ッ！
Musashi Play	Oh, Yamato. Forming a battlegroup with you feels so natural. This is what it means to be a battleship.	Special Attack Line with Yamato
	おう、大和よ、お前とこうして戦隊を組むのは格別だな。これが戦艦だ。

Yamato 3-Ship Special Attack

At Kai Ni/Juu, Yamato gains a special attack:

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

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

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

"Helper Pairs"
One of the following pairs:
Musashi Kai Ni 2nd ship:		In any order:
Musashi Kai Ni + 1 Nagato-class Kai Ni		Kongou Kai Ni C + 1 Kongou-class Kai Ni B/C 2 Nagato-class Kai Ni 2 Ise-class Kai Ni 2 Fusou-class Kai Ni 2 Colorado-class Kai 2 Queen Elizabeth-class Kai 2 Nelson-class Kai 2 V.Veneto-class Kai 2 Richelieu-class Kai/Deux

If triggered:

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

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

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

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

The touch:

• Can be triggered even if artillery spotting fails to activate.
• Can only be activated once per sortie.
• Has a chance to trigger every time the flagship takes a turn at shelling.
  • In single fleet, if it fails to trigger in day battle, there is a chance to trigger it in the follow-up night battle.
• The rate is probably:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Trigger}_\text{Rate}\text{%} = \Biggl\lfloor \text{V} \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Lv}} + \text{W} \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Luck}} + \text{X} + \text{Y} \Biggr\rfloor }[/math]

With

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv} }[/math] the Level of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck} }[/math] the Luck of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{V & W} }[/math] some yet unknown bonus factors,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{X} }[/math] some yet unknown bonus variables,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Y} }[/math] some yet unknown base rate.

It is notably affected by:

• The Level and luck stat of the participating ships,
• Surface Radars (5+ LoS?) on attacking ships (+8~10 %).

It is currently measured above 70 %.

Ship	Japanese/English	Notes
Yamato Play	Yamato, leading the attack! 2nd ship, please follow my lead! All guns, full salvo!	Special Attack Line
	大和、突撃します！二番艦も続いてください！全主砲、斉射ッ！

Main source: [14]

Kongou-class Touch

On Kai Ni B/C, the Kongou-class gains a special attack called "Night Assault":

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

• There must be 5 or more surface ships in the fleet.
  • There must be no more than 1 submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 2 submarines are allowed.
  • There must be no more than 1 surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via FCF
    during a sortie, making the remaining total < 5. Only ships in the escort fleet are counted for combined ones.

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

"Touch Helpers"
Kongou Flagship:	Hiei Flagship:	Haruna Flagship:	Kirishima Flagship:
Any other Kongou-class Kai Ni B/C
Kai Ni Base/Kai Base/Kai	Kai Ni	-

If triggered:

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

[6]Nb of 35.6 K3C/K4	Red T	Parallel Head-on	Green T
0	1.920.8 x 2.4	2.4	31.25 x 2.4
1	2.130.8 x 2.4 x 1.11	2.662.4 x 1.11	3.331.25 x 2.4 x 1.11
2+	2.210.8 x 2.4 x 1.15	2.762.4 x 1.15	3.451.25 x 2.4 x 1.15

Despite several devs' announcements, other equipment surch as the 35.6cm Twin Gun Mount Kai 2 and "advance Radars" do not provide any bonus to the touch [7].

• The modifiers are pre-cap.
• There is also an Accuracy bonus of 1.35~1.4 [8].

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

The Night Assault can be:

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

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Trigger}_\text{Rate}\text{%} = \Biggl\lfloor 3.5 \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Lv}} + 1.1 \times \sum_\text{Ships} \sqrt{\text{Luck}} + \text{A} + \text{B} - 33 \Biggr\rfloor }[/math]

With

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv} }[/math] the Level of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck} }[/math] the Luck of the participating ships,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{A & B} }[/math] as follow:

Bonus	Flagship Conditions	Flagship
		Kongou C	Hiei C	Haruna B	Haruna C	Kirishima C
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{A} }[/math]	Surface Surface Radar with a base LoS ≥ 8 equipped, 0 otherwise	30	10	15	20	?
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{B} }[/math]	Large Type 96 150cm Searchlight equipped, 0 otherwise	10	30	0	0	?

Submarine Special Attack

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

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

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

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

With

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The touch can be activated multiple times per sortie.

When attacking a fleet, the usual Targeting rules apply.

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

Regular
Taigei Special Attack Taigei Special Attack Damaged Jingei Special Attack Jingei Special Attack Damaged Jingei Special Attack Kai Jingei Special Attack Kai Damaged Chougei Special Attack Chougei Special Attack Damaged Chougei Special Attack Kai Chougei Special Attack Kai Damaged Heian Maru Special Attack Heian Maru Special Attack Damaged Heian Maru Special Attack Kai Heian Maru Special Attack Kai Damaged
Seasonal
Taigei Summer 2021 Special Attack Taigei Summer 2021 Special Attack Damaged Jingei Summer 2021 Special Attack Damaged Jingei Summer 2021 Special Attack Chougei Summer 2022 Special Attack Chougei Summer 2022 Special Attack Damaged Heian Maru Summer 2024 Heian Maru Summer 2024 Damaged Heian Maru Kai Summer 2024 Heian Maru Kai Summer 2024 Damaged Special Attack Summer bis 2024 Special Attack Summer bis 2024 Damaged Special Attack Kai Summer bis 2024 Special Attack Kai Summer bis 2024 Damaged

Trivia

The term "Touch" comes from the fact the 1st ever introduced special attack was the "Nelson Touch".

This name comes itself from Nelson's namesake: Horatio Nelson, and his "Nelson Touch", a collection of ideas for naval tactic and leadership style.

See Also

Backdoor links:

• Special Attacks/Nagato-class Touch
• Special Attacks/Nelson-class Touch
• Special Attacks/Colorado-class Touch
• Special Attacks/French Touch
• Special Attacks/QE Touch
• Special Attacks/Yamato Touch
  • Special Attacks/Yamato Touch/2-Ship
  • Special Attacks/Yamato Touch/3-Ship
• Special Attacks/Kongou-class Touch
• Special Attacks/Submarine Touch