Special Attacks

"Special Attacks", or "Touch", are special combats mechanics involving specific ships combination 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 Touch", the "Kongou Touch", and the "Submarine Touch".

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

Big Seven Touch

"Big Seven" refers to the firsts 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 Touch

Special Attacks/Nagato Touch

Mutsu Touch

Special Attacks/Mutsu Touch

Nelson Touch

Special Attacks/Nelson Touch

Colorado Touch

Special Attacks/Colorado Touch

Yamato-Class Touch

Yamato gains a special attack on Kai Ni+ called "First squadron, charge! Full salvo!" (??), that targets 3 enemies at random.

Kongou-Class Touch

Only Kongou-class 3rd remodels can trigger this touch also called "Night Assault" (namely Kongou Kai Ni C and Hiei Kai Ni C).

Kongou Touch

Special Attacks/Kongou Touch

Hiei Touch

On Kai Ni C, Hiei gains a Night Assault special attack that targets 2 enemies at random:

• Hiei Kai Ni C must be Flagship.
  • She must not be more than lightly damaged (小破).
• Kongou Kai Ni C, Kirishima Kai Ni are the second ship.
  • She must not be heavily damaged (大破)
• It must be a Night Battle.
• Line Ahead or Echelon needs to be selected for a single fleet.
• Cruising Formation 2 or Cruising Formation 4 needs to be selected for a combined fleet.
• In combined fleet, it can only be triggered in the Escort fleet.

	Attack 1 (1st Ship)	Attack 2 (2nd Ship)
Base Multiplier	1.9x
Green T Engagement	1.25x (2.375x)
Red T Engagement	0.75x (1.425x)

There is an additional flat Accuracy bonus of x1.25.

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

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

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv}_\text{FS} }[/math] is Hiei's Level,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Lv}_\text{2nd} }[/math] is the 2nd ship's Level,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{FS} }[/math] is Hiei's Luck,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Luck}_\text{2nd} }[/math] is the 2nd ship's Luck,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{A} = 10 }[/math] if a Surface Radar with LoS > 8 is equipped on either of the 2 ships, 0 otherwise,
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{B} = 32 }[/math] if a Type 96 150cm Searchlight is equipped on either of the 2 ships, 0 otherwise.

The Night Assault can be:

• Activated twice per sortie.
• Activated in the same battle as another separate special attack.

Submarine Touch

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.

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