Exercises

Introduction

The Exercise (演習) menu can be accessed from the Sortie (出撃) button on the main menu. This is the PvP section of the game where you fight a random selection of 5 other players on your server.

• The exercise list will reset at 0300 and 1500 JST daily.

Menu Functions

• Flagship - Displays the opponent's current flagship.
• Name - Displays the opponent's name.
• Message - Displays the opponent's message that was set in the Information menu.
• HQ Level - Displays the opponent's HQ level.
• Medals - Displays the number of hard mode medals the opponent has earned.
• Result - Displays the result of the exercise. It will be blank if you haven't fought the opponent yet.
• Matchmaking Mode - Allows you to select which matchmaking mode you'd prefer. See below for details.
• Fleet Preview - Displays the opponent's current fleet.
• Opponent Information - Displays the opponent's current rank, exp total, number of ship girls, equipment and furniture.
• Challenge - Starts the exercise.

How to Exercise

1. To begin an exercise, just click on the opponent you wish to fight. This will bring up the opponent's information. 2. Clicking on Challenge (演習を挑む) will bring up your fleet. 3. Clicking on Begin Exercise (演習開始！) will start the exercise. 4. Select a formation to begin combat.

• This step is your last chance to back out if you wish. Once you select a formation, the battle result will be locked in and you cannot challenge this opponent again.
• Your ship girls will not earn experience from cancelled exercises.

Important Notes

• The flagship must not be heavily damaged (大破).
  • Can deploy if an escort ship is heavily damaged, but it may result in that ship not receiving any EXP. See below for details.
• The list of opponents refreshes twice a day at 0300 and 1500 JST.
  • This means a maximum of 10 exercises a day.
  • Since the daily quest list refreshes at 0500, it is possible to "finish" the day's exercise quest by exercising between 0300 and 0500. However, this will cause you to have fewer battles for the next day (you end up using the next day's list early).
• The opposing fleet is the 1st fleet of the opponent.
  • The composition of that fleet is updated almost real-time. It is only confirmed after formation is selected.
  • You can end up fighting a different fleet than what was presented at the opponent information menu.
• Ship girls cannot be sunk in exercises.
  • But they can be considered "sunk" for exp and victory condition purposes.
• You cannot gain or lose plane proficiency in exercises.
• The opponent's fleet will always be at full HP and 0 plane proficiency regardless of their actual status.
• You will not be able to have a rematch with the opponent.
  • They can still be selected as your opponent again during another reset.
• Exercises cost as much as a normal combat node. That is 20% fuel and ammo.
• Ship girls cannot be truly sunk in exercies. They will not go below 1HP.
  • This can lead to confusion as actual 1HP ship girls are still not considered "sunk" for the purposes of determining rank.

Matchmaking Modes

The three different matchmaking modes are as follows:

• Exercise Fleet (Group 1) (演習艦隊【第一群】): Opponents will be selected from those that have a higher HQ level. Fleets are generally tougher but will have better experience rewards.

• Exercise Fleet (Group 2) (演習艦隊【第二群】): Opponents are selected from those around your HQ level. Fleets will generally be evenly matched to yours but provide less experience.

• Entire Server (全体): This is the original PvP matchmaking system and it is the default unless you change it. Oppontents are selected as follows:
  • 1 random player within the Top 1000 of your server.
  • 3 players immediately above you in rankings.
  • 1 player 10 places above you in rankings.
  • If you are within the Top 1000, it will just be 5 random players within the top 1000.

Important Notes

• You are able to freely swap between matchmaking modes until 2 hours before PvP reset (0100 and 1300 JST).
• It is generally advised to use "Group 1" whenever possible because it will match you with high level players. They will generally have high leveled ships that give the most exp.

Fleet Formations

The formation of the opponent's fleet is determined by a few factors:

• If your opponent has 3 or fewer ships in the fleet, their formation will be line ahead regardless of your composition. Otherwise:

1. If you have a SS or SSV flagship and at least 1 other SS/SSV, their formation will be line abreast.
2. If your opponent has a SS or SSV flagship, their formation will be echelon.
3. If your opponent has a CV or CVL flagship and at least 5 ships, their formation will be diamond.
   • Note that this means CV flagship of a 4-ship fleet will not be in diamond.
4. In all other cases, their formation will be line ahead.

In case multiple criteria are met (for example, a fleet of 5 ships led by a CV facing a submarine-only fleet), the precedence is:

1. Line abreast
2. Echelon / Diamond (equal priority)
3. Line ahead

So in the example given above, the enemy will be in line abreast.

Experience Gain

Please see Experience and Rank for more details on the formula used for calculating experience earned in exercises.

Experience Chart

The table below represents the post-cap experience without the rank multiplier depending on the 1st and 2nd ships of your opponent.

• The first column represents the flagship level and the first row is the 2nd ship level.
• The red numbers represent the 100s thresholds for experience.
• The numbers assumes a random integer of 0, as per the experience formula.

Exercise EXP Chart

	Second ship level
Flagship level	1	5	10	15	20	25	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	99	110	120	130	140	150	155	160	165	170	175
1	0	3	15	35	63	100	145	260	408	510	519	527	536	553	554	560	573	593	618	633	641	659	667	689
5	10	13	25	45	73	110	155	270	418	510	519	528	536	553	555	560	573	593	618	633	641	659	667	689
10	45	48	60	80	108	145	190	305	453	512	520	528	536	553	555	561	574	593	618	633	641	660	667	689
15	105	108	120	140	168	205	250	365	503	514	522	529	537	554	555	561	574	593	618	633	641	660	667	690
20	190	193	205	225	253	290	335	450	509	517	523	531	538	554	556	562	575	594	619	633	641	660	668	690
25	300	303	315	335	363	400	445	507	514	520	526	532	540	555	557	563	575	594	619	634	642	660	668	690
30	435	438	450	470	498	505	508	513	518	523	528	534	541	557	558	564	576	595	620	634	642	661	668	690
40	516	516	517	517	518	519	520	523	526	529	534	539	545	560	561	566	578	597	621	636	643	662	669	691
50	526	526	527	527	528	528	529	531	533	536	540	544	550	563	565	570	581	599	623	637	645	663	671	692
60	536	536	536	536	537	537	538	539	541	543	546	550	555	568	569	574	585	602	625	639	647	665	672	694
70	546	546	546	546	547	547	547	549	550	552	555	558	562	574	575	579	590	606	629	642	650	667	675	696
80	557	557	557	558	558	558	558	559	561	562	564	567	571	581	582	586	596	611	633	646	654	671	678	699
90	570	570	570	570	570	571	571	572	573	574	576	578	582	591	592	595	604	618	639	652	659	676	683	703
99	597	597	597	597	597	597	598	598	599	600	601	603	606	613	614	616	624	636	655	666	672	688	695	714
110	600	600	600	600	600	600	600	601	602	603	604	606	608	615	616	619	626	638	656	668	674	690	696	715
120	609	609	609	609	610	610	610	610	611	612	613	615	617	624	624	627	634	645	663	674	680	695	701	720
130	631	631	631	631	631	632	632	632	633	633	635	636	638	643	644	646	652	662	678	688	694	708	714	732
140	664	664	664	664	664	664	665	665	665	666	667	668	670	674	674	676	681	690	704	712	717	730	736	752
150	707	707	707	707	707	707	707	708	708	709	709	710	711	715	715	717	721	728	740	747	751	762	767	782
155	732	732	732	732	732	733	733	733	733	734	734	735	736	739	740	741	745	751	762	769	773	783	787	801
160	746	746	746	746	746	746	746	746	747	747	748	748	750	753	753	754	758	764	774	780	784	794	798	811
165	778	778	778	778	778	778	779	779	779	779	780	781	781	784	784	786	789	794	803	809	813	822	826	837
170	792	792	792	792	792	792	792	792	792	793	793	794	795	797	798	799	802	807	815	821	825	833	837	848
175	830	830	830	830	830	830	830	830	830	831	831	832	832	835	835	836	839	843	851	856	859	867	870	881

Exercise Tips

General Tips

• If the sum of your opponent's first two ships is ≥50, then you can expect a base experience of 500.
• It is always worth doing exercises against powerful opponents. Even if you lose badly, you stand to gain a significant amount of experience from high level ship girls.
  • Setting your matchmaker to "Group 1" will help you find powerful opponents.
• It is inadvisable to run carriers with bombers in exercises.
  • Due to how powerful ship girl anti-air can be, it can cost between 200-500 bauxite if you run into a fleet with heavy anti air.
• The flagship receives a significant bonus, this makes it a great way to level weak or expensive ship girls.
• Heavily damaged (大破) ship girls are subject to "sinking" just like in sorties.
  • You will not lose them if they are "sunk" in exercises, but they will not earn any experience and will affect your rank.

Fleet Setup

• You can abuse the formation triggers to get an easy fight.
  • Eg. running submarines to neuter a fleet by forcing it into line abreast.
  • It is inadvisable to do this too often as you would be wasting experience that could go to more useful ship girls.
• Running a carrier loaded with fighters is advisable to gain air superiority and activate artillery spotting.
  • Having a Saiun can also be helpful for preventing Crossing T (Disadvantage).
• When facing submarines, use line abreast formation and ASW ships.
  • Adding a battleship to allow a 2nd round of shelling will help.
  • Being able to OASW will make sumbmarine fleets trivial.
• When facing a heavy fleet, you can run a full submarine fleet to scrape a victory.
  • Placing a surface ship as the flag can force the opponent into line ahead to neuter any ASW ships present.
• A single submarine can help tank light ships in the opponent's fleet.

Exercise Result Reports

If you were challenged to an exercise, you will be able to view the results of the battle by clicking the small blue arrow at the bottom of your home screen.

[Blue = Victory, Red = Defeat, Green = PvP, Orange = Name]

Reports marked with Exercise (演習) are the exercise reports. The result will either be:

• Victory (勝利)
• Defeat (敗北)

These results do not affect your win/loss ratio in your Information page.