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Combat/Artillery Spotting
Artillery Spotting, commonly referred to as ArtySpot, Daytime CI, or simply Spotting, is a series of special attacks that allow ships with specific equipment setups to perform Cut-in attacks during the Day Battle. These attacks grant post-cap damage bonuses as well as increased shelling accuracy.
The Carrier-equivalent for Artillery Spotting is Aircraft Carrier Cut-in (CVCI). Mechanically, they share the same core mechanics, but have different trigger conditions.
Artillery Spotting
Artillery Spotting is a feature for ships that can launch Seaplanes. Using special equipment setups, those ships may perform one of multiple special attacks. These attacks are often referred to as Cut-ins due to the way the equipment is displayed in the screen before the attacks are performed. Particular Cut-ins are often referred to by their acronym, such as APCI for Main AP Shell Cut-in, Sec CI for Secondary Gun Cut-in, etc.
Cut-ins may be activated during a ship's turn and will override its normal shelling attack. Do note that the specific equipment being shown during the Cut-ins have no influence on the damage output.
Trigger Conditions
- The fleet must have attained Air Superiority (AS) or Air Supremacy (AS+) Air State.
- For details on Air State, please refer to Aerial Combat - Stage 1
- The ship must be equipped with at least one ReconSeaplane Recon or BomberSeaplane Bomber on a slot with size higher than 0.
- Seaplane Fighters or Reconnaissance Aircraft do not enable Artillery Spotting.
- Main Suisei Cut-in specifically ignores this condition.
- The ship must be equipped with at least one Main Main Gun.
- The ship must target another ship and attack it with Surface Shelling.
- ASW shelling has no Artillery Spotting setups.
- The ship must not be Heavily damaged (大破)
Setups and Attack Types
Different setups have different conditions, trigger rates, damage, and number of hits. Cut-ins are determined by the attack's prerequisites as well as the previously stated trigger conditions.
For a given Cut-in, any other equipment can be added on the remaining slots. Be wary that adding certain equipment may change the Cut-in that will be rolled. Meeting prerequisites for multiple Cut-ins grants each a chance to be activated: in this case, the Cut-ins will be rolled in order of priority from top to bottom.
For clarity purposes:
- is used to indicate a Main Gun of any size,
- is used to indicate a "Seaplane" (Recon or Bomber),
- is used to indicate a Secondary Gun of any size,
- is used to indicate an AP Shell,
- is used to indicate a Radar of any type,
- is used to indicate any "634 Air Group" Suiseis
. - is a custom icon used to indicate any Zuiun variant:
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AAR AAR AAR AAR AAR AAR AAR |
Attack Type | Prerequisites | Post-cap Damage Modifier |
Accuracy Modifier |
Hits | Notes |
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Main Zuiun Cut-in (Zuiun CI) |
1.35 | ? | 1 | Ise-class Kai Ni only | |
Main Suisei Cut-in (Suisei CI) |
1.3 | ? | 1 | ||
Main AP Shell Cut-in (APCI) |
1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | ||
Secondary AP Shell Cut-in (Sec APCI) |
1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | ||
Secondary Radar Cut-in (Radar CI) |
1.2 | 1.5 | 1 | ||
Secondary Cut-in (Sec CI) |
1.1 | 1.3 | 1 | ||
Double Attack (DA) |
1.2 | 1.1 | 2 |
- If all rolls fail or the ship meets no Cut-in requirements, then it'll perform a Single Attack: a default 1 hit, no damage modifier shelling attack.
- If an Artillery Spotting attack is evaded, it will deal chip damage instead.
- If valid set-ups for both Suisei-CI and Zuiun-CI are used, only the Zuiun-CI may trigger.
Aircraft Carrier Cut-In
Aircraft Carrier Cut-in, or CVCI for short, is a feature for ships that can launch Carrier-based planes. Similar to Artillery Spotting, using special equipment setups, those ships may perform one of multiple special attacks.
CVCI may be activated during a ship's turn and will override its normal shelling attack.
Trigger Conditions
- The fleet must have attained Air Superiority (AS) or Air Supremacy (AS+) Air State.
- For details on Air State, please refer to Aerial Combat - Stage 1
- The carrier must fulfill one of the equipment setups.
- The carrier must be shelling a surface ship.
- Installations cannot be attacked by CVCI.
Setups and Attack Types
Different setups have different conditions, trigger rates, damage, and number of hits. Cut-ins are determined by the attack's prerequisites as well as the previous state trigger conditions.
For a given Cut-in, any other equipment can be added to the remaining slots. Be wary that adding certain equipment may change the Cut-in that will be rolled. Meeting prerequisites for multiple Cut-ins grants each a chance to be activated: in this case, the Cut-ins will be rolled in order of priority from top to bottom.
- is used to indicate a Torpedo Bomber. In the game, is referred to as Attacker.
- is used to indicate a Dive Bomber. In the game, is referred to as Bomber.
- is used to indicate a Fighter.
Attack Type | Prerequisites | Post-cap Damage Modifier |
Accuracy Modifier |
Hits |
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Fighter-Bomber-Attacker (FBA) |
1.25 | 1.2~1.3? | 1 | |
Bomber-Bomber-Attacker (BBA) |
1.2 | 1.2~1.3? | 1 | |
Bomber-Attacker (BA) |
1.15 | 1.2~1.3? | 1 |
- If all rolls fail or the ship meets no Cut-in requirements, then it'll perform a Single Attack: a default 1 hit, no damage modifier shelling attack.
- If a CVCI attack is evaded, it will deal chip damage instead.
Note: The Critical Damage modifier granted by Aircraft Proficiency works differently when performing a CVCI.
Trigger Rates
Artillery Spotting and Aircraft Carrier Cut-Ins share the same trigger rate formula. The chance of successfully rolling and triggering a cut-in is mainly affected by the Air State and the "raw LoS", as well as some other factors like the type of CI, the ship's luck, and the Recons/Bombers currently in the fleet.
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Trigger rate
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The chance for a ship to roll a cut-in and perform it is given by:
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Base attack
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[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Base}_\text{attack} }[/math] is the "Value" used by each type of Cut-in:
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See Also
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