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Anti-Air Cut-in

Akizuki performing the ID 1 AACI.

Using special equipment setups, ships may perform one of multiple special Anti-Ait Cut-In mostly referred to as AACI, during Stage 2.

AACI types

• Each AACI is defined by its "ID" (its API value), and is arbitrary (see the below table).
  • They are then mostly referred to by their "ID".
  • Some older AACI may be referred to by their abbreviation, such as BBR for AACI 5.
• For all AACI, the "ID" therefore fully determines:
  • The setup of the AACI and the ships able to trigger it,
  • The "Trigger Rate" and the "Priority Order",
  • The "K-value" and "shot down per slot" value,
• All those parameters are fully arbitrary.

AACI effects

• Grant a multiplier to the "Fixed Shootdown" of all allied ships, referred to as the K-value, regardless of what ship triggers it,
• Remove a fixed number of planes from each enemy bomber slot ("shot down per slot").

These effects make depleting the entirety of enemy planes much more feasible.

AACI triggering

• Only one AACI can be performed per battle,
  • On "Aerial Combat Nodes", AACI can be triggered twice, one per phase.
• Only a ship equipped with proper AACI setups can trigger one (see the below table),
• If multiple ships are equipped with AACI setups, each ship will roll their available AACI in ID's "Priority Order" (see the below table).
  • If IDs are tied, priority goes by fleet order from top to bottom.
  • Thus, for a given fleet & setup, some ships will take priority over others always the same way.
  • If one ship fulfills the requirement for multiple setups at once, then it will be able to roll each individual AACI in ID's "Priority Order".
• The trigger rate is unaffected by Stats like the damage status, Fleet AA, Ship AA, Adjusted AA, Air State, or any other parameter like Luck and LoS.

• It is possible for all AACI rolls in a fleet to fail, triggering no AACI.
• If the enemy fleet has a valid setup, it may as well activate an AACI. If that happens, no animation will be shown, but the effects will function normally.
  • It can activate during the regular airstrike phase, but not during other phases like the Jet Assaults, LBAS phases, OASW, or Shelling phases.
  • There is a bug that allows enemy ships to activate AACI even if they were sunk.

For the following table:

• is used to indicate any Large Caliber Main Gun
• is used to indicate any High-Angle Gun (dual-purpose guns/HA guns), including Main HA Guns and Secondary HA Guns,
• is used to indicate any AA Gun,
• is used to indicate any AA Fire Directors
  ,
• is used to indicate any AA Shell
• is used to indicate any Radar, including Surface Radars,
• Air is used to indicate an Air Radar (any Radar with AA stat of 2 or higher).

Do note that some setups also required a maximal or minimal base AA stat for the equipment to be counted.

• This exclude any stat gained from Fit Bonuses or Improvement.

AACI Patterns
ID	Priority Order	Setup	Shot down per slot	K-value	Rate	Users
None		Triggers if no other AACI is activated	+1A = 1, B = 0	1.0	N/A	Player's fleet only
1	11		+8A = 3, B = 5	1.7	65%	Akizuki-class
2	16		+7A = 3, B = 4	1.7	58%
3	26		+5A = 2, B = 3	1.6	50%
4	15	Air	+7A = 5, B = 2	1.5	52%	All
5	27	8+ AA 8+ AA Air	+5A = 2, B = 3	1.5	55%	All (except Akizuki-class)
6	28		+5A = 4, B = 1	1.45	40%	All
7	36	Air	+4A = 2, B = 2	1.35	45%	All (except Akizuki-class)
8	33	8+ AA Air	+5A = 2, B = 3	1.4	50%
9	45		+3A = 1, B = 2	1.3	40%	All
10	6	9+ AA Air	+9A = 3, B = 6	1.65	60%	Maya Kai Ni
11	9	9+ AA	+7A = 2, B = 5	1.5	55%
12	40	9+ AA 3+ AA Air	+4A = 1, B = 3	1.25	45%	All
13	34	8+ AA 9+ AA Air	+5A = 1, B = 4	1.35	35%	All (except Maya Kai Ni)
14	25	Air	+5	1.45	62%	Isuzu Kai Ni
15	35		+4	1.3	55%
16	24	Air	+5	1.4	62%	Kasumi Kai Ni B & Yuubari Kai Ni (not Toku/D )
17	42		+3	1.25	55%	Kasumi Kai Ni B
18	43	9+ AA	+3	1.2	60%	Satsuki Kai Ni
19	21	7- AA 9+ AA	+6	1.45	58%	Kinu Kai Ni
20	37	9+ AA	+4	1.25	65%
21	22	Air	+6	1.45	60%	Yura Kai Ni
22	44	9+ AA	+3	1.2	60%	Fumizuki Kai Ni
23	46	3~8 AA	+2	1.05	80%	UIT-25/I-504
24	38	3~8 AA	+4	1.25	40%	Tenryuu-class Kai Ni
25	10	Air	+8	1.55	60%	Ise-class Kai/Ni
26	14	Air	+7	1.4	55%	Yamato-class Kai Ni
27	19	Air	+6	1.55	55%	Ooyodo Kai
28	29	Air	+5	1.4	55%	Ise-class Kai/Ni & Musashi Kai/Ni
29	23	Air	+6	1.55	60%	Hamakaze B Kai & Isokaze B Kai
30	32		+4	1.3	45%	Tenryuu Kai Ni & Gotland Kai/Andra
31	41		+3	1.2	52%	Tenryuu Kai Ni
32	39	OR OR	+4	1.2	50%	Royal Navy Ships & Kongou-class Kai Ni/B/C
33	31	4+ AA	+4	1.35	45%	Gotland Kai/Andra
34	12		+8	1.6	55%	Fletcher-class
35	17	OR	+7	1.55	55%
36	37	OR OR	+7	1.55	50%
37	30		+5	1.45	40%
38	1		+11	1.85	57%	Atlanta-class
39	2		+11	1.7	57%
40	3	OR OR	+11	1.7	56%
41	5	OR OR	+10	1.65	55%
42	4	Sp 6+ AA	+11	1.65	64%	Yamato-class Kai Ni
43	7	Sp	+9	1.6	59%
44	13	Sp 6+ AA	+7	1.6	54%
45	20	Sp	+6	1.55	40%
46	8	9+ AA Air OR 9+ AA Air	8	1.55	50%	Haruna Kai Ni B

Examples

• Akizuki with 8+ AA8+ AAAir fulfills the requirements of the AACIs with ID 1, 2, 3, and 13 (in this order).
  • The resulting trigger rate is ??

• Fletcher with fulfills 34, 35, 8, 9 (in this order).
  • The resulting trigger rate is ??

• Musashi with Sp fulfills 42, 43, 44, 45, 28 (in this order)
  • The resulting trigger rate is ??

• Isokaze B Kai with 8+ AA8+ AAAir fulfills 29, 5, 8, 13 (in this order)
  • The resulting trigger rate is ??

Sequential AACIs

The Sequential AACIs were the AACIs introduced with the implementation of Johnston, allowing to a single ship to roll multiple AACI IDs at once, greatly increasing the trigger rate. Since the 26/05/2023 update, this mechanic is defunct, being available to all ships.

• See here for more details.

Main Sources: [1] [2]

• Old sources: [3] [4] [5]