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 4 main types of Touch currently in the game, the "Big Seven Touch", the "Yamato Touch", the "Kongou Touch", the "French Touch", and the "Submarine Touch".
- 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" |
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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.
- 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.
Nelson-class Special Attack
Nelson and Rodney are able to perform a special attack:
"Touch Helpers" |
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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.
- In single fleet, Double Line needs to be selected.
- In a combined fleet, Cruising Formation 2 needs to be selected.
Colorado-class Special Attack
Colorado and Maryland are able to perform a special attack:
"Touch Helpers" |
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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.
- In single fleet, Echelon needs to be selected.
- In a combined fleet, Cruising Formation 2 needs to be selected.
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 [12].
- So far have been added:
Yamato-class 2-Ship Special Attack
At Kai Ni/Juu, Yamato and Musashi gain a special attack:
"Touch Helpers" | ||
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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.
- 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.
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.
- 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" | |||||
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One of the following pairs: | |||||
Musashi Kai Ni 2nd ship: | In any order: | ||||
Musashi Kai Ni + 1 Nagato-class Kai Ni |
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Main source: [13]
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.
- 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" | |||
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Kongou Flagship: | Hiei Flagship: | Haruna Flagship: | Kirishima Flagship: |
Any other Kongou-class Kai Ni B/C | |||
Kai Ni Base/Kai Base/Kai |
Kai Ni | - |
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" | |
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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.
- 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.
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.[1]
- 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.