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"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"
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.
    • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
    • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via   FCF 
       
      during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.
  • 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"
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.
    • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
    • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via   FCF 
       
      during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.

Colorado-class Special Attack

Colorado and Maryland are able to perform a special attack:

"Touch Helpers"
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.
    • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
    • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via   FCF 
       
      during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.

Yamato Special Attacks

Yamato gains two different special attacks on Kai Ni/Juu, distinguished by how many ships participate:

Devs also have stated that the touch helpers will be updated with relevant ship implementation [12].

Yamato-class 2-Ship Special Attack

At Kai Ni/Juu, Yamato and Musashi gain a special attack:

"Touch Helpers"
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.
    • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
    • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via   FCF 
       
      during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.
  • 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.
    • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
    • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via   FCF 
       
      during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.
  • 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"
One of the following pairs:
Musashi Kai Ni 2nd ship: In any order:
Musashi Kai Ni 
+
1 Nagato-class Kai Ni 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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.
    • There must be no more than 1 submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 2 submarines are allowed.
    • There must be no more than 1 surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via   FCF 
       
      during a sortie, making the remaining total < 5. Only ships in the escort fleet are counted for combined ones.
"Touch Helpers"
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"
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.
    • There must be no submarine in 6-ship fleets. In 7-ship fleets, only 1 submarine is allowed.
    • There must be no surface ship in the fleet sunk or evacuated via   FCF 
       
      during a sortie, making the remaining total < 6. Ships in the escort fleet are not counted.
  • 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.

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