Damage Calculations

This page lists all the applicable damage formulas for a single fleet. Special cases like Combined Fleets and Land-Based Air Squadrons have their own adjustments to the standard damage formulas. Please see those pages for further details.

Please note that all formulas between [math]\displaystyle{ \lfloor \ \rfloor }[/math] or marked with [math]\displaystyle{ \downarrow }[/math] are rounded down.

• For example, [math]\displaystyle{ \lfloor 4.2 \rfloor = 4 }[/math].
• [math]\displaystyle{ 4.2 \times_\downarrow 1.5 = \lfloor 4.2 \times 1.5 \rfloor = \lfloor 6.3 \rfloor = 6 }[/math], but [math]\displaystyle{ 4.2 \times_\downarrow 1 = 4.2 }[/math] (by definition, [math]\displaystyle{ \times_\downarrow }[/math] is then a non-commutative non-associative operator, it is assumed to be left-associative with lower priority than the usual multiplication operator).

Damage Formula

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Damage} = \biggl \lfloor \biggl ( \lfloor \text{Atk}_\text{cap} \rfloor \times \text{Mod}_\text{spotting} \times_\downarrow \text{Mod}_\text{AP} \times \text{Mod}_\text{CVCI} \times_\downarrow \text{Crit} \times \text{Mod}_\text{post} - \text{DEF} \biggr ) \times \text{Ammo} \biggr \rfloor }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Atk}_\text{cap} }[/math] is the Cap Adjusted Attack Power
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{spotting} }[/math] is the bonus from artillery spotting.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{CVCI} }[/math] is the bonus from carrier cut-ins.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{AP} }[/math] is the bonus from having an AP shell equipped, if applicable.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{post} }[/math] is any remaining post-cap modifiers that are applicable.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Crit} }[/math] is the critical strike modifier.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Ammo} }[/math] is the remaining ammunition modifier.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{DEF} }[/math] is the defensive power of the target.

Where, Cap Adjusted Attack Power is Basic Attack Power that has been adjusted by applying the damage cap. This only applies if the calculated pre-cap attack power is above the damage cap.

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Atk}_\text{cap} = \text{Cap} + \sqrt{\left ( \text{Atk}_\text{basic} \times \text{Mod}_\text{pre}\right)-\text{Cap}} }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Cap} }[/math] is the damage cap relevant to the phase.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Atk}_\text{basic} }[/math] is the basic attack power of the relevant attack.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{pre} }[/math] is any pre-cap modifiers that are applicable.

Defense Power

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{DEF} = \left( \text{Armor} \times 0.7 + \text{Armor}_\text{rand} \times 0.6 \right) - \text{Pen} }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Armor} }[/math] is the armor of the target including all equipment and upgrade bonuses.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Armor}_\text{rand} }[/math] is a random number between [math]\displaystyle{ 0 }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ \lfloor\text{Armor}\rfloor - 1 }[/math]
  • Note that it is inclusive, meaning it can also output [math]\displaystyle{ 0 }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ \lfloor\text{Armor}\rfloor - 1 }[/math]
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Pen} }[/math] is any applicable armor penetration mechanic like debuffs or the depth charge penetration for ASW.
  • Type 95 Depth Charge: [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Pen} = 1 }[/math]
  • Type 2 Depth Charge: [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Pen} = 2 }[/math]
    • There is an additional 1 penetration if those depth charges are equipped on a Coastal Defense Ship.
  • The formula is [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Pen}_\text{DC} = \sqrt{\text{ASW}_\text{equip}-2} + \text{Mod}_\text{ship} }[/math]

Therefore, the maximum armor value [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Armor} \times 1.3 - 0.6 }[/math] and the minimum armor value is [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Armor} \times 0.7 }[/math]. This makes the maximum defensive power a target can have is 1.3x armor and the lowest is 0.7x armor.

Note:

• The range of armor values is uniformly distributed, every armor roll has the same chance of occurring.

Basic Attack Power Formulas

The following formulas only apply to single fleets. Please see Combined Fleet, Land-Based Air Squadron and Support Expeditions for more details.

Notes:

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{FP} }[/math] is the firepower of the ship including equipment.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{TP} }[/math] is the torpedo of the ship including equipment or the torpedo of a plane.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{ASW} }[/math] is the anti-submarine of the ship or equipment.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{DB} }[/math] is the dive bombing of the plane.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \bigstar }[/math] is the upgrade bonus of the equipment.
  • See Improvement or Akashi List for upgrade bonus values.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Plane}_\text{Count} }[/math] is the remaining amount of planes in a slot, performing the attack.

Airstrike

This applies to both jet assaults, airstrikes, and LBAS.

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Airstrike Power} = \text{Type} \times \biggl( \left( \text{DB or TP} + \bigstar \right) \times \sqrt{\text{Plane}_\text{Count}} + 25 \biggr) }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Type} }[/math] is a multiplier based on the type of the plane. See below for details.

Type		Multiplier	Notes
	Torpedo Bombers	0.8x or 1.5x	The multiplier is chosen randomly. The chance is roughly 50%.
bomber	Dive Bombers Seaplane Bombers	1.0x
	Jets (During jet assault)	1.0x
	Jets (During normal bombing)	0.7071x

Notes:

• Airstrike power is calculated independently for each equipment slot on the carrier.
• The firepower of the carrier does not affect airstrike power.
• Torpedo Stat from fit does not contribute to airstrike damage
• The power is calculated after the air combat and anti-air fire phases which means bombers getting shot down will affect the final calculation.
• It is not affected by engagement, formation or damage states.
• It is affected by contact.
• For LBAS, the stat used when calculating attack power varies based on the target. Please see LBAS for more details.

Surface Shelling

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Shelling Power} = \text{FP} + \bigstar + 5 }[/math]

Important Notes

• The caliber of the gun does not affect damage.
• Abyssal installations that are not equipped with a plane that has a torpedo or dive bombing stat will use the surface shelling formula for calculating damage.

Carrier Attacks

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Power}_\text{carrier} = \bigl\lfloor \left( \text{FP} + \left(\text{TP} + \bigstar \right) + \lfloor \text{DB} \times 1.3 \rfloor + \bigstar \right) \times 1.5 \bigr\rfloor + 55 }[/math]

Important Notes

• Dive and Torpedo groups contribute, respectively, twice (1.95) and 1.5 times their dive bomb and torpedo stats towards shelling power
• Torpedo Stat from fit does not contribute to shelling damage
• If a carrier is not equipped with any torpedo or dive bombers, she will not participate in shelling.
  • This also applies if they have lost all bombers during the aerial combat phase.
  • But even if an air group has had all its planes shot down, it will still contribute towards carrier shelling power (if the CV is still capable of attacking).
• Remember that there are potentially two sources of [math]\displaystyle{ \bigstar }[/math] bonuses.
  • Torpedo bomber upgrades to the torpedo stat.
  • Secondary and machine gun upgrades to the firepower stat.
• Slot sizes and the number of remaining aircraft do not affect carrier attack power during shelling.
• Carriers have the easiest time hitting the damage cap. This makes them very powerful assets for the fleet.
• Abyssal installations equipped with a plane that has a torpedo or dive bombing stat will use the carrier formula for determining shelling damage.
• Planes are not shot down when a carrier participates in shelling

Torpedo Attacks

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Torpedo Power} = \text{TP} + \bigstar + 5 }[/math]

Notes:

• Submarines and Abyssal installations cannot be targeted by torpedoes.
  • If the only available targets are submarines or installations, the attack will trigger but always miss.
• A ship must have a base torpedo stat of more than 0 to perform torpedo attacks.

Anti-Submarine Warfare

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{ASW Power} = \left( 2\sqrt{\text{ASW}_\text{ship}} + 1.5\text{ASW}_\text{equip} + \bigstar + \text{Type}_\text{ship} \right) \times \text{Mod}_\text{synergy} }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Type}_\text{ship} }[/math] is a constant depending on the type of the ship performing the attack. See below for details.

Ship Type Constant
Constant	Ship Types
13	Coastal Defence Ships (DE) Destroyers (DD) Light Cruisers (CL/CT) Oilers (AO) (without aircraft equipped)
8	Aviation Cruisers (CAV) Aviation Battleships (BBV) Seaplane Tenders (AV) Light Carriers (CVL) Landing Ships (LHA) Oilers (AO) (with aircraft equipped)

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{synergy} }[/math] is the synergy multiplier bonus from using certain combinations of ASW equips. See below for details.

ASW Damage Synergy
Small Small Sonars	Type 93 Passive Sonar Type 4 Passive Sonar Type 3 Active Sonar Type 3 Active Sonar Kai Type124 ASDIC Type144/147 ASDIC HF/DF + Type144/147 ASDIC
Large Large Sonars	Type 0 Passive Sonar
DCP Depth Charge Projectors (DCP)	Type 94 Depth Charge Projector Type 3 Depth Charge Projector Type 3 Depth Charge Projector (Concentrated Deployment) Prototype 15cm 9-tube ASW Rocket Launcher RUR-4A Weapon Alpha Kai AP Mk.32 ASW Torpedo (Mk.2 Thrower) AP
DCR Depth Charge (Racks) (DCR)	Type 95 Depth Charge AP Type 2 Depth Charge AP Lightweight ASW Torpedo (Initial Test Model) AP Hedgehog (Initial Model) AP Type 2 Depth Charge Kai Ni AP
Other ASW Mortars	Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai (Concentrated Deployment)
ASW Damage Modifiers: [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{synergy} = {Mod}_\text{1} \times {Mod}_\text{2} }[/math]
[math]\displaystyle{ {Mod}_\text{1} }[/math]	+ (Any Sonar + Any Depth Charge)	1.15
[math]\displaystyle{ {Mod}_\text{2} }[/math]	DCP + DCR and NO Small	1.1
	Small + DCP + DCR	1.25
Examples
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{synergy} }[/math]	Small + DCP + DCR	1.4375[math]\displaystyle{ 1.15 \times 1.25 }[/math]
	Large + DCP + DCR	1.265[math]\displaystyle{ 1.15 \times 1.1 }[/math]
Armor Penetration
Indepentant of synergies, some equipment provides additional armor penetration to ASW attacks. The affected equipment are: DCR: Type 95 DC, Type 2 DC, Lightweight ASW Torpedo, Hedgehog, Type 2 DC K2 DCP: RUR-4A Weapon Alpha Kai, Mk.32 ASW Torpedo (Mk.2 Thrower). The flat armor penetration value is calculated as follows: [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Pen} = \sum\limits_{\text{Equipment}} \Big( \sqrt{\text{ASW}_\text{Equipment} - 2} + \text{Mod}_\text{ship} \Big) }[/math] With [math]\displaystyle{ \text{ASW}_\text{Equipment} }[/math] the base ASW stat of the applicable equipment, Visible Bonuses and Improvements are not counted here. [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{ship} }[/math] being 1 for DE, 0 otherwise, Note Armor penetration from equipment stacks, The final armor of the targetted submarine cannot go below 1.

• The bonuses do not stack, meaning only the highest possible bonus applies.
  • The exception is when using the special depth charge projectors detailed above.
• Multiple equipment of the same type still only apply the bonus once.
• There is an accuracy bonus as well but it is small. Stacking sonars will give a bigger accuracy bonus.

Notes:

• When contributing to ASW power, Base ASW is square rooted, while equipment ASW is multiplied by 1.5
  • ASW equipment is therefore the primary source of ASW damage, with base ASW playing a very minor role.
  • However, base ASW is the primary determinant of whether a ship can reach 100 total ASW to perform opening ASW attacks.
• Submarines cannot take more than scratch damage at night (and therefore cannot be sunk).
  • The exception to this rule is when a battle starts at night, or when in a combined fleet
• It is possible to perform opening ASW attacks when certain conditions are achieved. For more details, please see Opening Anti-Submarine Warfare (OASW).
  • As performing an opening attack effectively doubles the damage output, reaching this OASW threshold is in general more important than tacking on additional synergy.

Surface Night Battle

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Night Battle Power} = \text{FP} + \text{TP} + \bigstar + \text{Mod}_\text{contact} }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{contact} }[/math] is the Night Battle Contact if Night Recon is triggered:
  • 5 for the Type 98 Night Recon,
  • 7 for the Type 0 Night Recon & Loire 130M.

Notes:

• Night battle is unaffected by engagement.
  • Exceptions are ASW for night battle nodes and Special Attacks.
• If a night battle special attack is evaded, chip damage is applied instead.
• Graf Zeppelin, Base Saratoga, Taiyou Kai Ni, Shinyou Kai Ni, Kaga Kai Ni Go, and Ark Royal (with Swordfish) use the surface night battle formula if they are not performing a carrier night attack.
• In night battle versus Abyssal installations, the torpedo stat is ignored.
  • This also means any upgrade bonuses to torpedo power is ignored.

Carrier Night Air Attacks

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Night Battle Power}_\text{carrier} = \text{FP}_\text{ship} + \sum_\text{All Night Planes} \text{FP}_\text{night plane} + \text{TP}_\text{night plane} + \text{DB}_\text{night plane} + \text{Night Plane Bonus} }[/math]

Where:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Night Plane Bonus} = \mathrm{A} \times \text{Plane}_\text{Count} + \mathrm{B} \times \left( \text{FP}_\text{night plane} + \text{TP}_\text{night plane} + \text{DB}_\text{night plane} + \text{ASW}_\text{night plane} \right) \times \sqrt{\text{Plane}_\text{Count}} + \sqrt{\bigstar} }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \mathrm{A} }[/math] is:
  • 3 for night planes,
  • 0 for Swordfish
    
    , Zero FB Iwai and Suisei Photobomb.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \mathrm{B} }[/math] is:
  • 0.45 for night planes,
  • 0.3 for Swordfish
    
    , Zero FB Iwai and Suisei Photobomb.

Notes:

• Carriers must be equipped with a Night Operation Aviation Personnel or Night Operation Aviation Personnel + Skilled Deckhands in addition to night attack capable planes in order to perform carrier night attacks. Night Carriers (CVN) are CV/CVL capable of Carrier Night Air Attacks without needing a NOAP
  .
• If the carrier night attack is evaded, it deals chip damage instead.
• Unlike daytime carrier attacks, it is possible to attack even if no bombers are equipped.
  • Night fighters are still needed to trigger the attack.
• Like daytime carrier attacks, carriers are unable to attack if moderately damaged or worse.
  • Armored carriers are only disabled at heavy damage.
  • Carriers that can use the night battle shelling formula will use that instead if moderately damaged.
• The formula only takes into account the base stats of the carrier and night attack capable planes equipped.
  • The hidden upgrade bonus to stats is not taken into account.
  • This means any other stats and upgrade bonuses from equipment like guns and non-night capable planes are ignored.
  • This also means that visible Torpedo Stat Fit Bonus from Planes is also ignored
• Certain carriers (see here) are capable of performing night attacks but they are not carrier night air attacks and are just normal shelling attacks. Please see Carrier Night Attacks for more details.

Anti-Installation Attacks

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Anti-Installation Power} = \text{Atk} \times \text{Mod}_\text{A} + \text{Mod}_\text{B} }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Atk} }[/math] is the basic attack power of shelling, carrier attacks, night battle or carrier night attacks with the torpedo stat ignored.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{A} }[/math] are the multiplicative anti-installation bonuses. See below for details.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{B} }[/math] are the additive anti-installation bonuses. See below for details

Multiplicative Bonuses

Equipment Name	Artillery Imp		Isolated Island Demon		Soft-Skinned		Harbour Summer Princess
	Single	Multiple	Single	Multiple	Single	Multiple	Single	Multiple
Anti-Aircraft Shells	-		1.75		2.5		1.75
Armour-Piercing Shells	1.85		-		-		1.3
WG42 (Wurfgerät 42)	1.6	2.72	1.4	2.1	1.3	1.82	1.4	1.68
Shipborne Model Type 4 20cm Anti-ground Rocket Launcher	1.5	2.7	1.3	2.145	1.25	1.875	1.25	1.75
Mortars	1.3	1.95	1.2	1.68	1.2	1.56	1.1	1.265
Landing Crafts	1.8		1.8		1.4		1.7
Toku Daihatsu-class Landing Craft	1.15		1.15		1.15		1.2
Daihatsu-class Landing Craft (Type 89 Medium Tanks & Marines)	1.5	2.1	1.2	1.68	1.5	1.95	1.6	2.4
Toku Daihatsu Landing Craft + 11th Tank Regiment	1.8		1.8		1.8		1.8
M4A1 DD	1.1		??		1.1		2.0
M4A1 DD	1.4
Landing Craft Upgrade Bonus	[math]\displaystyle{ 1 + \dfrac{\left( \text{Average Landing Craft}\ \bigstar \right)}{50} }[/math]
Type 2 Ka-Mi Tank	2.4	3.24	2.4	3.24	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.2
Tank Upgrade Bonus	[math]\displaystyle{ 1 + \dfrac{\left( \text{Average Landing Craft}\ \bigstar \right)}{30} }[/math]
Dive Bombers	1.5	??	1.4	??	-		1.3	??
Seaplane Bombers Seaplane Fighters	1.5		-		1.2		1.3
Destroyers Light Cruisers	1.4		-		-		-
Land-Based Air Squadron	1.6		1.18		-		-

Additive Bonuses

Equipment Name	Number Equipped
	1	2	3	4
WG42 (Wurfgerät 42)	75	110	140	160
Shipborne Model Type 4 20cm Anti-ground Rocket Launcher	55	115	160	190
Type 4 20cm Anti-ground Rocket Launcher (Concentrated Deployment)	80	170	??	??
Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai	30	55	75	90
Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai (Concentrated Deployment)	60	110	150	??
Toku Daihatsu Landing Craft + 11th Tank Regiment	25
M4A1 DD	25
Submarines	30

Notes:

• For the Toku Daihatsu, T98+Marines, and 11th Tank Regiment, they get both the regular Daihatsu bonus and their own special bonus.
• All multipliers of different types are multiplicative.
  • The exception is that bombers don't get the carrier attack multiplier and the airstrike multiplier during airstrikes.
• Excepting Supply Depot Princess and LBAS, all anti-installation multipliers are pre-cap.
• The amount of multipliers available make even low firepower ships like destroyers capable of hitting the daytime damage cap.

Attack Power Corrections

After calculating the basic attack power of the attack being made, it is then adjusted based on various factors. Attack power modifiers can be split into pre- and post-cap modifiers. Post-cap modifiers are more powerful to have because they aren't reduced by the cap.

Attack Power Cap

The attack power cap varies depending on the phase of combat it is in.

• Support, ASW, Airstrike, LBAS - 170
• Opening and closing torpedo - 180
• Day shelling - 220
• Night battle - 360

Important Notes

• Any excess firepower above this cap is square rooted. Please see the damage formula for how it is applied.
• It is still worth aiming to go above the attack power cap because some pre-cap modifiers can severely reduce the attack power.

Pre-cap Modifiers

Engagement

For more details on engagement, please see Engagement Form.

Form	Damage Modifier	Chance	Chance with Saiun
Parallel Engagement 同航戦 (Doukousen, 同航戦?)	100%	45%	45%
Head-on Engagement 反航戦 (Hankousen, 反航戦?)	80%	30%	40%
Crossing the T (Advantage) T字戦有利 (T Ji-sen Yuuri, T字戦有利?)	120%	15%	15%
Crossing the T (Disadvantage) T字戦不利 (T Ji-sen Furi, T字戦不利?)	60%	10%	0%

• All engagement forms affect both sides equally, including crossing the T (Advantage or Disadvantage).
• Night battle and aerial combat are not affected by engagement.
  • The exception to this are ASW and Special Attacks.
• OASW and opening torpedoes are affected by engagement even though it is only displayed after those phases.
• Equipping a Saiun
  
  effectively makes what would have been Crossing the T (Disadvantage) become Head-on engagement.

Notes

• It is useful in some situations to not take the Saiun in order to get Crossing the T (Disadvantage). This is because it can also hamper the enemy from damaging the fleet.

Formation

For more details on formation, please see Formation Selection.

Formation Attack Power Modifiers
Formation	Shelling	Torpedo	ASW	Night Battle
Line Ahead 単縦陣 (Tanjuu-jin, 単縦陣?)	100%	100%	60%	100%
Double Line 複縦陣 (Fukujuu-jin, 複縦陣?)	80%	80%	80%	100%
Diamond 輪形陣 (Rinkei-jin, 輪形陣?)	70%	70%	120%	100%
Echelon 梯形陣 (Teikei-jin, 梯形陣?)	75%	60%	110%	100%
Line Abreast 単横陣 (Tan'ou-jin, 単横陣?)	60%	60%	130%	100%
Vanguard 警戒陣 (Keikai-jin, 警戒陣?)	50%	100%	100%	50%
	100%	100%	60%	100%

Damage State

Damage State	Shelling	Torpedo	ASW
Lightly Damaged (小破)	100%	100%	100%
Moderately Damaged (中破)	70%	80%	70%
Heavily Damaged (大破)	40%	0%	40%

Notes:

• Damage state does not affect aerial combat.
  • It will affect carrier attacks in the shelling phase.

Night Battle Special Attacks

For more details please see Night Special Attacks.

Gun Fit Bonuses

Unlike the other pre-cap bonuses, this is just an additive firepower bonus added for light cruisers and Italian heavy cruisers when equipped with certain guns. The bonus is minor, please refer to the gun fit bonuses for more details.

Post-cap Modifiers

Aerial Contact

For more details please see Aerial Combat.

During aerial combat, there is a chance for the ships to trigger Contact. When it is triggered, the is a bonus multiplier applied to airstrike damage depending on the accuracy of the plane that triggered contact.

Accuracy	Damage Modifier
0	112%
1	112%
2	117%
3+	120%

Artillery Spotting

For more details, please see Artillery Spotting

Attack Type	Prerequisites	Post-cap Damage Modifier	Accuracy Modifier	Hits	Notes
Main Suisei Cut-in (Suisei CI)		1.3	?	1	Ise-class Kai Ni only
Main Zuiun Cut-in (Zuiun CI)		1.35	?	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

Carrier Cut-In Attacks

For more details, please see Carrier Cut-In Attacks.

Attack Type	Prerequisites	Post-cap Damage Modifier	Accuracy Modifier	Hits
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

Armor-Piercing Modifier

During day combat, certain enemy ships take extra damage from AP Shells

.

Type	Modifier
	1.08
	1.10
	1.15
	1.15

• It is inadvisable to run any of the other setups beyond the most basic Gun+AP. This is because the other setups will interfere with artillery spotting and cost the better attack bonuses.
• The bonus applies when attacking battleships (including aviation), heavy cruisers (including aviation), carriers, and installations.
  • It also applies to demon, princess, water demon, and imp enemies that are classified as one of the above. This means that destroyer, light cruiser seaplane tender, and air-defense bosses are exempt.

Anti-Installation Equipment Modifiers

Multiplicative Bonuses

Equipment Name	Supply Depot Princess
	Single	Multiple
Anti-Aircraft Shells	-
Armour-Piercing Shells	-
WG42 (Wurfgerät 42)	1.25	1.625
Shipborne Model Type 4 20cm Anti-ground Rocket Launcher	1.2	1.68
Mortars	1.15	1.38
Landing Crafts	1.7
Toku Daihatsu-class Landing Craft	1.2
Daihatsu-class Landing Craft (Type 89 Medium Tanks & Marines)	1.3	2.08
Toku Daihatsu Landing Craft + 11th Tank Regiment	-
M4A1 DD	1.2
Landing Craft Upgrade Bonus	[math]\displaystyle{ 1 + \dfrac{\left( \text{Average Landing Craft}\ \bigstar \right)}{50} }[/math]
Type 2 Ka-Mi Tank	1.7	2.55
Tank Upgrade Bonus	[math]\displaystyle{ 1 + \dfrac{\left( \text{Average Landing Craft}\ \bigstar \right)}{30} }[/math]
Dive Bombers	-
Seaplane Bombers Seaplane Fighters	-
Destroyers Light Cruisers	-
Land-Based Air Squadron	2.1

Important Notes

• Carrier-based dive bombers, seaplane bombers, and land-based attack aircraft have further multiplicative and additive post-cap bonuses versus certain installations during airstrikes.
  • Artillery Imp - 1.55x
  • Isolated Island Demon - 1.7x
  • Supply Depot Princess - +100
• For the Toku Daihatsu, T98+Marines, and 11th Tank Regiment, they get both the regular Daihatsu bonus and their own special bonus.
  • T89+Marines gets double the bonus from upgrades. Unlike the normal upgrade multiplier, the bonus only takes into account the T89's upgrade value instead of the average upgrade value of all landing craft.
• The amount of multipliers available make even low firepower ships like destroyers viable anti-installation ships.

Critical Strikes

For more details on how critical chance is calculated, please see Accuracy, Evasion and Criticals.

Normal Criticals

Attack Type	Modifier
Normal	100%
Critical	150%

Plane Proficiency Critical Modifier

Carriers get a bonus critical modifier when equipped with high proficiency planes. This modifier is multiplicative with the normal critical modifier. For more details, please see Plane Proficiency

• For Carrier Attacks, they gain a 1.2 critical bonus multiplier for a ❱❱ plane in the top slot and an additional 0.1 for every other ❱❱ plane.
  • For example, a carrier with two max proficiency planes (with one in the top slot) would get a critical bonus of: (1.2 + 0.1) x 1.5 = 1.95.
• For Carrier Cut-In Attacks, they gain a 1.106 bonus when a ❱❱ plane is selected to participate in the attack and an additional +0.15 if one of the selected planes is in the top slot.

Ammunition Modifier

The damage of the fleet is reduced once their ammunition falls below 50%. This modifier cannot go above 1. The formula use to determine this is:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Ammo} = \dfrac{\text{Remaining Ammo %}}{50} }[/math]

Remaining Ammo	Ammo Modifier	Notes
>50%	100%
40~49%	80%	4th Battle
30~39%	60%
20~29%	40%	5th Battle
10-19%	20%
0%	0%	6th Battle

• The battle number indicated in the notes assumes only normal surface engagements. Engaging in night battles and other special engagements can change that number.
• Whatever ammunition modifier applies in day battle carries over to night battle.
• Maelstroms that reduce ammunition also count towards this modifier.
• The low ammo penalty can be counteracted with the Maritime Resupply item. Please see the page for more details.
• The ammunition modifier affects aerial battle.
• Once a ship hits 0% ammo, all attacks become chip damage.
• Chip damage is unaffected by the ammunition modifier.
• Debuffs are affected by the ammunition modifier.

Miscellaneous Damage Modifiers

Chip Damage

If a special attack is evaded, the target's armor cannot be penetrated, or the ammo count hits 0; attacks will deal "chip damages" instead.

• Chip damage is dealt as a percentage of remaining HP calculated using the following formula:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Chip} = \text{HP}_\text{current} \times 0.06 + \text{HP}_\text{rand} \times 0.08 }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{HP}_\text{current} }[/math] is the current HP of the target.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{HP}_\text{rand} }[/math] is a random HP number between 0 and [math]\displaystyle{ \text{HP}_\text{current} - 1 }[/math]

Therefore the maximum possible chip damage [math]\displaystyle{ \text{HP}_\text{current} \times 0.14 - 0.08 }[/math] and the minimum damage is [math]\displaystyle{ \text{HP}_\text{current} \times 0.06 }[/math]. Meaning chip damage is generally between 6-14% of current HP.

• If the target's HP is low, it is possible for the result of the formula to return a result of 0. Remember that all formulas are rounded down.
  • This means the target's HP cannot be reduced to 0 by chip damage.

Historical Bonus

On almost every Event map, as well as some regular maps (7-4 so far), certain ships, types of ships, equipment, or types of equipment will bring bonuses.

• Those bonuses are most of the time raw damages multipliers, and sometimes, accuracy bonuses.
• Bonuses are independent to each ship, so only the ships with any historical bonus or ships equipped with historical equipment will be affected.
• Bonuses may be applicable to some part of a map only, such as specific phases of nodes.

This mechanic is here to encourage the use of "historically significant fleets and setups".

• By nature, historical bonuses are arbitrary, so refer to each individual map to see what bonuses are applicable.

Debuffs

Debuffs are a special case that only applies during events. Certain event maps have debuff mechanics that require meeting certain conditions to trigger them. Debuffs can be either a reduction to the enemy's armor or a post-cap damage modifier for the fleet.

Important Notes

• Debuffs are affected by the remaining ammo modifier.

Overkill Protection

When a ship in the fleet takes more damage than her current HP, she will take a percentage of her current HP in damage instead.

• The ship must be the flagship OR
• The ship must not be heavily damaged nor red morale at the start of the battle.
  • If the ship has red morale, she will just have her HP reduced to 1.

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Overkill} = \text{HP}_\text{current} \times 0.5 + \text{HP}_\text{rand} \times 0.3 }[/math]

• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{HP}_\text{current} }[/math] is the current HP of the ship.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \text{HP}_\text{rand} }[/math] is a random HP number between 0 and [math]\displaystyle{ \text{HP}_\text{current} - 1 }[/math]

Therefore, the maximum damage from overkill protection is [math]\displaystyle{ \text{HP}_\text{current} \times 0.8 - 0.3 }[/math] and the minimum damage is [math]\displaystyle{ \text{HP}_\text{current} \times 0.5 }[/math]. Meaning overkill protection will take off between 50-80% of the ship's current HP.

Important Information

• In general:
  • Overkill protection is most applicable to DDs.
    • The most pronounced effects of overkill protection occur at low HP
    • It is also the primary means of surviving a hit they fail to evade
    • For example, a 32HP DD has a 15.5% chance of being heavily damage by a BB hime, while a 31 HP DD has just a 6.5% chance
    • This has great implications when marrying ships, 36 HP has one of the highest chances of a taiha
  • Odd numbered HP is better when overkill protection is triggered. This is because the damage calculations round down, reducing the likelihood of being knocked down to heavy damage.
  • This mechanism is most applicable to ships at full HP. Once a ship starts taking damage, the utility of overkill protection diminishes
• As a rule, ships with HP that is divisible by 4 have worse survivability.