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Combat Phases

On each node, combat will consist of several "Combat Phases". The number of combat phases depends on the node type, with each node type using a different set of combat phases and order.

• See Nodes for more details.
• Using a Combined Fleet will also affect the phases, especially during the shelling.

The combat phases are made out of:

Day Battle			Night Battle
Detection	Aerial Combat	Surface Combat
	LBAS's Jet Assault Fleet's Jet Assault Land-Based Aerial Support Stage 1 - Battle for Air Superiority Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense Stage 3 - Airstrike	Engagement Support Expedition Battle Openings Shelling Phase Second Shelling Phase Closing Torpedo Salvo	Friendly Fleet (event only) Support Expedition* Night Contact and Spotting Night Shelling Phase

Day Battle Breakdown

The Day Battle is the phase where the majority of combat takes place.

• This article will go more in-depth on the stages that take place during the surface combat.
• Although it will be mentioned when the other related battle phases take place, keep in mind that this page won't go deeper about it, due to the complexity of the mechanics behind them, please refer to each individual page for more details.

The Day Battle has the following structure:

1. Detection
2. Engagement
3. Aerial Combat
4. Surface Combat

1. Support Expedition
2. Battle Opening
3. Shelling Phase
4. Second Shelling Phase
5. Closing Torpedo Salvo

In case neither fleet meet the requirements, the sub-phase will be skipped.

Aerial Combat Breakdown

Aerial Combat is one of the Day Battle intermediary phases. In this phase, allied and enemy fleets indirectly fight each other for aerial dominance and airstrike potential, granting either fleet some substantial advantages in the subsequent combat phases.

Aerial Combat has the following structure:

1. LBAS's Jet Assault
2. Fleet's Jet Assault
3. Land-Based Aerial Support
4. Stage 1 - Battle for Air Superiority
5. Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense
6. Stage 3 - Airstrike

If an LBAS phase happens before the Aerial Combat phase, the enemy fleet state, such as plane slots and Fighter Power used for the subsequent Aerial Combat, is carried over. This can be used to tamper with the Enemy's Aerial Combat initial conditions.

• See LBAS for more details.

In case neither fleets meet the requirements, the sub-phase will be skipped.

Planes in combat phases
Plane type	Detection	Contact	Airpower	Opening airstrike	Day Cut-in	ASW
Fighters	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Torpedo Bombers	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Dive Bombers	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Jets	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Carrier Recons	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Recon Seaplane Recons	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	❌
Bomber Seaplane Bombers	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Seaplane Fighters	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Large Flying Boats	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️
Rotorcraft	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
Liaison Aircraft	❌	❌	✔️	⭐ Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model II Kai (20th Squadron) only	❌	✔️

Night Battle Breakdown

The screen after Day Battle. Clicking "夜戦突入" on the right will begin Night Battle

When the fleet pursues the enemy into Night Battle (夜戦, yasen), or enters special Nodes such as Night Nodes or Night to Day Nodes, the fleet will fight at night.

The Night Battle has the following structure:

1. Friendly Fleet (event only)
2. Support Expedition (if the battle starts at night only)
3. Night Contact and Spotting
4. Night Shelling Phase

In case neither fleets meet the requirements, the sub-phase will be skipped.