Summer 2016 Event

Introduction

The Summer 2016 Event "CounterAttack! The Second Battle off of Malaya!" is planned to start on August 12, 2016. As of current, information regarding the event was revealed during the 3rd Kantai Collection Naval Review Meeting set for August 7th at Yokohama PACIFICO Convention. The Event is planned to feature a mixture of surface combat, Anti-Submarine Warfare, and the usage of Land-Based Air Squadrons along with a new mechanic that will utilize Naval Mines (assuming twitter rumors are true).

The event is noted to be a CounterAttack / Intercreption Operation that will have you battling against the Abyssal Fleet in an disadvantaged situation on a what if battle that will be loosely based upon the Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse based on the details that were given so far from the Naval Review and Comtiq Magazine.

Additional details tweets have noted that inform you event will have you conducting ASW patrolling with torpedo sqaudrons and aviation units to perform transport operations for the First part of the campaign. The Second Half of the campaign will be using combined fleets and your main fleet forces for an interception/counter attack along with Land Based Air Squadrons against the main Abyssal Forces to the western part of the Ocean.

Taking this information to account, we can expect this event to use all of the major event mechanic elements it has used up to this point which include:

• Combined Fleet
• Transport Operation
• Land-Based Air Squadron
• Armor Reduction (Strong possibility)

Information

New Ships

Currently, the following ships have been confirmed for the event:

Ship Girls

1. The Mutsuki-Class Destroyer Minazuki, who will be voiced by Hikada Rina and drawn by Kusada Souta (as mentioned and showned in the Kancolle Naval Review. The Illustration shown at the Review has her depicted as a purulish-blue, short haired girl.
2. A Large Foreign Ship Girl which is going to be a British Royal Navy Battle Ship that is not Repulse or the Prince of Whales (as mentioned and showned in the Kancolle Naval Review)

Abyssals

Kancolle Naval Review and September Comtiq Magazine reveals that a 1 Abyssal Hime Type will be getting her own "Swimsuit Mode" during event.

New Equipment

N/A

Mechanics

Participation requirements

• Must have a 75% sortie win ratio.
• Must have 5 empty ship slots for new ships.
• Must have 20 free equipment slots.

Special Mechanics

1. The difficulty system first used in Spring 2015 Event returns: you can choose between Operation A (甲, Hard), Operation B (乙, Medium) or Operation C (丙, Easy).
   • Choosing A or B requires certain HQ Level (HQ Lv 35 for B / 80 for A in Spring 2015 Event).
2. The Kancolle Naval Review has mentioned that Naval Mines (noted in a few tweets, but not talked about much) are expected to appear within the event. Detail regarding how mechanic works is unknown.