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Combat Portal
Aerial Combat	☀ Day Battle	Night Battle
LBAS Jet Assault · AACI	Battle Opening · Artillery Spotting · Anti-Submarine Warfare	Cut-In
LBAS Jet Assault · AACI	Support Expedition · Special Attacks · Anti-Installation · Friendly Fleet
Map Mechanics and Nodes · Evacuation · Damage Calculations · Accuracy, Evasion and Criticals · Shooting Order and Targeting

Combat is a major component of the game in Kantai Collection. Combat is accessed through the Sortie menu by selecting a map to send a fleet. Multiple mechanics weave together to create an intricate combat dynamic. For more detailed explanations on the various combat mechanics, please see the individual pages below. Exercises also consist of one surface combat.

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	Night Battle
Detection	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

Formation Selection

If the fleet currently deployed has 4 or more ships, the player will be prompted to pick a fleet formation before every battle. Fleets with 3 or less ships will not have a fleet formation prompt and will default to Line Ahead.

Sunk ships and ships evacuated with a Command Facility

are not counted.
Diamond Formation requires 5 or more ships present in the fleet to be selected.
Enemy fleets do not have these restrictions. Enemy fleets in Diamond formation with fewer than 4 ships lack formation graphics on the battle screen.

Combined Fleets have special formations that differ from the standard single fleet ones.

Formation	Shelling			Torpedo			Anti-Submarine			Night Battle			AA	Flagship Protection	Notes
Formation	Damage	Accuracy	Evasion	Damage	Accuracy	Evasion	Damage	Accuracy	Evasion	Damage	Accuracy^[1]	Evasion	AA	Flagship Protection	Notes
Line Ahead 単縦陣 (Tanjuu-jin, 単縦陣^?)	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	60%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	45%
Double Line 複縦陣 (Fukujuu-jin, 複縦陣^?)	80%	120%^[2]	100%	80%	80%	100%	80%	120%	100%	100%	90%	100%	120%	60%
Diamond 輪形陣 (Rinkei-jin, 輪形陣^?)	70%	100%	110%	70%	40%	110%	120%	100%	100%	100%	70%	100%	160%	75%
Echelon 梯形陣 (Teikei-jin, 梯形陣^?)	75%	120%	140%^[3]	60%	75%^[4]^[5]	130%	110%	120%	140%^[6]	100%	90%^[7]	130%^[7]	100%	60%	Single vs Single fleet battles
Echelon 梯形陣 (Teikei-jin, 梯形陣^?)	60%	120%	120%	60%	60%	130%	100%	120%	140%^[6]	100%	80%	110%	100%	60%	Single vs Combined fleet battles (either way)^[8]
Line Abreast 単横陣 (Tan'ou-jin, 単横陣^?)	60%	120%	130%	60%	30%	140%	130%	120%	110%	100%	80%	120%	100%	60%
Vanguard^[9] 警戒陣 (Keikai-jin, 警戒陣^?)	50%	80%^[10]	See below	100%	70%^[11]	See below	100%	??	See below	50%	??	See below	110%	Medium	Upper half of the fleet
Vanguard^[9] 警戒陣 (Keikai-jin, 警戒陣^?)	100%	120%	See below	100%	90%	See below	60%	??	See below	100%	??	See below	110%	High	Bottom half of the fleet

Accuracy Exceptions
Formation	Day Shelling & Carrier Attacks	Torpedo Attacks	ASW	Night Battles
Vanguard (Both) vs DD^[12]	additional 110%	additional 120%	?	?
Double Line vs Line Abreast	100%	N/A	100%	N/A
Echelon vs Line Ahead
Line Abreast vs Echelon

Notes

Exact values were datamined from KanColle Kai for the Vita. Testing on the browser version has corroborated these results.
- Values for Vanguard and the new Echelon are vague as they weren't introduced for KanColle Kai.

↑ Measured and corroborated with Vita values.
↑ Source: 半製造BSｱﾚｺﾚ雑記帳 /「艦これ」砲撃命中率について・複縦陣中間報告 (Dec 5, 2014). Corroborated with Vita values.
↑ https://twitter.com/Xe_UCH/status/1304783506275409920
↑ https://twitter.com/Divinity__123/status/1177455647593353217
↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L854d9MjPHc4yNELEp1oRz029-LHz2aMRF089_MO2vo/edit#gid=1875509487
↑ https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1453371977020985353
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 https://twitter.com/Divinity__123/status/1228686473119064066
↑ https://github.com/Tibowl/KCBugTracker/issues/24#issuecomment-872108225
↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14uCat5nahv3A0Zq6d263Ye3U_f1nBYpIMEc9ALegyNA/edit#gid=0
↑ https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1452289616866947081
↑ https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1457819658090844163
↑ Has even greater bonuses against PT Imps (see here)

Flagship Protection

Flagship Protection is when a non-flagship protects the flagship from being targeted by receiving the attack instead. When activated, a "curved shield" animation plays in front of the flagship's banner.

In Combined Fleets, the escort flagship does not receive flagship protection in day battles.
See Flagship Protection for more dedails.

Vanguard Formation

Vanguard is only available during Events, and is usable on any map during this time.

The modifiers on Vanguard Formation refer respectively to the "upper half" and "bottom half" of the fleet.
- For a fleet with 6 or 7 ships, the top row applies to ships 1 to 3, and the bottom row applies to the remaining ships.
- For a fleet with 4 or 5 ships, the top row applies to ships 1 and 2 and the bottom row applies to the remaining ships.
Damage and accuracy of Support Fleets are affected by the top row multipliers, meaning the 50% damage modifier is applied.

Vanguard gives an accuracy penalty to the opposite fleet. See here for more details.

The bottom half ships have an increased chance to be targeted.

The targeting is determined as follows:
- 1. Target a ship from the fleet.
- 2. If the selected ship is an upper half ship, target a ship from the fleet again.^[1]
Target rate based on the above procedure (without other factor):

Target Rate
Fleet position	Number of ships
Fleet position	4	5	6	7
1	12,50%	8,00%	8,33%	6,13%
2	12,50%	8,00%	8,33%	6,13%
3	37,50%	28,00%	8,33%	6,13%
4	37,50%	28,00%	25,00%	20,40%
5		28,00%	25,00%	20,40%
6			25,00%	20,40%
7				20,40%

↑ https://twitter.com/Xe_UCH/status/974571652229955584

Choosing a Formation

Formation Selection Screen

When selecting a formation, its modifiers will be applied to the entirety of the next battle node whenever applicable. Picking another formation will discard any previous formation bonuses and penalties and use the new modifiers instead. Each formation has a general use-case archetype based on its modifiers.

Line Ahead: All-out surface combat formation.
Double Line: All-around, high accuracy formation.
Diamond: Anti-Air formation.
Echelon: Mixed surface-ASW combat formation.
Line Abreast: ASW formation.
Vanguard: Defensive/evasive & anti DD/PT Imp formation (event only).
Combined Fleet has other formations.

Other mechanics available on this menu:

This UI can be hidden by clicking once or twice on the flagship, to see the map.
- The Enemy composition preview once hidden.
The smoke screen button if a Smoke Generator is equiped in the fleet.

Victory Conditions

A damage gauge that is displayed at the post-combat screen for each fleet, using the following calculation:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Damage%} = \dfrac{\text{Fleet HP lost}}{\text{Fleet HP}} }[/math]

The following conditions must be met to attain each rank:

Victory State	Rank	Common name	Conditions
Victory	Total Victory: S (完全勝利S)	Perfect S	Sink all enemy ships, while taking no damage in return. In Short Battle Nodes, take 0 damage.
	Victory: S (勝利S)	S rank	Sink all enemy ships. In Short Battle Nodes, take less than 5% damage.
	Victory: A (勝利A)	A rank	Sink 2/3 of the enemy ships. In Short Battle Nodes, take between 5% and 10% damage.
	Tactical Victory: B (戦術的勝利B)	B rank	Sink the enemy flagship and have fewer ships sunk than the enemy. If the enemy flagship survives and the Damage % gauge is at least 2.5x less than the enemy's. In Short Battle Nodes, take between 10% and 20% damage. If any of the ships sink, this is the maximum rank obtainable.
Defeat	Tactical Defeat: C (戦術的敗北C)	C Rank	The enemy flagship survives and the Damage % gauge is between 0.5x and 2.5x less than the enemy's. Also applies when sinking any ship during the battle. If the enemy flagship is sunk but the enemy has fewer sunken ships, as well as having the Damage % gauge between 0.5x and 2.5x less than the enemy's. In Short Battle Nodes, take between 50% and 20% damage.
	Defeat: D (敗北D)	D rank	If the enemy flagship survives and the Damage % gauge is less than 0.5x of the enemy's. If the Damage % dealt is 0.05% (essentially 0). If both fleets deal no damage to each other. This applies to submarine vs submarine battles and air battle nodes. Ships are sunk but not enough to meet the conditions for E. In Short Battle Nodes, take heavy damage.
	Defeat: E (敗北E)	E rank	The enemy flagship survives and the number of sunk ships in the fleet meets the minimum kill requirements. Not meeting the requirements for a D Rank.

Notes:

B-ranks are the minimum victory requirements for:
- Obtaining drops.
- Clearing a map without a boss gauge.
Drops (both rate and pool) scale based on rank obtained. Some drops might be exclusive to higher ranks.
Perfect S (Total Victory) ranks count as a regular S-Rank.
- Perfect S is fulfilled if all ships' final HPs on battle ended is greater than or equal to initial HPs on battle started.
- So it's possible to obtain a perfect S if the only damaged ship has used a Repair Goddess in battle, and her final HP is still greater than or equal to her initial.

MVP

At the end of combat, one girl is picked as the MVP. She gains exp and morale bonuses. For more details, please see Experience and Rank and Morale and Fatigue.

The way MVP is determined is:

The girl who deals the highest total damage (sum of all attacks during the combat) is awarded MVP. This damage is not weighted.
If multiple girls are tied for damage, the MVP goes to the topmost girl in the fleet order.
If the ship achieving the most damage would be sunk in the battle, MVP is rewarded to the next highest damage dealer instead.
- As such, if no damage is dealt to the enemy, the flagship automatically receives MVP.
Battles ending in an E-Rank have no MVP.
In a Combined Fleet, each fleet has its own independent MVP.

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Choosing a Formation

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-==Combat Stages==
+{{CombatPortal}}
-{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table" style="width:900px;"
+Combat is a major component of the game in Kantai Collection. Combat is accessed through the [[Sortie]] menu by selecting a map to send a fleet. Multiple mechanics weave together to create an intricate combat dynamic. For more detailed explanations on the various combat mechanics, please see the individual pages below. [[Exercises]] also consist of one surface combat.
-|-
-! scope="col" style="width:200px; text-align:center;" |Stage
-! scope="col" style="width:700px; text-align:center;" |Notes
-|-
-|Detection
-|
-Requires planes or high detection stat.<br />Success increases accuracy and evasion.<br />Failure prevents participation of allied planes in the aerial combat phase.
-|-
-|Aerial Combat
-|
-Requires any type of offensive plane equipped as equipment on either side.<br />Allows [[Combat#Artillery_Spotting_.28Post-Cap_Modifier.29|Artillery Spotting]].
-|-
-|Supporting Fire
-|Sortie support expedition.
-|-
-|Opening Torpedo Salvo
-|Requires torpedo cruisers, seaplane tenders or submarines equipped with midget subs ({{Template:TorpedoWeapon}}甲標的 甲 Type A ''Kou-hyouteki'').<br />Submarines with level 10 or higher can shoot the opening torpedo by themselves without having to equip a midget submarine.
-|-
-|Shelling, 1st Round<br />(Range Order)<ref name="Shell0">Shelling firing order is determined at the start of each shelling phase. The order alternates between allied and enemy ships, and ships normally unable to attack in shelling (submarines, sunken ships, etc.) are skipped over to the next.</ref>
-|Any carrier using bombers to attack during this phase must not have taken more than light damage in order to participate in the phase, with the exception of Armored Carriers (''e.g.'' Taihou) who must not have taken more than medium damage.
-|-
-|Shelling, 2nd Round<br />(Lineup Order)<ref name="Shell2">See above.</ref>
-|Only occurs when either side has a battleship or if the enemy contains one of the special ship classes: 鬼 (''Oni''/Ogress), 姫 (''Hime/''Princess), 戦鬼 (''Senki/''Battle Ogress), or 戦姫 (''Senki/''Battle Princess).
-|-
-|Torpedo Salvo
-|Must not have taken more than light damage to participate.
-|-
-|Night Combat
-|Attacks occur in lineup order from top to bottom, alternating between sides. Must not have taken more than moderate damage to participate.
-|}
-==Effects of Ship Damage==
-Amount of damage on a ship will affect its performance.
-{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table" style="width: 800px; height: 100px;"
-|No damage
-|No effect on performance.
-|-
-|Minor damage (小破)
-|No effect on performance.<br />+10% cut-in chance in night battle.
-|-
-|Moderate damage (中破)
-|
-Attack power -30%.<br />CV/CVL unable to participate in shelling phase (Taihou excluded).<br />Ships unable to participate in torpedo salvo phase.<br />+20% cut-in chance in night battle.
-|-
-|Heavy damage (大破)
-|
-Attack power -60%.<br />CV/CVL unable to participate in shelling phase.<br />Ships unable to participate in torpedo salvo phase and night battle.<br />Unable to activate searchlight in night battle when ship HP is lower than 2.
-|}
-==Aerial Combat==
-<span style="font-size:17px;font-weight:bold;">Aerial Combat Stages</span>
-{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table" style="width:800px;"
-|-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Stage
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Notes
-|-
-|Fighter Combat
-|Battle for air supremacy. Determines if Artillery Spotting and/or Contact are possible.
-|-
-|Anti-bomber Combat
-|Number of bombers shot down by fighters is affected by the result of the previous phase
-|-
-|Fleet Anti-air Defense
-|Fleet defends against enemy bombers
-|-
-|Bombing
-|See ''Damage Calculation'' for details
-|}
-===Fighter Combat===
-<center><math>\text {Fighter Power} = \sum^\text{All slots} \text{Floor(} \sqrt{\text{Number fighters in slot}} \times \text {Plane anti-air bonus} \text{)}</math><ref name="FPEx">Example on how to calculate a ship's fighter power using the formula.
-Akagi Kai's fighter power (with Reppus in slot 1 and 2, Reppu Kai in slot 3, M62 in slot 4)
-<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">= </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px;line-height:normal;">Floor[ √(Slot 1) x Reppu's AA] + </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Floor[ √(Slot 2) x Reppu's AA] + Floor[ √(Slot 3) x ReppuKai's AA] + Floor[ √(Slot 4) x M62's AA]</span>
-<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">= </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333015441895px;line-height:normal;">Floor[ √(20) x 10] + </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">Floor[ √(20) x 10] + Floor[ √(32) x 12] + Floor[ √(10) x 4]</span>
-<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">= 44 +</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;"> 44 + 67 + 11</span>
-<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;">= 166</span>
-</ref></center>
-Fighter planes, fighter-bombers (bombers with +AA stat), and seaplane bombers participate in Fighter Combat. Regardless of type, all participant planes will contribute to Fighter Power so long that it has AA stat.
+=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 [[Node]]s for more details.
+*Using a [[Combined Fleet]] will also affect the phases, especially during the shelling.
-The allied fleet and enemy fleet's Fighter Powers are compared to determine the result of Fighter Combat:
+The combat phases are made out of:
-{| class="article-table" style="width:710px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
+{|class="wikitable"
-|-
+!colspan=3|☀ [[Day Battle]]
-! scope="col" style="width:190px; text-align:center;" |Fighter Power
+!rowspan=2|{{NBPower}} [[Night Battle]]
-! scope="col" style="width:100px; text-align:center;" |Result
-! scope="col" style="width:165px; text-align:center;" |Text Display
-! scope="col" style="width:110px; text-align:center;" | % Shot Down
-! scope="col" style="width:100px; text-align:center;" |Contact
-|-
-|FP ≥ 3*EFP
-|Air Supremacy
-|<span style="color:green">'''制空権確保!'''</span><br />''Seikuuken Kakuho!''
-| style="text-align:center;" |0~90%
-|Allied only
-|-
-|3*EFP > FP ≥ 1.5*EFP
-|Air Superiority
-|<span style="color:green">'''航空優勢! '''</span><br />''Koukuu Yuusei!''
-| style="text-align:center;" |0~80%
-|Both sides
-|-
-|1.5*EFP > FP ≥ 2/3*EFP
-|Air Parity
-|No text displayed
-| style="text-align:center;" |0~60%
-|Both sides
-|-
-|2/3*EFP > FP ≥ 1/3*EFP
-|Air Incapability
-|No text displayed
-| style="text-align:center;" |0~40%
-|Both sides
-|-
-|FP ≤ 1/3*EFP
-|Air Denial
-|<span style="color:red">'''制空権喪失! '''</span><br />''Seikuuken Soushitsu!''
-| style="text-align:center;" |0~10%
-|Enemy only
-|}
-*EFP: Enemy Fighter Power, FP: Fighter Power. Abbreviated to save space.
-*This calculation does not take into account any anti-air weaponry equipped on ships. Carrier anti-air stat is also not considered.
-*The percentage of planes shot down applies for both sides' respective outcomes, and is calculated per slot.
-**For example, securing Air Superiority means allied planes shoot down up to 80% of enemy planes, and the enemy under Air Incapability will shoot down up to 40%.
-*[[Combat#Contact (Post-Cap Modifier)|Contact]] can be triggered by having at least 1 carrier scout plane, seaplane scout, and/or torpedo bomber equipped.  It increases damage during the bombing phase depending on the accuracy bonus of the squad performing Contact.
-*Even if allied planes secure air supremacy, planes can still be lost (up to 10%), and the subsequent anti-air defense stage can eliminate bombers regardless.
-*If enemy fleet launches no fighters, while the allied fleet launches any planes, the result defaults to Air Supremacy.  If both sides launch no planes, then the rest of the battle is treated the same as if Air Parity was achieved.
-====Enemy Ship Fighter Power====
-{| class="article-table" style="width:700px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-|-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:280px;" |Enemy Ship Type
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Fighter Power
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:300px;" |Enemy Ship Type
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Fighter Power
-|-
-|[[Light Carrier Nu-Class]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |8
-|Armored Carrier Demon
-| style="text-align:center;" |44
-|-
-|[[Light Carrier Nu-Class]] Elite
-| style="text-align:center;" |24
-|Armored Carrier Princess
-| style="text-align:center;" |48
-|-
-|[[Light Carrier Nu-Class]] Flagship
-| style="text-align:center;" |23
-|Floating Fortress
-| style="text-align:center;" |27
-|-
-|[[Standard Carrier Wo-Class]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |10
-|Southern War Demon
-| style="text-align:center;" |41
-|-
-|[[Standard Carrier Wo-Class]] Elite
-| style="text-align:center;" |27
-|Southern War Princess
-| style="text-align:center;" |47
-|-
-|[[Standard Carrier Wo-Class]] Flagship
-| style="text-align:center;" |28
-|[[Standard Carrier Wo-Class]] Flagship Kai
-| style="text-align:center;" |102
 |-
-|[[Battleship Re-Class]]
+!rowspan=2|{{LOS}}<br>[[Detection]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |94
+!{{Aircraft}} [[Aerial Combat]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |
+!{{Firepower}} Surface Combat
-| style="text-align:center;" |
 |-
-|[[Battleship Re-Class]] Elite
-| style="text-align:center;" |107
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-|}
-===Fleet Anti-air Defense===
-Each enemy bomber slot is assigned at random to a defending ship.  Those ships then, for each assigned enemy slot, have an approximately 50% chance to shoot down enemy planes.  The number of planes shot down is given by the equations below:
-<center>
-<math>\text{Shot Down} = \text{Floor((Ship AA } + \text{Floor(Fleet Anti-air} \times \text{Formation Modifier))} \times 0.2125\text{)}</math> <math>\text{Fleet Anti-air} = \text{Floor(} \sum^\text{All slots}\text{Equipment AA Bonus} \times \text{Equipment Modifier)}</math>
-</center>
-The "Fleet Anti-Air" bonus is the sum of every equipment slot of every ship in the fleet (including the defending ship).
-====Formation Modifiers====
-{| class="article-table" style="width:350px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-|-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Formation
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Modifier
-|-
-|Line Ahead, Line Abreast, Echelon
-| style="text-align:center;" |1.0
-|-
-|Double Line
-| style="text-align:center;" |1.2
-|-
-|Diamond
-| style="text-align:center;" |1.6
-|}
-====Equipment Modifiers====
-{| class="article-table" style="width:350px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-|-
-! scope="col" |Equipment Type
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Modifier
-|-
-|46cm Triple Gun Mount
-| style="text-align:center;" |0.25
-|-
-|High-angle Mounts
-| style="text-align:center;" |0.35
-|-
-|AA Radars
-| style="text-align:center;" |0.40
-|-
-|Type 3 Shell
-| style="text-align:center;" |0.60
-|-
-|All other equipment
-| style="text-align:center;" |0.20
-|}
-*Any equipment that gives an anti-air bonus will contribute to shooting down enemy bombers.
-*The ship chosen to defend against bombers is not necessarily the ship targeted by that slot.
-*The ship selected to defend is not necessarily the target of the bomber.  Any allied ship, including submarines, may be chosen to defend against bombers.
-*The forward sliding and machine gun animations seem to have no correlation with the calculations.
-*These calculations only apply for the allied fleet's anti-air defense; enemy fleets seem to use a different formula.
-==Damage Calculation==
-<span style="font-size:17px;font-weight:bold;">Main Formula</span>
-{| class="article-table" style="width: 800px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-|-
-! rowspan="3" scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |'''Damage ='''
-! scope="col" |<center>'''Basic Attack Power<br />x<br />Pre-Cap Modifiers'''</center>
-! scope="col" |x
-! scope="col" |<center>'''Post-Cap Modifiers'''</center>
-! scope="col" | -
-! scope="col" |<center>'''Enemy Armor'''</center>
-! scope="col" |x
-! scope="col" |<center>'''Random Number<br />(between 2/3 ~ 4/3)'''</center>
-|-
-! colspan="7" rowspan="1" scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |x
-|-
-! colspan="7" rowspan="1" scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |<center>'''Remaining Ammo Modifier'''</center>
-|-
-| colspan="8" |Notes:
-*''If the result is less than 1, it becomes scratch damage, which does 6-14% of current target HP, rounded down (can be rounded to 0).''
-*''If [Basic attack power x Pre-cap modifiers] exceeds a certain cap, it will be modifed -- [[Combat#Attack_power_cap_.28applies_after_pre-cap_modifiers.29|see below]]''
-*''This formula is under constant review and updated accordingly if there any inconsistencies or mistakes happens.''
-|}
-<span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;">Basic Attack Power</span>
-{| class="article-table article-table-selected" style="width:1000px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-|-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:210px;" |Type
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:530px;" |Basic Attack Power
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:260px;" |Notes
-|-
-|Aerial Combat
-|Attack Type Modifier ''(see below)'' × [(Aircraft's divebomb or torp stat) × √(number of planes) + 25]
-|Number of planes is post anti-bomber combat and fleet anti-air defense
-|-
-|Shelling (except Carriers)
-|Firepower + 5
-|
-|-
-|Shelling (Carrier only)
-|(Firepower + Torpedo) × 1.5 + Dive Bomber Stat × 2 + 55
 |
-|-
+#LBAS's [[Jet Assault]]
-|Torpedo/Preemptive Torpedo
+#Fleet's [[Jet Assault]]
-|Torpedo + 5
+#[[LBAS|Land-Based Aerial Support]]
-|
+#[[Air Power|Stage 1 - Battle for Air Superiority]]
-|-
+#[[Anti-Air|Stage 2 - Fleet Anti-Air Defense]]
-|Anti-sub warfare
+#[[Airstrike|Stage 3 - Airstrike]]
-|(Original ASW <ref name="ASW0">Refers to ASW stat without any equipment.</ref> / 5, rounded down) + Equipment ASW <ref name="ASWE">Refers to the total of ASW stats that the equipment added to the ship's stats.</ref> × 2 + 10 or 25
-|25 for DD/CL, 10 for others
-|-
-|Night Battle
-|Firepower + Torpedo
-|
-|}
-====Attack Type Modifier (Plane Scaling)====
-{| class="article-table" style="width:600px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-|-
-! scope="col" style="width:250px; text-align:center;" |Type
-! scope="col" style="width:100px; text-align:center;" |Attack Type Modifier
-! scope="col" style="width:550px; text-align:center;" |Notes
-|-
-|Dive Bombers, Seaplane Bombers
-|1
-|This value is fixed, regardless the situation.
-|-
-|Torpedo Fighters
-|0.8 or 1.5
-|About 50% chance of either modifier.
-|}
-===Formation Modifier (Pre-Cap Modifier)===
-{| class="article-table" style="width: 860px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-|-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:240px;" |Formation
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:80px;" |Formation Icon
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:80px;" |Surface Damage Modifier
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:80px;" |Anti-sub Modifier
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:80px;" |Anti-air Modifier
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:100px;" |Shelling Hit Rate
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:100px;" |Torpedo Hit Rate
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:100px;" |Flagship Protection Rate
-|-
-| Line Ahead<br />{{Nihongo|単縦陣|''Tanjuu-jin''|}}
-| <center>{{LineAhead}}</center>
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |45%
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="text-align:start;">Medium</span>
-| style="text-align:center;" |High
-| style="text-align:center;" |Low
-|-
-| Double Line<br />{{Nihongo|複縦陣|''Fukujuu-jin''|}}
-| <center>{{DoubleLine}}</center>
-| style="text-align:center;" |80%
-| style="text-align:center;" |60%
-| style="text-align:center;" |120%
-| style="text-align:center;" |High
-| style="text-align:center;" |Medium
-| style="text-align:center;" |Medium
-|-
-| Diamond<br />{{Nihongo|輪形陣|''Rinkei-jin''|}}
-| <center>{{Diamond}}</center>
-| style="text-align:center;" |70%
-| style="text-align:center;" |90%
-| style="text-align:center;" |160%
-| style="text-align:center;" |<span style="text-align:start;">Medium</span>
-| style="text-align:center;" |Very Low
-| style="text-align:center;" |High
-|-
-| Echelon<br />{{Nihongo|梯形陣|''Teikei-jin''|}}
-| <center>{{Echelon}}</center>
-| style="text-align:center;" |60%
-| style="text-align:center;" |75%
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Medium
-| style="text-align:center;" |Low
-| style="text-align:center;" |Medium
-|-
-| Line Abreast<br />{{Nihongo|単横陣|''Tan'ou-jin''|}}
-| <center>{{LineAbreast}}</center>
-| style="text-align:center;" |60%
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |High
-| style="text-align:center;" |Very Low
-| style="text-align:center;" |Medium
-|}
-*The surface damage modifier does not affect Aerial Combat or Anti-Submarine attacks.
-*The surface damage modifier applies to both shelling and torpedo attacks.
-*You need at least 4 ships in your fleet to select a formation. Diamond is only selectable as a formation with 5+ ships.
-*'''Flagship protection''' is the situation where a non-flagship ship protects the flagship from being damaged by receiving the attack instead.
-*Line Ahead has the highest offensive power for surface combat.  It is the default choice for encounters after the 3rd battle node to preserve firepower because of low ammo penalty.
-*Double Line is generally a good formation for heavy BB/CV fleets.  There is a significant accuracy increase that benefits the typically lower accuracy carriers, while BB often still have enough firepower.
-*Line Abreast is the best formation for anti-sub purposes.
-*Echelon has not been tested extensively, but it is hypothesized to be a defensive formation for night combat.
-===Engagement Form Modifier (Pre-Cap Modifier)===
-{| class="article-table" style="width: 400px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-|-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:200px;" |Form
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:100px;" |Damage Modifier
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:100px;" |Chance (Without Saiun)
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:100px;" |Chance with [[Saiun]] equipped
-|-
-|Parallel Engagement<br />{{Nihongo|同航戦|''Doukousen''|}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |45%
-| style="text-align:center;" |45%
-|-
-|Head-on Engagement<br />{{Nihongo|反航戦|''Hankousen''|}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |80%
-| style="text-align:center;" |30%
-| style="text-align:center;" |40%
-|-
-|Crossing the T ('''<span style="color:green">Advantage</span>''')<br />{{Nihongo|T字戦有利|''T Ji-sen Yuuri''|}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |120%
-| style="text-align:center;" |15%
-| style="text-align:center;" |15%
-|-
-| style="white-space: nowrap;" |Crossing the T ('''<span style="color:red">Disadvantage</span>''')<br />{{Nihongo|T字戦不利|''T Ji-sen Furi''|}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |60%
-| style="text-align:center;" |10%
-| style="text-align:center;" |0%
-|}
-*Please note that all engagement forms '''affect both sides equally''', including crossing the T (<span style="color:green">Advantage </span>or<span style="color:green"> </span><span style="color:red">Disadvantage</span>).
-* Night battle and aerial combat are not affected by engagement forms.
-*Crossing the T (Disadvantage) can be avoided by equipping a {{Template:YellowPlane}}{{Nihongo|彩雲|''Saiun''|}} (Carrier-based recon plane).
-**Using Saiun effectively makes what would have been Crossing the T (Disadvantage) become Head-on Engagement.
-<span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;">Engagement Forms</span>
-'''Parallel Engagement'''
-The course of the player's fleet and the enemy fleet are the same.
-{| class="article-table" style="width: 300px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-|Fleet A
-|→
-|→
-|→
-|→
-|→
-|→
-|-
-|Fleet B
-|→
-|→
-|→
-|→
-|→
-|→
-|}
-'''Head-on Engagement'''
-The course of the player's fleet and the enemy fleet are opposite each other.
-{| class="article-table" style="width: 300px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-| style="text-align:center;" |Fleet A
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |Fleet B
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-|}
-'''Crossing the T'''
-The course of the player's fleet and the enemy fleet are perpendicular to each other (that's 90 degrees, which results in a T figure).  A fleet is in disadvantage if it is coming from「｜」direction, and is in advantage it is is coming from「―」direction.
-(Historically, the point of this was for the「―」fleet to bring as many guns to bear on the enemy while limiting the firepower of the enemy that can only use guns mounted forward.)
-{| class="article-table article-table-selected" style="width: 300px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| style="text-align:center;" |→
-| colspan="2" rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |<center>'''OR'''</center>
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-| style="text-align:center;" |←
-|-
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-|-
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-|-
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-|-
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-|-
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-|-
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-| colspan="7" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;" |↑
-|}
-===Night Combat===
-[[File:3.png|thumb|An example of a cut-in]]
-*Night battle damage depends on both the Firepower and Torpedo stats for attack power. Consequently, DDs, CLs, CLTs and CAs have drastically increased strength at night.
-*Heavily damaged vessels cannot attack in night battle.
-*[[List of Main Guns by stats|List of Main Guns]]
-*[[List of Secondary Guns by stats|List of Secondary Guns]]
-*Auxiliary equipment (e.g radar, sonar/depth charge, searchlight, turbine, special ammunition, pure AA equipment(green), and midget-sub) will not affect the combination.
-*If night combat nodes are anticipated, it can be very helpful to utilize specialized night battle equipment such as [[Star Shell]]s and [[Searchlight]].  [[Type 98 Recon Seaplane (Night Scout)]] is also an option.
-*Formation bonuses and penalties apply in night battles, but Engagement Forms do not.  (Exception: In Nodes that begin with a Night Battle, an Engagement Form is rolled invisibly, the multiplier for which is applied to Anti-Submarine damage only.)
-<span style="font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;">Night Battle Attack Types</span>
-{| class="article-table article-table-selected" style="width: 700px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
-|-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Type
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Main
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Secondary
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Torpedo
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Notes
-|-
-| rowspan="4" |Cut-In
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |2+
-|Torpedo Attack
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |3+
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| rowspan="2" |Shelling
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |2
-| style="text-align:center;" |1+
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |1-2
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |1
-|Combined Attack
-|-
-| rowspan="3" |Double Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |2
-| style="text-align:center;" |0
-| style="text-align:center;" |0
 |
-|-
+#[[Engagement]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |1
+#[[Support Expedition]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |1+
+#[[Battle Opening]]s
-| style="text-align:center;" |0
+#[[Shelling|Shelling Phase]]
+#[[Day Battle#Second Shelling Phase|Second Shelling Phase]]
+#[[Closing Torpedo Salvo]]
 |
-|-
+#[[Friendly Fleet]] (event only)
-| style="text-align:center;" |0
+#[[Support Expedition]]*
-| style="text-align:center;" |2+
+#[[Night Battle#Night Contact and Spotting|Night Contact and Spotting]]
-| style="text-align:center;" |0-1
+#[[Night Battle#Night Shelling Phase|Night Shelling Phase]]
-|Secondary Gun Double-Attack, Torpedo doesn't fire
-|-
-|Single Attack
-| colspan="4" |Results from failing to meet equipment requirements, or other attacks random chance at failing.  Fires with gun or torpedo in highest equipment slot.
-|-
-|Anti-Submarine
-| colspan="4" rowspan="1" |
-Any enemy submarines will force Destroyers and Light Cruisers to target them.  Cut-In and Double Attacks are ignored.  In normal Night Battles, ASW damage is scratch damage only.  In battles starting at night, Formation Modifiers apply.
-|}
-=====<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;">Cut-in Equipment Setups</span>=====
-NOTE: These are only a few examples.  See the above table.
-NOTE: Midget subs don't count as torpedoes for this.
-{| class="wikitable" style="width: 800px;"
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}{{RedGunMedium}}{{RedGunMedium}}3 main guns
-| rowspan="5" |
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}{{RedGunMedium}} 2 main guns
-| rowspan="5" |
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |{{RedGunMedium}} 1 main gun
-| rowspan="5" |
-|-
-| style="text-align: center;" |{{TorpedoWeapon}}{{TorpedoWeapon}} Just 2 torpedos
-|-
-| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" |
-| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" |'''+'''
-| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" |'''+'''
-| colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" |
-|-
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |No {{YellowGun}} or {{TorpedoWeapon}} equipped
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |{{YellowGun}} 1 sub gun
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |{{TorpedoWeapon}} 1 torpedo
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |One {{YellowGun}} also equippable
 |}
-=====Double Attack Equipment Setups=====
+==Formation Selection==
-NOTE: These are only a few examples.  See the above table.
+If the fleet currently deployed has 4 or more ships, the player will be prompted to pick a fleet formation before every battle. Fleets with 3 or less ships will not have a fleet formation prompt and will default to '''Line Ahead'''.
+* Sunk ships and ships [[Evacuation|evacuated]] with a {{EquipmentLink|Fleet Command Facility|Striking Force Fleet Command Facility|Elite Torpedo Squadron Command Facility|text=Command Facility|link=Evacuation}} are not counted.
+* Diamond Formation requires 5 or more ships present in the fleet to be selected.
+* Enemy fleets do not have these restrictions. Enemy fleets in Diamond formation with fewer than 4 ships lack formation graphics on the battle screen.
+Combined Fleets have special [[Combined Formation|formations]] that differ from the standard single fleet ones.
-{| class="wikitable" style="width: 600px;"
+{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
-| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="text-align: center;" |{{RedGunMedium}} 1 main gun
+!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Formation
-| colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" |
+!colspan=3|Shelling
-| colspan="1" rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}{{RedGunMedium}} 2 main guns
+!colspan=3|Torpedo
-| colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" |
+!colspan=3|Anti-Submarine
-| colspan="1" rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |{{YellowGun}}{{YellowGun}} 2 or more sub guns
+!colspan=3|[[Night Battle]]
-|-
+!rowspan=2|AA
-| style="text-align: center;" |'''+'''
+!rowspan=2|[[Flagship Protection]]
-|-
+!rowspan=2|Notes
-| style="text-align: center;" |{{YellowGun}}1 or more sub guns
-|-
-| style="text-align: center;" |
-| style="text-align: center;" |
-|-
-| style="text-align: center;" |No {{TorpedoWeapon}} equipped
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |No {{YellowGun}} or {{TorpedoWeapon}} equipped
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |One {{TorpedoWeapon}} also equippable
-|}
-=====Full List=====
-{| class="wikitable" id="mw-customcollapsible-nightcombat" "
-|-
-! colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Equipment
-! style="text-align:center;" |Type
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|
-|
-|
-|Single Attack
-|-
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|
-|
-|
-|Single Attack
-|-
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|
-|
-|
-|Single Attack
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|
-|
-|Double Attack
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|
-|
-|Double Attack
 |-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+!Damage!!Accuracy!!Evasion
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
+!Damage!!Accuracy!!Evasion
-|
+!Damage!!Accuracy!!Evasion
-|
+!Damage!!Accuracy<ref>Measured and corroborated with Vita values.</ref>!!Evasion
-|Cut-in (Mixed)
 |-
-|{{YellowGun}}
+|width=140px|Line Ahead<br>{{Nihongo|単縦陣|''Tanjuu-jin''}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
+|{{LineAhead}}
-|
+|style="color:red"|'''100%'''
+|100%
+|100%
+|style="color:red"|'''100%'''
+|style="color:red"|'''100%'''
+|100%
+|60%
+|100%
+|100%
+|100%
+|style="color:red"|'''100%'''
+|100%
+|100%
+|45%
 |
-|Double Attack
 |-
-|{{YellowGun}}
+|Double Line<br>{{Nihongo|複縦陣|''Fukujuu-jin''}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
+|{{DoubleLine}}
-|
+|80%
+|style="color:red"|'''120%'''<ref>Source: [http://bs-arekore.at.webry.info/201412/article_2.html '''半製造BSｱﾚｺﾚ雑記帳''' /「艦これ」砲撃命中率について・複縦陣 中間報告] ''(Dec 5, 2014).'' Corroborated with Vita values.</ref>
+|100%
+|80%
+|80%
+|100%
+|80%
+|style="color:red"|'''120%'''
+|100%
+|100%
+|90%
+|100%
+|120%
+|60%
 |
-|Single Attack
 |-
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
+|Diamond<br>{{Nihongo|輪形陣|''Rinkei-jin''}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
+|{{Diamond}}
-|
+|70%
+|100%
+|110%
+|70%
+|40%
+|110%
+|120%
+|100%
+|100%
+|100%
+|70%
+|100%
+|style="color:red"|'''160%'''
+|style="color:red"|'''75%'''
 |
-|Cut-in (Torpedo)
 |-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+|rowspan=2|Echelon<br>{{Nihongo|梯形陣|''Teikei-jin''}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+|rowspan=2|{{Echelon}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+|75%
-|
+|rowspan=2 style="color:red"|'''120%'''
-|Cut-in (Gun)
+|style="color:red"|'''140%'''<ref>https://twitter.com/Xe_UCH/status/1304783506275409920</ref>
+|rowspan=2 |60%
+|75%<ref>https://twitter.com/Divinity__123/status/1177455647593353217</ref><ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L854d9MjPHc4yNELEp1oRz029-LHz2aMRF089_MO2vo/edit#gid=1875509487</ref>
+|rowspan=2|130%
+|110%
+|rowspan=2 style="color:red"|'''120%'''
+|rowspan=2 style="color:red"|'''140%<ref>https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1453371977020985353</ref>'''
+|rowspan=2|100%
+|90%<ref name="echelon">https://twitter.com/Divinity__123/status/1228686473119064066</ref>
+|style="color:red"|'''130%'''<ref name="echelon"></ref>
+|rowspan=2|100%
+|rowspan=2|60%
+|Single vs Single fleet battles
 |-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+|60%
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+|120%
-|{{YellowGun}}
+|60%
-|
+|100%
-|Cut-in (Gun)
+|80%
+|110%
+|Single vs Combined fleet battles (either way)<ref>https://github.com/Tibowl/KCBugTracker/issues/24#issuecomment-872108225</ref>
 |-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+|Line Abreast<br>{{Nihongo|単横陣|''Tan'ou-jin''}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
+|{{LineAbreast}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
+|60%
+|style="color:red"|'''120%'''
+|130%
+|60%
+|30%
+|style="color:red"|'''140%'''
+|style="color:red"|'''130%'''
+|style="color:red"|'''120%'''
+|110%
+|100%
+|80%
+|120%
+|100%
+|60%
 |
-|Double Attack
 |-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+|rowspan=2|{{Tooltip|Vanguard|The direct translation of "Keikai" is "alert"}}<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14uCat5nahv3A0Zq6d263Ye3U_f1nBYpIMEc9ALegyNA/edit#gid=0</ref><br>{{Nihongo|警戒陣|''Keikai-jin''}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+|rowspan=2|{{Vanguard}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
+|50%
-|
+|80%<ref>https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1452289616866947081</ref>
-|Cut-in (Mixed)
+|rowspan=2|''See<br>[[#Vanguard Formation|below]]''
+|style="color:red"|'''100%'''
+|70%<ref>https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1457819658090844163</ref>
+|rowspan=2|''See<br>[[#Vanguard Formation|below]]''
+|100%
+|??
+|rowspan=2|''See<br>[[#Vanguard Formation|below]]''
+|50%
+|??
+|rowspan=2|''See<br>[[#Vanguard Formation|below]]''
+|110%
+|Medium
+|Upper half of the fleet
 |-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+|100%
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
+|style="color:red"|'''120%'''
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
+|style="color:red"|'''100%'''
-|
+|90%
-|Cut-in (Torpedo)
+|60%
-|-
+|??
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
+|100%
-|{{YellowGun}}
+|??
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
+|110%
-|
+|High
-|Cut-in (Mixed)
+|Bottom half of the fleet
-|-
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|
-|Double Attack
-|-
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|
-|Double Attack
-|-
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|
-|Cut-in (Torpedo)
-|-
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|
-|Cut-in (Torpedo)
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|Cut-in (Gun)
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|Cut-in (Gun)
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|Cut-in (Gun)
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|Double Attack
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|Cut-in (Gun)
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|Cut-in (Torpedo)
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|Cut-in (Torpedo)
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|Cut-in (Gun)
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|Cut-in (Mixed)
-|-
-|{{RedGunMedium}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|Cut-in (Torpedo)
-|-
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|Double Attack
-|-
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|Double Attack
-|-
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|Cut-in (Torpedo)
-|-
-|{{YellowGun}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|Cut-in (Torpedo)
-|-
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|{{TorpedoWeapon}}
-|Cut-in (Torpedo)
 |}
-====Night Battle Special Attack Modifier (Pre-Cap Modifier)====
+{|class="wikitable"
-=====<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold;">Cut-in Attack</span>=====
+!colspan=5|Accuracy Exceptions
-{| class="article-table" style="height: 100px; width: 500px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 |-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Equipped Weapons
+!Formation
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Modifier
+!Day Shelling &<br>Carrier Attacks
+!Torpedo Attacks
+!ASW
+!Night Battles
 |-
-|2+ torpedoes
+|Vanguard (Both) vs DD<ref>Has even greater bonuses against [[PT Imp]]s (see [[Template:Anti-PT Imp Setups|here]])</ref>||additional 110%||additional 120%||?||?
-|2 simultaneous attacks at 150%
 |-
-|1-2 main guns, 1 torpedo
+|Double Line vs Line Abreast||rowspan=3|100%||rowspan=3|N/A||rowspan=3|100%||rowspan=3|N/A
-|2 consecutive attacks at 130%
 |-
-|3+ main guns
+|Echelon vs Line Ahead
-|200%
 |-
-|2 main guns, 1 secondary gun
+|Line Abreast vs Echelon
-|175%
 |}
-Note:  If two attacks (simultaneous or consecutive) are made, the total damage is displayed together but the Damage Cap (and enemy Armor) is applied separately to each attack.
-'''Cut-in chance:''' (0.85 * Luck + Placement Modifier + Health Modifier + Searchlight Modifier) [%]
+;Notes:
+* Exact values were datamined from KanColle Kai for the Vita. Testing on the browser version has corroborated these results.
+** Values for Vanguard and the [[Game_Updates/2019/Feburary_27th|new]] Echelon are vague as they weren't introduced for KanColle Kai.
+<references/>
-{| class="article-table" style="width: 400px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
+===Flagship Protection===
-|-
+'''Flagship Protection''' is when a non-flagship protects the flagship from being targeted by receiving the attack instead. When activated, a "curved shield" animation plays in front of the flagship's banner.
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Modifier
+* In [[Combined Fleet]]s, the escort flagship does not receive flagship protection in day battles.
-!
+* ''See [[Flagship Protection]] for more dedails.
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Value
-|- valign="top"
-| rowspan="2" |Placement
-|Flagship
-| style="text-align:right;" | +30
-|-
-|Other
-| style="text-align:right;" | +15
-|- valign="top"
-| rowspan="3" |Health
-|Little or no damage
-| style="text-align:right;" |0
-|-
-|Minor damage (小破 Syouha)
-| style="text-align:right;" | +10
-|-
-|Moderate damage (中破 Chuuha)
-| style="text-align:right;" | +20
-|- valign="top"
-| rowspan="2" |Searchlight
-|Allied
-| style="text-align:right;" | +5
-|-
-|Enemy
-| style="text-align:right;" | -10
-|- valign="top"
-| rowspan="2" |Star Shell
-|Allied
-| style="text-align:right;" | +5
-|-
-|Enemy
-| style="text-align:right;" | -10
-|}
-=====Double Attack=====
+===Vanguard Formation===
-Two consecutive attacks at 120%. Very high base activation chance, compared to cut-in's luck stat reliant chance.
+Vanguard is only available during [[Event]]s, and is usable on '''any map''' during this time.
+* The modifiers on Vanguard Formation refer respectively to the '''"upper half"''' and '''"bottom half"''' of the fleet.
+** For a fleet with 6 or 7 ships, the top row applies to ships 1 to 3, and the bottom row applies to the remaining ships.
+** For a fleet with 4 or 5 ships, the top row applies to ships 1 and 2 and the bottom row applies to the remaining ships.
+* '''Damage and accuracy of [[Support Fleet]]s are affected by the top row multipliers, meaning the 50% damage modifier is applied.'''
-===Ship's Health Modifier (Pre-Cap Modifier)===
+Vanguard gives an accuracy penalty to the opposite fleet. See ''[[Accuracy, Evasion and Criticals#Vanguard Formation|here]]'' for more details.
-{| class="article-table" style="width: 400px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
+The '''bottom half''' ships have an increased chance to be targeted.
-|-
+* The targeting is determined as follows:
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Damage
+**1. Target a ship from the fleet.
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Modifier
+**2. If the selected ship is an upper half ship, target a ship from the fleet again.<ref>https://twitter.com/Xe_UCH/status/974571652229955584</ref>
-|-
+* Target rate based on the above procedure (without other factor):
-| Minor damage (小破 Syouha) or less
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-|-
-| Moderate damage (中破 Chuuha)
-| style="text-align:center;" |70%
-|-
-| Heavy damage (大破 Taiha)
-| style="text-align:center;" |40%
-|}
-This modifier does not affect Aerial Combat.
+{|class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center"
-===Attack Power Cap (Applies After All Pre-Cap Modifiers)===
+! colspan=5| Target Rate
-Conditions for the attack power cap to activate: [Basic attack power x Pre-cap modifiers] exceeds '''150 for day''' battle, '''300 for night''' battle, and '''100 for anti-sub''' attacks.<br />This is the attack power cap, and it's represented below by <math>x</math>:
-<math>\text {Attack Power After Caps} = x + \sqrt {\text {Pre Caps Attack Power} - x}</math>
-Daytime Attack Cap often makes it important to utilize [[Combat#Artillery_Spotting_.28Post-Cap_Modifier.29|Artillery Spotting]] when possible to increase damage.  [[Combat#Night Combat|Night Combat]] can be very dangerous and/or rewarding due to having a very high cap and the inclusion of torpedo to firepower for attack power calculation.
-===Critical Modifier (Post-Cap Modifier)===
-{| class="article-table" style="height: 100px; width: 200px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 |-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Attack Type
+! rowspan=2| Fleet position
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Modifier
+! colspan=4| Number of ships
 |-
-| Normal Attack
+! 4
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
+! 5
+! 6
+! 7
 |-
-| Critical Hit
+! 1
-| style="text-align:center;" |150%
+| style="background-color:#92D050;color:black"| 12,50%
-|}
+| style="background-color:#92D050;color:black"| 8,00%
-It should be noted that the '''critical message always appears when damage dealt is greater than or equal to 40,''' regardless of whether the 150% modifier was applied or not.  On the other hand, the critical message will never appear when damage dealt is less than or equal to 14, even if the 150% modifier was applied.
+| style="background-color:#92D050;color:black"| 8,33%
+| style="background-color:#92D050;color:black"| 6,13%
-===Contact (Post-Cap Modifier)===
-*Contact takes place during the Aerial Combat phase. It increases bombing damage for all allied bombers.
-*When successful, a image of the squadron performing contact is shown in the opposing fleet's formation indicator, with the text "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11.818181991577148px;line-height:15.600001335144043px;">触接中".</span>
-*Trigger conditions:
-**More air control than Air Denial
-**At least one carrier scout plane, seaplane scout, or torpedo bomber equipped.
-***Seaplane bombers, Type 3 Spotter, and Ka-type Autogyros cannot perform contact.
-**It's thought that each carrier scout plane, seaplane scout, and/or torpedo bomber slot equipped is given a chance to trigger contact.  Once successful, the bonus applied is chosen at random with weighting from all elegible equipped planes.
-*Different types of planes have different trigger rates. They are roughly estimated as (if only one is equipped):
-{| class="article-table" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 |-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Type
+! 2
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Contact Rate
+| style="background-color:#92D050;color:black"| 12,50%
+| style="background-color:#92D050;color:black"| 8,00%
+| style="background-color:#92D050;color:black"| 8,33%
+| style="background-color:#92D050;color:black"| 6,13%
 |-
-| Torpedo Bomber
+! 3
-| style="text-align:center;" |~2%
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 37,50%
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 28,00%
+| style="background-color:#92D050;color:black"| 8,33%
+| style="background-color:#92D050;color:black"| 6,13%
 |-
-| Seaplane Scout
+! 4
-| style="text-align:center;" |~20%
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 37,50%
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 28,00%
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 25,00%
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 20,40%
 |-
-| Carrier Scout
+! 5
-| style="text-align:center;" |~50%
+!
-|}
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 28,00%
-'''Damage Modifiers'''
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 25,00%
-*The damage increase depends on the +accuracy bonus {{Template:Hit}} of the squadron performing contact.
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 20,40%
-{| class="article-table" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
 |-
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Accuracy<br />Bonus
+! 6
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Damage<br />Modifier
+!
+!
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 25,00%
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 20,40%
 |-
-| style="text-align:center;" | +0
+! 7
-| style="text-align:center;" |112%
+!
-|-
+!
-| style="text-align:center;" | +1
+!
-| style="text-align:center;" |112%
+| style="background-color:#F8CBAD;color:black"| 20,40%
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" | +2
-| style="text-align:center;" |117%
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" | +3
-| style="text-align:center;" |120%
 |}
-'''Notes'''
+<references/>
-*Type 2 Recon Aircraft is useful in the case that the bombing damage bonus is desired while not removing the chance for T-disadvantage, due to its high trigger rate.
-*With contact, the maximum attack power of bombing (before defense, critical and ammo) is around 180. With some luck, it's possible to sink even Ru-class Flagships (Armor = 99) in one strike without a critical.
-===Artillery Spotting (Post-Cap Modifier)===
-'''Artillery spotting''' allows your ships with seaplanes to double attack and cut-in during day battle.
-*When the following conditions are all met for a ship, artillery spotting may occur.
-**Proper equipment (see below)
-**'''Air superiority or greater achieved in aerial combat phase'''
-***Thus, if aerial combat is not triggered, artillery spotting cannot occur.
-**Not in heavily damaged (大破) state
-**Ship is carrying at least 1 [[List_of_Seaplanes_by_stats|seaplane]] {{Template:Seaplane}} (i.e. slots are not all at 0 remaining).
-*Factors affecting trigger chance
+===Choosing a Formation===
-**Increases with combined fleet LOS (very roughly +0.08% per LOS)
+[[File:Formation_Selection_Screen.png|thumb|right|Formation Selection Screen]]
-**Flagships bonus of around +15%
+When selecting a formation, its modifiers will be applied to the entirety of the next battle node whenever applicable. Picking another formation will discard any previous formation bonuses and penalties and use the new modifiers instead. Each formation has a general use-case archetype based on its modifiers.
-**Air supremacy adds about +10% more than air superiority
-*<span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px;white-space:pre-wrap;">Seaplane bombers can be used in artillery spotting. ([https://twitter.com/KanColle_STAFF/statuses/459604731564802048 25/4/2014] )</span>
-*Ka-type Observation Autogyro does not work for artillery spotting.
-'''Attack types:'''
+* '''Line Ahead''': All-out surface combat formation.
+* '''Double Line''': All-around, high accuracy formation.
+* '''Diamond''': Anti-Air formation.
+* '''Echelon''': Mixed surface-ASW combat formation.
+* '''Line Abreast''': ASW formation.
+* '''Vanguard''': Defensive/evasive & anti DD/[[PT Imp]] formation (event only).
+* [[Combined Fleet]] has other formations.
-<u>Single Attack</u>
-*A ship will only do a single attack if
-**only 1 main gun is equipped (e.g.{{Template:RedGunMedium}}{{Template:TorpedoWeapon}}{{Template:Radar}}).
-**no main guns are equipped (e.g. {{Template:YellowGun}}{{Template:YellowGun}}).
-**a double attack/cut-in was not triggered by chance.
-*Damage: 100%
-<u>Double Attack</u>
-*A ship can do a double attack if
-** 2 or more''' main guns''' equipped (e.g. {{Template:RedGunHeavy}}{{Template:RedGunHeavy}}).
-*Damage: 120 % x 2
-*Trigger chance: '''~50%'''
-<u>Cut-in Attack</u>
-[[File:KanColle-140425-17422431.png|thumb|Cut-in Type Observed Fire using 1Main 1Sec & Type 91 AP shell]]
+Other mechanics available on this menu:
-*A ship can do a cut-in attack if
+* This UI can be hidden by clicking once or twice on the flagship, to see the map.
-*#equipped with '''1 main gun and 1-2 secondary guns (without AP shell/Radar)''' (e.g. {{Template:RedGunHeavy}}{{Template:YellowGun}}).
+** The [[Fleet Preview|Enemy composition preview]] once hidden.
-*#*Damage: 110 %
+* The smoke screen button if a {{Smoke}} [[Smoke Generator]] is equiped in the fleet.
-*#equipped with '''1 main gun, 1 secondary gun and 1 radar '''(e.g. {{Template:RedGunHeavy}}{{Template:YellowGun}}{{Template:Radar}}).
-*#*Damage: 120%
-*#equipped with '''1 main gun, 1 secondary gun and 1 [[Type 91 Armor-Piercing (AP) Shell]]'''.
-*#*Damage: 130 %
-*Cut-in attacks receive an accuracy bonus.
-*Trigger chance: '''~50%'''
-<u>Mixed Attack</u>
-[[File:KanColle-140425-16133343.png|thumb|Cut-in Type Mixed Attack Observed Fire with 2 Main & Type 91 AP Shell.]]
-*A ship will have a chance to do either double attack '''or''' cut-in attack if
-*#equipped with '''2 main guns + 1 secondary gun '''(e.g. {{Template:RedGunHeavy}}{{Template:RedGunHeavy}}{{Template:YellowGun}}).
-*#*Cut-in damage:  130 %
-*#*Double attack damage: 120 % x 2
-*#equipped with '''2 main guns + 1 [[Type 91 Armor-Piercing (AP) Shell]]'''.
-*#*Cut-in damage:  150 %
-*#*Double attack damage: 120 % x 2
-*Trigger chance: '''Equally distributed, ~30% each '''(double attack and cut-in attack), with the remainder going towards single attack.
+=Victory Conditions=
+A damage gauge that is displayed at the post-combat screen for each fleet, using the following calculation:
-Notes:
+<math>\text{Damage%} = \dfrac{\text{Fleet HP lost}}{\text{Fleet HP}}</math>
-*Luck {{Template:Luck}} and sparkling do not affect the trigger chance of artillery spotting.
-*Artillery spotting cut-in attacks cannot miss, but they will inflict scratch damage instead.
-*[[Type 3 Shell]] {{Template:GreenAmmo}}, [[List of Torpedoes by stats|torpedoes]] {{Template:TorpedoWeapon}} and [[List of Anti-Air Guns by stats|machine guns]] {{Template:GreenGunMG}} do not count toward triggering artillery spotting.
-*Tables of [[List_of_Main_Guns_by_stats|main guns]] and [[List_of_Secondary_Guns_by_stats|secondary guns]]
+The following conditions must be met to attain each rank:
-====='''Full List'''=====
+{|class="wikitable" style="width:75%; margin:auto; text-align:center"
-{| class="wikitable" id="mw-customcollapsible-nightcombat" "
+!Victory State
-|-
+!Rank
-! colspan="4" |Equipment
+!Common name
-!Day Battle
+!Conditions
-!Modifier
-!Night battle
-!Modifier
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |Cut-in
-| style="text-align:center;" |110%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |Random
-| style="text-align:center;" |150%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
-|-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Radar}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |Cut-in
-| style="text-align:center;" |120%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
 |-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
+!rowspan=4|Victory
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''Total Victory: S<br>(完全勝利S)'''|black|text-colour=gold|glow-size=2px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''Perfect S'''|black|text-colour=gold|glow-size=2px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
+|style="text-align:left|
-| style="text-align:center;" |Cut-in
+* Sink all enemy ships, while taking no damage in return.
-| style="text-align:center;" |130%
+* In [[Combat/Map Mechanics and Nodes#Short Battle Nodes|Short Battle Nodes]], take 0 damage.
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
 |-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''Victory: S<br>(勝利S)'''|black|text-colour=gold|glow-size=2px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''S rank'''|black|text-colour=gold|glow-size=2px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
+|style="text-align:left|
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
+* Sink all enemy ships.
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
+* In [[Combat/Map Mechanics and Nodes#Short Battle Nodes|Short Battle Nodes]], take less than 5% damage.
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
 |-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
+|{{colour|red|'''Victory: A<br>(勝利A)'''}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
+|{{colour|red|'''A rank'''}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
+|style="text-align:left|
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
+* Sink 2/3 of the enemy ships.
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
+* In [[Combat/Map Mechanics and Nodes#Short Battle Nodes|Short Battle Nodes]], take between 5% and 10% damage.
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
-| style="text-align:center;" |Cut-in
-| style="text-align:center;" |200%
 |-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''Tactical Victory: B<br>(戦術的勝利B)'''|black|text-colour=orange|glow-size=2px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''B rank'''|black|text-colour=orange|glow-size=2px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
+|style="text-align:left|
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
+* Sink the enemy flagship and have fewer ships sunk than the enemy.
-| style="text-align:center;" |Random
+* If the enemy flagship survives and the Damage % gauge is at least 2.5x less than the enemy's.
-| style="text-align:center;" |130%
+* In [[Combat/Map Mechanics and Nodes#Short Battle Nodes|Short Battle Nodes]], take between 10% and 20% damage.
-| style="text-align:center;" |Cut-in
+* ''If any of the ships sink, this is the maximum rank obtainable''.
-| style="text-align:center;" |175%
 |-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{RedGunMedium}}
+!rowspan=4|Defeat
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''Tactical Defeat: C<br>(戦術的敗北C)'''|black|text-colour=Yellow|glow-size=2px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''C Rank'''|black|text-colour=Yellow|glow-size=2px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
+|style="text-align:left|
-| style="text-align:center;" |Cut-in
+* The enemy flagship survives and the Damage % gauge is between 0.5x and 2.5x less than the enemy's.
-| style="text-align:center;" |110%
+** Also applies when sinking any ship during the battle.
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
+* If the enemy flagship is sunk but the enemy has fewer sunken ships, as well as having the Damage % gauge between 0.5x and 2.5x less than the enemy's.
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
+* In [[Combat/Map Mechanics and Nodes#Short Battle Nodes|Short Battle Nodes]], take between 50% and 20% damage.
 |-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''Defeat: D<br>(敗北D)'''|black|text-colour=lime|glow-size=2px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''D rank'''|black|text-colour=lime|glow-size=2px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{YellowGun}}
+|style="text-align:left|
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
+* If the enemy flagship survives and the Damage % gauge is less than 0.5x of the enemy's.
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
+* If the Damage % dealt is 0.05% (essentially 0).
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
+* If both fleets deal no damage to each other.
-| style="text-align:center;" |Double Attack
+** This applies to submarine vs submarine battles and air battle nodes.
-| style="text-align:center;" |120% x 2
+* Ships are sunk but not enough to meet the conditions for E.
+* In [[Combat/Map Mechanics and Nodes#Short Battle Nodes|Short Battle Nodes]], take heavy damage.
 |-
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''Defeat: E'''<br>(敗北E)'''|lightgray|text-colour=blue|glow-size=1px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
+|{{TextGlow|'''E rank'''|lightgray|text-colour=blue|glow-size=1px}}
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:RedAmmo}}
+|style="text-align:left|
-| style="text-align:center;" |{{Template:Seaplane}}
+* The enemy flagship survives and the number of sunk ships in the fleet meets the minimum kill requirements.
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
+** Not meeting the requirements for a D Rank.
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
-| style="text-align:center;" |Single Attack
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
 |}
-<br />
-===Remaining Ammo Modifier===
+'''Notes:'''
-{| class="article-table" style="height: 100px; width: 320px;" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
+* B-ranks are the minimum victory requirements for:
-|-
+** Obtaining drops.
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Remaining Ammunition
+** Clearing a map without a boss gauge.
-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Modifier
+* Drops (both rate and pool) scale based on rank obtained. Some drops might be exclusive to higher ranks.
-|-
+* Perfect S (Total Victory) ranks count as a regular S-Rank.
-| 5 to 10 {{Ammo}} bars
+** Perfect S is fulfilled if all ships' final HPs on battle ended is greater than or equal to initial HPs on battle started.
-| style="text-align:center;" |100%
+** So it's possible to obtain a perfect S if the only damaged ship has used a '''[[Repair Goddess]]''' in battle, and her final HP is still greater than or equal to her initial.
-|-
-| 4 {{Ammo}} bars
-| style="text-align:center;" |80%
-|-
-| 3 {{Ammo}} bars
-| style="text-align:center;" |60%
-|-
-| 2 {{Ammo}} bars
-| style="text-align:center;" |40%
-|-
-| 1 {{Ammo}} bar
-| style="text-align:center;" |20%
-|-
-| 0 {{Ammo}} bars
-| style="text-align:center;" |Scratch Damage
-|}
-*In general, two bars of {{Ammo}} will be used in Day Battle for all ships, regardless of whether they attack or not.
-*The Remaining Ammo Modifier affects the opening Aerial Combat Phase.
-*When entering night battle, the Remaining Ammo Modifier on a vessel remains same as the previous day battle.  One bar of {{Ammo}} is used for all ships in Night Battle, regardless of whether they attack or not.
-*Because most battles will consume 2 bars of ammunition each, try to engage the boss before the 5th battle, or else achieving victory becomes unlikely (but not impossible).
-*When attempting to defeat boss nodes, avoid night battles and whirlpools on the way.
-**While early maps' whirpools decrease your resources directly, later maps will decrease either {{Fuel}} or {{Ammo}} bars of your sorted fleet, which can be disadvantageous in long sorties.
-*Submarine-only nodes on limited-time event maps do not consume ammo in Day or Night Battle.
-==Victory Conditions==
+==MVP==
-;Perfect S
+At the end of combat, one girl is picked as the MVP. She gains exp and morale bonuses. For more details, please see ''[[Experience and Rank]]'' and ''[[Morale and Fatigue]]''.
-*All enemy ships sunk and no damage taken.
-;S (Victory)
-*All enemy ships sunk and no allied ships sunk.
-;A (Victory)
-*Required number of enemy ships sunk (see below) and no allied ships sunk.
-;B (Tactical Victory)
-*Enemy flagship sunk and no allied ships sunk.
-* Sinking the enemy flagship guarantees at least a B as long as no allied ships are sunk.
-*Enemy flagship sunk, friendly ship sunk and number of friendly ships sunk < number of enemy ships sunk.
-*Damage gauge at least 2.5 times higher enemy damage gauge.
-;C (Tactical Defeat)
-*Didn't clear any of the conditions for A or B, but enemy took over a certain amount of damage.
-*Damage gauge higher than enemy gauge, but not reaching 2.5 times as much.
-*Friendly ship sunk, damage gauge higher than enemy, but not 2.5 times as much.
-*Friendly ship sunk, enemy flagship sunk and number of friendly ships sunk ≥ number of enemy ships sunk. It is possible to clear maps with boss gauges (eg. 4-4, 5-3, event maps) with a C if the enemy flagship is sunk.
-;D (Defeat)
-*Enemy took less than a certain amount of damage.
-**Both sides taking 0 damage is also D.
-**If your fleet consist only 1 ship and it is reaching Heavy Damage without meeting any winning requirements, it will instantly judged as D as well.
-*Damage gauge lower than enemy gauge.
-*Friendly ship sunk, not all enemy ships sunk, and gauge lower than enemy gauge.
-;E (Defeat)
-*Over a certain number of friendly ships sunk. (see below)
-*Friendly ship sunk while not meeting any victory conditions.
-*No damage done to enemy, while taking over a certain amount (Never happens in a fleet of 1).
-'''Notes'''
+The way MVP is determined is:
-*The Minimum Sunk Requirement:
+* The girl who deals the highest total damage (sum of all attacks during the combat) is awarded MVP. This damage is not weighted.
-** 4 ships out of a fleet of 6
+* If multiple girls are tied for damage, the MVP goes to the topmost girl in the fleet order.
-** 3 ships out of a fleet of 5
+* If the ship achieving the most damage would be sunk in the battle, MVP is rewarded to the next highest damage dealer instead.
-** 2 ships out of a fleet of 4
+** As such, if no damage is dealt to the enemy, the flagship automatically receives MVP.
-** 2 ships out of a fleet of 3
+* Battles ending in an E-Rank have no MVP.
-** 1 ship out of a fleet of 2
+* In a Combined Fleet, each fleet has its own independent MVP.
-*Victory status affects the chance of getting drops and rare drops on the specified node.
-**B rank and above are necessary to obtain drops.
-**A rank and above appear to be necessary for obtaining rare drops.
-**S rank appears to have a higher chance of obtaining rare drops than A rank.
-***There appears to be a correlation between enemy fleet formations and drops, but this information is still under verification and beyond player control.<ref name="Source">http://wikiwiki.jp/kancolle/?%BD%D0%B7%E2%A5%C9%A5%ED%A5%C3%A5%D7</ref>
-==Additional Explanation/Details==
+=See Also=
-{{reflist}}
+{{Mechanics}}
-[[Category:Calculation]]
-[[Category:Example]]
-[[Category:Help]]
-[[Category:Game System]]