Anti-Submarine Warfare/Shelling Conditions
Only certain ships meeting certain conditions can attack SS(V).
- Most often, if a ship can attack a submarine, focusing it will take over any other target.
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| Ship | Conditions | Day Battle | Night Battle | |
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| Stats | Equipment | |||
Hiryuu Kai San
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Not more than ChuuhaModerately Damaged (中破) | AND  /
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Prioritize SS | Do not attack SS |
Taiyou-class Kai Ni   Kaga Kai Ni Go 
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with 1+ [1][2]
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Night Air Attack will prioritize surface target[3] Night Shelling prioritizes SS | ||
Gambier Bay Mk.II
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Cannot attack SS unless if: setuped for a Night Air Attack, then prioritize SS with a night shelling attack | |||
| All other CVL | Do not attack SS | |||
Mogami-class Kou Kai Ni 
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Prioritize surface target[4] | |||
| BBV, CAV, AV, LHA | None | Equipped with  Bomber/// / with 1+[2]
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Prioritize SS | |
| AR, AS Fusou-class Kai Ni   No.101 Transport Ship 
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Equipped with 
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Prioritize SS | ||
| Any CV, CVL, BBV, CAV, AV, AS, AR, LHA | Not equipped with the above-mentioned equipment | Do not attack SS | ||
Hayasui Kai Yamashio Maru Kai  Shimane Maru Kai 
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Equipped with [2]
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Prioritize SS | Do not attack SS | |
| Not equipped with
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Prioritize SS | |||
| All other ships | At least 1 base ASW[5]
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None | ||
| No base ASW
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Do not attack SS | |||
- ↑ A 0 attack plane paired with a Rotorcraft or a Liaison Aircraft do work
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 If all relevant aircraft are in zero plane slots, the ship cannot attack SS.
- ↑ In absence of surface target will do a night shelling against SS
- ↑ Can still attack SS
- ↑ Here base also include ASW gains from ASW modding (only relevant for Yamato Kai Ni so far), excepted for Kaga Kai Ni/E.
- Notes
- As Abyssals also follow those conditions, SS/V can be used as "Submarine Tanks" (Sub-tanking) on some maps to deviate attacks from the fleet to the submarine.