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<noinclude>{{Category Equipment Kandex Types}}<br><br>

{{Category Equipment Kandex Types}}

</noinclude>{{Searchlight}} [[:Category:Searchlight|Searchlights]] can trigger a special [[Night Battle|night]] mechanic when a ship equipped with one enters a night battle with 2 or more HP:

 

*A special animation will be shown prior to any attacks, and the following effects will be applied:

*#Night battle attack accuracy of the fleet increases.

<onlyinclude>{{Searchlight}} [[:Category:Searchlight|Searchlights]] are used to trigger a special [[Night Battle]] mechanic when equipped, playing a special animation and applying the following effects:

*#Special attack rate of the fleet increases.

#'''Attack accuracy''' and '''cut-in rates''' of the fleet are increased.

*#Special attack rate of the enemy fleet decreases.

#Cut-in rates of the enemy fleet are decreased.

*#Enemy fleet will target the ship that showed the searchlight animation more often.

#The enemy fleet will '''target''' and '''hit''' the ship that triggered the searchlight more often.

*#Enemy fleet will hit the ship that showed the searchlight animation more often.

The activation rate is 100% on ships with 2 or more HP, 0% otherwise.

*Activation rate is 100%.

*Multiple ships equipped with searchlights do not have stacking effects.

*Multiple ships equipped with searchlights do not have stacking effects.

*A few ways to use it:

A few ways to use it:

:*Equip on ship in the '''flagship''' position.

*Equip on ship in the '''flagship''' position.

::*Pros: The flagship will always open fire first (unless already heavily damaged), therefore it does not matter if it further takes damage. Useful if it's the last battle of the sortie.

**Pros: The flagship will always open fire first (unless already heavily damaged), therefore it does not matter if it further takes damage. Useful if it's the last battle of the sortie.

::*Cons: The other ships can still cover for the flagship where applicable.

**Cons: The other ships can still cover for the flagship where applicable.

:*Equip on ship in the '''second''' position.

*Equip on ship in the '''second''' position.

::*Pros: This setup does not suffer from the flagship cover aspect, and ship in the second slot still opens fire early.

**Pros: This setup does not suffer from the flagship cover aspect, and ship in the second slot still opens fire early.

::*Cons: May give the opponent 2 turns in a row if their flagship disables the searchlight carrier.

**Cons: May give the opponent 2 turns in a row if their flagship disables the searchlight carrier.

:*Equip on ship in the '''last''' position.

*Equip on ship in the '''last''' position.

::*Pros: Allows ships that can't be relied on for night battle output to be useful in some ways, as the output doesn't matter if it doesn't get to them.

**Pros: Allows ships that can't be relied on for night battle output to be useful in some ways, as the output doesn't matter if it doesn't get to them.

::*Cons: Likely to lose output in situations where every little bit counts (such as event maps).<noinclude>

**Cons: Likely to lose output in situations where every little bit counts (such as event maps).</onlyinclude>

==Listed by stats==

==Listed by stats==

|iterator = equipmentByIcon|icon = 24

|iterator = equipmentByIcon|icon = 24

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