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**If a ship's base firepower is low or just cannot equip landing equipment, it can be viable to use Anti-Ground Rockets to provide a large flat damage increase to supplement the ship's anti-installation damage.
 
**If a ship's base firepower is low or just cannot equip landing equipment, it can be viable to use Anti-Ground Rockets to provide a large flat damage increase to supplement the ship's anti-installation damage.
 
**Depending on whether one or more Anti-Ground Artilleries are to be equipped on a ship, it is recommended to use a WG42 for singular purposes, or Shipborne Model Type 4 20cm Anti-ground Rocket Launchers (or CD) if multiple are needed.
 
**Depending on whether one or more Anti-Ground Artilleries are to be equipped on a ship, it is recommended to use a WG42 for singular purposes, or Shipborne Model Type 4 20cm Anti-ground Rocket Launchers (or CD) if multiple are needed.
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**{{Depth Charge}} {{Equipment/Link|Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai|Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai (Concentrated Deployment)|text=ASW Mortar|link_category=ASW Mortars}} are inferior substitutes to regular Anti-Ground Rockets when lacking those.
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**{{Depth Charge}} {{Equipment/Link|Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai|Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai (Concentrated Deployment)|text=ASW Mortar|link_category=ASW Mortars}} are inferior substitutes to regular Anti-Ground Rockets when lacking those. They can be equipped in the [[RE]] of most auxiliaries, being valuable options in those circumstances.
  
 
*Regarding [[Shell]]s:
 
*Regarding [[Shell]]s:
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|{{TextGlow|'''Nuke Setup'''|black|text-colour=#A9F377|glow-size=2px}}  
 
|{{TextGlow|'''Nuke Setup'''|black|text-colour=#A9F377|glow-size=2px}}  
 
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|{{Med Gun}} {{Landing Craft}} {{Amphibious Tank}}+{{HA Gun}}
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|{{Med Gun}} {{Landing Craft}} {{Amphibious Tank}}+{{HA Gun}}
 
|{{TextGlow|'''DA Nuke Setup'''|black|text-colour=#A9F377|glow-size=2px}} for CL that can equip guns in their [[RE]].
 
|{{TextGlow|'''DA Nuke Setup'''|black|text-colour=#A9F377|glow-size=2px}} for CL that can equip guns in their [[RE]].
 
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*The other Landing Craft should be the {{Equipment/Link|Daihatsu Landing Craft (Type 89 Medium Tank & Landing Force)}} for optimum effectiveness.
 
*The other Landing Craft should be the {{Equipment/Link|Daihatsu Landing Craft (Type 89 Medium Tank & Landing Force)}} for optimum effectiveness.
 
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|{{Landing Forces}} {{Landing Forces}} {{Amphibious Tank}}
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|{{Landing Forces}} {{Landing Forces}} {{Amphibious Tank}}+{{DCother}}
 
|{{TextGlow|'''Omega-Nuke Setup'''|black|text-colour=#A9F377|glow-size=2px}}, [[No.101 Transport Ship Kai]] only.
 
|{{TextGlow|'''Omega-Nuke Setup'''|black|text-colour=#A9F377|glow-size=2px}}, [[No.101 Transport Ship Kai]] only.
 
*Uses LST's unique ability to carry {{Landing Forces}} [[Landing Force]]s.
 
*Uses LST's unique ability to carry {{Landing Forces}} [[Landing Force]]s.
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*For maximum efficacity use:
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*For maximum efficacy use:
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** Use a {{Amphibious Tank}}{{Equipment/Link|Special Type 2 Amphibious Tank|text=Ka-Mi}}
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** Use a {{Amphibious Tank}}{{Equipment/Link|Special Type 2 Amphibious Tank|text=Ka-Mi}}
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** Use a pair one {{Landing Forces}} {{Equipment/Link|Army Infantry Corps|Army Infantry Corps + Chi-Ha Kai|text=Infantry}} and one {{Landing Forces}} {{Equipment/Link|Type 97 Medium Tank (Chi-Ha)|Type 97 Medium Tank New Turret (Chi-Ha Kai)|text=Chi-Ha}}
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** Use a pair one {{Landing Forces}} {{Equipment/Link|Army Infantry Corps|Army Infantry Corps + Chi-Ha Kai|text=Infantry}} and one {{Landing Forces}} {{Equipment/Link|Type 97 Medium Tank (Chi-Ha)|Type 97 Medium Tank New Turret (Chi-Ha Kai)|text=Chi-Ha}}
 
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|{{HA Gun}} {{Landing Forces}} {{Landing Forces}}+{{HA Gun}}
 
|{{HA Gun}} {{Landing Forces}} {{Landing Forces}}+{{HA Gun}}
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|-|Aux=
 
|-|Aux=
 
Other auxiliaries should not focus on the anti-installation role. However, they can still utilize anti-installation equipment, such as in TP phases.
 
Other auxiliaries should not focus on the anti-installation role. However, they can still utilize anti-installation equipment, such as in TP phases.
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=Land-base=
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|-|Introduction=
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{{details|Land-Based Air Squadron}}
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This section covers how to correctly setup the land base. There are two types of LBAS, the '''attack LBAS''' and the '''defense LBAS'''.
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The steps to setup an attack LBAS are the following
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#Range
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#Air power
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#Attack power
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These steps are explained in the corresponding tabs.
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*Regarding cost:
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**LBAS setups need careful planning because each plane changes the bauxite {{bauxite}} cost.
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**Also, when a plane is removed from an LBAS, it becomes unavailable for 12 min (or down to 6 min if the LBAS is leveled).
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*Regarding carrier-based planes:
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**Due to some innate bonuses, a land-based plane will be superior to a carrier-based plane with similar stats. Also, due to complex calculations, relying on displayed stats alone to judge a plane's land-base performance is tricky. So it is recommended to compare planes using the attack power and fighter power calculated on the table summary at the end of the [[LBAS#Plane Stats Summary|LBAS]] page.
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*Regarding plane order:
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**Considering that, enemy air raids can destroy planes on the first two slots, the weakest plane should be put on these slots, generally the recon and/or the fighter.
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*Regarding air power:
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**Be carefull the {{Color|tomato|'''sortie air power'''}} is different that the {{Color|yellow|'''defense air power'''}}.
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**A plane can be good at one but bad at the other.
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**The difference between the two is the ''weight'' of each stat.
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**It is recommended to check the table at the end of the [[LBAS]] page with both air power calculated.
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**Note that only {{ToolTip|'''[[Interceptor|Land-Based Fighters/Interceptors]]'''|{{LB Fighter 1}}{{LB Fighter 2}}{{LB Fighter Jet}}{{LB Shinden}}}} have "interception" {{Interception}} and "Anti-bomber" {{Anti-Bomber}} stats.
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{|class='wikitable'
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|+Stat weight
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!Stats !!style="color:tomato"|Sortie<br>Air Power !!style="color:yellow"|Defense<br>Air Power
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|Fighter Power {{AA}} ||1 ||1
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|Interception {{Interception}} ||1.5 ||1
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|Anti-Bomber {{Anti-Bomber}} ||0 ||2
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|-|Range=
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The first constraint is to have an LBAS that can reach the target.
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Indeed, maps with land-bases have a '''range''' attributed to each node, which is a representation of the distance between the land-base and the node. On the other end, the LBAS has a '''combat radius''' which is the minimum combat radius of the planes equipped in the LBAS.
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===Example with 6-5===
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
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Here is the range of every node on [[6-5]]. It can be observed that the farther a node is from the land base marked by a "AB" cross, the higher the "range" of the node is. To reach the boss, the LBAS needs a combat radius of 5 or more.{{Clear}}
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[[File:World 6 6-5 Map LBAS Range.png|500px]]
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</div>
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The combat radius can be extended by equipping a [[recon]] plane on the LBAS. The extension depend of the combat radius of the recon, consequently the most used are the {{Flying Boat}} [[Type 2 Large Flying Boat]] and the {{Flying Boat}} [[PBY-5A Catalina]] because they are the recon with the highest combat radius. On the other hand {{Land-Based Recon}} {{Equipment/Link|Type 2 Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft|Type 2 Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft (Skilled)|Mosquito PR Mk.IV|text=Land-based Recons|link_category=Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft}} while having less combat radius mitigate the loss of an attack plane by giving an attack and air power bonus.
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The choice to use or not a recon is a complex one, which depends on the situation and the plane available. As LBAS have only 4 slots, losing one for a recon is a huge loss in attack power, so the trade off must be consequent like:
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*Allowing the use of more powerful attackers (with some notable ones having very short combat radius),
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*Allowing the use of fighters to mitigate the plane shot down (fighters have at most a combat radius of 7),
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*Allowing to reach nodes with very high ranges (11+).
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;Note
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*Having a recon on the LBAS also allows the [[contact]] to trigger.
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*On some event maps, the land-base position may change, and with it the range of every node.
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*Not to be confused with the [[Range]] {{Range}} stat for ship.
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Each LBAS plays a complete [[Aerial Combat|Air Battle]], which includes the battle for air superiority that uses {{Color|tomato|'''sortie air power'''}}. As such, it is recommended to try to achieve at least {{Color|red|'''AD'''}} on every LBAS, bringing the following benefit:
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*Reduced LBAS proportional plane shot down,
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**Note that attack power is proportional to slot size, so reducing the plane shot down increases attack power,
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*Increased enemy fighters shot down, which eases the air state requirement for the following LBAS waves and the fleet,
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*Allowed [[contact]] to trigger if a [[recon]] is present (except in '''AP''').
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For that purpose, one or two [[fighter]]s may be equipped in the LBAS. Also, choosing attack planes with higher air power (which increases with improvement) can make the difference.
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;Notes
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*Full fighter LBAS can be used to help a fleet achieve {{Color|green|'''AS'''}} for event gimmick.
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*The LBAS are sent in order, and each LBAS wave reduces the enemy air power, so LBAS 1 needs more air power than LBAS 2, which needs more than LBAS 3.
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*To fine-tune air power, use the ''[https://noro6.github.io/kc-web/#/aircalc air simulator]''.
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|-|Attack power=
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The choice of the attack planes depends on the target's nature.
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;Surface LBAS
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Usually, the goal of an LBAS on a boss node is to clear the escort, especially if it includes abyssals capable of [[opening|opening attacks]].
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As a general rule for [[Land Based Bomber]]s, the {{Torpedo}} stat is used against surface ships and the {{Dive}} stat is used against [[installation]].
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<br>
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Do mind the "[[LBAS#LBAS Special Bombers|special bomber bonuses]]" and other moddifiers, especially:
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*{{IconText|{{LB Fighter 2}}|bomber}} {{Equipment/Link|Bomb-carrying Type 1 Fighter Hayabusa Model III Kai (65th Squadron)}}, which despite having low stats, has unmatched attack power against [[DD]] at the cost of doing basically nothing against everything else.
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*{{LB Attacker}} {{Equipment/Link|B-25}}, which despite having a low {{torpedo}} stat, has different bonuses for each ship type, which makes it powerful, notably against DD and CL.
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*{{Large Land-based Aircraft}} {{Equipment/Link|Shinzan|Shinzan Kai|link=Heavy Bomber|text=Land-Based Heavy Bombers}} which despite high stat are {{Color|red|'''extremely weak'''}} due to multiple reasons.
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The other elements that affect the choice of the attack planes are:
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*The plane [[Anti-Air Resistance]]
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*As previously mentioned, the plane air power {{AA}}
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*The event map bonuses
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!colspan=9|Example of LBAS setup
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!A !!rowspan=5| !!B !!rowspan=5| !!C !!rowspan=5| !!D !!rowspan=5| !!E
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|{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Fighter 2}} ||{{LB Fighter 2}} ||{{Flying Boat}} ||{{Flying Boat}}
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|{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Fighter 2}} ||{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Fighter 2}}
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|{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Attacker}}
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|{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Attacker}} ||{{LB Attacker}}
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|}
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With
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*{{LB Attacker}} any {{ToolTip|'''[[Land-Based Attacker]]'''|{{LB Attacker}}{{IconText|{{LB Fighter 2}}|bomber}}{{LB Assault}}{{LB ASW}}}},
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*{{LB Fighter 2}} any [[Interceptor]] (or [[Fighter]]),
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*{{Flying Boat}} any [[Large Flying Boat]] or a {{Land-Based Recon}} {{Equipment/Link|Type 2 Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft|Type 2 Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft (Skilled)|Mosquito PR Mk.IV|text=Land-based Recon|link_category=Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft}}.
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It is recommended to:
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*Use '''A''' when possible
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*Against node with high air power use '''B''' or '''E'''
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*Against node with very high air power use '''C'''
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*Against far node use '''D''' or '''E'''
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;ASW LBAS
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Just use {{LB ASW}} {{Equipment/Link|Prototype Toukai|Toukai (901 Air Group)|text=Toukai}}.
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The purpose of a defense LBAS is to protect the land base from [[LBAS#Land Base Air-Raid|enemy air raid]], which costs resources. Also, achieving {{Color|green|AS}} during an air raid is often used as a gimmick during events.<br>
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Setuping a defense LBAS is straightforward. First, having 2 [[:Category:High Altitude Interceptors|High Altitude Interceptors]] is almost mandatory for medium and hard modes in events. Then put the interceptor with the best {{Color|yellow|'''defense air power'''}} in the remaining slots.
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{{Category:High Altitude Interceptors}}
  
 
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|{{Hit}} {{AA}}  {{Firepower}}  
 
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|{{Landing Craft}} {{Amphibious Tank}} {{Army Units}} {{Anti-Ground Rocket}}
 
|{{Landing Craft}} {{Amphibious Tank}} {{Army Units}} {{Anti-Ground Rocket}}

Latest revision as of 13:38, 31 January 2026

There is no such thing as a "perfect" or "universal" setup.
Each and every situation requires its own assortment of ships and equipment, with some setups being more common/effective than others.
To observe what setups other players are using in any given situation, please see KCnav

This article aims to cover the most commonly used equipment setups for each ship type. It is to give an idea of what are the most efficient load-outs to make ships effective in a particular role. This means that this article will not cover some niche setups that are too specific. For those equipment setups, please refer to the relevant pages.

  • See here for a breakdown of all equipment types and their related mechanics.
  • For more details on some mechanics, please see each relevant page.
  • Please mind each individual plane slot size when applicable. Aircraft should be placed in the biggest slots available to be more effective.

Do note that the vast majority of the game mechanics are "equipment bases" and not "ship based", which means that most setup aspects are shared on all types of ships.

  • In addition, if a ship can equip a setup viable on other ships, then it will generally be at viable too or at least not detrimental (unless specifically stated otherwise).
  • If a setup is missing on this page, it is possible to extrapolate it from the knowledge of the general setup and equipment rules.

Standard Combat

"Standard combat" refers to most of the encountered engagements in the game, being surface battles in nature, with some air component.

For more information on this topic, see Combat.
For more information on this topic, see Day Battle.
For more information on this topic, see Aerial Combat.
For more information on this topic, see Night Battle.
When referring to "supporting equipment", the following are counted:

Battleships (BB) notably utilize Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Guns, Reconnaissance SeaplaneRecon Seaplane Recons, and Armor-Piercing Shell AP Shells, having heavy firepower Firepower and armor Armor, but lacking torpedo & ASW stats. They:

Equipment Setup Notes
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Armor-Piercing Shell This is the most basic combat setup for BBs. The AP shell enables the most powerful artillery spotting attack and provides bonus damage. This setup should be run the majority of the time.
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Surface RADARSurface Armor-Piercing Shell This is the most basic combat setup for BBs under air incapacity. being similar to the regular one, but lacking the artillery spotting as it cannot be achieved in this circumstance.

This setup is also good to maximize Special Attacks damage.

Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Seaplane/Seaplane Fighter This is the most basic combat setup for BBVs, with the seaplane mix that can be adapted by using more of less SPB or SPF
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Armor-Piercing Shell The "triple gun cutin", a relatively bad cutin in general, but that can be valuable against enemies with very high Armor stat.
  • The Armor-Piercing Shell can be replaced by a Seaplane or Searchlight in some cases.

Misc

Equipment Setup Notes
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Seaplane Fighter Armor-Piercing Shell+RADAR This is a setup for the Yamato-class Kai Ni and requires a reinforcement expansion (SPF is optional, so it can be replaced with the radar if no RE). It also has a higher trigger rate of artillery spotting because the equipment setup fulfills the trigger requirements for a wider array of special attacks.

It also have all the damage bonuses for Special Attacks.

Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun High-Angle Gun Seaplane Armor-Piercing Shell+RADAR This is a setup for the Yamato-class Kai Ni and requires a reinforcement expansion. This setup should also only be used in a main fleet of a combined fleet as it can trigger main/secondary cut-in at night. This setup allows to perform AACI. It also has a higher trigger rate of artillery spotting because the equipment setup fulfills the trigger requirements for a wider array of special attacks.
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Fighter Seaplane Armor-Piercing Shell This is a setup for the Ise-class Kai Ni, having artillery spotting and DA, with great fighter power.

The Armor-Piercing Shell can be replaced by an additional Fighter if more fighter power is required.

Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Dive Bomber Dive Bomber/Seaplane Seaplane This is a setup for the Ise-class Kai Ni, having artillery spotting and DA, with additional opening airstrike power (it can also allow the special Suisei/Zuiun artillery spotting).
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Surface RADARSurface Large SearchlightLarge This is a setup for the Kongou-class Kai Ni B/C Touch.

The radar must have 8+ Line of Sight to increase the trigger rate. The Radiolocator+T22 Radar K4 LMPassive Radiolocator (E27) + Type 22 Surface Radar Kai 4 (Calibrated Late Model) at Improved+4 is very valuable, being the only such radar that can fit in their RE.

RE recommendations:

  • In most cases, using Anti-Aircraft Shell is enough, especially the Kai & Kai 2 varainat that brings Firepower
  • For BBV, the Equipment Card 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai 2.png RoSa K212cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai 2 is also a viable option.
  • When applicable, RADAR are better options.

Standard Aircraft Carriers (CV) notably utilize Dive Bomber Dive Bombers, Torpedo Bomber Torpedo Bombers, Fighter Fighters, required to take part in both Aerial Combat and regular Combat, with their "plane slot" Aircraft stat being the most important. They:

  • Must equip Dive Bomber/Torpedo Bomber bombers to be able to carry any attack.
  • Must not be more than Shouha Lightly Damaged (小破) in order to attack.
  • Cannot attack during Night Battle without the right equipment.
Unlike other ship types, equipment placement order matters for carriers. The general rules are:
  • Bombers in top slots,
  • Torpedo bomber in largest slot,
  • Fighters in the smaller slots,
  • Recons and mics equipment in the smallest slots.
Equipment Setup Notes
Torpedo Bomber Dive Bomber Fighter Fighter This is the basic setup for CV(B/L). It balances striking power with fighter power. One Fighter can be swapped out with a Saiun if preventing Red-T engagement is necessary.
Torpedo Bomber Dive Bomber Dive Bomber Fighter
Torpedo Bomber Torpedo Bomber Dive Bomber Fighter 		This is the basic setup for CV(B/L) that maximize damage.
Torpedo Bomber Torpedo Bomber Dive Bomber Dive Bomber A setup to use when enemy fighter power is almost non-existent/annihilated.

Misc

Equipment Setup Notes
Night Torpedo Bomber Night Fighter Night Fighter Aviation PersonnelNOAP This setup is to allow CV/Ls to perform night battle attacks. Since the CV/L will lose 1 slot to fit the NOAPNight Operation Aviation Personnel
Night Operation Aviation Personnel + Skilled Deckhands, careful consideration needs to be taken when running this setup.
Night Torpedo Bomber Dive Bomber Night Fighter Night Fighter This setup is only for CVN as they are able to perform night battle special attacks without the NOAP. The Dive Bomber should ideally be a Night Aircraft to maximize NB damage and allow CVCI during the day.

RE recommendations:

  • Armor Extra Armor in most cases,
  • The Equipment Card 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai 2.png RoSa K212cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai 2 when facing air power,
  • The Aviation PersonnelSDP SDP+Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands to increase carrier damage output.

Heavy Cruisers (CA) are relatively flexible, utilizing Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Guns, Torpedoes Torpedoes, and Reconnaissance SeaplaneRecon Seaplane Recons, and having strong firepower Firepower, torpedo Torpedo Attack, and "night attack power Night Battle Power" stats, but no ASW. In addition, for night battle only, all IJN 20.3 cm guns20.3cm Twin Gun Mount
20.3cm (No.2) Twin Gun Mount
20.3cm (No.3) Twin Gun Mount
Prototype 20.3cm (No.4) Twin Gun Mount give special Hidden Fit Bonuses.

Equipment Setup Notes
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Wildcard This is the most basic combat setup for most heavy cruisers. It provides both day and night double attacks.

The wild card can be anything that does not interfere with the double attack setup, usually a RADAR or another Seaplane

Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane This is an alternative setup for CAs in the main fleet of a combined fleet. This setup should be used only in main fleets of combined fleets, or against targets with high Armor.

If applicable, one Medium Caliber Main Gun can be replaced by the Aviation PersonnelSCAMP SCAMPSkilled Carrier-based Aircraft Maintenance Personnel to gain the firepower without losing the DA.

Medium Caliber Main Gun Secondary Gun Secondary Gun Wildcard This is an alternative combat setup where CAs are expected to be fighting without artillery spotting. The extra secondary guns will give them extra firepower in the daytime without interfering with night battle double attacks. Any secondary gun can be used but yellow ones are preferred for the higher firepower. The wild card can be anything that doesn't interfere with night battle attacks. It will typically be night battle equipment or an additional yellow gun.
Torpedoes Torpedoes Wildcard Wildcard This is the standard CA setup for TCI. The wild cards can be anything that does not interfere with this setup, usually be a mix of Torpedoes/Medium Caliber Main Gun to increase the damage output, or Lookout/Star Shell Icon.png to increase the trigger rate.

Misc

Equipment Setup Notes
Medium Caliber Main Gun High-Angle Gun RADAR Seaplane+Anti-Aircraft Gun This is a unique setup for Maya Kai Ni. This is the typical setup that allows her to perform artillery spotting, night battle double attacks, and AACI. There are several variants to this setup depending on what role she needs to be specialized in. Trading a Medium Caliber Main Gun for a High-Angle Gun will let her focus more on anti-air at the expense of artillery spotting. If having two 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment) or the GFCS variant, it is possible to maintain artillery spotting and AACI.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Fighter Seaplane Fighter Seaplane Fighter+High-Angle Gun This setup is for the Mogami-class Kai Ni. It maximizes the air power they can bring to bear while maintaining nighttime double attacks. One SPF can be swapped out for a recon seaplane if you need them to perform daytime spotting as well.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Midget SubmarineMinisub Seaplane BomberBomber Wildcard +High-Angle Gun This setup is for Mogami Kai Ni, allowing for oTorp, artillery spotting, and DA.

The wild card is typically a Seaplane Fighter, but can be other night equipment.

RE recommendations:

  • In most cases, using Anti-Aircraft Shell is enough, especially the Kai & Kai 2 varainat that brings Firepower
  • For CAV, the Equipment Card 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai 2.png RoSa K212cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai 2 is also a viable option.
  • When applicable, High-Angle Gun are good options, as they allow to have AS/DA with one less main slot.

Light Cruisers (CL) are very flexible, utilizing Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Guns, Torpedoes Torpedoes, Reconnaissance SeaplaneRecon Seaplane Recons, and Depth ChargesSONAR ASW equipment, and having strong torpedo Torpedo Attack, ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare, and "night attack power Night Battle Power" stats.

  • 4 slots CL can mostly follow CA setups.
  • Also applicable to CT to some extent for standard combat and ASW.
Equipment Setup Notes
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane This is the most basic combat setup for most light cruisers. The exception would be light cruisers that have 0 plane slots. In that case, swap the seaplane for any utility equipment that won't interfere with the double attack setup.
High-Angle Gun High-Angle Gun Air RADARAir The basic AACI setup for light cruisers. It is not particularly recommended, unless the CL is incapable of doing artillery spotting or no other other ship in the fleet is fitted to carry the AACI.
TorpedoesTorpedo TorpedoesTorpedo Torpedoes This setup is the standard TCI setup.

One Torpedoes may be a Midget SubmarineMinisub to add an opening torpedo for capable ships. Two Torpedoes must not be minisubs, as minisubs do not count as torpedos for TCI.

Misc

Equipment Setup Notes
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Midget SubmarineMinisub The "cheat CLT setup" for Midget SubmarineMinisub minisub capable ships, allowing for an opening torpedo and night DA.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Midget SubmarineMinisub Seaplane/Seaplane Fighter+High-Angle Gun A setup for Yura Kai Ni and Yahagi Kai Ni B that allows her to provide either air support or artillery spotting, while maintaining night battle double attacks and opening torpedo. This requires a RE to fit the gun.

In the case of Yahagi, the 4th slot can bring any utility equipment like a sonar, another seaplane, or a radar.

Midget SubmarineMinisub RADAR Wildcard +High-Angle Gun An AACI setup for Yura Kai Ni. This requires a RE to fit the gun.

The wildcard should preferably be a Medium Caliber Main Gun to allow her to maintain night battle double attacks. If need be, the midget submarine can be swapped for a recon seaplane to allow her to perform daytime spotting.

Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Wildcard Wildcard +High-Angle Gun This is a setup to take advantage of Ooyodo/Agano-class Kai Ni/CT reinforcement expansion.

By placing a High-Angle Gun in it, it allows to perform artillery spotting and night battle double attacks while freeing up one/two slots for utility purposes. The wild cards can be anything that does not interfere with the special attacks. It can be night battle equipment or a Fleet Command Facility.

Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Midget SubmarineMinisub Wildcard RADAR This is a unique setup for Yuubari Kai Ni Toku when she isn't running the full TCI setup.

The wild card can be a tank, landing craft, or anti-ground rocket for anti-installation warfare, or a sonar for ASW.

Wildcard Wildcard Midget SubmarineMinisub When night power is not needed, this setup is enough to deal good damage and trigger the oTorp. The wild cards are then used for general supporting, such as night equipment.
Medium Main Caliber High-angle GunMedium Medium Main Caliber High-angle GunMedium Air RADARAir The AACI setup for Atlanta-class, the only viable setup for them, and the best AACI in the game.

RE recommendations:

  • In most cases, using Lookout is enough, giving fit bonuses and increasing Cut-in trigger rate.
  • For AACI setups, using Anti-Aircraft Gun/Anti-Aircraft Fire Director are great, increasing the provided AA and adding more AACI to be triggered.
  • When applicable, High-Angle Gun are good options, as they allow to have AS/DA with one less main slot.
  • When applicable (very specific), the Command FacilityETSCF ETSCFElite Torpedo Squadron Command Facility is a good choice.
  • When applicable, RADAR are good options.

Torpedo Cruisers (CLT) have a very high torpedo Torpedo Attack stat, having the strongest "night attack power Night Battle Power" in the game. They:

Equipment Setup Notes
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Midget SubmarineMinisub This is the most basic combat setup for Kai Ni torpedo cruisers, opening torpedo + night double attack.
TorpedoesTorpedo TorpedoesTorpedo Midget SubmarineMinisub This setup is the standard TCI setup.

Two Torpedoes must not be minisubs, as minisubs do not count as torpedos for TCI.

Wildcard Wildcard Midget SubmarineMinisub When night power is not needed, this setup is enough to deal good damage and trigger the oTorp. The wild cards are then used for general supporting, such as night equipment.

RE recommendations:

  • In most cases, using Lookout is enough, giving fit bonuses and increasing Cut-in trigger rate.
  • When applicable (very specific), the Command FacilityETSCF ETSCFElite Torpedo Squadron Command Facility is a good choice.

Destroyers (DD) are very versatile, utilizing Small Caliber Main Gun Small Caliber Main Guns, Torpedoes Torpedoes, and Depth ChargesSONAR ASW equipment, and having high torpedo Torpedo Attack, ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare, and evasion Evasion, and good "night attack power Night Battle Power" stats, to the detriment of firepower and armor. They:

Equipment Setup Notes
High-Angle Gun High-Angle Gun Wildcard This is the most basic combat setup for all destroyers. Dual-purpose high-angle guns contribute to Fleet Anti-Air (FAA) while allowing them to perform night battle double attacks. Most light guns do not provide enough firepower to allow them to contribute much to day combat. The extra FAA from dual-purpose guns will help more by mitigating airstrike damage. The wildcard can be anything that does not interfere with double attacks. In most cases, this will be an Air RADARAir, allowing any ship to activate AACI 5, with AACI 9 & 13 being also possible if the ship has an RE.
Small Caliber Main Gun Small Caliber Main Gun RADAR This is an alternative setup for maps with minimal enemy airpower. This setup should only be used for destroyers with fit bonuses. It is for maximizing firepower just to squeeze out every last bit of damage.
Torpedoes Torpedoes Torpedoes This setup is the standard TCI setup. It should only be used on destroyers with at least 50 Luck. Destroyers with 40 Luck are still possible candidates for TCI, but should be placed as the flagship to maximize their trigger chances.
Torpedoes Torpedoes Wildcard This setup is an alternative TCI setup. This setup is typically used for low luck (<30 Luck) destroyers.

The wild card should be a Lookout or a Star Shell Icon.png. This will help increase their trigger rate somewhat.

Small Caliber Main High-angle GunSmall Small Caliber Main High-angle GunSmall Air RADARAir + Anti-Aircraft Gun/Anti-Aircraft Fire Director This is the best destroyer AACI setup. The Small Caliber Main High-angle GunSmall must have 8+ AA and the Anti-Aircraft Gun 9+ AA, in order to unlock the best AACI.

For ships with their own AACI, like the Akizuki-class and Fletcher-class notably, those setups have to be tweaked in order to meet the right conditions.

For Lv80+ DD only:

Equipment Setup Notes
Small Caliber Main Gun Torpedoes Surface RADARSurface+Lookout The "GTRL", a night cutin setup that has a great trigger rate, even for ships with relatively low luck.

The gun should ideally be a 12.7 cm Mod D K212.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 2 or a 12.7 cm Mod D K312.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 3, as they give additional damage bonuses.

Drum Canister Torpedoes Surface RADARSurface+Equipment Card Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts.png The "DTRL", a niche night cutin setup that has a great trigger rate, even for ships with relatively low luck.

This setup should only be utilized for routing reasons.

Small Caliber Main Gun Small Caliber Main Gun Torpedoes+Surface RADARSurface The "super mixed cutin", a niche night cutin setup that has the best potential damage output, at the cost of an inferior trigger rate.
  • The guns should ideally be the 12.7 cm Mod D K212.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 2 or/and the 12.7 cm Mod D K312.7cm Twin Gun Mount Model D Kai 3, as they give additional damage bonuses.
  • This setup is only recommended for extreme cases due to its below-average damage output on average, and the fact that it required a DD with 4 slots or capable of equipping a radar in its RE.

RE recommendations:

  • In most cases, using Lookout is enough, giving fit bonuses and increasing Cut-in trigger rate.
  • For AACI setups, using Anti-Aircraft Gun/Anti-Aircraft Fire Director are great, increasing the provided AA and adding more AACI to be triggered.
  • When applicable, RADAR are great options.
  • When applicable (very specific), the Command FacilityETSCF ETSCFElite Torpedo Squadron Command Facility is a good choice.

Coastal Defense Ships (DE) are weak ships with high ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare stat, utilizing Depth ChargesSONAR ASW equipment. They:

Equipment Setup Notes
High-Angle Gun High-Angle Gun Wildcard DE are primarily used for ASW. In the event they are used for combat, high-angle guns contribute to Fleet Anti-Air (FAA) while allowing them to perform night battle double attacks. Most light guns do not provide enough firepower to allow them to contribute in combat. The extra FAA from dual-purpose guns will help more by mitigating airstrike damage. The wildcard can be anything that does not interfere with double attacks. In most cases, this will be an Air RADARAir, allowing any ship to activate at least AACI 5.

RE recommendations:

  • For AACI setups, using Anti-Aircraft Gun/Anti-Aircraft Fire Director are great, increasing the provided AA and adding more AACI to be triggered.

Submarines (SS) have high torpedo Torpedo Attack stats, and are limited to the Opening Torpedo Salvo, the Closing Torpedo Salvo, and Night Battle. They:

Equipment Setup Notes
Torpedoes Torpedoes This is the standard setup for SS. This setup aims to maximize their opening and closing torpedo power. Any TCI that manages to trigger in night battle is just a bonus. SS with 3 slots can either take another Torpedoes or utility equipment like Submarine Equipment or Seaplane.

Two Torpedoes must not be minisubs, as minisubs do not count as torpedos for TCI.

TorpedoesSub_LM + TorpedoesSub_LM By combining Late Model Submarine Torpedoes with Submarine Equipment or with other LM sub torpedoes, the SS will be able to trigger a special TCI at night, while keeping the advantages listed above.
TorpedoesSub_LM + Submarine Equipment

RE recommendations:

  • In most cases, using Submarine Equipment is enough, giving fit bonuses and Line of Sight.

Seaplane Tenders (AV) notably utilize Reconnaissance SeaplaneRecon/Seaplane BomberBomber/Seaplane Fighter seaplane Recons/Bombers/Fighters, as well as some Main Guns and Midget SubmarineMinisub Midget Submarines, participating in most Combat stages, given the correct setup. They can also be used for an Anti-Installation role, as they can carry most Anti-Ground Equipment.

Equipment Setup Notes
Seaplane BomberBomber Seaplane BomberBomber Midget SubmarineMinisub This is the most basic combat setup for most seaplane tenders. Provides maximum potential opening damage.

AV that cannot equip Midget SubmarineMinisub can swap for an extra Seaplane BomberBomber or main guns, with 4-slot also able to take an extra Seaplane BomberBomber. SPB may be replaced with fighters if more airpower is needed.

Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane BomberBomber Midget SubmarineMinisub
Seaplane BomberBomber Seaplane BomberBomber Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun 		This setup is for 4 slots AV. The seaplane bombers give a decent airstrike and allow to perform Artillery Spotting with the double guns.
Wildcard Wildcard Midget SubmarineMinisub When night power is not needed, this setup is enough to deal good damage and trigger the oTorp. The wild cards are then used for general supporting, such as night equipment.

RE recommendations:

Most of the other Auxiliary ships are not combat-focused, and so their set-ups are heavily dependent on special mechanics, or can serve for "stat mulling" such as fighter mulling.

  • They should utilize "CA/CL-like setups", general supporting setups, or mulling if possible.

Submarine Tenders (AS) are very weak, mostly used for certain Routings

Fleet Oilers (AO) can notably refuel ships mid-sortie using Supplies Underway ReplenishmentUnderway Replenishment.

  • They can also carry various support equipment, which can be useful for Resource Farming.

Repair Ships (AR) have the ability to perform "Anchorage Repairs" outside of sorties, when equipped with Facility.png Ship Repair FacilityShip Repair Facility, synergizing when several AR are used.

Amphibious Assault Ships (LHA) are mostly used for an Anti-Installation role, notably utilizing "Landing Equipment".

Equipment Setup Notes
Dive-bomber or Torpedo Bomber Dive-bomber or Torpedo Bomber Wildcard A unique setup for Hayasui Kai, Yamashio Maru Kai, Kumano Maru Kai to allow them to do carrier stricks.

The wild card is usually a Fighter/Seaplane Fighter/Supplies.

Exotic Setups

Other setups that are used in specific situations and/or on specific ships.

  • Usually, only a few ships in a fleet would use such setups.
  • Those setups would not be discarded.

When a very high amount of Fighter Power is required on a specific node to reach air superiority (either for combat effectiveness or a gimmick), it is sometimes viable to sacrifice the attack power of a ship to focus it on bringing the most fighter power.

  • As many as the best Fighter/Seaplane Fighter fighters have to be used on a single ship.
  • Such setup should not be used in the escort fleet of a combined fleet.
Equipment Setup Notes
Fighter Fighter Fighter Fighter A setup reserved for CV/CVB/CVL and other Fighter capable ships.

A Fighter can be replaced by a Saiun for red-T avoidance.

Seaplane Fighter Seaplane Fighter Seaplane Fighter Seaplane Fighter A setup reserved for BBV/CAV/SSV/AV and other Seaplane Fighter capable ships.

Special setups are required to counter the massive accuracy penalties against PT boats.

  • DD and DE, and to some extent CL, should be fitted with such setups, as bigger ships do not benefit as much from them.
Anti-PT boat
Unlike most standard Abyssals, "PT boats" (PT Imp PackPT Imp Pack & Schnellboot Imp PackSchnellboot Imp Pack) are "very small and fast".
  • All ship types suffer a severe Accuracy accuracy and Firepower firepower penalty against PT boats.
  • Attacking them with larger guns is not very effective, smaller guns being recommended instead.
  • Support Expeditions are not affect by any of the following[1].
Attack formula against PT boats
The Attack formula against PT boats:[2][3]
Jet Assault & Airstrike
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Damage}_\text{PT}= \text{Atk}_\text{post-cap} \times \text{Rand} [0.5 ; 0.8] }[/math]


LBAS[4]
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Damage}_\text{PT}= \text{Atk}_\text{post-cap} \times \text{Rand} [0.4 ; 0.7] }[/math]


Shelling
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Damage}_\text{PT}= ( 0.3 \times \text{Atk}_\text{post-cap} + \sqrt{\text{Atk}_\text{post-cap}} + 10 ) \times \prod^{All Equipment}{\text{Mod}_\text{EquipmentAtk}} }[/math]


Opening & Closing Torpedo Salvos
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Damage}_\text{PT}= 0.3 \times \text{Atk}_\text{post-cap} + \sqrt{\text{Atk}_\text{post-cap}} + 10 }[/math]


Night Battle
  • Night Battle data are unclear yet.


With
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Atk}_\text{post-cap} }[/math] the post cap attack power defined here,
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{EquipmentAtk} }[/math] the bonuses given by equipment, described below.
Accuracy formula against PT boats
The Accuracy formula against PT boats:[5][6][7][8]
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Hit Rate}_\text{vs.PT} \text{%} = \Big\lfloor ( 0.3 \times \text{Accuracy}_\text{Atk} + \sqrt{\text{Accuracy}_\text{Atk}} + 15 ) \times 1.2 \times \text{Mod}_\text{Ship} \times \Big( \prod^{All Equipment}{\text{Mod}_\text{EquipmentAcc}} \Big) \times \text{Mod}_\text{Night} \Big\rfloor - \text{EVA}_\text{PT} + 1 }[/math]
With
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Acc}_\text{Atk} }[/math] the standard accuracy described here
    • PT boats are "DDs" in the game, so the [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{formation} }[/math] for vanguard is 1.1 during shelling, and 1.2 during the torpedo phase.
    • Historical accuracy bonuses during Events are included in the Standard Accuracy Term, i.e. it is affected by the [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{PT} }[/math] modifier.
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{EVA}_\text{PT} }[/math] the PT estimated evasion Evasion described bellow,
PT boats stats
Type Luck Luck Eva Evasion [math]\displaystyle{ \text{EVA}_\text{PT} }[/math]
Line AheadLineAhead.png EchelonEchelon.png Line AbreastLineAbreast.png
PT Imp PackPT Imp Pack ? ? 81? 87? ?
PT Imp Pack IIPT Imp Pack II 60 220 80 87 85
PT Imp Pack IIIPT Imp Pack III 60 250 82 89 88
PT Imp Pack IVPT Imp Pack IV ? ? ? 84? ?
Schnellboot Imp PackSchnellboot Imp Pack ? ? ? ? ?
Schnellboot Imp Pack IISchnellboot Imp Pack II ? ? ? ? ?
Schnellboot Imp Pack EliteSchnellboot Imp Pack Elite ? ? ? ? ?


The main Accuracy modifiers are
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Amagiri} }[/math] being include in [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Acc}_\text{Atk} }[/math]:
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Ship} }[/math] the bonus given by ship types, described below,
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{EquipmentAcc} }[/math] the bonuses given by equipment, described below,
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Night} }[/math] being 0.7 during night battle, 1 during day battle.


Amagiri Kai Ni/DAmagiri Kai Ni
Amagiri Kai Ni D has the ability to prioritize focusing on attacking PT imps with significantly increased accuracy if any are present.

  • DD placed in the composition slots above and below her will gain a noticeable accuracy boost and will prioritize attacking PT boats if any are present.
  • The PT boat targeting rate is 100% for all affected ships [9].

During Events, some special bonuses may be added, with "historical" ships and equipment gaining some accuracy bonuses[10].

Ship Type [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{Ship} }[/math]
DD & DE 1.0
CL, CLT, & CT 0.82
All other types 0.7
Equipment [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{EquipmentAcc} }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{EquipmentAtk} }[/math]
1st equipped 2nd equipped 1st equipped 2nd equipped
Small Caliber Main GunSmall Caliber Main High-angle GunSmall Small Caliber Main Guns[11] 1.3 1.15 1.5 2.11.5×1.4
Secondary GunSecondary High-angle GunSec Secondary Guns[12] 1.55 1 1.3
Anti-Aircraft Gun Anti-Aircraft Guns 1.45 1.35 1.2 1.441.2×1.2
Lookout Skilled LookoutsSkilled Lookouts
Torpedo Squadron Skilled Lookouts 		1.75 1 1.1
Landing CraftArmed Soukoutei (Armored Boat Class)Soukoutei (Armored Boat Class) 1.45 1.3 1.2 1.1
Armed DaihatsuArmed Daihatsu 1.45 1.3 1.2 1.1
Amphibious Vehicle Ka-Tsu TanksSpecial Type 4 Amphibious Tank
Special Type 4 Amphibious Tank Kai[13][14] 		1 1.3 1 1.1
Seaplane BomberBomberSeaplane Fighter Seaplane Bombers & Seaplane Fighters 1.5 1 1.2
Dive BomberJetFighterBomber1.pngJetFighterBomber2.png Dive Bombers & JetsKikka Kai
Jet Keiun Kai 		1.375 1.2 1.4 1.821.4×1.3
All other equipment 1 1
Notes
  • It is recommended to use anti-PT setups on DDs only, such setups compromising overall combat effectiveness.
  • Having a Reinforcement Expansion is important because it can save a ship slot by containing a machine gun or skilled lookouts.
  • Combining equipment is recommended to see significant boosts to accuracy.
  • The Amphibious Vehicle Ka-Tsu TanksSpecial Type 4 Amphibious Tank
    Special Type 4 Amphibious Tank Kai     bonus does not stack with the Landing Craft Armed BoatsSoukoutei (Armored Boat Class)
    Armed Daihatsu     ones.
  • Using other setups improving accuracy is also advisable:
References:
  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/yukicacoon/status/1701605514671751674
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/yukicacoon/status/1621162082245967876
  3. ↑ https://wikiwiki.jp/kancolle/PT%E5%B0%8F%E9%AC%BC%E7%BE%A4
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1659942254671216642
  5. ↑ https://twitter.com/Xe_UCH/status/1554299068486397953?s=20&t=OHU47ATyROzVxkmLVVTL-w
  6. ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-T9OfSDOoLKQXtBDeP80izgWl3f5G_eqMQYLW-WbSnw/edit#gid=680928319
  7. ↑ https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1492264067809038343
  8. ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BpctZEkEF94iOR1I704d3Rn9kKg1gAj9tK4cXdq1CNs/edit#gid=0
  9. ↑ https://twitter.com/twillwave1024/status/1705662216979324937
  10. ↑ https://twitter.com/Divinity_123/status/1492264067809038343?s=20&t=wbO5mDqGOL3gRBY9jG3c5w
  11. ↑ Medium Main Caliber High-angle GunMedium Medium Main High-Angle Guns5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)
    GFCS Mk.37 + 5inch Twin Dual-purpose Gun Mount (Concentrated Deployment)     do not to work here.
  12. ↑ Large Secondary High-angle GunSp_Sec Large Secondary (High-Angle) Guns5inch Twin Gun Mount (Secondary Armament) Concentrated Deployment may work here too, to be determined.
  13. ↑ https://twitter.com/yukicacoon/status/1770007636160946603
  14. ↑ https://twitter.com/yukicacoon/status/1781690482130911711
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Equipment Setup Notes
High-Angle Gun High-Angle Gun+Anti-Aircraft Gun/Lookout The combination of equipment greatly negates the accuracy penalty and increases the damage potential, almost guaranteeing one hit kills. It does mean that the destroyer's combat effectiveness is reduced against other targets. Therefore, it is highly recommended to use Reinforcement Expansions to fit the Anti-Aircraft Gun so that another main gun can be used to maintain double attacks.
High-Angle Gun High-Angle Gun Landing CraftArmed + Lookout Utilises the same principles as above, with the greater bonus of the Landing CraftArmed armed boats.

This setup has also some effectiveness against Installations.

Transport Operations requires to bring as much "TP points" as possible per run to be completed:

Notes
  • The landing craft used does not matter to complete the phase, unless it involves anti-installation battles.
  • CL, DD, and Aux should be the ones focussing on carrying the TP equipment, as they are the ship relatively losing the less combat effectiveness.
  • Even so the Supplies Underway ReplenishmentUnderway Replenishment icon is displayed on TP nodes, they do not contribute to TP gauge depletion.
Equipment Setup Notes
CAV/CL/DD/AV/LHA/AO
Landing Craft/Drum Canister/Amphibious Vehicle As much of those equipment must be equipped in the fleet.

Landing Craft should be utilized as much as possible as they provide the most TP points

Small Caliber Main Gun Small Caliber Main Gun Landing Craft/Drum Canister The main setup that still keeps a DA for boss clearing.
Any "normal" setup In some cases, it is better to keep normal combat setups (on some or all ships) in order to clear the boss or prolong as much the phase to drop some looked-after ships.

Anti-Submarine

For more information on this topic, see Anti-Submarine Warfare.
Are listed here some recommended equipment setups for ASW duties. The equipment order is illustrative and does not reasonably matter. As general rules:
  • The first priority is to have an OASW, even at the expense of damage synergy (see the 2nd tab).
  • SONAR Sonars are required to trigger most OASW as well as directly contributing to accuracy, and should not be discarded, and even stacked in some cases.
  • To further maximize ASW effectiveness, regardless if an OASW is triggered or not, it is recommended to use the "damage synergy setup".
  • Do note that DE also have an armor penetration bonus when using Depth Charges.
ASW Damage Synergy
Small SONARSmall
Small Sonars
Equipment Card Type 93 Passive Sonar.png
Type 93 Passive Sonar
Equipment Card Type 4 Passive Sonar.png
Type 4 Passive Sonar
Equipment Card Type 3 Active Sonar.png
Type 3 Active Sonar
Equipment Card Type 3 Active Sonar Kai.png
Type 3 Active Sonar Kai
Equipment Card Type124 ASDIC.png
Type124 ASDIC
Equipment Card Type144 147 ASDIC.png
Type144/147 ASDIC
Equipment Card HF DF + Type144 147 ASDIC.png
HF/DF + Type144/147 ASDIC
Large SONARLarge
Large Sonars
Equipment Card Type 0 Passive Sonar.png
Type 0 Passive Sonar
Depth Charge ProjectorDCP
Depth Charge Projectors
(DCP)
Equipment Card Type 94 Depth Charge Projector.png
Type 94 Depth Charge Projector
Equipment Card Type 3 Depth Charge Projector.png
Type 3 Depth Charge Projector
Equipment Card Type 3 Depth Charge Projector Kai.png
Type 3 Depth Charge Projector Kai
Equipment Card Type 3 Depth Charge Projector (Concentrated Deployment).png
Type 3 Depth Charge Projector (Concentrated Deployment)
Equipment Card Prototype 15cm 9-tube ASW Rocket Launcher.png
Prototype 15cm 9-tube ASW Rocket Launcher
Equipment Card RUR-4A Weapon Alpha Kai.png
RUR-4A Weapon Alpha Kai
AP
Equipment Card Mk.32 ASW Torpedo (Mk.2 Thrower).png
Mk.32 ASW Torpedo (Mk.2 Thrower)
AP
Depth Charge RacksDCR
Depth Charge (Racks)
(DCR)
Equipment Card Type 95 Depth Charge.png
Type 95 Depth Charge
AP
Equipment Card Type 2 Depth Charge.png
Type 2 Depth Charge
AP
Equipment Card Type 2 Depth Charge Kai 2.png
Type 2 Depth Charge Kai Ni
AP
Equipment Card Lightweight ASW Torpedo (Initial Test Model).png
Lightweight ASW Torpedo (Initial Test Model)
AP
Equipment Card Hedgehog (Initial Model).png
Hedgehog (Initial Model)
AP
ASW MortarOther
ASW Mortars
Equipment Card Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai.png
Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai
Equipment Card Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai (Concentrated Deployment).png
Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai (Concentrated Deployment)
ASW Damage Modifiers: [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{synergy} = {Mod}_\text{1} \times {Mod}_\text{2} }[/math]
[math]\displaystyle{ {Mod}_\text{1} }[/math] SONAR + Depth Charges
(Any Sonar + Any Depth Charge) 		1.15
[math]\displaystyle{ {Mod}_\text{2} }[/math] Depth Charge ProjectorDCP + Depth Charge RacksDCR and NO Small SONARSmall 1.1
Small SONARSmall + Depth Charge ProjectorDCP + Depth Charge RacksDCR 1.25
Examples
[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{synergy} }[/math] Small SONARSmall + Depth Charge ProjectorDCP + Depth Charge RacksDCR 1.4375[math]\displaystyle{ 1.15 \times 1.25 }[/math]
Large SONARLarge + Depth Charge ProjectorDCP + Depth Charge RacksDCR 1.265[math]\displaystyle{ 1.15 \times 1.1 }[/math]
Armor Penetration
Indepentant of synergies, some equipment provides additional armor penetration to ASW attacks.

The flat armor penetration value is calculated as follows:

[math]\displaystyle{ \text{Pen} = \sum\limits_{\text{Equipment}} \Big( \sqrt{\text{ASW}_\text{Equipment} - 2} + \text{Mod}_\text{ship} \Big) }[/math]
With
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{ASW}_\text{Equipment} }[/math] the base ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare stat of the applicable equipment,
  • [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Mod}_\text{ship} }[/math] being 1 for DE, 0 otherwise,
Note
  • Armor penetration from equipment stacks,
  • The final armor of the targetted submarine cannot go below 1.

As already stated, in most cases, having a ship triggering an "opening ASW" takes priority over having the best damage setup. When putting aside the "special OASW" that each have other characteristics (see OASW), the mains OASW are the:

  • "Shelling OASW", where DD, CL, CLT, CT, and AO needs to reach 100 Anti-Submarine Warfare while carrying a SONAR Sonar.
    • DE are great in the OASW role, only needing 60 Anti-Submarine Warfare when using a SONAR Sonar.
  • "Carrier OASW", where a CVL, but more commonly a CVE is equipped with at least one ASW Aircraft.
    • Other setups variations do exist but are detrimental to the regular carrier role.
  • Because Anti-Submarine Warfare increase with levels, using high-level ships will help reach the required stat threshold,
    • Many ships do notably reach 100+ ASW at higher levels once married.
In most cases, DD and CL are used for OASW due to their versatility, hence, their required setup are mostly as follow:
Setup Equipment
total ASW 		Base ship ASW
required for OASW 		Notes
Equipment Card Type 3 Active Sonar.png Equipment Card Type 3 Active Sonar.png Equipment Card Type 3 Active Sonar.png 30 70 A setup focussing on OASW only, with no synergy.
Equipment Card Type 3 Active Sonar.png Equipment Card Type 3 Depth Charge Projector.png Equipment Card Type 95 Depth Charge.png 22 78 The base synergy setup, using buildable equipment only.
Equipment Card Type 4 Passive Sonar.png Equipment Card Type 3 Depth Charge Projector.png Equipment Card Type 2 Depth Charge.png 27 72 A base synergy setup, using early obtainable equipment only.
Equipment Card Type 4 Passive Sonar.png Equipment Card Mk.32 ASW Torpedo (Mk.2 Thrower).png Equipment Card Lightweight ASW Torpedo (Initial Test Model).png 51 49 The best 3 slot synergy setup with obtainable equipment
Equipment Card HF DF + Type144 147 ASDIC.png Equipment Card Mk.32 ASW Torpedo (Mk.2 Thrower).png Equipment Card Lightweight ASW Torpedo (Initial Test Model).png 54 46 The best 3 slot synergy setup
  • Those setups are further improved by:
    • Using better ASW gears,
    • A 4th ASW gear for 4 slots ships,
    • Using other equipment giving Anti-Submarine Warfare stat, notably Lookout Lookouts on IJN ships.

Equipment Setup Notes
Small SONARSmall Depth Charge ProjectorDCP Depth Charge RacksDCR Wildcard Best ASW damage setup utilizing synergy.

Do note that reaching the OASW threshold takes precedence over everything, and if not reached, then any ASW equipment giving enough ASW to reach 100 should be used instead.

Small Caliber Main Gun Small Caliber Main Gun Small SONARSmall Wildcard A setup keeping a DA, while unlocking OASW for ships with enough ASW.

For ships with innate OASW, the sonar should be replaced with any depth charge with armor penetration.

Torpedoes Torpedoes Small SONARSmall Wildcard A setup keeping a TCI, while unlocking OASW for ships with enough ASW.

For ships with innate OASW, the sonar should be replaced with any depth charge with armor penetration.

Equipment Setup Notes
Small SONARSmall Depth Charge ProjectorDCP Depth Charge RacksDCR Best ASW damage setup utilizing synergy. DE should only utilize this setup as any other setup is not viable.

RE recommendations:

Only CVE & Kaga Kai Ni Go should be considered for this task, as other CV/CVB cannot attack submarines, and other CVL lack sufficient ASW stats.

  • The use of ASW Aircraft is recommended or even mandatory, in order to unlock certain OASW.
Equipment Setup Notes
Torpedo Bomber Dive Bomber Fighter When the right OASW conditions are met, using a regular CVCI setup is recommended when other surface targets are also present.
Torpedo Bomber Dive Bomber Fighter+Liaison Aircraft/Rotorcraft When the right OASW conditions are not met, using an additional ASW Aircraft just to trigger the OASW is recommended, usually put in the smallest slot for the ones immune to shutdown.
Torpedo Bomber/Dive Bomber/Rotorcraft/Liaison Aircraft/SONAR/Depth Charges When focusing on submarines only, using an assortment of ASW Aircraft/Sonar/Depth Charge is enough, as a CVCI cannot trigger against submarines.

Equipment Setup Notes
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Wildcard Rotorcraft Setup unique to Hyuuga Kai NiHyuuga Kai Ni which allows her to do an OASW with a decent base ASW, while keeping some surface combat capabilities like Artillery Spotting.

The Rotorcraft must be an HelicopterS-51J
S-51J Kai, and should be placed in the smaller plane slot when other planes are used.

Dive Bomber/Rotorcraft/Liaison Aircraft/SONAR/Depth Charges Setup for Yamashio Maru KaiYamashio Maru Kai to allows her to do an OASW, while keeping some utilities by using Fighter or Supplies.

Anti-Installation

For more information on this topic, see Anti-Installation.
As a general rule, to engage in anti-installation warfare, a combination of regular setups (DA, AACI, ASW, ...), has to be mixed with the use of more or less "anti-installation equipment":
Anti-Ground Equipment
Shells Anti-Aircraft Shell Anti-Aircraft Shells
Armor-Piercing Shell Armor Piercing Shells
Anti-Ground Artilleries Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rockets
ASW MortarOther ASW Mortars
Landing Craft Landing Craft Landing CraftTP Transport CraftDaihatsu Landing Craft
Toku Daihatsu Landing Craft
Landing CraftTank Landing Tanks
Landing CraftArmed Armed BoatsArmed Daihatsu
Soukoutei (Armored Boat Class)
Amphibious Vehicle Amphibious Vehicles
Landing Forces Landing Forces
Seaplanes Seaplane BomberBomber Seaplane Bombers
Seaplane Fighter Seaplane Fighters
Dive Bomber Anti-Installation Dive Bombers
Barrage Balloon Barrage Balloons
Ration Rations
  • Regarding Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle Landing Forces Landing Equipment:
    • These provide on average the highest flat/multiplier damage bonus against all installations.
    • As Landing Craft, Amphibious Vehicles, and Landing Forces have separate multipliers, it is recommended to use them in tandem to maximize the effect.
    • Only the following ships can equip those equipment, and so are particularly valuable in those situations:
Ships that can equip Landing Craft / Amphibious Vehicles
Type Landing Craft Landing Craft Both Landing Craft & Amphibious Vehicle Amphibious Vehicle Amphibious Vehicle
DD Ship Banner Mutsuki Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Kisaragi Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Mikazuki Kai.png Ship Banner Shirayuki Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Hatsuyuki Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Miyuki Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Hatsushimo Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Ariake Kai.png Ship Banner Yuugure Kai.png Ship Banner Kawakaze Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Murasame Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Harusame Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Hayashio Kai.png Ship Banner Amatsukaze Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Tanikaze D Kai.png Ship Banner Makigumo Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Hayashimo Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Tamanami Kai.png Ship Banner Ume Kai.png Ship Banner Satsuki Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Fumizuki Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Isonami Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Uranami Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Amagiri Kai Ni D.pngKai Ni D Ship Banner Verniy.png Ship Banner Umikaze Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Yamakaze Kai Ni D.pngKai Ni D Ship Banner Michishio Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Arashio Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Asashio Kai Ni D.pngKai Ni D Ship Banner Ooshio Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Arare Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Kasumi Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Hayashio Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Kiyoshimo Kai Ni D.pngKai Ni D Ship Banner Shiratsuyu Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Shigure Kai San.png Ship Banner Yamakaze Kai Ni.pngKai Ni Ship Banner Kuroshio Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Oyashio Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Yukikaze Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Urakaze D Kai.png Ship Banner Kazagumo Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Okinami Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Asashimo Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Fujinami Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Hayanami Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Hamanami Kai Ni.png
CL Ship Banner Gotland Andra.png Ship Banner Tatsuta Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Kuma Kai Ni D.pngKai Ni D Ship Banner Tama Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Yura Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Kinu Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Abukuma Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Yuubari Kai Ni Toku.pngKai Ni Toku Ship Banner Noshiro Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Yahagi Kai Ni.png
CAV Ship Banner Mogami Kai Ni Toku.pngKai Ni Toku
(F)BB(V) Ship Banner Nagato Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Yamato Kai Ni Juu.pngKai Ni Juu Ship Banner Haruna Kai Ni C.pngKai Ni C Ship Banner Kirishima Kai Ni C.png Ship Banner Fusou Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Yamashiro Kai Ni.png Ship Banner Mutsu Kai Ni.png
CVL Ship Banner Unyou Kai.png Ship Banner Gambier Bay Mk.II.png Ship Banner Houshou Kai Ni Sen.pngKai Ni Sen
AV Ship Banner Nisshin.png Ship Banner Kamoi Kai.png Ship Banner Chitose.png Ship Banner Chiyoda.png Ship Banner Mizuho.png Ship Banner Akitsushima Kai.png Ship Banner Commandant Teste Kai.png Ship Banner Nisshin Kai.png Ship Banner Mikuma Kai Ni Toku.pngKai Ni Toku
AO Ship Banner Souya (AGS).png Ship Banner Ootomari.png Ship Banner Kamoi Kai Bo.png Ship Banner Hayasui Kai.png
LHA Ship Banner Kumano Maru.png Ship Banner Shinshuu Maru.png Ship Banner Akitsu Maru.png Ship Banner Kumano Maru Kai.png Ship Banner No.101 Transport Ship.png
SS(V) All
RE

Equipment Card Soukoutei (Armored Boat Class).png Soukoutei (Armored Boat Class)Soukoutei (Armored Boat Class): Shinshuu MaruShinshuu Maru
Shinshuu Maru Kai

Equipment Card Special Type 4 Amphibious Tank.pngEquipment Card Special Type 4 Amphibious Tank Kai.png Ka-Tsu tanksSpecial Type 4 Amphibious Tank
Special Type 4 Amphibious Tank Kai: I-36I-36
I-36 Kai · I-41I-41
I-41 Kai · I-47 KaiI-47 Kai · I-58 KaiI-58 Kai

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  • Regarding Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rockets:
    • If a ship's base firepower is low or just cannot equip landing equipment, it can be viable to use Anti-Ground Rockets to provide a large flat damage increase to supplement the ship's anti-installation damage.
    • Depending on whether one or more Anti-Ground Artilleries are to be equipped on a ship, it is recommended to use a WG42 for singular purposes, or Shipborne Model Type 4 20cm Anti-ground Rocket Launchers (or CD) if multiple are needed.
    • Depth Charges ASW MortarType 2 12cm Mortar Kai
      Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai (Concentrated Deployment)       are inferior substitutes to regular Anti-Ground Rockets when lacking those. They can be equipped in the RE of most auxiliaries, being valuable options in those circumstances.
  • Regarding Shells:
    • Armor-Piercing Shell AP Shells are mostly effective against "Hard Skin Installations",
    • Anti-Aircraft Shell AA Shells are mostly effective against "Soft Skin Installations".

Nuke Setup describes any setups using anti-installation equipment from multiple categories to multiplicatively amplify damage dealt to installations (dealing "nuclear-like damage").

  • Such a setup has a strong anti-installation power against all installations but is hampered by the daytime damage cap.
  • Nuke Setups are recommended to be used when dealing with Supply Depot Princess in particular, utilizing the high post-cap side of the bonuses to deal with her generally high HP pool.
  • The setup's damage can be further improved by using multiple copies of those types of equipment where applicable.
    • For example, equipping multiple Amphibious Vehicle Amphibious Vehicles or Landing Craft Landing Craft with unique bonuses instead of anti-ground rockets provides better damage output for the ship, however, it is advised to only do so if you have enough available for the other ships in your fleet that require them.

All "surface" anti-installation setups can be further enhanced by using them in Special Attacks, especially the Nelson-class's Touch.

In addition to the regular "supporting equipment" can also be added the Barrage Balloon Barrage Balloons for anti-installation only.

Equipment Setup Notes
General anti-installation setups
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Armor-Piercing Shell+Anti-Aircraft Shell "Best of both worlds", one of the best setups for 4+RE or 5 slot battleships, being both good in regular combat a well as against most installations.
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Armor-Piercing Shell Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle 		Haruna Kai Ni C, Nagato-class Kai Ni, & Yamato Kai Ni Juu only.
  • Note that since they have high FP, they benefit less from precap modifiers, hence such setup sees little use in most cases.
  • Keeping the seaplane allows to still perform artillery spotting to maintain enough effectiveness against other targets.
  • Yamato can equip both Seaplane & Armor-Piercing Shell, and Yamato & Haruna can equip an additional RADAR in their RE if possible.
  • This setup is most effective against SDP & installation-like warships.
Anti-hard skins setups
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Armor-Piercing Shell The basic battleship setup. Because Battleships are not far away from the damage cap compared to other ship types, they do not benefit much from the high pre-cap multipliers that anti-installation equipment provides. The standard artillery spotting setup will allow them to utilize spotting attacks and AP Shell's post-cap bonuses against the installation, as well as be effective against all other targets in the enemy fleet.
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Dive Bomber Dive Bomber Wildcard Ise-class Kai Ni only, taking advantage of the dive bomber bonus, without being limited by the anti-installation DB.
Anti-soft skins setups
Large Caliber Main Gun Large Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Anti-Aircraft Shell This is an option when facing soft-skinned installations. Taking an AA shell will improve their damage against installations, but will also limit the battleship's effectiveness against all other targets by reducing their artillery spotting attack types.
Anti-SDP setups
Large Caliber Main Gun Armor-Piercing Shell Landing Craft Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle+RADAR Nuke Setup , Yamato Kai Ni Juu only.
4-5 x Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle Mega Nuke Setup , Haruna Kai Ni C, Nagato-class Kai Ni, & Yamato Kai Ni Juu only.
  • A setup for extreme cases, not recommended in most cases as it negatively affects the normal combat effectiveness.
Large Caliber Main Gun Amphibious Vehicle Amphibious Vehicle Anti-Ground Rocket+High-Angle Gun Haruna Kai Ni C & Yamato Kai Ni Juu only, DA Nuke, not recommended in most cases as it negatively affects the normal combat effectiveness.
Anti-installation-like warships setups
Torpedoes Torpedoes Amphibious Vehicle Amphibious Vehicle Haruna Kai Ni C only.
Torpedoes Torpedoes Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket Kongou-class Kai Ni B/C & Conte di Cavour Nuovo only.

RE recommendations:

  • In most cases, Anti-Aircraft Shell are better by bringing additional bonuses, especially the Kai & Kai 2 variants, that brings Firepower

In most situations, it is advisable to use regular setups on carriers (with no anti-installation dive bombers), so they will not attack the installations at all and focus on clearing the escorts. Else, the following setups must be used to be able to attack installations:

Equipment Setup Notes
General anti-installation setups
Dive Bomber Torpedo Bomber Fighter Wildcard This is only to be used when having anti-installation dive bombers. It will allow the carrier to still perform CVCI against other targets.
Torpedo Bomber Torpedo Bomber Fighter Wildcard A setup usually not recommended as it sacrifices the CVCI. It can still do significant damage to installations and other targets.
  • The number of torpedo bombers and fighters can be varied depending on the amount of fighter power required.
Anti-SDP setups
Dive Bomber Torpedo Bomber Landing Craft Wildcard CV-Nuke Setup , Gambier Bay Mk.II & Unyou Kai/Ni only.
  • A setup combining CVCI with landing craft bonuses (anti-installation dive bomber still required).
  • Effective when used in the escort of a combined fleet against single fleets, especially for Unyou Kai Ni, who can do night shelling.
Dive Bomber Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle Wildcard Nuke Setup , Houshou Kai Ni Sen, Gambier Bay Mk.II & Unyou Kai/Ni only.
  • Sacrifices CVCI for larger "nuke" bonuses (requires anti-installation dive bomber).
  • The 4th slot can be used to carry a Dive Bomber/Fighter/Liaison Aircraft/Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle, depending on the situation.

RE recommendations:

  • Armor Extra Armor in most cases,
  • The Equipment Card 12cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai 2.png RoSa K212cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai 2 when facing air power,
  • The Aviation PersonnelSDP SDP+Skilled Deck Personnel + Aviation Maintenance Hands to increase carrier damage output.

Equipment Setup Notes
General anti-installation setups
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Reconnaissance SeaplaneRecon Anti-Aircraft Shell
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Reconnaissance SeaplaneRecon Wildcard +Anti-Aircraft Shell 		The only anti-installation equipment a regular CA can carry are AA shells, which is effective against all installations but Pillboxes, and very effective against soft-skinned installations.
  • It allows artillery spotting and deals decent damage against installations.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane BomberBomber/Seaplane Fighter Anti-Aircraft Shell
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane BomberBomber/Seaplane Fighter Wildcard +Anti-Aircraft Shell 		Zara-class Kai/Due Only, with the SPB/SPF providing additional bonuses.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Aircraft Shell
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Anti-Ground Rocket+Anti-Aircraft Shell 		This is an alternative setup only for CAV.
  • If no RE is available, it removes the ability to artillery spot, but for much more powerful damage at night.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Aircraft Shell+High-Angle Gun For the Mogami-class Kai Ni with an RE, this setup additionally maintains the artillery spotting.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket+High-Angle Gun For the Mogami-class Kai Ni with an RE, a DA pseudo-nuke.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle
Medium Caliber Main Gun Midget SubmarineMinisub Seaplane BomberBomber Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle+High-Angle Gun 		This setup is for Mogami Kai Ni Toku, allowing for oTorp, artillery spotting, and DA with anti-installation bonuses.
  • The seaplane can be a Seaplane BomberBomber/Seaplane Fighter for further bonuses.
Anti-SDP setups
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle
Medium Caliber Main Gun Anti-Ground Rocket Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle+High-Angle Gun
Medium Caliber Main Gun Landing Craft Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle+High-Angle Gun 		DA Nuke Setup , Mogami Kai Ni Toku only.
  • Uses Mogami's ability to carry 8cm High-angle Guns8cm High-angle Gun
    8cm High-angle Gun Kai + Additional Machine Guns     in her RE, making this a true nuke setup while keeping the Double Attack.
Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle
Anti-Ground Rocket Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle 		Nuke Setup , Mogami Kai Ni Toku only.
  • Not recommended as it loses the DA.

RE recommendations:

  • In most cases, Anti-Aircraft Shell are better by bringing additional bonuses, with the Kai & Kai 2 variants also bringing additional Firepower.

Equipment Setup Notes
General anti-installation setups
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Anti-Ground Rocket The most basic DA setup for cruisers who cannot carry landing craft.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Reconnaissance SeaplaneRecon Anti-Ground Rocket 		A setup for 4-slot cruisers. This preserves their ability to double attack at night while giving them significant anti-installation power.
  • Using the Reconnaissance SeaplaneRecon is less effective but maintains the day DA for normal combat.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Medium Caliber Main Gun Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle The most basic DA setup for cruisers who can carry landing craft.
Medium Caliber Main Gun Midget SubmarineMinisub Seaplane BomberBomber Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle+High-Angle Gun This setup is for Yahagi Kai Ni B, allowing for oTorp, artillery spotting, and DA with anti-installation bonuses
Anti-SDP setups
Landing Craft Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle
Anti-Ground Rocket Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle 		Nuke Setup
Medium Caliber Main Gun Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle+High-Angle Gun DA Nuke Setup for CL that can equip guns in their RE.

CLT should not engage in anti-installation warfare.

  • They should serve a support purpose (oTorp against regular ships, oasw, balloon, smoke, ...).

Equipment Setup Notes
General anti-installation setups
Small Caliber Main Gun Small Caliber Main Gun Anti-Ground Rocket The most basic DA setup for destroyers who cannot carry landing craft.
Small Caliber Main Gun Small Caliber Main Gun Barrage Balloon A basic setup DA for destroyers who cannot carry landing craft, providing a general bonus to the fleet.
Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket This setup can be better than some basic CA in some cases.
  • All 3 Anti-Ground Rocket should be different to maximize the bonus.
Small Caliber Main Gun Small Caliber Main Gun Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle The most basic DA setup for destroyers who can carry landing craft.
Anti-SDP setups
Landing Craft Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle Nuke Setup
Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle
Anti-Ground Rocket Landing Craft Landing Craft 		Mini-Nuke Setup
  • Substitute nuke setups to use ONLY when lacking Landing Craft or Amphibious Vehicles.
Anti-installation-like warships / mixed fleet setups
Torpedoes Torpedoes Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle TCI + anti-installation setup
  • Adding a Lookout in the RE increases the trigger rate.
Small Caliber Main Gun Torpedoes Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle+Surface RADARSurface Only for Lv80+ high-luck DD that can carry radar in RE.
  • GTR + anti-installation setup

DE should not engage in anti-installation warfare.

  • They should serve a support purpose (oasw, balloon, smoke, ...).
Equipment Setup Notes
Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket Against SDP only, this setup can be better than some basic CA.
  • All 3 Anti-Ground Rocket should be different to maximize the bonus.

SS/SSV should not engage in anti-installation warfare.

Equipment Setup Notes
General anti-installation setups
Amphibious Vehicle / Anti-Ground Rocket Equipping either is required for SS/V to attack installations during shelling.
  • SSV can also equip Seaplane BomberBomber/Seaplane Fighter for further bonuses.

Equipment Setup Notes
General anti-installation setups
Small Caliber Main Gun Small Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle Basic setup maintaining a DA at both day and night.
Secondary Gun Secondary Gun Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle General night DA
Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle Wildcard Wildcard When artillery spotting is unavailable
Anti-SDP setups
Landing Craft Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle
Anti-Ground Rocket Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle 		Nuke Setup
  • 4-slot AVs can also either take a 2nd anti-ground rocket, a midget sub, or a seaplane fighter in their last slot.
Secondary Gun Secondary Gun Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle Double Nuke Setup
  • Secondary Gun are recommended instead of Medium Caliber Main Gun to avoid "Hidden Accuracy Penalties".
    This setup is for 4 slots AV to utilize the "Nuke" with a "Night DA".

Equipment Setup Notes
General anti-installation setups
Small Caliber Main Gun Small Caliber Main Gun Seaplane Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle Basic setup maintaining a DA at both day and night.
Secondary Gun Secondary Gun Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle General night DA
Landing Craft/Amphibious Vehicle Wildcard Wildcard When artillery spotting is unavailable
Anti-SDP setups
Landing Craft Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle Amphibious Vehicle
Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle
Anti-Ground Rocket Landing Craft Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle 		Nuke Setup
  • LHAs can carry some of the strongest 4 slots nuke configurations.
Landing Craft Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle Amphibious Vehicle+Landing Craft
Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Ground Rocket Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle+Landing Craft 		Mega-Nuke Setup , Shinshuu Maru Kai only.
Landing Forces Landing Forces Amphibious Vehicle+ASW MortarOther Omega-Nuke Setup , No.101 Transport Ship Kai only.
High-Angle Gun Landing Forces Landing Forces+High-Angle Gun DA Nuke Setup , No.101 Transport Ship Kai only.
  • Has a lower maximal damage output than the Omega-Nuke, but is more versatile against non-SDP installations with a DA at night.
Secondary Gun Secondary Gun Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle Double Nuke Setup
  • This setup is to utilize the "Nuke" with a "Night DA".

Other auxiliaries should not focus on the anti-installation role. However, they can still utilize anti-installation equipment, such as in TP phases.

Land-base

For more information on this topic, see Land-Based Air Squadron.
This section covers how to correctly setup the land base. There are two types of LBAS, the attack LBAS and the defense LBAS. The steps to setup an attack LBAS are the following
  1. Range
  2. Air power
  3. Attack power
These steps are explained in the corresponding tabs.
  • Regarding cost:
    • LBAS setups need careful planning because each plane changes the bauxite Bauxite cost.
    • Also, when a plane is removed from an LBAS, it becomes unavailable for 12 min (or down to 6 min if the LBAS is leveled).
  • Regarding carrier-based planes:
    • Due to some innate bonuses, a land-based plane will be superior to a carrier-based plane with similar stats. Also, due to complex calculations, relying on displayed stats alone to judge a plane's land-base performance is tricky. So it is recommended to compare planes using the attack power and fighter power calculated on the table summary at the end of the LBAS page.
  • Regarding plane order:
    • Considering that, enemy air raids can destroy planes on the first two slots, the weakest plane should be put on these slots, generally the recon and/or the fighter.
  • Regarding air power:
    • Be carefull the sortie air power is different that the defense air power.
    • A plane can be good at one but bad at the other.
    • The difference between the two is the weight of each stat.
    • It is recommended to check the table at the end of the LBAS page with both air power calculated.
    • Note that only Land-Based Fighters/InterceptorsLand-based Fighter (Navy)Land-based Fighter (Army)Land-based Fighter JetLand-based Canard Fighter have "interception" Interception and "Anti-bomber" Anti-Bomber stats.
Stat weight
Stats Sortie
Air Power		 Defense
Air Power
Fighter Power Anti-Air 1 1
Interception Interception 1.5 1
Anti-Bomber Anti-Bomber 0 2

The first constraint is to have an LBAS that can reach the target. Indeed, maps with land-bases have a range attributed to each node, which is a representation of the distance between the land-base and the node. On the other end, the LBAS has a combat radius which is the minimum combat radius of the planes equipped in the LBAS.

Example with 6-5

Here is the range of every node on 6-5. It can be observed that the farther a node is from the land base marked by a "AB" cross, the higher the "range" of the node is. To reach the boss, the LBAS needs a combat radius of 5 or more.

World 6 6-5 Map LBAS Range.png

The combat radius can be extended by equipping a recon plane on the LBAS. The extension depend of the combat radius of the recon, consequently the most used are the Large Flying Boat Type 2 Large Flying Boat and the Large Flying Boat PBY-5A Catalina because they are the recon with the highest combat radius. On the other hand Land-based Reconnaissance AircraftLB Land-based ReconsType 2 Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft
Type 2 Land-based Reconnaissance Aircraft (Skilled)
Mosquito PR Mk.IV while having less combat radius mitigate the loss of an attack plane by giving an attack and air power bonus.

The choice to use or not a recon is a complex one, which depends on the situation and the plane available. As LBAS have only 4 slots, losing one for a recon is a huge loss in attack power, so the trade off must be consequent like:

  • Allowing the use of more powerful attackers (with some notable ones having very short combat radius),
  • Allowing the use of fighters to mitigate the plane shot down (fighters have at most a combat radius of 7),
  • Allowing to reach nodes with very high ranges (11+).
Note
  • Having a recon on the LBAS also allows the contact to trigger.
  • On some event maps, the land-base position may change, and with it the range of every node.
  • Not to be confused with the Range Range stat for ship.

Each LBAS plays a complete Air Battle, which includes the battle for air superiority that uses sortie air power. As such, it is recommended to try to achieve at least AD on every LBAS, bringing the following benefit:

  • Reduced LBAS proportional plane shot down,
    • Note that attack power is proportional to slot size, so reducing the plane shot down increases attack power,
  • Increased enemy fighters shot down, which eases the air state requirement for the following LBAS waves and the fleet,
  • Allowed contact to trigger if a recon is present (except in AP).
For that purpose, one or two fighters may be equipped in the LBAS. Also, choosing attack planes with higher air power (which increases with improvement) can make the difference.
Notes
  • Full fighter LBAS can be used to help a fleet achieve AS for event gimmick.
  • The LBAS are sent in order, and each LBAS wave reduces the enemy air power, so LBAS 1 needs more air power than LBAS 2, which needs more than LBAS 3.
  • To fine-tune air power, use the air simulator.

The choice of the attack planes depends on the target's nature.

Surface LBAS
Usually, the goal of an LBAS on a boss node is to clear the escort, especially if it includes abyssals capable of opening attacks. As a general rule for Land Based Bombers, the Torpedo Attack stat is used against surface ships and the Dive Bomber Attack stat is used against installation.
Do mind the "special bomber bonuses" and other moddifiers, especially: The other elements that affect the choice of the attack planes are:
  • The plane Anti-Air Resistance
  • As previously mentioned, the plane air power Anti-Air
  • The event map bonuses
Example of LBAS setup
A B C D E
Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Fighter (Army) Land-based Fighter (Army) Large Flying Boat Large Flying Boat
Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Fighter (Army) Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Fighter (Army)
Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Attack Aircraft
Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Attack Aircraft Land-based Attack Aircraft

With

It is recommended to:

  • Use A when possible
  • Against node with high air power use B or E
  • Against node with very high air power use C
  • Against far node use D or E


ASW LBAS
Just use Land-based Patrol Aircraft ToukaiPrototype Toukai
Toukai (901 Air Group).

The purpose of a defense LBAS is to protect the land base from enemy air raid, which costs resources. Also, achieving AS during an air raid is often used as a gimmick during events.

Setuping a defense LBAS is straightforward. First, having 2 High Altitude Interceptors is almost mandatory for medium and hard modes in events. Then put the interceptor with the best defense air power in the remaining slots.

  • High Altitude Interceptors multiply the total air power of all land bases in Air Defense mode, when defending against enemy High-Altitude Bombers. The multiplier depends on the number of high altitude interceptors equipped and which difficulty the event map is played on:
Land-based Fighter (Navy) High Altitude Interceptors
Equipment Card Me 163B.png
Me 163B
Equipment Card Prototype Shuusui.png
Prototype Shuusui
Equipment Card Shuusui.png
Shuusui
Airpower modifier against high altitude raids:
Event Map
Difficulty 		Number of High Altitude
Interceptors Defending
0 1 2 3+
Casual/Easy: 1x 1.1x 1.2x
Medium/Hard: 0.5x 0.8x

Equipment Selection

While the above set-up guide recommends only types of equipment, this section gives the general rules on how to choose equipment within a given type.

Equipment of a same type are mainly differentiated by their "Stats" (Firepower, Torpedo Attack, Anti-Air, ...), including Fit Bonuses (both visible and invisible) and Improvements (Improved) stats, as well as some more specific attributes, like:

  • Modifiers brought in certain mechanics, ranging from combat to routing,
  • Special mechanics induced by certain equipment,
  • Map "historical bonuses".

Equipment have a wide range of stats, however, not all stats are ranked the same way, some being more important than other, depending on the equipment type.

Here, equipment stats are dispatched into 3 categories:

  • Primary Stats: stats that influence the effectiveness of the equipment in its main role, being the main choosing factor,
  • Secondary Stats: stats that can influence the effectiveness of the equipment for other purposes, helping to choose between equipment sharing the same "Primary Stats".
  • Bonus Stats: All the other stats. These stats do not influence the effectiveness of the equipment much, but are appreciable for the general stat stats of the equipping ship.
Equipment Stats Category
Main Armament
Icon Equipment Types Primary Stats Secondary Stats Notes
Small Caliber Main GunMedium Caliber Main GunLarge Caliber Main GunSecondary Gun Main Gun & Secondary Gun Firepower Accuracy
  • For smal caliber Fit Bonus generaly are higher than base stats
  • For Medium and Large caliber Hidden Fit Bonuses plays a major role when choosing a gun
High-Angle Gun High-Angle Gun Anti-Air Firepower Accuracy Having an good AACI takes priority over stats
Anti-Aircraft Gun AA Gun Anti-Air Firepower Accuracy
  • Despite its stats the RLK212cm 30-tube Rocket Launcher Kai Ni is the best on certain ships, due to its unique mechanic.
  • Having an good AACI takes priority over stats
Torpedoes Torpedo Torpedo Attack Firepower Accuracy For Sub torps, Late model ones unlock a better Cut-in
Midget Submarine
SONAR Depth Charges Anti-submarine Weaponry Anti-Submarine Warfare Accuracy Armor Penetration
  • Having OASW takes priority over stats
  • When already having OASW, then ASW Synergy takes priority over stats
Aircraft
Icon Equipment types Primary stats Secondary stats Note
Dive Bomber Night Dive Bomber JetFighterBomber1.png Dive Bomber Dive Bomber Attack AAR ❱❱ Firepower If the main purpose of the ship is ASW then naturally Anti-Submarine Warfare becomes a primary stat
Fighter-Bomber and Jets Anti-Air Dive Bomber Attack AAR ❱❱ Firepower
Torpedo Bomber Night Torpedo Bomber Torpedo Bomber Torpedo Attack AAR ❱❱ Firepower If the main purpose of the ship is ASW then naturally Anti-Submarine Warfare becomes a primary stat
Fighter Night Fighter Fighter Anti-Air ❱❱ Firepower
Reconnaissance Aircraft Carrier Recon Line of Sight Accuracy Firepower Equipping a SaiunSaiun
Saiun (Eastern Caroline Air Group)
Saiun (4th Recon Squad) will override Red T engagements and turn them into Head-on, see here
Reconnaissance SeaplaneRecon Night Reconnaissance Seaplane Seaplane Recon Line of Sight Accuracy Firepower Night Seaplane Recons also unlock the Night Contact
Seaplane BomberBomber Night Seaplane Bomber Seaplane Bomber Line of Sight Dive Bomber Attack ❱❱ AAR Night Seaplane Bombers also unlock the night SPB CI
Seaplane Fighter Seaplane Fighter Anti-Air ❱❱
Rotorcraft Liaison Aircraft ASW Aircraft Anti-Submarine Warfare
Other Equipment
Icon Equipment types Primary stats Secondary stats Note
RADAR Surface Radar Line of Sight Accuracy Anti-Air Firepower
Air Radar Anti-Air Accuracy Line of Sight A minimum amount of Anti-Air is needed for most AACI
Landing Craft Amphibious Vehicle Landing Forces Anti-Ground Rocket Anti-Installation Equipment Anti-installation modifiers The best equipment can change depending on the enemy installation
Armor Extra Armor Armor The Evasion malus is negligible
Engine Improvement Engine Improvement Speed Evasion Evasion Evasion is almost always negligible, as the soft-cap is only at 40
All Other Equipment Are chosen on a case-by-case basis, being often bounded to some specific mechanics
Notes
  • See here for anti-installation gears ranking.
  • Range Range gained from certain equipment can either be advantageous or detrimental, depending on the situation, like for Special Attacks or when Leveling.

See Also

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