Talk:Laté 298B/@comment-108.88.197.98-20161217232002

I just ran some tests on this plane to see how the Torp/Divebomb damage worked during opening airstrikes. Obviously I don't have direct evidence to prove this, so you'll have to either take my word for it, or ignore me!

Test Information:

Map: 1-1A only

Test Ship:  Commandante Teste (Lvl 59-60 during test; fully modernized)

Ship Equips: Slot 1=12x[Tested Seaplane Bomber*]; Slots 2-4=2xOTO*9,1xOTO


 * Tested Seaplane Bombers:  Zuiun Model 12 >>; Latte 298B >> (I don't know the unicode for e-accent)

Other Conditions:  Minimum Morale of 52 (all tests while sparkled - not sure if this affects airstrikes, but I did it anyway); Critical Hits tracked seperately;  Enemy type not tracked (an oversight on my part, but I don't think it mattered in the end)

Runs: 21 (Zuiun); 28 (Latte); each aircraft also had 2 runs that critted, but these are not counted in the totals.

Summary of Test Damage Results:

Zuiun:  Max=45, Min=40; Max Crit=83; Min Crit=81

Latte:  Max=38; Min=33; Max Crit=71; Min Crit=68

Theoretical Airstrike Damage using Divebomb stat only vs. 1 of either I, Ro, or Ha-class DD:

Zuiun: Max=45; Min=40; Max Crit=84; Min Crit=79

Latte: Max=38; Min=33; Max Crit=72; Min Crit=67

Thoughts:  I did theoretical calculations for the Latte using every combination of .8/1.5/1 modifier and Torp/Divebomb/Torp+Divebomb that I could come up with, using the wiki's damage calculation rules as best I could understand them. Of them, only the "Divebomb stat only" calculations matched up to the ranges of the test data. Additionally, if the Torpedo stat was ever getting used during airstrikes, I should have seen at least a few runs where the Latte did more damage than the Zuiun (not counting crits) due to the torpedo bomber 1.5 modifier. This never happened, with the Zuiun having a higher minimum damage than the Latte had for a max. This supports the conclusion that the Latte's Divebomb stat is the only one being used during opening airstrikes, because the Zuiun Model 12 has Divebomb=7, while the Latte only has Divebomb=5.

Conclusion:  During Opening Airstrikes, the Latte 298B only uses its Divebomb stat for damage calculation. The Torpedo stat has no effect.

Reminders:  I only tested for airstrike damage. I have no idea if the Torpedo stat has effects during shelling, opening torpedo attacks, closing torpedo attacks, or Night Battle.