Talk:Winter 2017 Event/@comment-28697134-20170223093346/@comment-28069733-20170223120234

It's not a near miss, all Artillery Spotting and night special attacks do scratch damage instead if it does not hit the target. Scratch damage deals up to a value of 6-14% of the target's current hp, which is then floored. So it's perfectly plausible for it to happen on an enemy DD.