Aircraft Carrier
Saratoga
Elite
Lexington class
Introduction
Saratoga is an Elite Aircraft Carrier character in Azur Lane. Saratoga's class is Lexington.
On our Azur Lane tier list Saratoga is A tier, 77th of the 706 characters ranked, from where 9 current tier lists put Saratoga.
Other Aircraft Carrier characters in Azur Lane: Admiral Nakhimov, Akagi, Akagi-chan, Anniversary Kizuna AI, Aquila, Ark Royal and 56 more.
Is Saratoga good?
A carrier that also shoots: every 10 seconds she fires a gun volley on par with a heavy cruiser's, which gives her far more attacks than a normal carrier and lets her deal with suicide boats. She takes two dive bomber slots instead of torpedo bombers, so her airstrikes cover a wide area and clean up groups well.
The flip side is weak single-target damage, and since she has no damage buffs of her own she wants a teammate like 
Benson, whose airstrike boost also applies to her gunfire.
Pairs well with: Benson.
Strengths
- Regular gun volleys between airstrikes
- Two dive bomber slots for wide coverage
- Handles suicide boats
Weaknesses
- No torpedo bombers, so poor focused damage
- No self damage buffs
Stats
- HP7,072
- SPD33
- Effect ACC95
At max level. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the Azur Lane roster.
Skills
4Artillery Cover
Skill 1Every 20s (every 10s), provides supporting fire with CA-caliber guns (DMG is based on skill's level and this ship's AVI stat). Barrage preview (gif)
(Augment Module) Artillery Cover - Saratoga
Skill 2Every 20s (10s): fires a Lv.1 (Lv.10) supporting barrage using CA-caliber guns, and launches a Lv.1 (Lv.10) special airstrike (barrage and airstrike DMG are both based on the skill's level). (Replaces Artillery Cover)
Fleet Carrier
Skill 3When this ship launches an Airstrike: increases the DMG of your Vanguard by 5% (15%) for 8s. Does not stack with the same skill.
(Retrofit) Witch's Prank
Skill 4When this ship launches an Airstrike: 40% (70%) chance to launch an additional special airstrike (DMG is based on skill's level), inflicting Flooding and Burn DMG to enemies hit.
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