South Dakota

Battleship

South Dakota

Super Rare

South Dakota class

Dtier

Introduction

South Dakota is a Super Rare Battleship character in Azur Lane. South Dakota's class is South Dakota. Faction: Eagle Union.

On the combined Azur Lane tier list South Dakota is D tier, 487th of the 700 characters ranked, from where 3 community tier lists put South Dakota.

Other Battleship characters in Azur Lane: Akane Shinjo, Alabama, Alsace, Andrea Doria, Arizona, Arkhangelsk and 76 more.

What South Dakota does

A tank for the Main Fleet. Every 25 seconds she takes half of the damage the Main Fleet would take for 10 seconds, then heals back up to 50% of what she soaked and gains 10% Firepower, stacking three times.

Her augment module runs that cycle every 20 seconds and trims the redirected damage, and her main guns have up to a 30% chance to deal double damage.

Profile

South Dakota is voiced by Kurosawa Tomoyo in Japanese.

Stats

  • HP41st8,221
  • SPD482nd27
  • Effect ACC592nd74

At max level. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the Azur Lane roster, and the place is out of every character with that stat.

Skills

3
  • The Strongest Shield

    Skill 1

    15s after the battle starts and every 25s afterwards, absorbs 50% of damage taken by the Main Fleet for 10s. At the end of the effect, heals for 20% (50%) of the damage taken and increase own Firepower by 4% (10%) (stacks up to 3 times)

  • (Augment Module) The Strongest Shield+

    Skill 2

    10s after the battle starts, and every 20s after that: for 10s, this ship absorbs 50% of the DMG taken by your Main Fleet and reduces said DMG by 4% (10%). Afterwards, she recovers HP equal to 20% (50%) of the DMG tanked and her FP and ACC increases by 4% (10%) (stacks up to 3 times). (Replaces The Strongest Shield)

  • Focused Assault

    Skill 3

    When this ship fires its Main Guns: 15% (30%) chance to deal double DMG with its Main Guns.

How to get South Dakota

Exchangeable for 20,000 Military Merit through special supply; no other acquisition method currently exists, so prioritize the exchange once enough Merit is collected.

Art

South Dakota key art

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