No, this is not an extensive post with calculations proving that castorice is the best character in the game

This is a simple post trying to "clear" a claim that i constantly see around:

"Castorice is way worse than herta/aglaea/mydei"

So for starters lets show off "best" clear from castorice: E0S1 or BP, Tribbie E0/DDD, RMC, Gallagher)

Pollux has a 0 cycle

Kafka has a 0 cycle

Reaver has a 1 cycle

Sting has a 1 cycle

Banana has a 0 cycle

Nikador has a 2 cycle

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E0S1 or BP Herta, Tribbie E0/DDD, Serval passkey, Healer (post Hotfix):

Nikador has a 0 cycle (this is equivalent to pollux)

Sting has a 1 cycle

Reaver has a 0 cycle

Below is with anaxa over serval, considering they shared clears in the 3 options above i'll treat him as the placeholder serval:

Banana has a 0 cycle

Pollux has a 3 cycle

Kafka has a 2 cycle

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Mydei (i don't know what's his best team so i just picked the ones that offered the best clears): E0S1 or Ninja, Sunday E0S1 or S0, RMC, Healer (post Hotfix):

Nikador has a 3 Cycle

Sting has a 1 cycle (0 with tribbie over rmc)

Kafka has a 3 cycle (0 with tribbie over rmc)

Reaver has a 2 cycle (1 with tribbie over rmc)

Pollux has a 3 cycle

Banana has a 0 cycle (only with tribbie)

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Aglaea clears (as you can guess it won't be the same bosses): E0S1 or Jellyfish, E0S1 or S0 Sunday, RMC, Healer

Nikador has a 0 cycle (with robin over sunday)

Sting has a 3 cycle

Svarog has a 0 cycle

Reaver has a 2 cycle (considering the claims that the showcaser wasn't playing correctly i gave her a bonus cycle from the showcased one)

Kafka has a 3 cycle (this uses tribbie v1 to 2 cycle, gave it an extra cycle assuming RMC over tribbie is that impactful

Aglaea needs a 7 cost to 0 cycle pollux (yeah thats the only replay we have on her so idk expect it to be a 3 cycle like the others?)

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In conclusion, it's FACTUALLY incorrect to claim castorice is weaker than those 3, she shares clears and sometimes surpasses them, all while having her best team not even be complete.

Now i'm not making this post to say "people are doompost castorice is busted", but i believe castorice is suffering from extreme postiveposting and negativeposting

No, ruan mei IS NOT close to tribbie, having a 4 cycle average on the bosses above while not a loss is mediocre for a 5* replacement. This is a flag the positive extremes have planted but is simply not backed up by actual results. It's cool that she has options but lets not act like this is a topaz vs moze.

Yes, base castorice IS GOOD, just because her vertical investment is mediocre because everything clashes with the base (E1 isn't E1 without E2, E2 conflicts with LC, LC conflicts with AV tune etc) that doesn't take away that her core gameplay and her functionality are enough to deliver results, this is not about "content shilling castorice" she has results even when the buff is not dedicated to her. Her lack of LC options that aren't paid is indeed a problem, but hey considering how her eidolons are this is the "best case scenario"

You can have problems with castorice kit, hell i shared an insigh from the first kafka showcaser that specifically criticizes castorice i'm not here to praise her, but i also don't enjoy seeing people just spout that she's a "4* DPS" or something because they don't actually understand her gameplay and seen 1 showcase.

TLDR: She's as good as the 3.X late 2.X DPSes at base investment (Cost) if not better, and equal whenever they have to spend a bit more than her because she can't. People gotta understand she has issues but also positives and not be extreme over both