Welcome to today’s deep dive into everything we currently know about Castorice. I’ve got an incredibly detailed breakdown for you. Together, we’ll explore her core mechanics, potential team synergies, ultimate usage, drawbacks, and the hotly debated question of whether she’ll work well with Sunday. Now, let’s jump straight into the action and talk about what makes Castorice so special!
Castorice is rumored to be a character who can quite literally do it all: from delivering massive A.O.E. and blast damage, to offering team-wide buffs, to showcasing some fascinating new H.P. management mechanics that allow her to push her damage further while simultaneously buffing her allies. If you’ve ever wished for a versatile unit that brings an array of damage options and supports your other characters, Castorice might be exactly what you’ve been waiting for.
To understand the buzz, picture a hero who combines raw power, synergy, and the ability to strengthen her entire party. A big reason people are calling her potentially broken is because her kit appears to check so many boxes. She’s not just an A.O.E. monster with high personal damage—she also offers large team buffs that can lift the overall damage of your entire squad. This multi-role capability is reminiscent of some of the top-tier meta characters we’ve seen in past patches, where being able to fill several roles at once is an enormous advantage.
The specific details of Castorice’s buffs, as we’ll see, point toward a character who can seamlessly slot into multiple team compositions. Whether your focus is on maximizing synergy with certain high-HP allies, exploring Memosprite-based characters, or simply looking to give your main D.P.S. a reliable support partner, Castorice could be the missing piece in many teams.
Now, let’s talk specifics. First and foremost, Castorice has been associated with a massive twenty-four percent all-type resistance penetration buff that applies to the entire team whenever she’s on the field. That phrase alone should pique anyone’s interest. Resistance penetration means your team can punch through the enemy’s defenses more effectively, resulting in higher damage numbers overall. A twenty-four percent team-wide buff of this type is borderline insane. A full twenty-four percent is highly significant, almost reminiscent of a Harmony character’s Eidolon.
So we have a scenario where Castorice steps in and, effectively, grants a free pass to dealing massive damage. This is especially powerful if you’re facing enemies that rely on high resistance stats to mitigate incoming attacks. Not only does Castorice boost her own output, but she also propels your entire roster’s damage to new heights. It’s the kind of buff that often belongs on Harmony characters and their Eidolons, yet here it is as part of her standard kit, which is presumably accessible to many players who manage to obtain her.
But that’s not all: Castorice also allegedly has an independent, unconditional damage buff that applies to everyone on her team. This forms a spectacular one-two punch in synergy: you’ve got raw resistance penetration plus another multiplier or flat buff that can raise your team’s damage output. It’s akin to having a Harmony character on your side who’s also a top-tier DPS. Most units that provide such large buffs tend to be more specialized in one domain—like big damage or heavy support—but Castorice seems to straddle both worlds with ease.
While it might sound like all her buffs are purely beneficial for the team, there are rumors that Castorice also carries a selfish damage buff for her own personal attacks. This makes sense when you consider the earlier points: she’s not just a support; she’s supposed to be a main D.P.S. who can deal devastating A.O.E. damage and possibly single-target burst in certain scenarios. Having a personal buff on top of everything else can catapult her damage numbers into truly jaw-dropping territory, depending on how her multipliers scale.
Still, the fact that she can do so much begs the question: What’s the catch? Is there a drawback that prevents her from simply overshadowing every other D.P.S. and support in the game? Fortunately—or unfortunately, depending on how you see it—there is a cost to her incredible power.
Castorice’s biggest drawback is that she drains a certain amount of H.P. from your entire team every time she attacks. This is the resource she uses to enhance both her personal abilities and the damage of her Memosprite.
This risk-for-reward mechanism isn’t entirely new, but it’s a significant enough twist that it changes how you might build and pilot your team. Characters with large H.P. pools or strong sustain abilities become prime candidates to pair with Castorice, as they can offset the self-inflicted damage and ensure your party remains healthy. Moreover, her synergy with Memosprite-based units, like those who have additional H.P. reserves through Memosprites, could be game-changing because that extra H.P. reservoir can be consumed without threatening your core team members too severely.
Why is this synergy so important? In many compositions, losing H.P. across your entire team can put you at risk of accidental K.O.s if the fights go on longer than anticipated or if the enemies have strong A.O.E. attacks of their own. However, if you have a way to recoup that lost H.P.—either through healing skills or revives—then you can exploit Castorice’s kit to its fullest without constantly worrying about wiping your team. Which brings us to the next piece of her kit that counters this HP drain drawback.
One of the most exciting rumors about Castorice is that she has a team-wide revive skill in her kit. Revives are typically extremely powerful because they allow you to recover from mistakes, miscalculations, or random crits that might otherwise force you to retry an entire stage. If Castorice indeed grants a mass revive, it mitigates a lot of the risk involved in repeatedly draining your team’s health.
You could, theoretically, operate under the assumption that if you push the H.P. drain a bit too hard—perhaps to squeeze out extra D.P.S. in a critical moment—you’ve got a fallback plan in the form of her revive. Even if a character or multiple characters falls mid-battle, Castorice can bring them back, making the entire strategy revolve around a high-risk, high-reward style. This dynamic playstyle might prove extremely fun if you’re someone who likes to teeter on the edge of danger for big damage.
Next, there’s a lot of talk about how Castorice doesn’t gain energy in the usual way. Unlike most characters—who accumulate energy through standard actions, over time, or by taking hits—Castorice apparently channels her energy via the H.P. she drains from her team. This distinct mechanic suggests that even if she doesn’t passively gain energy at the normal rate, she can still fill her ultimate bar quickly by actively attacking and siphoning health from her allies.
Why might this matter? Because it opens the door for deeper synergy with characters whose ultimates or abilities generate energy for the team. For instance, if you have a unit like Sunday or Huohuo, pairing them with Castorice could create a loop where she drains H.P. to gain energy faster, then uses her ultimate to unleash devastating damage or utility, potentially fueling the team in turn or receiving energy from the allies. This synergy can make her ultimate available more often than you’d expect, leading to a cycle of constant high damage and buffs.
If we compare this to how Herta gains energy—Herta gets three energy every time an ally attacks an enemy—Castorice might have a similarly unique approach, but one that specifically revolves around her HP drain mechanic. Instead of piggybacking on allies’ attacks, she uses the life force of her own team to power up. It’s a fresh angle that could breathe new life into the game’s meta, especially for those tired of more conventional fill-the-bar systems.
As mentioned, units with large H.P. pools or those that come with additional H.P. resources—like Mydei or Tribbie—are prime candidates to pair with Castorice. Any character who can either soak up damage, restore health, or create additional life resources, such as Memosprites, will find a natural synergy with her kit. For instance, consider a scenario where Mydei is funneling large H.P. amounts into Castorice’s drain, then quickly restoring it through healing or other defensive strategies. This would let Castorice maintain a near-constant buff state without jeopardizing the entire party.
Similarly, Memosprite-based mechanics are also a big deal here. If you have a team composition that heavily focuses on building up and leveraging Memosprites, that synergy with Castorice’s H.P. drain becomes a huge advantage. Memosprites act as extra H.P. pools, effectively absorbing some of the cost of her damage boost. This synergy is especially relevant if Castorice can repeatedly summon or enhance her Memosprite to do joint attacks, further compounding the total damage output.
One of the more heated discussions in the community revolves around whether Castorice will pair effectively with Sunday. On one hand, Sunday’s kit may offer additional energy generation or synergy that boosts Castorice’s capabilities. On the other hand, there’s worry that Sunday’s playstyle might conflict with Castorice’s H.P. drain, making it too risky or inefficient to run the two together.
The synergy might be incredible, or it might be too situational to recommend for most players. A lot depends on the scaling of Sunday’s abilities, the cost of Castorice’s H.P. drain, and how each ultimate interacts with the other.
Moving on, we should address Castorice’s rumored enhanced skill and joint attacks. From what we’ve gathered, she not only has a skill that can become enhanced under certain conditions but also a joint attack mechanic that parallels what we’ve seen with Aglaea and her Memosprite. In practical terms, this means Castorice and her Dragon or Memosprite can join forces to deal a massive blow to all enemies on the field, likely in a destructive A.O.E. radius.
Think of it as a specialized synergy between her and her Memosprite: each time they strike together, you’re likely to see bigger, flashier, or more specialized damage numbers than you’d get from a standard attack. If these joint attacks also benefit from her twenty-four percent resistance penetration buff and her unconditional team damage buff, we might be looking at some of the strongest hits in the entire game.
Castorice can fill multiple roles—main D.P.S., support, even minor healing utility through her revive—while also offering synergy for various team compositions. It’s rare for a character to excel at so many dimensions of gameplay without any severe limitations, which is why many suspect that her H.P. drain mechanic is the main balancing factor.
Whether that balancing factor is enough remains to be seen. If her personal buffs and the team-wide benefits are so strong that you can easily manage or negate the H.P. drain cost, she’ll be a must-pull for many players. If the H.P. drain proves too punishing without heavy investment in synergy units, she might remain a niche pick for advanced or dedicated players who can plan around her mechanics.
Whenever a new character appears to be doing it all, there’s a risk that they’ll completely dominate the meta, rendering many older characters obsolete. A character who does high damage, buffs the team, and never has to worry about resource management typically spells trouble for game balance. Yet the inclusion of the H.P. drain, along with the potentially challenging synergy requirements, might be how Castorice does not overshadow everyone.
If even half of these rumors turn out to be accurate, she’s bound to change the meta in a significant way.