#casko

So this has been rusting in my drafts for at least a year and didn’t age well. Given the bashing my most overworked support (and she was having reached bond 10 at the same time as Waver), I feel a need to defend her.

Casko has a few things people aren’t considering. The first is she is a regular summon. Both she and Waver (and Jeanne because everyone forgets her even more and Castoria is probably the final nail in her coffin more than Casko’s) are in the regular pool and thus people have more access to her already.

Second she is lucky that another shares part of her skill.

No, I did not drink cactus juice. I’m serious about this.

You want to know the hard part of double Skadi so far? During events it’s finding another Skadi who at least has third skill maxed and as high as the first one they can go AND the right CE. With Castoria it puts off the stress because you have options of double Tamamo, double Castoria, or the less stressful of the options, one of each. Hell if you have both, you can afford to be even less picky about who you shove in the support slot in the back line because you can make your own double 50% Arts boost.

Third, part of playing Arts comps is the flexibility of it all. You want to do infinite turtle? You can do that. You want to loop damage? You want to 3 turn? You want to keep reviving from the dead? All these are options with Arts. It’s not as stringent as Quick or Buster where you have to hit faster or harder to win. You get creative. You don’t even have to go into high investment of your Servants right away. An option of that flexibility is Casko’s heal as she has one in her NP and one in her skill. You will need a healer because if you’re dwindling health and have no debuff removal skill that isn’t the NP, you’re going to die to burns, poisons, AOE regular attacks etc.

Fourth, her NP is still very good because her NP recycle is based off overcharge. In most setups you could easily get 30-40% recharge and the skill cool down before looping in another of her NP. If DW deigns to give her another buff, just have her reduce cooldowns by two, like the Atlas Academy Mystic Code (they already replaced the Mages Association one’s unique skill with Bunny Arturia so it is a possibility).

In Arts meta everyone has their spot while yes some outperform others depending on situation. Georgios was always my favourite tank before Jeanne. Medea Lily serves as a better healer than Casko and Jeanne. Waver and Merlin can join in without much readjustment. Reines, Jeanne, and Nero Bride added non-Caster options for pesky Saber Alter CQs and Rider nodes. But they’re all pieces.

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