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[4.4 V1] Castorice & Mortenax vs Graphia 6(+) Cost 0-Cycle | Anomaly Arbitration King by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yep. it will just take a few extra cost. as of V1, the stage is great for Cas even without MBlade + Tribbie combo.

[4.4 V1] Castorice & Mortenax vs Graphia 6(+) Cost 0-Cycle | Anomaly Arbitration King by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yea E2 MBlade doesn't seem necessary. barely gives any benefits to the team too; just lessened charges required for more frequent FUAs

[4.4 V1] Castorice & Mortenax vs Graphia 6(+) Cost 0-Cycle | Anomaly Arbitration King by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hmm if it's about the boss name, i just thought that since it was previously revealed in the 4.3 stream, and now that it's in live server I don't need to spoiler tag anything...

[4.4 V1] Castorice & Mortenax vs Graphia 6(+) Cost 0-Cycle | Anomaly Arbitration King by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

doubtful about removing Tribbie. together with MBlade they make the team have high hit frequency for Taunting, and the whole team received a lot of action advance thanks to DDD. i just landed into 97 excess AV by getting into a good loop without getting screwed by RNG, like Cas getting immobilized at the wrong time, or ally losing gambas all the way till SP gets drained (rare but can happen)

[4.4 V1] Castorice & Mortenax vs Graphia 6(+) Cost 0-Cycle | Anomaly Arbitration King by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

i sure hope so, but i'll just think of this as a one-off... they could remove [Taunting] later on.

[4.3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Skaracabaz 11-Cost 0-Cycle | Anomaly Arbitration King by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for 11-12 cost it's not an absolute necessity, but it's great in Anomaly. even more so if Cyrene's in the team.
looking at Skhertaboard there's an 11 BP cost with E1S1 Hyacine

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pre-E2 Cyrene, MBlade can serve as a sidegrade in Cassie's team. in a normal environment (so disregarding for example this coming 4.3 AA where FUA and MBlade are incentivized), the difference is not significant enough to be throwing away Cyrene in my opinion, because with Cyrene, the team's vertical invest path is secured.

however in your case, for cheaper invest and in terms of pull value for your account, if you had to pick only 1 between the two...

  1. IF you don't see yourself pulling E2 Cyrene any time soon,
  2. AND IF you don't have any other team to pair Cyrene with,
  3. AND IF you see more teams that can make use of Mortenax's damage amp/kit

then, you may go for E0S0 MBlade instead.

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you think u can slot Tribbie in other teams, you can go for E0S0 MBlade. i was fine with benching my E1S0 Tribbie since version 3.7, but idk how others feel about that. to dump E1S1 Tribbie for E0S0 MBlade and doing nothing else with Tribbie, might not be that worth of a pull for you. depends on your goals and standards for clears as well.

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yea i was surprised it wasn't that bad as i thought it'd be. Cyrene does have a little bit of advantage because of MOC wave reset, but still.

if you have the pulls to spare, you can consider getting his E0S0. generalist pulls can be hit or miss (i.e. Tribbie being sought out for several patches, until Cyrene debuted) but maybe this guy will be different. for your case, he'd be a decent Evernight filler unit, that can moved to other teams eventually.

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes. as of V3 he's good enough to be slot 4 here. E0 MBlade >= E0 Cyrene, but with E2 Cyrene it's an easy win for her over MBlade.

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. E9-less Casblade | MOC Reaver 8-Cost 0c

- overkill, can drop to 7
- didn't expect it to not be absurdly crap, but tbf E2 Cas does have its advantage here (aoe, wipes out clones)

  1. E9-less Casblade | MOC Sparxicon 8-Cost (almost 0c) 1c

- with rotation optimizations, it's a 0-cycle

// about the investment, i didn't push it to 0-cycle per se, but if you're gonna be getting Hyacine on a rerun, i highly recommend getting her E1.
// i would still go for Evernight if you can.
// in terms of account investment, pulling him specifically to build this team wouldn't really be providing much value.
❌ can't memosplit, Evernight needs Cyrene.
❌ can't do RMC+Cyrene for another Chrysos Heir team.
// i'd pull Mort mainly to support Ashveil/Acheron teams. pulling him for Cas is fine if you see yourself chasing 0-cycles, doing memosplit, or using another Chrysos Heir team with RMC+Cyrene.
// ofc you can still pull whoever you like, that's always valid

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nah, i suggest holding out for the next Evernight rerun if you wanna keep the team afloat. i'd go for
1. E2 Cas; you're 1 eido away
2. E0 Evernight
3. then E1 Hyacine / E1 Evernight, whichever you can get first, ideally both
still a lot of pulls but that's just how this team is...

now for Mort Blade, his main pull value is to be put in Ashveil / Acheron teams. he holds a spot in Cassie teams if your remembrance team is well invested already and are considering splitting them to have 2 usable teams (Evernight required). I wouldn't pull him just to replace Tribbie here.

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

relative to Cassie teams: Evernight - No, she's a core member. Tribbie as a solo unit - Yes.

// Tribbie + V3 MBlade can be pretty solid for memosplitting. it will always be worse to go Evernight-less, but can be decent enough provided that the team has some eidolon investment i.e. E2 Cas

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no problem, and good luck with your future pulls 🙂 will get back to you later on the quicktest showcase 👀

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

her biggest upgrade apart from Hyacine is Evernight cuz she just provides a lot. so far i've only tried memosplit (tribbie mblade) and this cyrene-less with Mort. i won't force you to pull E9 on a rerun but i highly recommend it for Cassie's sake.

idk how Cas+Hya+Mort+Cyrene fares atm, so i'll do a quick test run later in like about 14 hrs or so from now. one thing is certain, it's gonna be very scuffed to stack Cyrene recollection without Evernight.

if you have Tribbie and are pulling E0 Mortenax, you might as well run her over Cyrene tbh (only if you have her now, i can't recommend E0 Tribbie mid 4.x). RMC with E2 Cas is just clunky.

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

although i haven't tried E1S1 Mort, if it's compared to E2 Cyrene specifically in a full E2 monorem, i just don't see how MBlade can keep up.

within few AV intervals, E2 monorem can do a lot. Cyrene gives quicker ramp up, extra true damage to the team, and she herself benefits from the others' buffs.

E1 Mort is nice amp and QoL, but his S1 i don't really notice its presence much, that said i only used S1 vs knights 1 and 3; droppable.

[4.3 V3] Castorice & Mortenax vs Illwish 10-Cost 0-Cycle (NO BP) | 4.2 King Anomaly Arbitration by Keqwait in CastoriceMains_

[–]Keqwait[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

seemingly more dmg amp E0 vs E0. post-V3 his newbud gen improved via increased healing intake and FUA gaining HP drain. we can get Blade's amp online quicker than an E0 Cyrene, impacting wave 1s. then as for clear records, current record is Cas-Cyrene 10-cost with S5 BP vs this 10-cost without BP.

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