Aphrissa banner

Should you pull

Blast Casters are a funny archetype. In the early going, Ifrit was one of the best Casters in the game, because there were only two, and it took a long time for another reasonable Caster to come out. Ifrit also retained some of her value as time went on because she had a huge amount of RES-shred. That all hid the fact that, at their core, Blast Casters actually suck. Their long attack interval meant low DPS, and their restrictive range caused more problems than it solved. Of course, the Blast Casters after were 5★s during a time when almost all 5★s sucked so it wasn't too shocking, but now we have another 6★ Blast Caster who just shows those assumptions are unfortunately true. A Blast Caster sucks unless they have some really pumped up numbers or some really great utility. That whole digression is for a point, because that summarizes the skill selection for Aphrissa. Only her S3 has the numbers or utility to actually be useful. And it's actually a good skill so will be decently graded! It does solid DPS and expands her device usage that can lead to some really creative play. I'm actually a big fan of the design! However, her S1 and S2, despite having some utility, just don't have the numbers to back them, and they feel really bad to use, especially by modern DPS standards. In total, she herself is just alright. She's not bad, because the game power level is extremely high right now (no one is bad right now), but as of her release, she does seem like the weakest 6★ ahead of us on global. However, I will say that I actually really love her kit design. I’m surprised the whole device-changing-direction thing got some pushback because I think it’s a really creative exploration of the archetype! tl;dr S3 is her main skill and should get a decent grade (low-S). S1 and S2 may be useful to simps, but are pretty weak DPS-wise, and will probably be ungraded, or low-graded at best.