Carnelian banner

Carnelian is one of the worst aged units in the game. Even when she was brand new, her value was questionable. While Beeswax and Mint had some value in lower rarity niches, that wasn't something more meta high-rarity clears really needed, and Carnelian didn't even have enough bulk to make a difference in cases where it might. Then she got powercrept by Lin less than a year and a half later, then again by Pramanix2. It all makes for one of the lowest priority 6★s, who is still pretty bad even if you lack her betters! Carnelian is very much a desire-only promotion and, unfortunately, has pretty much always been that way. If you want to raise her anyway, her S3 is her primary skill which does by far the most damage. The Mastery gains on it are a bit odd as, aside from a token amount of initial SP, only ATK improves. But it's a really big amount of ATK! That can easily justify the investment, and when wound-up, her DPS actually isn't that bad. However, it is a flawed skill. Both the wind-up and cycle time (thanks to the Charged effect) are really bad, which ultimately hinders the skill. Since her S3 is quite flawed, it leaves a lot of room for her S2 to be viable instead. She doesn't