New leaks about Castorice’s memosprite inHonkai: Star Rail3.2 have emerged, showcasing a fairly large Max HP count, but the high figures don’t really concern me because of a specific gameplay mechanic that had already leaked.Castorice is one of the new 5-star characters arriving with Version 3.2, alongside Anaxa. These two characters have already been confirmed by HoYoverse through drip marketing posts on social media, but other than her rating, element, and Path, little else has been officially revealed about them. However, leaks have detailed a lot of information aboutCastorice’s gameplay kit inHonkai: Star Rail3.2.
The leaks have shown that Castorice will be centered around a power HP-drain mechanic that she uses against her allies as a means to empower herself. As a Remembrance character,Castorice will have a memosprite, and, based on the leaks, this summon will take the form of a dragon, who will also allegedly benefit from her ingrained HP drain with increased damage. In addition to that, the leaks have also shownCastorice’s broken ability inHonkai: Star Rail3.2, which reportedly allows her to revive any fallen character once per battle, even if she is not on the team comp.
Castorice’s Memosprite Is Reported To Have A Whopping 36k Max HP In Honkai: Star Rail 3.2
This Amount Of HP For An Allied Unit Is Unprecedented
Many of the leaks so far had been centered around Castorice, but a new leak has revealed the math behind calculating her memosprite’s Max HP, and the results can be initially astonishing. According to information provided by the leaker HomDGCat, who is currently one of the most reliable leakers,the Max HP of Castorice’s memosprite will be a fixed 36,000 if players are at Equilibrium level 5 or 6, or five times the square of the highest ally target level, but no lower than 2,000 Max HP if players are at Equilibrium level 4 or lower inHonkai: Star Rail.
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The leak was shared in a post tagged as “Reliable” onReddit.Even if players are at lower Equilibrium levels and have their strongest character at level 60, for example, Castorice’s memosprite should be able to reach a total of 18,000 Max HP. This is a staggering amount of Max HP for a playable unit; stronger characters who scale off of Max HP like Blade hardly ever go over 10,000 Max HP, and evenMydei inHonkai: Star Rail, who can increase his Max HP score during battle, struggles to reach such high numbers as easily as Castorice’s leaked memosprite.
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As large as the figures are, however, it may actually be well-balanced. The initial understanding looking at such a high Max HP count is that Castorice’s memosprite may be unbeatable on the field, but that is not necessarily true.The secret to managing the large Max HP count leaked for Castorice’s dragon may lie in a passive Memosprite Talent. As cataloged on Castorice’s page onHoney Hunter World, the 5-star character’s memosprite may have a passive Talent called Moon-Shelled Vessel. According to the ability’s description,Castorice’s memosprite inHonkai: Star Railmay be able to absorb damage for her allies.
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As seen in the leak, this ability sees that, whenever the memosprite dragon is on the field, it can serve as backup for allies. When allies take DMG, their current HP can be reduced to a minimum of 1. After this,Castorice’s memosprite will bear the DMG against those allies at 500% of the original DMG. This shows that, while ally characters will still sustain damage until 1 HP, they will be unable to die if the memosprite is present, as it will absorb any fatal blows inHonkai: Star Rail. The price it pays, however, is increased damage income.
Essentially,this means that if an enemy strikes an ally with 1 HP for 1,000 DMG, Castorice’s dragon memosprite will take a blow of 5,000 DMG in a single hit. When facing tougher enemies that deal even more damage, the absorption damage that the memosprite will take will be even higher, according to the leaks. Considering that the reports show thatCastorice’s HP drain inHonkai: Star Railwill be extremely strong, it shouldn’t be too hard to see allies at 1 HP, which will then automatically trigger the memosprite’s absorption mechanic whenever they would receive fatal damage.
The leaks show that Castorice’s enhanced Skill can consume 40% of all allies’ current HP, which just proves how much HP she can take away from allies.
This is exactly why the large figures leaked for the memosprite’s Max HP don’t make me concerned it will be broken –Castorice’s kit should see that her allies are almost always at low HP counts and, when they do reach 1 HP, the dragon will protect them by taking massive blows, which could see its 36,000 Max HP fully depleted with just a few strong hits from an enemy. How this translates to gameplay with varied team comps remains to be seen, but it may actually prove to be a well-balanced mechanic for Castorice inHonkai: Star Rail.
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From what has been shown so far, Castorice is expected to be a fairly broken character. In addition to the aforementioned global revive mechanic, which could set a terrible precedent for future character releases in the turn-based RPG,all of Castorice’s abilities seem a bit overpowered compared to the other units that are currently available in the game. Castorice is expected to have a huge Max HP count and that should translate into high damage output. It’s no news that severalcharacters are powercrept inHonkai: Star Rail, but Castorice seems to be on another level of power level.
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Among what’s been leaked about Castorice so far, the most comforting information about her kit is that her memosprite may have a way of balancing its own high Max HP count. Meanwhile, her immense damage output and broken revival mechanic are still overwhelming, making me concerned for the future of the game. Even so, all of these leaks should still be taken with a minor grain of salt, as they may be incorrect or altered before Castorice’s official release inHonkai: Star Rail’s upcoming patch, Version 3.2.
