Honkai Star Rail 3.2 New Characters: I Tested Both

Last updated on November 19th, 2025 at 02:02 pm

Enough of that Stellar Jade, I tell you, that I made off with in pursuit of characters who proved to be benchwarmers. And when Version 3.2 was released with Castorice and Anaxa I was aware I had to give them both a trial before you squandered your pulls.

This is my candid impression after playing them in Memory of Chaos, bosses, and all combination of teams I could possibly think of.

Castorice: the HP-sucking Dragon Summoner.

The first impression when I laid my eyes on the kit made by Castorice was that it was another high-risk DPS. However, here is the catch, she is really enjoyable to play.

She is a character of Quantum Remembrance that conjures up this ghostly dragon of Netherwing. The catch? She empties your team HP to charge it. Sounds scary, right? But Netherwing is like a airbag – he can literally buy you time to get your team out of a fatal harm.

What I Liked

• No expertise loss: Unlike the majority of DPS units, she does not consume skill points and thus your supports can actually provide their services.
• Revive utility: My checks of Netherwing protection rescued my runs at least four times when I made gaffes in sequences.
• Regular AoE damage: The Alf right at societal pools of Memory of chaos work best with the latter.

The Reality Check

You need a solid healer. I attempted to make her run on low cost alternatives such as Natasha, which works… barely. Get Luocha or Huohuo, and she is much easier to play. Without them? arp bars You micromanage HP bars.

Besides, she has recommendations of a strange specificity in terms of her speed tuning: below 95 speed is fine but she gets bonuses on above 50 percent HP. It is ironic and it also took me far too long to get the sweet spot.

Anaxa: Philosopher of Weakness Spamming.

Anaxa caught me off guard. This is a guy known as an alchemist that uses random weaknesses on his enemies and when the latter reaches 5 weaknesses, they are in the state of Qualitative Disclosure and get bonus damage.

His ultimate? Strikes each of all seven elements weaknesses simultaneously on opponents. It’s absurd.

What I Liked

• Team flexibility: He has turned my benched DPS characters into viable ones, as he offers the coverage of the weakness that they required.
• Dual role: Role works both as a primary DPS or sub-DPS/support and this is not a common scenario.
• That resuscitate mechanic: Oh, he can revive comrades who are delivery a killing blow. Revolutionary in hard material.

The Downsides

Even to operate properly, he requires 80-100% CRIT Rate. And that is massive investment in stat even without thinking of CRIT Damage or ATK. Moreover, he just applies weaknesses randomly, meaning that sometimes RNG does not unleash its wrath on you and provide a particular part.

So… Who Should You Pull?

After testing both? It has to do with what you are not getting.

Pull Castorice if:

• You should have a good Quantum DPS (and particularly you have not done earlier limited Quantum units).
• You have the best artists, who are healerers.
• You desire plug and play damage devoid of complex installations.

Pull Anaxa if:

• There is no good support in your account.
• You desire long-term flexibility of the roster.
• You will invest in the development of CRIT stats in a proper manner.

Honestly? With few resources, I would have to select one of them and choose Anaxa. This weaknesses implantation allows him to fit into any team practically, and such a change becomes profitable with more characters created. Castorice strikes more at first onslaught, although the usefulness of Anaxa is longer.

Rapid Team Recommendations I Most Recently Applied.

Castorice: Tribbie + Remembrance Trailblazer + Luocha + Castorice.
(F2P substitution: replace Luocha with Gallagher, but pay attention to the speed statistics)

Anaxa: Anaxa + Trailblazer (Ice) + Asta + Lynch.
Language support (Surprisingly) in free characters, too.

Final Thoughts

Version 3.2 does not seem like a must-pull or you-are-screwed kind of affair. Both parts are robust, though none of them is compulsory. Pulling, are you emotionally undecided?–the anniversary will provide you with a free 5 star (Ruan Mei or Luocha), add this to your pulling tactics.

Jump, when you are saving on the patches. Pull when either is filling a certain gap in your roster. And whatever you, please, do, do not pull because of FOMO, I had been there, and it is not worth it.

What’s your pull plan? Castorice, Anaxa or wait until the next hyped character?

Also Read: Honkai Star Rail 3.2 Update: Complete Player Guide