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>Astra gives marginally more atk than Soukaku and Caesar but that isn't why she is the best support
That's also wrong.
Astra gives 200 more ATK, that's not "marginally" because that increase comes out of nowhere at absolutely no additional cost.
Astra also gives 20% DMG absolutely for free, there is not point of DMG% saturation where 20% DMG becomes
bad.
Astra
also gives 25% CRIT DMG, again, for free, and Neko is a CRIT DPS. It's a very valuable stat.
Astra
also makes any team comps work with Astral Voice - the best support Drive Disc set in the game.
Astra
also brings in a Support W-Engine, which usually means either 20% DMG or 12% in-combat ATK increase.
Astra
also enables free Quick Assist with minimal field time costs, and Neko's Core Passive can literally be activated by Quick Assists.
Astra
also pairs incredibly well with Nicole, who Neko pairs particularly well with, unlike the likes of Corin (loses her Additional Ability) or Soldier 11 (gameplay counter-synergy and loses her Additional Ability).
>relative to how great she is for everyone else it's true
Relative to how great she is for everyone else, Astra is particularly great for Nekomata.
Pretty much only Evelyn has a better direct synergy. Neko easily has Astra synergy no worse than Zhu Yuan.
Saying "Astra is bad for Neko" makes less sense than saying "Lighter is bad for Soldier 11", at least the latter
actually saturates DMG% so theoretically there could be a support with the same value as Lighter distributed across different stats that'd work better with S11, but that doesn't change the fact that right now, Lighter is literally the best support for her.
And, most importantly, the initial premise of Astra oversaturating DMG% when it's literally a minor part of her kit, even if you're running her W-Engine, can't be further from truth.
Nothing about that statement makes sense. No matter how you look at it.
If you'd get a Lighter-tier Physical support for Nekomata, you'd replace Nicole, not Astra.