Originally Posted by
Aidoru
What I'm saying is she would probably one shot it even if she wasn't a crimson rider. Her skill makes her damage gamebreaking. So instead of spending the first turn to 1shot something you already would even without going Crimson Rider (CR), why not go Black Rider (BR) and make it 1 turn to 1 shot 2 enemies or nearly kill 2 enemies instead?
CR's skill only works on the first turn and the additional bonus only works on enemy archers, which you're unlikely to hit as they're generally placed behind units. Unless Crimson Rider can bypass front line defense? BR on the other hand becomes a archer and can attack any unit.
In terms of calculations, in regular form, CR does 125% dmg on first turn (145% on archers) then reverts back to 100%. BR does 60% x 2 forever. 5% less but then you compare their elite forms it becomes 135% (165% archers) vs 80% x 2, 25% more for BR on all but archers and not just a single turn. Let's not forget higher base SPD and ATK, with SPD being extremely important as without it being higher than the enemy, you won't even be doing 350% damage in the first place.
So unless there's a hidden factor I'm not seeing, more scenarios seem to fall towards the advantage of Tiger Kai going BR.