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= 🎣 Fishing Skill Tier List (with Reasoning & EV) =

== 🟥 Top Tier ==

=== 🧠 Stamana ===
'''Effect:''' Redraw your cards

'''Why it’s strong:'''
* More cards = more damage = more successful catches
* Redrawing = eliminate misses, find better cards
* Each level = ~50–150% more damage
* Indirectly multiplies your chance to hit high-value targets

'''Verdict:''' Core to every build. Strong early, strong late.  
'''Value:''' ''Unmatched consistency and upside.''

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=== 🌿 Weed Dealer ===
'''Effect:''' Increases seaweed gained per fish

'''Why it’s strong:'''
* Highest raw % increase in seaweed gain
* Scales extremely well with Dual Yielding and high catch counts
* Depends heavily on rounding mechanics:
** If '''rounding down:''' [1.63% → 50.00%] gain
** If '''rounding up:''' [13.63% → 50.00%] gain

'''EV:''' <code>0.4218</code>  
'''Verdict:''' High-value investment. Potentially broken if rounding favors you. Testing in progress.

== 🟨 High Tier ==

=== ⚔️ Dual Yielding ===
'''Effect:''' Chance to catch 2 fish

'''Why it’s strong:'''
* Doubles value from:
** Weed Dealer
** Luck (for rare fish)
** Quality 2 fish
** Jebaitor
** Gigapengu comps
* Indirectly speeds up Mastery gain
* Synergizes with every other major mechanic

'''EV:''' <code>0.1687</code>  
'''Verdict:''' Incredible scaling and synergy. Core mid- to late-game.

== 🟦 Mid Tier ==

=== 🍀 Luck ===
'''Effect:''' Chance to increase fish rarity

'''Why it’s "meh":'''
* Only 1.25% chance
* Less effective as base rarity increases
* No effect on Giga fish
* May hurt odds in future comps if they favor commons
* Helps Mastery for rare fish

'''EV:''' <code>0.1424</code>  
'''Verdict:''' Synergistic but unreliable. Risky long-term investment.

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=== 🎣 Jebaitor ===
'''Effect:''' Bonus cast on a catch

'''Why it’s conditional:'''
* Strong if catch rate > 87.5% (better than Dual Yielding)
* Weak if catch rate < 75% (worse than Luck)
* Energy cost and second catch requirement hurt consistency
* Strong potential in competition with DY synergy

'''EV:''' <code>&lt; 0.1898 × catch rate</code>  
'''Verdict:''' Niche. Strong in optimal builds or comps, but energy-hungry and inconsistent.

== 🟧 Low Tier ==

=== 🔮 Fintuition ===
'''Effect:''' % chance to see opponent's next move

'''Why it’s mixed:'''
* 2.5% = once every ~7 casts
* Can prevent wasted turns and increase reliability
* Many situations already "solved" with good cards
* High investment needed to feel useful

'''Verdict:''' Interesting for control players, but payoff is too delayed for most builds.

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=== 🎯 Rod Control ===
'''Effect:''' 2% crit chance for +50% damage

'''Why it sucks:'''
* Only +1% average damage
* Realistically even lower due to typical miss rates (~0.66%)
* May actually lose you fish depending on crit behavior on misses

'''Verdict:''' Absolute garbage. Always take Stamana instead.

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=== 😖 Taste ===
'''Effect:''' Gain extra seaweed on catch

'''Why it’s broken (in a bad way):'''
* Doesn’t scale with Weed Dealer
* Doesn’t benefit from Tonno’s +50% days
* Should scale with DY and Luck—but it doesn’t
* One upside: may help with faster Mastery levels

'''EV:''' <code>0.0511</code>  
'''Verdict:''' Feels bugged. Avoid for now.

== 🧠 Closing Notes ==
* '''Next Steps:''' Testing rounding behavior for Weed Dealer
* '''Current Meta Build Suggestion:''' Stamana → Weed Dealer → Dual Yielding
* '''Future Comp Outlook:''' Dual Yielding + Jebaitor combo likely to dominate

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