2 melee 2 ranged standard

[Galvuu]

This feels a lot more grandiose than the reality of playing PCT in all current content. You kinda just see what's happening right now and decide if you're going to prep or not. You can even be caught out and use your damage neutral instant cast tools to slip away. You can even just not use those and smudge a quarter of the arena's length without thinking about it. As someone that does play picto and loves it, I'll be the first to trivialize it. It's basically uncontested.

I mean, a cancelled cast is pretty catastrophic to any of the three casters (idk if that's what you meant). If you cancel one to slam a Holy/Xenoglossy/whatever, you already lost like 1/2s of uptime. Assuming that's what you meant.
But yes, I do think Smudge is the "secret ingredient" to deal with some annoying patterns. It's actually really good. I really just wish SE made Aetherial Manipulation work the same way.