Do you think certain characters performs the worst at their own route but performs the best when recruited to other house? (Gameplay)

I just saw a post recently that someone let their Caspar died because he was so weak and wasn't worth the trouble to restart. And it's on Crimson Flower. For me, whenever I recruited Caspar, he's always a BEAST at killing his enemies. My RNG growth stats on him have been really solid with Str being the most highest stat during one of my Golden Deer playthrough. But I do have to admit, in Crimson Flower, he sucks ass. I don't want to bench him but his performance was so poor that he's basically having trouble killing a simple enemy, even on Hard Mode.

Do you think it's just timing recruitment? Or a myth/miracle where they perform better outside of their house?

I just saw a post recently that someone let their Caspar died because he was so weak and wasn't worth the trouble to restart. And it's on Crimson Flower. For me, whenever I recruited Caspar, he's always a BEAST at killing his enemies. My RNG growth stats on him have been really solid with Str being the most highest stat during one of my Golden Deer playthrough. But I do have to admit, in Crimson Flower, he sucks ass. I don't want to bench him but his performance was so poor that he's basically having trouble killing a simple enemy, even on Hard Mode.

Do you think it's just timing recruitment? Or a myth/miracle where they perform better outside of their house?