Thanks, I think that's a reasonable explaination. I'll have to maybe do some testing on that.
i am thinking about doing a new run too, we can help each other out and give each other suggestions/ideas.
1, instead of using a survivor, a warrior would be just as good, better stats/better special move. although, you do need a frog/cat (for normal mobs) spider statue (for orcs). what you do is, run, get some distance, use the statue and then all the mobs chasing you become green(friendly) to you, you can use that coupled with saving/loading to pull off some really crazy stunts. for example, the engineer in cursed abbey, he summons a tons of armies, no worries, lure all of them out, use frog statue, go back to the engineer, he is alone now, kill him.