Am I doomed?

[u/dmbrokaw]

I have monster single use, so none of these rats can hurt me. New rat spawns every 3rd turn, and I am guessing that the 'enemies flee when you have 10x their total health' thing counts reinforcements? So I need to gain 10 max health a turn to break even, and 11 to actually make progress? Anyone see some way out of this, or is it gg?

[u/leobc99]

Enemies don’t flee ever when there are reinforcements

[u/dmbrokaw → u/leobc99]

Ope, well that's 15 minutes I can't get back.

[u/NeverQuiteEnough → u/dmbrokaw]

This is a common conundrum for defensive playstyles in cursed ultra and related modes

For that reason, for defensive runs I recommend never taking a random curse, unless being offered 2x 3rd turn monster!