Thanks for playing and for your great feedback!
Yeah it definitely is just Big Stats = win game at the moment. I tried implementing elemental weaknesses and resistances to the boss for a bit of strategy and variation in builds but didn't have the time to fully playtest it.
The ultimate goal for the jam at least was to see really big damage numbers and just wipe the boss out!
Just glad to hear you really engaged with the game and it made sense to you 😁