oh no no, I appreciate all the feedback folks have been giving!
This project being on a deadline, I didn't get a lot of time to really fine tune the balance, so there's definitely some potions that are more powerful than they should be and some that are less - and probably a fair number of opponents whose loadouts need to reined in. Once judging is over, I'll probably see about giving the balance of everything some more tweaking. The point about getting more time to bask in your victory is also a very good suggestion.