Hi and thanks for playing :D
You are almost correct about stats, but there’s one important detail you seem to missed / forgot / decided to not mention ;)
Underuse of items happens to be common theme, but at this dark path you have to give something to get something. Almost none, of whom I’ve seen playing, used items at first run. Personally, I see that as win for item design.
Hope you had fun playing and thanks for detailed feedback.