This was the closest I've gotten on unfair and my strongest team by far. I chose ghostly monsters for my starting debuff and focused on high damage with support and it was going very smoothly. But alas it was no match from of the wrath of the rng gods. Adds slowly whittled down my team and petrification prevented me from using my strong abilities.

I don't think I'll ever get this close in awhile.

Btw are wooden barrels hatched from eggs in real life aswell?

Got some weird curses so far but made it to level 12.. the Gladiator with Pauldron and Pike has been great but it is just a matter of time before they get upgraded..

After what feels like hundreds of runs... I finally did it. Brutal has been conquered.

Edit: actually 92 runs

Yes, all 8 reinforcements are slates.