Is this the most character oriented abyss version ever

I personally breeze through floor 12 because I have arle and mauvika. But if you don’t have any of them, I can see it being hard. I mean its still definitely doable and easier with some other chars as well,

However, there is like a huge difference between playing arle and not playing arle in first half. Ive been playing this game since launch and I cant remember if any half was this lopsided sided for a char, like its night and day difference