That is correct, but then again, if he dies there is no revive, so your attempt is shot anyway. And the vipers works perfect, in fact the ferryman wave was usually the quickest to clear
I guess if you are only going for those colorless shards then yeah. Obviously the rewards are better in madness, but (even ignoring how hard this one is) recent dungeons were approx 2-3min per clear @ 10SoT versus about 20-30 seconds per clear on normal or hard at 6 or 8 SoT... If you are going for the 800 wins, it is a no brainer to me. I want to save ironite cost and lower the amount of SoT i need while also ending the event quicker. Even more so, now that we can farm in NC for gold, this event is significantly cutting down on the gold earned for as long as we stay out of NC.
Krampus was a superstar for me... I guess a replacement would be any toon that can carry alchemy for cleanse effect. Or a toon that auto cleanses (dont think that exists) or a toon that can remove golden effects. He does both very well and then also has multiple extra turns in a row.