DLC pets vs non DLC pets

[Lizzard]

Is it me, or are most of the DLC pets simply not worth it? I downloaded them and it feels like I'm playing in some sort of "challenge mode". They all seem very conditional. Most early ones affect the pet shop pets, others provide only a temporary round bonus, while others only specialize in certain conditions where you would be at a disadvantage anyhow.

I mean, given the current tactic of stacking health on a fish until you have an invincible round 10+ tank, sacrificing those high health pets for a pet shop pet who gained a couple +1s from feeding a beetle, is a death sentence. Another gives a bonus if you have 3 gold left, which is an RNG on top of the current RNG. Another gives a bonus if you have less than 5 on your team?!

When do any of these actually work????

[treelaunka]

Just bought DLC, after being a free player for a long time, and DLC is OP. Tier 1, you get pets that give PERMANENT stat upgrades to other pets. The giraffe is tier 3 or 4, which... RNG determines if you get it early.

So... after finally spending money, it's the worst case scenario. Paid is better. Paid will win you a game. There will always be people contesting that is not the case, but... really... basic understanding of how to play and then add your wallet, and you will almost always win.

[Tacet the Terror]

DLC pack starts weak, but ends strong. It has a lot more scaling options, so most of its value doesn't come into play until later in the run.

Caterpillar + Turtle in paid deck is about as common as Bison + level 3 tier 1 in normal if you are looking for an easy auto win. Just scale one unit to 50/50 and it becomes 50/50 too. Turtle is mostly to counter the special effect only in the paid pack that overwrites food.