Chapter 5 reframes the meta around the new Zombie and Devil anti-trait interactions. Players who lean on passive meatshield stalls are punished - lane-clear pressure becomes mandatory once a single casualty converts into a hostile Blight unit.
The Drakocage miniboss packs 300 HP and a 28 Armor cage that turns frontal pressure into a math problem. Bring Negative Resistance -30% Drakos or armor-piercing bursts.
Outcast on his Alt Form shifts between three phases: ranged Blight Crystal bombardment, burrowing AoE wipe that converts corpses into Cadavers, and a final rapid push that shreds untuned economies.
Players upgrading from Chapter 4 should treat Chapter 5 as a full inventory audit - which Battlers you have at Level 30 and which Bank matches the stage determines the entire clear time.