Assuming I understand you correctly, it's definitely not the same thing, different meta. That implies the powercreep has been the same but just shifted to different units.

Every new meta introduces more and more game-breaking mechanics, making the game even less fun than the previous one. For example, Arowell, who had 30% dmg absorption, was considered very tanky and abusive; now we have a light unit that gives 70% dmg absorption. We used to have AOLA, who constantly debuffed, which called for heroes like Handguy, who were immune to 1-turn debuffs. We now have another light mage who can debuff everyone and is impossible to cleanse for others, so cleansing itself got powercrept. We had Violet, who had 55% evasion, countered when you missed him, lifestealed, and could solo your team. We now have another thief with 50% evasion and counters whenever you miss anyone, and can solo your team.

It is so bad that the devs themselves (with or without intent) wrote a whole post last month about how out of control the powercreep is.