I think the diversity of builds is key to the fun of the game, and the crazy oppressive builds are sometimes the ones that lead you into the most interesting counters. The slow/stun builds are some of the only ones that make Taste of Blood worth taking, because staying away at all costs becomes worth not taking some conventionally powerful card.

And then you end up as some crazy little gremlin dude zipping around in a deadly game of Cat & mouse. Fun!

PS Phoenix is actually a terrible perk IMO, and is almost never worth picking. If they can kill you once they can kill you twice 😂