The Vial is a tempting artifact, but it never really saved me. I either managed to immediately break away, or the enemies killed me.
I also thought the Trap would be a winning weapon, but yesterday I finished the game without it(3 times).
The build included a Pike, Compass, and Squirrel, along with other move artifacts -work.
Oh yeah, also, sometimes it's useful to run away, for example from mages…
p.s. But I'm a developer and I've played this game dozens of times
p.p.s. Thanks for playing and for the review (=