It's not pay to win at all.,every single item can be found, besides the cosmetic wings you can buy for 300 gems.. Would not recomend doing that, as there's way cooler looking wings you can get as drops, I my self have 2 wings at the moment, Hellboy …
Lmao that general is on roids mate, best gear and sword in game and I'm getting owned, I like it tho, it's a challenge :) just have to get his technics and attacks down.
It's definitly harder, which I like, but at the same time it should still be beatable without pots, I've personally cleared both of the current levals, but I had to use my offerings for pots, it's a little to hard