This game is clearly a pay to win game.
Throughout my time playing, I have found you are locked in a place where you can no longer win any online battles simply because the game matches you with other players who often have a distinct advantage against YOU.
If you want to play the game at odds with others, you simply MUST pay for it. There is no other way and good luck trying.
Overall, the starting experience was great, but after a while of being forced out of bot battles and into online battles, I started to really hate this game, I will not lie.
Another point, The game window is janky and the graphics tend to cause older graphics cards to struggle, resolution tends not to do anything, Animations can cause lag spikes, I once had my installer break along with the games core files.
If I had to rate my experience, it would be a 2 out of 10. battling with bots is fun to see how overpowered you can make a creature, otherwise, the game is unplayable and money locked.