>>543282946
Anon, that was for ranking autism. Most of the stages were clearable with "normal" dolls. And even some rankings had an easy mode to get most of the rewards that mattered (equipment/fairy). By the time the super hard stages started appearing we already had QoL like the masks, exchange, career mode, etc.
Though I'll give you event dolls like P22 that were pretty meta because of shields. But that's unavoidable to some extent due to the nature of the game. It's like complaining about Jill, Rico or Angelica.