I can't believe I didn't abuse the Architect Memory Crystal/Plasmium strat sooner. I didn't bother with it when there was limited supplies but once you get the Gland, it's absolutely insane.
Poison Cogflies/Tacks is good for just blitzing bosses from full but this strat is basically the closest to the retard rush approach from HK, all you need is a slight bit of aggression and to know the safest times to re-arm, and then you literally don't need to worry about the rest of the moveset.

Based Architects making this game playable for retards like me. Why aren't Shaman and Witch Crest allowed to be bullshit, actual muh difficulty puritans are just going to use Hunter and Wanderer anyway.