the power scaling is so weird ingame that it's really confusing to figure out how strong dilan is canonicallySavescum to hell and back, while in that area.
I got just a modicum amount of stats stolen, and most of that was from the Tormentors (since I wasn't sure what part was story-needed).
On a side-note, even being at actual max level & undrained stats, enemies still wallop you, so you gotta find decent equips and skills to survive, even bordering on exploiting the game. Verdean Roots is a decent start, since basically no enemy (not even bosses) are immune to its special 2-turn stun, so it's good to spam that shit whenever you get the chance, or even use a strat mentioned above with some other Niht skill (that I haven't found yet) that can also put enemies to sleep.
Teary should probably consider putting some more status immunities on bosses at least, if you can perma-Stun bosses, your game's kinda broken.
every fight before element meditation is a long slugfest that takes countless turns and potions
then you meditate on a few essences, get krystal, and dilan gets OP for a bit but after a while it's just a matter of who can 1-shot the other side first, and then queen blossom and peng fuck you sideways
also for someone so strong (Verl) how the fuck is dominic's shitty magic strong enough to remove her? are u telling me if we had dominic vs queen blossom it'd be a 1hit?