This was a tough but doable quest.
Part 1 was extremely easy. I used my regular team to autofarm.
Part 2 was tough.
The bad news: every mob enemy is an elite enemy that inflicts insanity. Getting hit with 20 insanity doesn’t sound so bad. I have Goldie on my roster, so I can just heal it away. Until that 20% chance procs and now the enemies heal and get the ailment reflect. The stronger heroes you bring, the worst it can be for your own team.
The medium news: Eldritch Power can be helpful, but also not. First you have to use 5 specials to charge it up. The first stage I used 0 specials because I was too worried about insanity. This is not a good strategy. The boss wave on the early stages have one boss surrounded by 4 (or maybe 5 I forget) mobs. Would I rather do 1000% damage to one, or Toon.Azlar damaging everyone? If you’re using a sniper, Eldritch form is probably good. But I didn’t always want to replace Azlar. Or Morel providing defense down. Or Daroga providing an attack stack.
The good: Just use Proteus. After a couple of rough attempts, I decided I’d go back to an age old strategy and just use Proteus. It’s only three waves. The mobs aren’t particularly tough. I could bring a bunch of Mana pots and it wasn’t too bad. Use your mana control heroes for this quest. I survived with just Proteus, but I considered Waddles and other mindless attack type heroes as well.
I didn’t try a hero like Junaid who hits and heals, which could help limit insanity.
Overall, I think the average player (who probably has never seen an insanity hero and doesn’t visit the forum), will get crushed by insanity. I expect a lot of complaints coming up.