I had a blast with this one! I even made it to two rounds left without having to restart, but it took a lot of strategy. And the difficulty still carried through during the restart where I only had one ally by the end.
Suggestions:
When updating the abilities, it can be difficult to know what previous abilities I had with that player so that I make the most optimal decision. I noticed I can still hover my mouse over some players to see their abilities, but the ability options menu covers most of the screen. Maybe moving the ability options menu to one corner when it pops up could solve that issue. It can also be frustrating when I'm not sure which of my allies has the 'long range attack ability because they're all cornered by opponents so it doesn't show the ability when you hover over them. Unless I'm missing it, maybe some side menu for the player to click on to state all the allies' abilities could help. I still had a great time, but it would help to add something like that.