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I think you are spot on.
Defender scales better with lvls then Cruel Sthropod does. That is not represented here. (Also the CP is beter)

Mightbe i could do roughly the same calculation of lvl 10 monsters and try to quantify the value of thorns. But i think i will try to check the difference between melee, ranged and magic first.

Thanks for the feedback :)