Can players avoid dying by playing very carefully?

I splat a lot and thats mostly because I carelessly otab/op into disaster or forget I have lots of consumables or god abilities, but there are a couple of cases where I just feel that there’s no way I could escape from death. But given that there are people (accounts) who have unbelievably high win rates and long streaks with different combo each run (that is, not spamming “strong” combos like MiFi^Oka, TrBe^Trog, etc.), it seems to suggest that an especially skilled and cautious player can avoid death 90%+ of the times with their wit. Is this the case? What do you think?

…it seems to suggest that an especially skilled and cautious player can avoid death 90%+ of the times with their wit. Is this the case?

What would be the alternative?

The alternative is that strategy matters a lot.

And I don’t know whether I’d die less if my strategy was better either.

But it is possible to win even as a unarmed mummy, so I do think that excelent tactics can save you even if you have poor strategy.

I think good strategy is part of being a “skilled player”. I don’t think you can be called “skilled”, if you don’t have a good idea about which things are strong in what circumstances, how quick you can get them online on a given combo, and whether or not you should go for them on the specific run in question.

To get very high winrate you need the whole package: tactics + strategy + discipline. To get only somewhat high winrate (like 50% or so) just tactics and some game knowledege are enough, IMO.