Holy trinity.. Or maybe not.

[reality_check]

If it looks like an exploit, acts like an exploit, it's an exploit.

Let's look at SE's track history since 2.0:

Paladins tanking through multiple stacks without feeding. They decided to buff warriors after saying this was not their intended way of killing turn 1.

People training through turn 3 instead of killing it? Also called an exploit when the first wave of coil players went through.

What about coil turn 2? People were literally saying the exact same thing you're saying now. People were even saying that SE patched it shortly after, which was a complete lie. SE never touched it.

Feeding dreadnaughts everything in turn 4 was also not SE's intended mechanic for the fight. See point 1 with warriors for their reaction.

People cried when they found out the first twintania kill was circumventing death sentences by standing in conflageration. THIS MUST BE AN EXPLOIT, they said.

So, this whole screaming something as an exploit has gotten old. Move along.