Yes, this is a new low. They did have basically P2P characters back when there were chromium exclusives, but no one really needed any of them, and they do have temporary situations where for a few months you can't get someone above 4* or something even now, but this is different. This is someone you can't unlock at all without spending money, and those who do are likely to have a brand new OP characters as OP as CLS. You would need to have been farming them with five refreshes a day since they've been farmable to have them at a level that would make this doable, and the only people who can afford that either spend money or at at the very top of their arena, which is a tiny percentage of players.
