SSFHC Chaos Inoculation at start?

Has anyone ever tried rushing chaos inoculation at the start of the game and somehow managed to slowly go through the game, grinding zones for ES gear?


Or

Is that literally impossible?

CI feels bad without proper gear.

its possible but its the equivalent of not taking any life nodes unless you stop and farm for a while, you don't gain anything and it just slows you down.

chaos damage isnt that much of a problem, you are better of being hybrid with 2.5k life and 2.5k es, rather than being es with 3.5k

I'm sure someone out there could do it, given enough time.

Does it make sense: No.

Can it be done if you want to try it as a challenge: Yes.

People have played in the Gauntlet Race Event by Zizaran on SSF HC and got to level 100. That meant:
Monsters deal 20% Increased Damage
Monsters have 20% Increased Attack, Cast and Movement Speed
Monsters Gain 30% of Physical Damage as Extra Fire, Cold and Lightning Damage
Monsters fire 2 Additional Projectiles
Players have -40% to All Resistances
Monsters have 40% More Life

I'd say applying all those mods on monsters lowers your effective life pool more than going for early CI (given some gear). Easy? No. Advantageous? No. A challenge? Yes and not an impossible one.