User blog comment:PrettyGoodGamer/Cat Viper, Dogstorm, and a ton of other mink are about to go sulong/@comment-30281369-20200811211508/@comment-108.83.222.210-20200812023434

I wouldn't call them dead weight. Every member of their group including the children know how to fight. They managed to hold Jack at bay for five days. It seems to me that the moon brings out their full power. So they would just be less powerful and only able to take down the lower ranks without it.