Is everyone just spamming staircases/bombs?

guys i swear i will never get to floor 100 of the skull cavern without using 10 or more staircases. i’m definitely terrible at combat + i’m relatively new to the game but is anyone actually getting super far down without them? i just got to floor 78 and had to warp home at 1:50am 😔. i have like 200 jades in case i wanna change tactic but like i wanna persevere. i think im gonna just make a ton of megabombs and do it that way but thats really expensive resource wise even though i could trade for quartz. if anyone has any tips that would be super appreciated.

(p.s. i know that theres no consequence for using more than 10 but i still care lol)

edit: GUYS IF ANYONE CARES I DID IT!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳 thanks for all of your advice :)