That makes sense. Our first game we botched it and counted supporters for strength which actually worked really well.
Knowing we played this wrong, our last battle for the round
Player A had 9 supporters and 1 leader, 1 madness chip = Strength 10
Player B had 5 supporters and a 2 leader, 1 madness chip= Strength 7
Player C had 1 supporter and 0 leaders, 1 madness chip= Strength 1
When players drew a madness chip and lost a supporter strength got lowered down.
Also Player C had a chip that replaced supporters from one player and he got to move one of his from another area. This raised their strength and lowered the player they took from.
At the end of the battle Player A had 17 strength after pulling chips and and losing chips.
Player C had the lowest strength but through great pulls and managing other battles they ended up with a strength of 15.
On the last pull player A pulled their last Madness token and Player C ended with 16 and won. What was interesting is was if player A hadn’t busted he would have won as player C didn’t have anymoe chips other than madness.