Just thinking off the top of my head here...

• Life point memory via bot would unfortunately eliminate the optional stage and all the possible mini-games that could be used to keep things fresh.
• If you want to have the bot handle life points, there's another approach to consider regarding combat... issue all life points in advance like before, but instead of the current combat system, have it be just one roll per person per stage. If the player meets the required number, no penalty and they get a piece of the stage's prize pool. If they fail, deduct 1 life for every point they came up short (in the case of a failed strong attack, that's treated as player rolling a zero).