Anyone know if each extra attack of the maul effect from bear have a higher and higher dodge?

I have been TRYING to get hit from maul to see how many extra attacks it gets, but I always dodge.

It appears maul will keep hitting you until you dodge, but each round you have a higher and higher chance to dodge. Even L1 hero's appear to dodge anything after the second attack from maul.

In one recent game I played, every time I encountered a bear it succeeded with the first attack and then made 4 consecutive Maul attacks. I only dodged successfully on the 5th Maul.
This happened at least twice each in three different battles. Not once did my unit dodge until it had taken 5 attacks.

Even groups die quickly when they take that much damage.

I find it exceedingly unbalanced when something as low-value as a bear can do enough damage to kill itself in one battle and do it every time, but my units take close to a dozen attacks to kill it.
This guarantees you lose at least one or two units going up against a bear, and the rewards do not balance the cost.

I think it is funny that people complain about bears. One unit of bowmen is usually enough to kill them without ever getting hit. They are intended to force the player to avoid melee. Or just use an Assassin with high dodge. There are so many strategies to avoid bears. If one is getting 5 hits on you, it is a high level bear with high Accuracy. The argument could be made that Maul is overpowered, and it is still a little buggy, but we are supposed to be strategists.

So strategize.