i think that your best option at the moment would be stag knight. however, if your ronda is not able to run 12-3 campaign solo, you should prioritize someone who is.
a couple more pieces of general advice:
Gotta repeat it as often as possible , dont make too many 50s ! 60s way more useful all around . Each 50s that isnt food is just slowing you down . Get them to 50 when you plan to take them 60 soon or have too many ressources (which rarely happens) .
For Clan boss ... Maneater , stag knight , skullcrusher ... long term coldheart , vogoth , genbo , armiger ...not in any specific order ..
And yes stats over set , use sets once you get the stats you need on them (using the events where unequip costs 50% less)
Carpe is spot on.
I'd start with Stag (excellent defense down/attack down champ), go with Scyl after. Quite a few strong options afterwards. Orn is one I like a lot for Dragon farming purposes and we have quite a good start around him. Something like Ronda or another nuker/Apo/Stag/Scyl/Orn should do quite well and get us the artifacts we need to start moving towards a legit Clan Boss comp (Skullcrusher will be another 60 in the future for that)