Aite - you put effort into this, and so I will as well.

1) First and foremost - lesson number one in this game is to not waste resources unnecessarily. This is of primordial importance for things like shards and books, but is also important when it comes to things like who you choose to level, rank up, ascend, and get masteries for. The short and sweet here is - don't. Don't level, rank up, ascend, or get masteries for *anyone* except the ones you absolutely need for the content you are trying to overcome. The biggest way to set back your progression is to start making level 40s and 50s just because they are epic, or even legendary. The rarity of the champion does not, in any way, reflect their value to you.

2) Stop with your campaign progression. There's no benefit, and it costs a huge amount of energy to do. Come back to this much later, when you have good champs that can duo through it. It's not important at all right now.

3) Don't worry about Hydra, Twins, or Sand Devil.

4) Get as far into Doom Tower as you are able to. The sooner you can get started here, the better - and there's no resource cost, so it's guilt-free.

5) In terms of your roster: Ronda, Armiger, Nia, and Genbo are the only four you should spend any resources on. Nia should be your next priority, followed by Ronda. Your "go-to" team will include Deacon, Nia, and Ronda, and probably Genbo. To round out the team you'll need someone with good CC, and you don't have that yet. Keep an eye out for champs with AoE stun/freeze.

Thanks for the response.

I understand your spending, campaign, dungeon, DT, and need for a better CC champion comments and am now just going +8 on artifacts for faction wars, team arena, etc. for now. In terms of spending on champions, I've researched every character I've upgraded. Hence why I called Armiger an honorary epic. 

Do you see any major mistakes in which champions I've upgraded so far? For instance, I've repeatedly seen that Geomancer and Deacon are two of the strongest epics. Stronger than most legendaries. Also that Warmaiden is one to max as she'll be useful in early and late game? but, why would Geomancer not be in my main team? I also chose to stick with Elhain over Ronda, and now I have Kael if I wanted to go that way, but isn't it substantially harder to fully max Ronda than Elhain or Kael when from my understanding the damage is not that different and the aforementioned rares have more utility? And wouldn't I want to keep those legendary books for some of the best legendaries if it takes so long to get these books when Ronda is not necessarily that strong?

Not trying to challenge what you're saying. I just don't fully understand the game and this has been how I approached certain decisions. A lot to take in. 

Edit: Also, for instance would you sacrifice warmaiden 50 (with most masteries and fully ascended at 5 stars) to get Nia up to 6 stars faster? Because Deacon has the strong version of decrease DEF?

No, I don't think you've made any major mistakes. Can we quibble over some people, like choosing to bring Reliquary Tender to 60? Sure. But they aren't huge mistakes. Just cautioning you in advance. Warmaiden, for example, is perfectly fine to leave at 50, and will not make it into any of your teams once you have the others leveled - but also just keep her, because you'll probably use her for FW. Geomancer is great in some places, but he's not really ideal in dungeons because he does nothing on waves. He's best suited for CB and Hydra.

Ronda is worth maxing simply because she is one of the best at what she does - damage. She'll be on every one of your teams once she's maxed. Dungeons, CB, DT, Hydra - everywhere. She's far and away the hardest-hitting person on your roster.

Alright, this is good advice. Thank you very much. So, should my priority moving forward be Ronda, Nia, then Genbo? And I should not hesitate to use my Legendary books on Ronda?

I think that's what I said in my first post, yes :)

Just a note about lego books - they count for champ training events, so try to line up when you are using them with those events, so you can double dip.

But, barring some other crazy pulls between now and, say, the next three months? Yeah Ronda is absolutely going to be your best champ.

Ronda is a strong legendary and definetly worth lvl 60, but I don't think she really needs books. Of course, like all champs, a booked Ronda is better than an unbooked Ronda, but the effect of the books is not essential to make her usable. The debuffs from the A2 allready land at 100% chance without any books.

Thread OP doesn't have any other legos to compare right now, so I will take Rhazin as example, as this legendary may be obtained by everybody sooner or later. Debuff chance of Rhazin's A2 unbooked only 75%, this champ really needs books to get his full potential. 

I would save the legendary books for possible future pulls. Lego books are one of the rarest ressources in the game. I personally pulled a Krisk during the last 2x void event, one of the best champs in the game, and I have 0 lego books for him right now.

Thanks for all the help, guys. So many more questions but I'll leave it there! Thanks.

I have a brief follow-up. Quick Q. I took Ronda to 60 (fully ascended/masteries - with some books) and I took Nia to 60 with (full masteries/ascended no books).

I also just managed to pull Rector Drath from an ancient shard. Seems pretty dang strong to me as a healer and likely replaces Reliquary Tender? Should he take priority over Nia now? Or just start booking Nia and take Rector to 60? Or should I continue with the prior order and do Genbo/Armiger next?

Thanks in advance.

There's no question that Drath is better than RT - but I don't think you need to invest in her right now. I'd focus on the other two instead. I think that Nia should be more than enough to keep your team alive.

Got it. Would you put RT, Nia, and Drath in the same category of champion? Support...?

Sorry very new. A lot to take in. 

Essentially wondering if RT should be completely off my "go-to" team now that I have Nia. 

The big difference between RT and Nia is that RT has a revive, which Nia does not. Whether that matters or not depends entirely on how you play the fights out - but the tl;dr is, it shouldn't matter. The reason is that you really should either not be having anyone die at all, or you should be aiming to have everyone die except one person who can solo. That latter idea is a bit of a complex situation though, so don't concern yourself with it for now.

The reason why I mentioned earlier to keep an eye out for champs with CC, is that most dungeon teams operate under a "fairly" simple model - boost your team, then either flat-out clear their team, or CC their team and clear them out before they attack. The former approach usually requires champs like Seer/Zavia/Elenaril, as flat-out clearing a wave at higher stages is pretty difficult with face damage. So, most teams tend to resort to the latter.

As an example of how that would work for you, if you had the champs, you'd be running Ronda, Armiger, Nia, and Genbo, and, say, Astralon. On each of the waves, you'd have Astralon set to open with his AoE stun, and then have it be disabled so he doesn't use it twice. You'd then ensure that your team *doesn't* fully clear the wave until after Astralon had a chance to get a second turn, because then he'd have the stun back up on the next wave. Then, once you reach the boss, you'd have Nia ensure the team stays alive long enough for you to bring the boss down.

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I'm not quite there yet. So I need a stun AoE stun champion and/or stun gear on a champion with multiple AoE attacks (such as Elhain?). 

My team definitely needs speed tuning. I've certainly noticed that. I.E.: Deacon Armstrong should be going first. 

I get what you're saying. Would it be worth it for me to drop the money and get Michinaki and put him in a stun set given the above?

I can't really answer that question. I can say that Michinaki is a great champ, and one who would help you out considerably - but whether it is worth spending money on, that's a decision only you can make.

But no - he wouldn't really be worth putting in a stun set. You can't rely on that set for CC, the probability is just too low. It's good, yes, and there are scenarios where it can help enormously - but this isn't one of them. Even Scyl, who you get for free, isn't perfect for this. Even if you get Fearsome Presence on her, and even if you put her in a stun set, she still is going to have times where they aren't stunned, and depending on where you are, that could possibly be the difference between failing a run.

In terms of epic champs who can fill that role, there are really only two - Achak and Archmage Hellmut.

Alright, I appreciate it. So I just need to wait for the right champs.