Before P unlock to account lvl 100, I spent 800 gems for all champs. After unlock, I farm Minotaur for all champs.
Reason: to get more account exp to reach lvl 100 sooner.
Also I farm exp for champs as well, I upgrade a champ to 6 stars and start farming Mastery for them, normally I use 2 champs and farm exp/mastery for 3 champs.
I have a different kind of parameter,
If you can do a run of Mino 15 in under 2 minutes per run definitely go for farming Mino 15
If you can do under 5 min but above 2 min, use 800 gem IF YOU LIKED the champ otherwise just farm mino 15
Above 5 Minutes definitely better using 800 gems.
It's one of the dungeons where there's no events and tournaments on, so i just think it's not worth the time to farm it unless I can do it fast.
1. Can you farm minotaur at stage 15 with 100% win rate? If No -> Buy with 800 gems.
2. Do you have at least 4 champions with full masteries? If No -> Buy with 800 gems.
3. Are you ready to spend time running minotaur 154 times? If Yes -> Farm minotaur.
It's also good to start running minotaur when a champion is not level 60 yet. He gets experience too then.
I like @SunnyRay chart ...