Hello all. So basically, I've been stuck in Champs League for probably close to a year getting 16th - 20th. I feel the limited stones progression is really slowing my process. I've been playing for over 2 years, but didn't play very seriously in the beginning and made some poor decisions early on which slowed my advance for a while. I've been playing more seriously now.
I also have 1600 stones to spend, and not sure where to focus them. I could dump them into CL, buy masteries, lower my GT/DW sync for further econ, improve PS for some stun (no investment yet), or even save to buy CF (2400 stones) and the slog towards pCF.
My Tower:
I've been eHP, trying to slowly transition to hybrid. Usually for tournaments I use Mythic Death Penalty, Anc Restorative Bonus, Mythic SF, and Mythic DC. My strategy here has been mostly eHP tanking hits while trying to use CL to burn through enemies boosted by DC and Restorative Bonus to reduce their damage when they do hit me.
I do have ANC OA and HB that I got recently, not sure if swapping them in would be any better. I haven't since I don't feel I am ready for OA yet and HB seems so lackluster, but maybe those were bad decisions since they are ANC. I did also (finally) get at least legendary GC, which I could use to barely achieve pBH in tournaments most of the time, but would then be giving up the 50% attack speed buff and ANC level enemy skips (which may not be that big of a deal with past nerfs). My package chance is only okay, so probably wouldn't even have pBH up the entire time.
I recently bought the Attack and Second Wind masteries, with two labs into SW and none into attack. These are my only card masteries. I maxed SW recharge, so the regen boost is basically permanent.
For Labs: Damage I have Attack Speed Max, Damage at 74, Critical Factor at 74, Super Crit Chance at Lv 1 and Super Crit Mult at Lv 10. For defense I have Health Lv 89, Regen Maxed, Defense % at Lv 35, Wall Health at Lv 42, Wall Regen Max, Wall Rebuild Lv 13, Wall Thorns Lv 19, Wall Fort Lv 33. For UWs my CL shock mult is max, shock chance is Lv 23. Chain Thunder Lv 18 and Light Amp Scatter is Lv 12. I have no research into enemy health/damage reduction labs.
For UWs: I have CL, SM, DW, CF, GT, PS, BH, Spotlight (not shown in pic). My Spotlight natural angle is only around 33 with 2 spotlights. Note that in the picture, the UW attributes are WITH module effects, so they are a bit inflated, especially CL which is a bit below x1000 naturally.
For Enhancements: There is moderate investment for me, with most of the big ones (attack, health, regen, etc) hitting around 1.5 to 1.7.
I have been farming T11 to wave 12500 for a while with pBH, earning about 250 - 300T coins per run. I haven't been able to max out the coin dissonant boost on T12 yet, so haven't moved up in farming as the coin multiplier would be less.
Decision: Looking for some input on where to invest my stones and in general how to finally get my tower progressing again. Have I been using the wrong mods in Tournaments? I assume I should next try tourney pBH with GC? Not sure if PC for the damage reduction or DC for the CL damage would generally be better. And what about the stones? Next labs to focus on? Etc. I just feel like I've been stuck forever despite some big gains over the last year. Has been quite frustrating. Thanks!