Every resource is monetized and constrained.If you want to be even close with current metateams, expect to spend more than $200 a month and grind a lot, or you're AT LEAST a year behind. You must develop every character; even if the trash ones. They intentionally choose mediocre characters as prerequisites for good ones. Many characters have specific niche game modes they are effective in, but all require a lot of resources to build. Game is full of unintentional exploits they refuse to fix.