I've played this game long enough to know when I'm being stonewalled. The minute I make any progress it is quickly thwarted by being thrown to the wolves. Both my arena def & off teams are matched with opponent teams that are at a much higher lev and with the best champs in the game. The monthly earned shards won't produce any champs good enough for me to be competitive. Bottom line is that you have to spend a lot of money in this game to be competitive or to make any progress.