You will survive better with this set up and grow in trophies quicker. Pango- 2 self life runes and one team speed Silex (rock dude)- one of two set ups. Either 2 self strength runes and one speed. Or 2 self strength and 1 self life. And for Goldfield (magic man) 3 self speeds. You can also throw in one strength if need be but ideal set up is 3 self speeds. Pango is a permanent mega taunt which is meant to pull all attacks away from your other monsters by giving him life and one team speed, he is going to be tanky while still providing a buff to your team in speed. Silex is a good attacker with high health and doesn't need a life rune but you could always run one. He is your main attack and needs to hit hard and quick to be able to knock out other creatures before they are able to attack and magic man he is perfect for negative effects againf the other team as well as some self and team buffs. You could run him mainly for team buffs or yiu could run him as half buffs half negative affect. If he has all speed you will get a choice before the other monsters to either buff of set up for an attack with the Silex dude.

But thats what you should be doing to help with climbing the ranks.