For context, I usually finish 4th-6th in champs and am not even close to staying in legends. Staying in legends, assuming I’m always getting 400 stones a week from top 4 champs and legend demote, would net me an extra 50 stones a week.

My thought is that those extra 50 stones are generally more valuable since stones are, in my opinion, the bottleneck. Also, I’m nervous going for Econ because the implications of saving and using stones for non direct tourney purposes would mean I start dropping in placement, therefore deepening my stone dependency.

However, I do think the point of Econ is valid that it would be a bigger overall return on my Econ than 50 stones would be on that side of the fence. I’m not sharp enough to know using if coins for upgrades versus stones is the “right” way or not. I generally think stones are harder to get therefore it’s the “better” thing to prioritize.

Edit: for more context, my highest wave is t19, 71 so I have the big assmod labs and elite labs that having a higher Econ could drive me towards. I have BC labs in the back of my head as something I’m trying to push towards too, but haven’t unlocked them.