22 days in. Is doing too well a bad thing?

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Ok so I'm on my 22nd day of playing, and thanks to reading some helpful things here I feel I have a pretty good grasp on how things work and how to progress. I do have a few questions though. First my roster

1*
Iron man - 50 - 5/5/3
Storm - 40 - 5/5/3
Hawkeye -13- 5/5
Black widow -11- 2/5
Juggernaut - 1 - 5/5
Venom - 1 - 5/5

2*
Thor -54- 4/1/4
Storm -30- 2/3/1
Obw -16- 1/2/1
Captain America -6- 1/1/0
Magneto -6- 2/0/2
Spider-Man bag man -6- 1/2/2
Hawkeye -6- 1/2/1
Bullseye -6- 1/1
Moonstone -6- 2/2/1
Ares -6- 2/0/1

3*
Hood
GSBW
Hulk

4*
Iw

I spent around 20k ISO on recruit tokens before I gave up and spent $20 on hp for roster slots and. 2 covers for Thor. I realised i probably did both things wrong, but you live and learn. My main issue is that while I can compete with my current roster and I do fairly well considering I am aiming for top 3-400 usually for the 2* prize, it's almost impossible for me to win the progression rewards that reward 2*s. A few events back for example obw was offered as the 600 progress reward. The leaderboard showed the top 5 having well over 1200 points so I figured it would be possible. Every time I got close however I got walled by full 2/3* teams that I can't touch. I don't mind grinding 10 points at a time if I can make it to my goal, but is it even possible or am I wasting my time? And by close I mean within 5-10 points at least 6 times.

And in Pve events everyone is lvl 70-200 which I really can't touch. Is this because I'm progressing too fast?

Should I pump ISO into more 1*? I feel like iron man is really the only one worth lvling. Storm is amazing but at 40 she seems to be fine to me, I use her to manipulate board and ramp ap so her damage isn't too relevant and at 40 she survives fairly well only tanking black if Thor is in group. The only other one I might want is juggs but it seems a waste or ISO when I want to just focus on 2*...

So in short, should I finish a maxed 1* team or just save the ISO? (Have a little over 40k atm)

Also it seems I will get more covers easily for storm, but I want to max obw.. Should I pump storm just because I can or save for the one I actually want?

Main reason for posting this is with this new shield season event I will b able to actually make a very decent 2* roster, but only if I can reach the marks! Sorry for all the random afterthoughts but Any help is greatly appreciated!

Unknown

I'll just say that Modern Storm is the best 1* character, and I will still use her for certain events while the rest of my 1*s generally collect dust. IMHO, I'd get her up to 50 so she can survive an AOE attack you couldn't stop.

Dormammu

There's nothing wrong with maxing a 1* team. Yes, they will become obsolete, but you need a team that will get you there. 2* Thor and OBW should be your priorities to take the next step. Taking either 1* Hawkeye or 1* Black Widow to lvl 25-30 would help, and max out your 1* Storm.

Chase 2* placement awards in tournaments.

Chase after recruit tokens. Every PVP tournament has a 2*-or-better token at 300 progression points, which can yield Thor/OBW. Lightning rounds offer standard recruit tokens at 50 progression points, nab as many of those as you can when they are running. Yes, they mostly yield 1* characters but if you get enough they do drop 2*, 3*, and even 4* covers as well. You just never know.

Zappa

At around ~ 500 points in a pvp tourney you're going to need at least two 85 2*s to accrue points. Having covers is fine, but levels are just as important. Get a max 2 star team asap and nabbing those 600 rewards will be easy.

Unknown

Ok 3 days later and a much better grasp on things I think. Thank you to everyone that gave any advice, it's truly appreciated! I understand now that it's not entirely because I am doing well that I get walled. Community scaling sucks. Have gotten much better/lucky at cascading and stunning/ healing. And having obw at 70 right now buffed in the hunt shows me how much I need her.. The game completely changes once you can decently heal.. I really like Cstorm and she's great for the hunt as well but after reading here about optimal teams she doesn't seem like she would make mine for now. Will probably keep her where she is for buffed events and focus on Thor/obw. If I can decently cover mag then I'll lvl her up. My choices for the third will likely be wolvie or daken. I haven't gotten any of their covers from prologue so have some free covers waiting to be useful. So my question now is whether daken is a good choice or if I should just wait for wolvie covers?

1*
Iron man - 50 - 5/5/3
Storm - 50 - 5/5/3
Hawkeye -13- 5/5
Black widow -11- 2/5
Juggernaut - 1 - 5/5
Venom - 1 - 5/5

2*
Thor -62- 4/1/5
Storm -54- 3/4/1
Obw -30- 1/3/3
Captain America -6- 1/2/0
Magneto -6- 2/0/2
Spider-Man bag man -6- 1/2/2
Hawkeye -6- 1/2/1
Bullseye -6- 1/2
Moonstone -6- 2/2/1
Ares -6- 2/0/1
Daken -6- 1/0

3*
Hood
GSBW
Hulk
IM40

4*
Iw

Zappa

wolv + daken has helped me plow through hundreds of points in pve primarily because they overcome obw and cstorm easily with strike tiles + heavy nuking with self-healing