I am just a few levels away from first ascension.

Try to get epic SAC next?
Then make 1 legendary or keep epics around for a while, what is stronger, any of those epics as a legendary or all of them together as epics?

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I would say try to build up a army camp boost to epic to help with the early levels after ascension, then upgrade all to legendary Alloy Values once you can do market strat

Choice now depends on how many years you plan on playing the game.

As example AV creates money to buy camp upgrades and mercenaries so SAC becomes less valuable. TS is good but a legendary A$B working with a legendary CB along with a legendary AV makes it so TS isn't needed at all and just takes up a slot cooling. Etc.

After the first year or two I think AV, A$B, CB along with TW are the most important but this could change.

Of the artifacts you're showing upgrading AV would be more valuable than the other epic.

Army Cache Boost was my first Legendary and my first Insane.

AV was my second at those levels, TW my third.

SAC helps you get levels off to a good start, but that's about it. It won't help you finish the big levels.

TS and QS are duplicative. Either is nice at Epic or Legendary, but both is overkill.

All the passives are basically garbage in my opinion. Army Camps produce such a negligible percentage of total troops that boosting it is immaterial. The cash from Bonus Money Boost and TMB or faster crafting or faster smelting is all loose change compared to the money produced from markets with Epic or better AV.

Unlocking more stats may help you see how important Army Caches can be. Generic Cache Boost is, along with Army Cache Boost and Hospital Boost, the best trio of artifacts to deploy when taking territories. Since I ignore the passives for the most part I just situationally use AV and Merc Discount. My 4th slot is always Time Warp.