Beginner case: What do you do when ascension material can't keep up with the characters?

And this is coming from someone who failed the first 50/50 when pulling on Nitori losing exactl 750 pulls and saved for three weeks after to try again. She came this time. No ascension material. The next event would complete my previous epic character. That's not to mention next successful pulls.

So then is it normal to stack good characters and take your time building them right after? You don't just get everyone to level 80 or so right?