Quick question about the 10% bonus troops from the Zen Flute. Has anyone noticed that the extra troops from this accessory aren't being factored into Atk and Def stats? I just leveled this up to put on my lvl45 Tiger of Kai to replace the Jintai Drum and saw that my Atk and Def decreased while troops went up.

The Original Jintai Drum is lvl 37 with +1685 hp putting Tiger at 4452hp with 9927 Atk and 3763 Def.
I put the Zen Flute on at lvl 31 with +1440 hp but with the 10% buff it puts Tiger at 4547hp which should have a higher Atk and Def but they are only 9469 and 3587 respectively.

It appears that only the base troops are affecting the Atk and Def stats which is a bummer, especially if all the +maximum troop items work this way, with no synergy (it was the whole reason I leveled this accessory up in the first place). Has anyone else seen this or am I missing something? Sorry if this has been addressed before, I hadn't noticed a discussion in previous threads.

Thanks!

On a side note, after getting lab/temple research to level 30 on everything, should I start using souls for additional research or save them for tickets? I'm still far from getting my main team all to level 55 but wasn't quite sure what to prioritize.