Ameilus Batorah is what the Ribono Shel Olam wants from us.
not easy reading for a couple of minutes a day.
On a practical note If you want to become a Talmid Chochom, IT WILL NOT COME FROM ARTSCROLL it will come from breaking your head trying to figure out pshat, teitsh vechulu.
Simchas Hatorah and remembering the Torah can only come from your ameilus without any extra help. Try five minutes a day without help and slowly build it up ten twenty minutes and the Siyata Dishmaya will kick in.
OYSIYOS MACHKIMOS IS NOT ARTSCROLL! there is a special siyata dishmaya in the words exactly how the balei Gemara gave it to us in the tzuras hadaf in the way it was written.
most people using the artscroll never look at the real tzuras hadaf its a Shanda.
Then you see Bochurim learning with artcroll they will never know how to learn if its spoon fed ameilus is the only way .