Economy Management (Basic)

This is intended to be an intro to understanding TFT economy. 

Because TFT’s comps often require a lot of money to either hit 3* units or higher cost units, managing your economy effectively is one of the most important fundamentals to understand. Since every comp requires gold, no matter if you’re rerolling or playing for 4/5 cost units, you have to manage your econ interest (E.g. 10g, 20g -> 50g intervals).

Think of TFT economy as a kind of snowball effect, where the more gold you build up, the faster you build up your econ. You’ll hear from streamers sometimes that you need to make 10g to make 20g to make 30g to make 40g to make 50g, which is true. But what does that ACTUALLY mean? 

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In this example, I am looking for a way to make 10 gold without jeopardizing my future board. Since I am decently strong with upgrades, I want to keep key potential upgrades and future units, if possible, to start a win-streak. I am looking to sell the Poppy first because my frontline seems to lean Vanguards due to my upgraded 2* Blitzcrank. I want to sell Poppy because she is a Bastion unit and doesn’t belong on my team at level 5. The second Syndra can potentially be Syndra 2* and the Warwick can be my level 5 unit because he’s a Vanguard.

HOWEVER, if I had 6 gold and I had to make 10 gold by selling everything on the bench, I would. That’s how important interest is, especially in Stage 2.

This same philosophy applies to 20g, 30g, 40g, etc. If you learn to manage your econ interests effectively, it’ll give you more opportunities to play whatever comp you want because gold equals levels and rerolls!

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