Something everyone should learn is that generating more gold than any other player in the game allows you to significantly reduce the impact of bad rolls and win more consistently.

How does gold generation work in TFT?

These are the core rules of income generation in Teamfight Tactics:

Core income rules for TFT

Streak gold bonus is as follows:

+1g for 2 – 4 wins/losses in a row

+2g for 5 – 7wins/losses in a row

+3g for 8+ wins/losses in a row

Following these rules, once you’re past the 4th round, you can get a maximum of 14 gold in one turn, and a minimum of 5. Think about it this way — someone who’s maxing out on their economy gets 9 more gold per turn than someone who’s getting the base amount. A person who’s got a maxed out economy can buy four Tier 3 (rare hero) and reroll once, whereas the person without an economy can only buy the one Tier 3 and reroll once.

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The idea is to get to a point where you can sit on a pile of banked gold, and spend the 8–14 gold you get per turn without touching the money you have banked.

How do you build an economy?

Simply put, building an economy in TFT is just the process of saving up gold to maximise income from interest (up to 50g) while taking minimal damage from losing too many fights. It’s not very difficult to do at all, you’ll just need to follow a couple of very basic rules:

Save as much money as you can from each round

Rerolling for a new set of champions in the first 10–15 rounds is often inefficient and a waste of gold

This isn’t to say that you can’t, sometimes it might be worth rerolling once a round if you’re close to a three star upgrade

Don’t buy champions unnecessarily

Maximize income by staying above increments of 10g

If you are at 35 gold, don’t go below 30. If you’re at 22, don’t go below 20

There are two exceptions to this rule.

You see a champion that you need to purchase for an upgrade.

If your comp requires you to mass Vaynes, purchase that Vayne

If you’ve almost completed a synergy (for example, you have 3 wilds) and you see a Gnar, buy that Gnar

2. The game is almost over

If you know you’ll lose the game if you lose 2–3 more fights, spend all your gold and try to upgrade your army as best as possible

If you follow these two basic rules, you will either build up your 50g bank very quickly, or you must have rolled really well and built up a very strong army. Once you get to that 50g, you’ll have at least 10 gold to spend every round.