







Ideally you will go for a win streak to maintain high health but it’s totally viable to lose streak from the early rounds to Krugs. That is the other big change to streaks is you will now earn the additional gold on PvE rounds so it’s even more important to have a streak going into those rounds. The early game is set three hasn’t been quite as figured out yet as in the previous set but there’s a few important concepts to consider early on. One of those concepts is the change to how much easier it is to get a max streak going. Previously it required 7 wins or losses and now it’s only four. That means you really want to maintain one or the other for as long as possible in the early game.Ideally you will go for a win streak to maintain high health but it’s totally viable to lose streak from the early rounds to Krugs. That is the other big change to streaks is you will now earn the additional gold on PvE rounds so it’s even more important to have a streak going into those rounds.













So how do you approach early game? Basically look to play for either a win or loss streak as best you can. If you’re lucky and get a few extra gold drops in the early PvE rounds you can turn that into an aggressive lead to try and win streak by having more upgraded champions than others and being able to level early. If you only got items and you’re struggling to hit any two-star champions it’s often best to sit back and play for a loss streak to maximize the gold you earn from losing until the round after Krugs.



For the second concept it’s along the same lines as it’s about the economy but essentially, you’re going to be poor early game. With reduced passive gold, not being able to get gold or champions from medium loot orbs and the first carousel being one cost champions means you’re going to have way less gold.So how do you approach early game? Basically look to play for either a win or loss streak as best you can. If you’re lucky and get a few extra gold drops in the early PvE rounds you can turn that into an aggressive lead to try and win streak by having more upgraded champions than others and being able to level early. If you only got items and you’re struggling to hit any two-star champions it’s often best to sit back and play for a loss streak to maximize the gold you earn from losing until the round after Krugs.







There are a few strong early game traits to look for, one of the best being Cybernetics as you can have a large power spike with only three champions and components. Red Buff Lucian with Cybernetics is one of the strongest openings by far and transitions really well into Brawler/Blaster. Finding an early Malphite is also a key starting point to transition from later which you can compliment him with early Rebel. Otherwise your goal is to just two-star what you can and try to maximize the gold you’re earning.









Standard leveling times are still up in the air right now but leveling to four at 2-2 and five at 2-5 is great if you’re able to win streak otherwise hold off on leveling until Krugs. If you have any items that are useful for Jinx later in the game it’s totally fine to jam them in early. Just give them to an auto-attack champion like Xayah as you’re going to sell them later. Keep in mind you’re not going to have a lot of gold early game so don’t overfill your bench too much. Try to only pick up essential champions to your mid game build, that being Brawlers and Blasters, and any champion you’ve been able to two-star should be played on your board and not sitting on your bench collecting dust.