Recently, the news about decreasing the appearance rate of 5 gold units at level 8 has stirred the Teamfight Tactics community. The reason is that this reduction will significantly impact the game meta, as the 5 gold units from season 6 are incredibly powerful and can change the course of battles. Moreover, this change could also affect the development direction of the upcoming season 6.5. Therefore, many players have expressed their dissatisfaction with this change.
In contrast, Challenger players have completely opposite reactions as they fully support Riot Games’ decision. According to the feedback from Challenger players in the Western Europe server, these changes are truly beneficial to reduce the reliance on “luck” for climbing ranks at the moment. The decrease in the appearance rate of 5 gold units will significantly increase the importance of 4 gold units at level 8.
Change in 5 Gold Unit Appearance Rate
Simply put, the appearance rate of 5 gold units at level 8 will decrease by 1% and be transferred to 1 gold units. At level 9, the opposite will happen, with the appearance rate of 5 gold units increasing. We believe this is a fantastic change as 5 gold units at 2 stars are truly overwhelming at level 8. Even if you upgrade a 4 gold carry to 2 stars, you can’t sustain effectively when there are so many players with a large amount of gold using Yordles to “hack gold” and upgrade their 5 gold units to 2 stars.
We hope this change will allow 4 gold carries to hold up better at level 8 and make leveling up to 9 more worthwhile. This is extremely important as you spend a lot of gold to reach this level.
Indeed, with 2 traits – systems capable of “resource hacking” in season 6 being Yordles and Mercenaries, players can accumulate much more gold than in previous seasons. This gives players many more opportunities to roll and acquire 5 gold units early and regain the advantage when “selling health” at the beginning of the game. A 5 gold 2 star unit like Akali, Kai’Sa, or Tahm Kench, fully equipped, has more than enough ability to “carry the team” and help you win.
As a result, there are matches where you feel almost helpless when facing these units, even if you have a strong lineup with upgraded 4 gold carries like Jhin, Yone, or Urgot. We hope that with these adjustments to the appearance rates, Riot will mitigate the dominance of 5 gold units in the current meta, especially when these types of champions in season 6 are incredibly powerful.