Not Getting Items - Teamfight Tactics

When you get 0-2 items from the first few minions waves, the chances of winning are significantly lower than someone who got 3-5 items. If you proceed to then get 0 items from krugs, the game pretty much ends and there are no hopes of winning even with a few lucky draws. The fact is, items are more important than unit placement or other strategies that you would think are more important. At first, I thought this would be fine. But with the advent of ranked TFT, Riot needs to try and either give more guaranteed items (I am aware PBE is working on that) or compensate players. My idea is that for minion rounds, the players should not receive an income. However, players receive gold for killing minions. No gold is generated from minions that give items; it's either gold or items. That way, people are not stacking tier 2s early while stacking 3 items on the tier two, effectively guaranteeing at least 4th place through rounds 1-3. If I am not wrong, getting 4th place counts as a victory. I don't think I will ever play a ranked mode that has a win condition 1 minute into the game.