The guide to optimizing hextech crafting purchases

Allright, this is not a guide on how the hextech crafting works, you most know how to earn chests and keys but if you want to spend money on this shit, make it worth.

Now, imagine you get the 10 + 1 package, you get 3 useless champ shards (which im not going to address), 1 ward skin shard and 6 champion skin shards. 1 of them is an ultimate shard, another is a legendary shard, 2 are normal 975 rp skins and if you are lucky the other 3 are either 750 or 520 rp. Why lucky you ask? Well, with how the disenchanting system works, it is actually more worth to work with cheaper skin shards (Because of the lack of temptation).

An ultimate skin is worth 3250 rp and it takes 2950 orange essence to get, a 520 rp skin takes 220 essence. So basically you can get 6760 worth of rp in skins of 550 rp (13 skins to be exact) if you spend the essence on those cheaper skins. While it costs 2950 orange essence it is also only refunding you 1/3 of that with just above 1000 essence. Purchasing it with the 2950 essence, which will be really hard to obtain, will be more less like spending the 3250 rp of the original ultimate skin. So, if you get an ultimate shard, disenchanting it will give you a third worth of essence but it is still 1000 essence which translates to about 1350 rp (Considering that a chest and a key cost 195 rp, that´s a pretty great deal).

If you are not unlucky like those who got the ultimate or legendary skins (these also cost a lot of essence to purchase) and you get those 520 skins, but you don´t want any because they are all horrible (except for the legacy ones, those are worth it) well fear no more because there is also something else you can do with those. It is a worth the risk to reroll 3 of the 520 and 750 skins for the chance of getting a 975 skin or even more. Disenchanting 3 of the 520 skins gives you 519 essence which is below the 675 essence that costs a 975 rp skin; the 750 skins give you 750 essence which is pretty worth for only 75 extra essence.

So, what are you supposed to do with the normal (975) and epic (1350) shards? Well, those are the most worth purchases with essence. Disenchanting them will give you at most 450 essence (which is around 750 rp) So to have your money back, purchase these shards.

TL:DR Sucks to actually get Ultimate and Legendary skins, if you want to get your money back either disenchant them for the 1350 rp worth of essence or be greedy and get them with the 2950 essence. 520 and 750 skin shards are worth the risk of rerolling (With the exception of legacy skins, keep those ;)). Normal )750 and 975) and Epic (1350) shards should always be purchased (Unless of course they already belong to you).