How much gold can justify you waiting at the platform for an item?

MohawkBeaver·5/19/2015, 3:23:31 PM·1 votes·527 views

If you die, and you respond at the platform but you still have "X" amount of gold to go for a particular item you want to buy, at what amount is it justifiable for you to just wait at the platform until you have enough gold to buy said item?

my personal answer is about 35, but that would shift depending on the value of the item (Im bronze, so I'm not fully aware of the opportunity cost here)

Should it be a higher number or lower number?

3 Comments

ImHerVoice5/19/2015, 3:25:19 PM1 votes

depends on the length of game the longer games your gold gen is higher than when the game started if I'm remembering correctly.

They might have changed that, I know they've changed global gold gen a few times over the years so if I'm wrong w/e

late game 50~g isn't so bad. early game its not worth waiting at all. Immediately click back to lane as you recall and then buy while walking, If it takes you more than 5 seconds to return to base then walk out of the buy area. then you are taking far too long.

at the very least. when you recall click the edge of the buy area in the direction you plan to walk. Then open buy menu and buy. Then when finished click to where you want to go.

never stand at main return point. 6~ seconds could be the difference between a kill as a jungler and a counter gank that works from the enemy.

You learn that the hard way over the years. Its not as bad as laneing since 1-2 cs isn't really going to mean anything, its more about the champions kit and how well it works with or without gold.

Vistha Kai5/19/2015, 3:26:44 PM1 votes

I sometimes need like ~70 gold for an item, but the time I'd need to go back to the lane/jungle, take 2 creeps and recall, I get that much gold passively.

Yeah, sucks. But if there is nothing better to do anyway I just wait ~20 seconds.

Drunk Rummate5/19/2015, 3:38:13 PM1 votes

About 20 gold for me. Otherwise I just make due and go. I'll sell potions if it can get me within the 20 gold range though.