Getting the Gold in the Early Rounds...
...Doesn't feel great but is deceptively more useful than people seem to realize. Getting the early gold means being able to pick up early champions, increasing the likelihood of grabbing extra silvers or champions with shared synergies. You may have planned to go nobles and picked up Vayne the first draw and left Graves only to see 2 Graves and a Tristana in the next round. Well, if you had that extra gold, you could have bought the Graves and gone into the first PVP rounds with a Silver Graves and Tristana, drastically shifting your best-case strategy. Meanwhile, if instead of that 1G you picked up a Spatula or a Chain Vest, your item would likely still be sitting on the side providing no immediate benefit.