9.18 Feels like the end of economizing/6 Synergy teams
Just hear me out;
After level 4, we now have a need for 2-4 more Coins per level to Xp. This means at least 12 more coins to max level. Furthermore, since champ pools of cards are shrinking at Tier 3, it's in your best interest to roll to get them early. The Gold Econ system has basically almost made Noble impossible to get now, as well as (6) Assassin without Spatula items or (6) Shapeshifter, much less (9), because 3 Star builders are now overpoking you before you can get them built.
Also, people who are lucky and get champion drops are dominating early team building, because sometimes those coins drop 2 3 Coin units, in addition to items, in addition to a Neeko's Help. In other words, some rounds are now giving people 6-11 coins PLUS 2-3 items (Neeko's help can mirror a 5 Tier).
People who get these are finishing Shyvana builds sooner, finishing round 3 2 star Aurelian Sols, etc. They're getting 3 Star Zeds by round 3-3.
In other words, just to stay alive, we now have to roll our econ away, just to live long enough to hope to get a solid 6-7 unit team who can hopefully compete with a Level 8 with a FoN and more 3 star units than ever.
I generally try to defend this game as being "Skill" not "RNG" but these new chest adds really DO feel like more RNG.