Rolling in TFT: when to spend gold in the shop
The numbers come from high elo:
Set 18 Patch 18.5 77,232 high-elo games Games from 6 Oct to 20 Oct
Rolling means paying 2 gold for a new shop. You do it to find the units you’re missing or the copies that upgrade the ones you already have. It’s the most direct way to turn gold into strength, and also the easiest to waste.
Copies and stars
Three identical copies make a 2★ unit, and three 2★ units (nine copies) make a 3★. Each star multiplies the unit’s strength, which is why a cheap 3★ unit can perform like an expensive one at 1★ or 2★. Copies are shared by all players: if others are looking for the same unit, there are fewer left in the shop.
Two ways to play
- Level up and roll late: most comps save gold, get to level 8 or 9 and then roll down to find their expensive units.
- Reroll: you stay at a low level and roll to 3-star a cheap carry. It’s stronger earlier, but it depends on finding copies.
Reroll comps this set
Tier list comps whose carry costs 3 or less and is usually 3★ in high elo:
- Lunar · Varus · tier S, typical final level 8, top 4 in 68%
- Rapidfire · LeBlanc · tier S, typical final level 8, top 4 in 74%
- Invoker · LeBlanc · tier S, typical final level 8, top 4 in 68%
- Inferno · Sejuani · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 57%
- Vanguard · Mama Beak · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 56%
- Blossom · LeBlanc · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 55%
- Adaptor · Kog'Maw · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 55%
- Rapidfire · Ornn · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 56%
- Inferno · Shen · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 54%
- Spellweaver · Ornn · tier A, typical final level 7, top 4 in 53%
- Vanguard · Murkwolf · tier A, typical final level 7, top 4 in 57%
- Inferno · Kayle · tier A, typical final level 7, top 4 in 52%
- Spellweaver · LeBlanc · tier A, typical final level 7, top 4 in 50%
- Defender · Varus · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 53%
- Brawler · Yunara · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 59%
- Blossom · Kayle · tier A, typical final level 7, top 4 in 50%
- Riftbeast · Murkwolf · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 51%
- Ravager · Kha'Zix · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 48%
- Defender · Cassiopeia · tier A, typical final level 7, top 4 in 48%
- Blackthorn · Murkwolf · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 48%
- Defender · Leona · tier A, typical final level 7, top 4 in 50%
- Riftbeast · Gromp · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 47%
- Riftbeast · Scuttlecrab · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 50%
- Juggernaut · Varus · tier A, typical final level 8, top 4 in 48%
- Spellweaver · Rek'Sai · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 45%
- Vanguard · Teemo · tier B, typical final level 8, top 4 in 43%
- Executioner · Diana · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 45%
- Defender · Camille · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 47%
- Blossom · Yunara · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 46%
- Elderwood · Leona · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 41%
- Blossom · Rengar · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 44%
- Invoker · Teemo · tier B, typical final level 8, top 4 in 44%
- Fae · Xayah · tier B, typical final level 8, top 4 in 43%
- Riftbeast · Cinderling · tier B, typical final level 8, top 4 in 43%
- Invoker · Veigar · tier B, typical final level 8, top 4 in 37%
- Spellweaver · Alistar · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 41%
- Defender · Sejuani · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 43%
- Riftbeast · Pebbles · tier B, typical final level 8, top 4 in 42%
- Ravager · Caitlyn · tier B, typical final level 8, top 4 in 25%
- Elderwood · Rakan · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 39%
- Executioner · Kha'Zix · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 42%
- Defender · Akali · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 43%
- Elderwood · Xayah · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 43%
- Blackthorn · Warwick · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 41%
- Ravager · Rengar · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 42%
- Adaptor · Gromp · tier B, typical final level 8, top 4 in 33%
- Executioner · Azir · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 40%
- Elderwood · Rengar · tier B, typical final level 7, top 4 in 40%
- Sprykin · Teemo · tier B, typical final level 8, top 4 in 41%
- Juggernaut · Mama Beak · tier B, typical final level 8, top 4 in 33%
- Blossom · Leona · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 24%
- Juggernaut · Rengar · tier C, typical final level 8, top 4 in 39%
- Brawler · Kayle · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 30%
- Elderwood · Varus · tier C, typical final level 8, top 4 in 35%
- Vanguard · Rengar · tier C, typical final level 8, top 4 in 36%
- Sprykin · Tristana · tier C, typical final level 8, top 4 in 36%
- Defender · Rengar · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 35%
- Ravager · Warwick · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 34%
- Invoker · Gromp · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 30%
- Fae · Tristana · tier C, typical final level 8, top 4 in 33%
- Summoner · Mama Beak · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 28%
- Riftbeast · Warwick · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 14%
- Riftbeast · Teemo · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 17%
- Blossom · Master Yi · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 31%
- Blackthorn · Yunara · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 31%
- Defender · Karma · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 10%
- Defender · Ornn · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 27%
- Sprykin · Veigar · tier C, typical final level 8, top 4 in 30%
- Elderwood · Ornn · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 28%
- Vanguard · Caitlyn · tier C, typical final level 8, top 4 in 27%
- Spellweaver · Veigar · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 26%
- Defender · Kayle · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 27%
- Juggernaut · Caitlyn · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 25%
- Ravager · Elise · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 8%
- Blossom · Karma · tier C, typical final level 7, top 4 in 19%
When not to roll
- Without a goal: if you don’t know which copies you’re looking for, that gold is worth more as interest or XP.
- If your comp is contested: with two or more opponents looking for the same units, copies run out (see scouting).
How TFT Coach helps
In My matches, if you reach stage 5 with two or more cheap units at 1★, the analysis points it out: that’s a board you could have improved by rolling. And if two or more opponents played your same comp, it warns you that it was contested.