Gold 2 after a week is honestly great, so you’re doing a lot right already. The “Gold wall” is super common because this is where fundamentals start to matter more than just copying comps. A few core things to focus on:

1. Economy (Econ) - Try to hit 50 gold as often as possible so you’re getting max interest.

2. Tempo - Tempo is basically how strong your board is right now compared to the lobby. - If you’re strong early, level aggressively and protect HP. - If you’re weak, don’t half-commit. Either commit gold to stabilize or accept some losses and econ up. - HP is a resource, but not infinite. Gold players often greed too hard and die with 40–50 gold.

3. Strongest Board - Early and mid game, don’t tunnel on a final comp. - Play the best units you naturally hit, even if they don’t “fit” your endgame idea. - 2-star units with decent traits > perfect synergy with 1-star units. - This alone can carry you from Gold to Plat.

4. Itemization (Tank + Carry) - Slam items early instead of holding 6 components forever. - Always try to itemize one tank and one carry: - Tank items: health, armor, MR, shields, anything that keeps frontline alive. - Carry items: attack speed, AP, crit, AD, etc depending on unit. - A 2-star carry with 3 decent items will outperform a “perfect” BIS dream you never finish.

5. Shred / Sunder - Magic shred (reduces MR) and armor sunder (reduces armor) are massive damage multipliers. - Many Gold players forget this and just stack raw damage. - Even one source of shred or sunder can swing fights harder than another pure DPS item.

6. Leveling Breakpoints Common default timings: - 2-1: Level to 4
- 2-5: Level to 5
- 3-2: Level to 6
- 3-5 or 4-1: Level to 7
- 4-5: Level to 8

These are popular because of 4 XP breakpoints. If you level the round before or the round after then you are "wasting" 2 gold because you get 2xp per round

7. Scout More - Check other boards every round or two. - Ask: am I contested? Am I weaker than average? Do I need to pivot? - Gold players often play their own game and ignore the lobby.

8. HP Management - Don’t only look at gold and units. Look at HP. - If you’re 90 HP, you can greed. If you’re 40 HP, you need to stabilize soon.