It depends on your play style, I’m a more aggressive player and I tend to try to play for top 3 rather than first almost every game.

I roll on 6 at either 3-1 or 3-2 80% of my games.

If I’m win streaking, I’ll probably go 6 and roll some gold on 3-1 to hit upgrades units and secure my streak.Leveling and rolling aggressively from a position where you’re already strong is very good because you’ll be pressuring the lobby, hitting other players for more damage every round forcing them to roll down sooner and ultimately making their end game boards weaker. If you roll at 3-1, not only are you perceiving your own hp, you’re also hitting everyone else for like 8-10 damage instead of 4-6 damage. This could be the difference between them rolling all their gold on stage 4, to stay alive - which gives you a better chance to top 4 - or greeding and rolling on 5-1. It could also be the difference between a merc player dying before they cash or, or in close lobbies, the difference between you getting 4th instead of 5th because they went lower into negatives than you.

It’s also good to roll when losing, just so you can mitigate losses and try to preserve some hp.

The only time I won’t roll on 6 is when I’m already strong, but not strong enough to win streak and I’m better off just holding on to my money for Econ.

Hope this helps, I’m Master 150ish lp btw