Talk:Mercenary (Season 2012 Mastery)/@comment-80.162.80.230-20120510225654

let's compare to gold per 10 mastery : to outshine it, one needs 1 kill/assist every 180 seconds.

Typical assist/kill count at 10 min mark should be expected like 2-3, in best case 5-6, which is for sure less than 50 gold.

With point in gold/10 at 10 minutes after minion spawn, income will be 10*60/10/2 = 30 gold

So if you expect early teamfights, Mercenary will be more effective with 4 kills/assist per 10 minutes.