Talk:Leaderboard Event/@comment-26883673-20170123022831/@comment-27718903-20170123050215

Like Happybirdy briefly stated, you only get low point chests if you're higher in the rankings. Starting in around 5th-6th place, you'll see the occasional 150-250 point chest, and these become much more frequent the lower you are in the rankings. The only way to make use of this, however, is if you're in a very competitive group.

Additionally, like Happybirdy said, additional nests are objectively the best gold investment, even more so than a Gold Type. If you do not have at least a second nest, you are at a major disadvantage, not only in Leaderboards. While there is no bonus for Water, Air, and the likes, that is better than having an empty nest. This also applies for World Events.

I have gotten the last milestone dragons in past Leaderboards, and those two factors (I have two nests, the third is more of a luxury than necessity, unlike the second) alone are what allowed me to do so.