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Attuned Elder Dragon & Alune

Also called Elder Dragon Alune Fast 9 · Attuned Fast 9

Fast 9ConsistentCarried by Elder Dragon & AluneA Teamfight Tactics Set 18 comp, measured on patch 18.5 ranked games.

Difficulty Medium Goes to level 9 in 86% of games

Updated 21 Oct 2026, 08:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.5

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 85 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

When

  • #5.51 with one other38% of games
  • #5.38 with two or more49% of games

Others on Elder Dragon or Alune in the lobby, over 292 games of this patch at all ranks.

Level plan

  1. Stage 2 Lv 4 plan
  2. Stage 3 Lv 6 plan
  3. Stage 4 Lv 8.7 measured
  4. Stage 5 Lv 8.9 measured
  5. Stage 6 Lv 9.1 measured

Its games end at Lv 8 14% · Lv 9 80% · Lv 10 6%

Carries

Elder Dragon 3★ on 0% of boards

Infinity EdgeLast WhisperDeathblade Infinity Edge, Last Whisper, Deathblade

Alune 3★ on 0% of boards

Spear of ShojinJeweled GauntletBlue Buff Spear of Shojin, Jeweled Gauntlet, Blue Buff

Elder Dragon

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 9 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.1 on average.
Roll
Level 9 around 5-1: about 33 rolls (66 gold) to 2-star Elder Dragon; about 54 if three copies of each are on other boards. model
Contested?
Others holding Elder Dragon / Alune: 1 other: #5.51 · 2+ others: #5.38
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.7 · stage 5: 8.9 · stage 6: 9.1
Games end
Lv 8 14% · Lv 9 80% · Lv 10 6%
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.9 on average. Boards at its levels average 3.76 across every comp; this one averages 5.46, 1.70 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.

Open in Builder

Final board

The whole board at level 9, where most of its games end, drawn from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days. A dashed slot is one its games fill differently; an open one, no unit holds on a quarter of them. Under a unit, or: who its games play there instead.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
★★

Positions are our rule, by attack range: melee in front, ranged behind, the most-itemed carries in the back corners. Riot's match data has none. Dashed level buttons are planned, the rest measured.

5Alune★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Blue Buff
carry
5Elder Dragontakes 2 team slots★
  • Infinity Edge
  • Last Whisper
  • Deathblade
carry
5Gnar★
5Maokai★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
5Taric★
3Diana★★
or
  • Amumu
3Fiddlesticksflex
3Krugflex

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Stage by stage

What to do at each stage, from the numbers below: stages 2 and 3 are our plan, 4 to 6 the level its players were measured at.

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Cinderling, Pebbles, Rek'Sai and Krug.

Elder Dragon's items go on Cinderling until Elder Dragon comes in at level 9.

Alune's items go on Pebbles until Alune comes in at level 9.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Veigar and Fiddlesticks.

Stage 4 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.7 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Alune, Elder Dragon, Gnar, Maokai, Taric and Diana; sell Pebbles, Rek'Sai, Veigar and Cinderling.

80% of its games end at level 9.

Stage 5 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.9 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 9.1 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-5 on average, with 7 gold left.

How it’s played

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 9 up it is measured over 287 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

814%980%106%
Lv 4planCinderlingPebblesRek'SaiKrug32Alune’s items on PebblesElder Dragon’s items on Cinderling
Lv 5planCinderlingPebblesRek'SaiVeigarKrugAddedVeigar322Alune’s items on VeigarElder Dragon’s items on Cinderling
Lv 6planPebblesRek'SaiVeigarFiddlesticksKrugCinderlingAddedFiddlesticks32221Alune’s items on VeigarElder Dragon’s items on Cinderling
Lv 7planPebblesRek'SaiVeigarDianaFiddlesticksKrugSentinelAddedDianaSentinelSoldCinderling3222221Alune’s items on VeigarElder Dragon’s items on Sentinel
Lv 8planDianaFiddlesticksKrugSentinelPebblesVeigarRek'SaiApheliosAddedAphelios32222221Alune’s items on VeigarElder Dragon’s items on Aphelios
Lv 980%AluneElder Dragon2GnarMaokaiTaricDianaFiddlesticksKrugAddedAluneElder Dragon2GnarMaokaiTaricSoldSentinelPebblesVeigarRek'SaiAphelios1111322221

Not a reroll comp: nothing is 3-starred on even 1 board in 5.

How these rows are made

Level 9 and up are the boards this comp’s games ended on. Riot’s match data keeps only that last board, so the levels below are planned by one rule from this comp’s own units and traits and Riot’s shop odds, and marked plan — how the rule works. Hover a trait badge for what it does.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Elder Dragon or Alune, over 292 games of this patch at all ranks. We keep all eight boards of every game, so this is measured, not guessed; part of the gap is the lobby itself, so read it as how it placed, not only why.

Others holding itAvg PlaceShare of games
1 other player#5.5138%
2 or more#5.3849%

Questions

What people search for about this comp, answered from the numbers on this page.

How do you play Attuned Elder Dragon & Alune in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.1 on average. Its games end most often at level 9 (80%).

What items does Elder Dragon need?

On its final board Elder Dragon holds Infinity Edge, Last Whisper and Deathblade.

Is Attuned Elder Dragon & Alune good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 120 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.34.

Is Attuned Elder Dragon & Alune contested?

Contest costs it little: with one other #5.51 (38% of games), with two or more #5.38 (49%), over 292 games of this patch at all ranks.

Items

The three items this comp’s carry was measured holding most often, the placement of the boards it held them on, and the difference against the comp’s own average. Every board of the family at all ranks over the last 14 days.

ChampionItemAvg Placevs compGames
Elder DragonInfinity Edge#5.22-0.12100
Elder DragonLast Whisper#4.96-0.3946
Elder DragonDeathblade#4.98-0.3645

Variations

Other boards this comp ends on, over the last 14 days. Each row is a version’s usual final board and what it plays instead of this comp’s own board at that level.

Lv 9AluneGnarIvernMaokaiTaricAmumuFiddlesticksKrugRammus5.39avg place38 gamesPlaysAmumuRammusIvernInstead ofElder Dragon2Diana

Augments that fit

What each augment grants, set against what this comp measured: the same rule the overlay uses when it reads the three on offer. A measured line is the comp’s own placement at a trait level; a line by rule is a fact about the comp, such as the damage its carry is built for.

Levelling and economy

By ruleSuits this comp: it averages level 8.91, so levelling is the plan (287 boards)

Birthday PresentBuild A BudGoing LongGolden GambleGolden Gamble+Golden Gamble++Hard CommitHedge FundInvestment Strategy IILevel Up!Lucky GlovesLucky Gloves+
64 moreLuxury SubscriptionMoney MonsoonPrismatic DestinyPrismatic Destiny+Shimmerscale EssenceShopping SpreeThe Trait TreeThe Trait Tree+Urf's Grab BagAdvanced LoanAdvanced Loan+Big Grab BagBirthday ReunionBooster PackBooster Pack+Booster Pack++Clear MindCluttered MindConsuming FloraExclusive CustomizationExplosive GrowthExplosive Growth+Gold DestinyGold Destiny+Hard BargainHeroic Grab BagHeroic Grab Bag+Heroic Grab Bag++HustlerInfinity ProtectionInvestment Strategy ILate Game ScalingMalicious MonetizationMax BuildMoney HungryMoney Hungry+Patient StudyPilferSlammin'Slammin'+Solo LevelingSpeedy Double KillSpreading RootsSpreading Roots+The Golden DragonTime SkipCalled ShotCaretaker's AllyCognitive TaxCognitive Tax+ExpeditionFeeling LuckyGood For Something IIron AssetsKick StartKingslayerLate Game SpecialistOne, Two, Five!Pandora's BenchSilver DestinySilver Destiny+Silver Destiny++Silver SpoonYoung and Wild and Free

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Elder Dragon is built for attack damage here (164 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsDouble TroubleEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused Fire
1 moreStand United
Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type: Elder Dragon is built for attack damage here (164 boards)

Deadlier CapsDark RitualSeraphim's Staff

Riot’s match-v1 data does not report which augments a player took, so no augment has a number of its own on this page or anywhere else on the site. The augment reference lists what each one grants.

More about this comp

At the top of the ladder

The newest boards of this comp from the players on our leaderboard, best placed first. A name opens that player’s games, board and items included.

  1. #5minari baby#SG2Challenger · SEA · 1,564 LP · level 9 · out at 5-5 · 2026-10-20
  2. #7Lea Celesteria#FhongChallenger · VN · 1,517 LP · level 9 · out at 5-2 · 2026-10-11

Traits

Active on the final board above, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Apex Predator1Attuned1Emerald Aspect1Old Growth1Riftbeast3next 5Brawler2next 4Lunar2next 3Spellweaver2next 4Vanguard2next 4Flora Fatalis1next 2

By bracket

Diamond, Master, Grandmaster and Challenger against the whole sample. Each board carries the tier of its own player where the sampler held it.

BracketGamesAvg PlaceTop 4 %Win %
Diamond+85#5.4630.6%10.6%
All ranks120#5.3434.2%9.2%

Trend

Avg Place on each of the last 7 days. The bars are scaled to the range shown, so the shape is the comparison and the figure under each bar is the day.

Also played

Families sharing at least 4 core units with this one — the same board taken a different way.

CompTierShared unitsAvg PlaceGames
Vanguard Alune with Gnar—5#4.6459
Lunar Alune—4#4.279,853
Riftbeast Elder Dragon with Alune—4#3.16440
Executioner Aphelios—4#4.93345
Elderwood Alune & Maokai—4#4.40334
Vanguard Draven—4#4.94216
Elderwood Alune—4#3.86113
Lunar Aphelios & Sett—4#4.6673