Blackthorn Malphite & Azir with Rammus

Also called Azir Rammus Malphite reroll · Blackthorn reroll

3-cost reroll at level 8Carried by Azir, Rammus & MalphiteA Teamfight Tactics Set 18 comp, measured on patch 18.5 ranked games.

Difficulty Easy None of the difficulty signals we could measure apply (2 of 4 measured)

Updated 21 Oct 2026, 06:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.5

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 39 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

Which version?

15 comps play Blackthorn around Malphite; the biggest four and this one are compared here. They share the two below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

All of these play

Azir

Malphite

Not gradedBlackthorn Malphite

#4.92 avg42.2% top 44,750 gamesLevel 8

Played on about 1 board in 357 this week; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Malphite & Azir

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Not gradedBlackthorn Malphite with Sett

#5.18 avg36.7% top 44,011 gamesFast 8

Played on about 1 board in 417 this week; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Malphite & Zyra

Only this one plays

Sett

or Ahri

or Yorick

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No tier yetBlackthorn Malphite with Kennen

— avg— top 4383 gamesFast 8

Carried by Malphite & Lux

Only this one plays

Kennen

or Ivern

or Lillia

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No tier yetBlackthorn Malphite & Warwick

— avg— top 4275 games2-cost reroll at level 8

Carried by Malphite & Warwick

Only this one plays

Murkwolf

Brambleback

or Krug

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No tier yetBlackthorn Malphite & Azir with Rammus

— avg— top 439 games3-cost reroll at level 8

Carried by Azir, Rammus & Malphite

Only this one plays

Teemo

Rammus

10 smaller versions

Blackthorn Malphite with GnarNo tier yet239 games
Blackthorn Malphite with WarwickNo tier yet206 games
Blackthorn Malphite with AluneNo tier yet152 games
Blackthorn Malphite & KennenNo tier yet117 games
Blackthorn Malphite & EzrealNo tier yet90 games
Blackthorn Malphite & MorganaNo tier yet87 games
Blackthorn Malphite & AzirNo tier yet60 games
Blackthorn Malphite with HecarimNo tier yet48 games
Blackthorn Malphite & Lux with KrugNo tier yet47 games
Blackthorn Malphite with MaokaiNo tier yet27 games

Ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+. A dashed portrait is a flex slot: many of its games play another unit there.

No tier yet fewer than 400 games this week Not graded played too rarely to grade

When

Take it when you hold Needlessly Large Rod and B.F. Sword

#4.16 with one other40% of games
#4.82 with two or more38% of games

Others on Azir or Rammus or Malphite in the lobby, over 171 games of this patch at all ranks.

Slam order our rule

First Rabadon's Deathcap (Needlessly Large Rod + Needlessly Large Rod)

Of Azir's most played build, the item its boards placed best with: #3.89 over 62 boards.

Then: Needlessly Large Rod ×2, B.F. Sword, Recurve Bow

Level plan

Stage 5 Lv 8.0 measured
Stage 6 Lv 8.5 measured

Carries

Azir 3★ on 44% of boards

Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hextech Gunblade, Rabadon's Deathcap

#3.85 over 39 games

Rammus 3★ on 32% of boards

Gargoyle Stoneplate, Warmog's Armor, Spirit Visage

Malphite 3★ on 1% of boards

Gargoyle Stoneplate, Warmog's Armor

Game plan

How it’s played: 3-cost reroll at level 8 Rolls at level 8 until its 3-costs are 3-starred: Azir.
Play it when: you hold Needlessly Large Rod and B.F. Sword
Roll: Level 8 around 4-2: about 76 rolls (152 gold) to 3-star Azir; about 101 if three copies of each are on other boards. model
Build: Azir Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hextech Gunblade, Rabadon's Deathcap · 39 games · #3.85
Components: Needlessly Large Rod ×4 · B.F. Sword · Recurve Bow
Contested?: Others holding Azir / Rammus / Malphite: 1 other: #4.16 · 2+ others: #4.82
Pace: Level when its players go out — stage 5: 8.0 · stage 6: 8.5
Vs its level: Finishes at level 8.2 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.52 across every comp; this one averages 3.98, 0.54 better. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.

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Final board

The whole board at level 8, 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.

★★

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.

Malphite★★

Gargoyle Stoneplate
Warmog's Armor

carry

Soraka★★

Void Staff
Blackthorn Emblem

Azir★★

Guinsoo's Rageblade
Hextech Gunblade
Rabadon's Deathcap

carry

Rammus★★

Gargoyle Stoneplate
Warmog's Armor
Spirit Visage

carry

Teemo★★

Warwick★★

Veigar★★

Fiddlesticksflex

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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 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.0 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.5 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 9 gold left.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Azir or Rammus or Malphite, over 171 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 it	Avg Place	Share of games
1 other player	#4.16	40%
2 or more	#4.82	38%

Questions

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

How do you play Blackthorn Malphite & Azir with Rammus in TFT Set 18?

3-cost reroll at level 8. Rolls at level 8 until its 3-costs are 3-starred: Azir.

What items does Azir need?

Its most played build this patch is Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hextech Gunblade and Rabadon's Deathcap: #3.85 over 39 games.

Is Blackthorn Malphite & Azir with Rammus good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 76 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.53.

Is Blackthorn Malphite & Azir with Rammus contested?

Contest costs it little: with one other #4.16 (40% of games), with two or more #4.82 (38%), over 171 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.

Champion	Item	Avg Place	vs comp	Games
Azir	Guinsoo's Rageblade	#4.37	-0.16	112
Azir	Hextech Gunblade	#3.91	-0.62	100
Azir	Rabadon's Deathcap	#3.89	-0.64	62

Full builds

The carries’ most played three-item builds this patch, with the placement of the games they were built in.

Champion	Build	Avg Place	Games
Azir	Guinsoo's RagebladeHextech GunbladeRabadon's Deathcap	#3.85	39

Components to hold Needlessly Large Rod ×4, B.F. Sword, Recurve Bow

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.

MeasuredThe comp’s own placement at a trait’s levels, beside the augments that give the trait.

#3.93

Blackthorn 6: averages 3.93 here, against 4.49 at Blackthorn 4 (160 boards)

Item Extraction

AP carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Azir is built for ability power here (142 boards)

Baron's Lair

Coronation

Deadlier Caps

Hold the Line

Soul Awakening

Dark Ritual

Double Trouble

Early Learnings

Embiggen

NO SCOUT NO PIVOT

Seraphim's Staff

Tons of Stats!

1 more

Stand United

Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type: Azir is built for ability power here (142 boards)

Deadlier Blades

Cybernetic Implants

Focused Fire

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たろうのTFT大学#ゆにばChallenger · JP · 1,967 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-19

Traits

Active on the core board, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Blackthorn4next 6

Sprykin3next 5

Executioner2next 3

Flora Fatalis1next 2

Monolith1

What each tier of this comp’s own traits was worth on its boards. The small number under each average is how many boards sat at that tier.

Trait	Placement at each tier
Blackthorn	44.499063.9370

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.

Bracket	Games	Avg Place	Top 4 %	Win %
Diamond+	39	#3.97	56.4%	20.5%
All ranks	76	#4.53	50.0%	13.2%

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.

3.6515

4.3016

4.4417

5.3318

5.1919

4.6220

Also played

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

Comp	Tier	Shared units	Avg Place	Games
Sprykin Rammus & Azir	S	5	#4.17	152,499
Blackthorn Veigar with Rammus	—	5	#4.91	78
Blackthorn Malphite	—	4	#4.95	6,819
Sprykin Azir & Rammus with Malphite	—	4	#5.10	3,594
Blackthorn Lux & Malphite	—	4	#5.12	508
Sprykin Azir & Rammus with Gnar	—	4	#2.99	221
Spellweaver Cassiopeia & Rammus	—	4	#3.94	217
Blackthorn Malphite & Morgana	—	4	#5.13	150