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Blackthorn Malphite with Maokai

Also called Malphite Lux Fast 8 · Blackthorn Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Malphite & LuxA 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+: 27 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
AzirMalphite
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
Only this one plays
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No tier yetBlackthorn Malphite with Maokai
— avg— top 427 gamesFast 8
Carried by Malphite & Lux
Only this one plays
Maokai
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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

Level plan

  1. Stage 5 Lv 8.4 measured
  2. Stage 6 Lv 8.8 measured

Carries

Malphite 3★ on 2% of boards

Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage Gargoyle Stoneplate, Warmog's Armor, Spirit Visage

Lux 3★ on 0% of boards

Spear of ShojinJeweled GauntletArchangel's Staff Spear of Shojin, Jeweled Gauntlet, Archangel's Staff

Malphite

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.8 on average.
Roll
Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Malphite; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 5: 8.4 · stage 6: 8.8
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.29 across every comp; this one averages 4.67, 0.38 worse. 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.

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

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.

5Lux★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Archangel's Staff
carry
5Maokai★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Spirit Visage
4Malphite★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
carry
4Zyra★★
  • Blackthorn Emblem
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Void Staff
3Azir★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Hextech Gunblade
  • Archangel's Staff
2Warwick★★
1Rek'Sai★★
1Yorick★★

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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 8.4 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.8 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-7 on average, with 6 gold left.

Questions

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

How do you play Blackthorn Malphite with Maokai in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.8 on average.

What items does Malphite need?

On its final board Malphite holds Gargoyle Stoneplate, Warmog's Armor and Spirit Visage.

Is Blackthorn Malphite with Maokai good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 50 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.20.

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
MalphiteGargoyle Stoneplate#4.05-0.15109
MalphiteWarmog's Armor#3.95-0.2557
MalphiteSpirit Visage#4.06-0.1432

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.

AP carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Malphite is built for ability power here (120 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier CapsHold the LineSoul AwakeningDark RitualDouble TroubleEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTSeraphim's StaffTons of Stats!
1 moreStand United
Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type: Malphite is built for ability power here (120 boards)

Deadlier BladesCybernetic ImplantsFocused 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

Traits

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

Blackthorn4next 6Summoner3Juggernaut2next 4Avatar1Monolith1Old Growth1Thornmaiden1

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+27#4.6748.1%18.5%
All ranks50#4.2060.0%16.0%

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
Blackthorn Malphite & Warwick—5#3.67439
Blackthorn Malphite & Morgana—5#5.13150
Blackthorn Malphite & Lux with Krug—5#4.7980
Blackthorn Malphite & Azir—5#3.0179
Summoner Malphite & Zyra with Lux—5#4.4861
Executioner Malphite & SorakaB4#4.7163,334
Riftbeast Warwick & Malphite—4#4.5117,594
Blackthorn Malphite—4#4.956,819