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Blackthorn Malphite with Vi

Also called Malphite Fast 8 · Blackthorn Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Malphite

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 30 Oct 2026, 05:14 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 51 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

S comps in Diamond+ now: Riftbeast Elder Dragon, Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Draven. Every grade: the tier list.

Final board

The board at level 8, where most of its games end, from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days. Press a level to see the board on the way.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
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Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

4Malphite★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
carry
3Azir★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Hextech Gunblade
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
2Warwick★★
1Rek'Sai★★
1Veigar★★
4Nidaleeflex
4Sivirflex
3Viflex

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Malphite

How to play this

Level
Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 7 (19%) and level 9 (26%). 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 Finishes at level 8.1 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.73 across every comp; this one averages 5.36, 0.63 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Malphite 3★ on 3% of boards

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

Stage by stage

Stages 2 and 3 are our plan; 4 to 6 are the level its players were measured at.

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Rek'Sai, Veigar, Warwick and Azir.

Malphite's items go on Rek'Sai until Malphite comes in at level 8.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Yorick and Vi.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 7.7 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Malphite, Nidalee and Sivir; sell Yorick.

54% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

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

Stage 6 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.4 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-5 on average, with 10 gold left.

Which version?

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

All of these play
Rek'Saior VeigarAzirMalphite
#5.36 avg33.2% top 42,847 gamesLevel 8
Played on about 1 board in 588 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Malphite & Zyra
Only this one plays
or Fiddlesticks
Open this version →
#4.40 avg52.0% top 4592 games2-cost reroll at level 7
Played on about 1 board in 3,333 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Warwick & Malphite
Only this one plays
MurkwolfKrugBrambleback
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No tier yetBlackthorn Malphite with Vi
— avg— top 451 gamesFast 8
Carried by Malphite
Only this one plays
or Nidaleeor Siviror Vi
7 smaller versions

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 in 7 days   Not graded played too rarely to grade

Board at every levelthe board level by level, with its traits and the options its games play

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 8 up it is measured over 249 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

719%854%926%
Lv 4planRek'SaiVeigarWarwickAzir4Malphite’s items on Rek'Sai
Lv 5planRek'SaiVeigarYorickWarwickAzirAddedYorick42Malphite’s items on Yorick
Lv 6planRek'SaiVeigarYorickWarwickAzirViAddedVi422Malphite’s items on Vi
Lv 7planRek'SaiVeigarWarwickAzirViSivirYorickAddedSivir4222Malphite’s items on Vi
Lv 854%MalphiteNidaleeSivirAzirViWarwickRek'SaiVeigarAddedMalphiteNidaleeSoldYorick153
Lv 926%MalphiteNidaleeAzirViWarwickRek'SaiVeigarSivirMaokaiAddedMaokai11532

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

How these rows are made

Level 8 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.

Variationswhat close versions add or leave out, and how they placed

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 8MaokaiMalphiteSorakaAzirViWarwickRek'SaiVeigar5.34avg place67 gamesPlaysMaokaiSorakaInstead ofNidaleeSivir
Augments that fitby trait and by our rule; no augment has a number of its own

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.

#5.31

Blackthorn 6: averages 5.31 here, against 5.41 at Blackthorn 4 (236 boards)

AP carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Malphite is built for ability power here (184 boards)

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

By ruleWrong damage type: Malphite is built for ability power here (184 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.

Questionswhat people search for about this comp, answered from this page

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

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

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.4 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (54%).

What items does Malphite need?

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

Is Blackthorn Malphite with Vi good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 60 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.35.

More about this compladder boards, traits, by bracket, trend, also played

Traits

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

Monolith1Blackthorn5next 6Primal3next 4

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.

TraitPlacement at each tier
Blackthorn45.419265.31144

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+51#5.3535.3%9.8%
All ranks60#5.3535.0%8.3%

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.