TFT CODEX

Blackthorn Malphite with Taric

Also called Lux Malphite Fast 8 · Blackthorn Fast 8

Fast 8Carried by Lux & Malphite

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 29 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 57 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.

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
  • Void Staff
carry
5Taric★
4Malphite★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
carry
4Sentinel★★
3Azir★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Void Staff
1Veigar★★
2Warwickflex
1Rek'Saiflex

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Lux

How to play this

Level
Level to 8 and roll there. 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 8.5 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.21 across every comp; this one averages 4.46, 0.25 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Lux 3★ on 0% of boards

Spear of ShojinJeweled GauntletVoid Staff Spear of Shojin, Jeweled Gauntlet, Void Staff

Malphite 3★ on 1% 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 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.4 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.9 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-7 on average, with 9 gold left.

Which version?

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

All of these play
AzirMalphiteor Rek'Sai
#5.33 avg34.4% top 43,333 gamesLevel 8
Played on about 1 board in 556 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Malphite & Azir
Only this one plays
or Fiddlesticks
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#4.32 avg55.1% top 4744 games2-cost reroll at level 7
Played on about 1 board in 2,500 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Warwick & Malphite
Only this one plays
MurkwolfKrugBramblebackor Kha'Zix
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No tier yetBlackthorn Malphite with Taric
— avg— top 457 gamesFast 8
Carried by Lux & Malphite
Only this one plays
SentinelLuxTaric
6 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

Augmentswhy no augment has a number on this page

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 Taric in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.9 on average.

What items does Lux need?

On its final board Lux holds Spear of Shojin, Jeweled Gauntlet and Void Staff.

Is Blackthorn Malphite with Taric good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 62 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.48.

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

Traits

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

Blackthorn3next 4Vanguard2next 4Avatar1Emerald Aspect1Monolith1

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+57#4.4649.1%17.5%
All ranks62#4.4848.4%16.1%

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 with Alune—4#3.6593
Summoner Malphite & Zyra with Alune—4#3.4955