Blackthorn Yunara & Alistar

Game plan

How it’s played

2-cost reroll at level 8 Rolls at level 8 until its 2-costs are 3-starred: Yunara, Warwick, Murkwolf, Alistar.

Play it when

you hold Giant's Belt and Tear of the Goddess

Roll

Level 8 around 4-2: about 132 rolls (264 gold) to 3-star Yunara, Warwick, Murkwolf, Alistar; about 149 if three copies of each are on other boards. model

Build

Yunara Blackthorn Emblem, Last Whisper, Spear of Shojin · 290 games · #2.49

Components

Giant's Belt ×4 · Tear of the Goddess ×2 · B.F. Sword · Chain Vest · Negatron Cloak · Recurve Bow · +2 more

Contested?

Others holding Yunara / Alistar: nobody else: #2.49 · 1 other: #2.60 · 2+ others: #2.64

Pace

Level when its players go out — stage 5: 7.8 · stage 6: 8.1

Games end

Lv 7 4% · Lv 8 86% · Lv 9 10%

Vs its level

Finishes at level 8.0 on average. Boards at its levels average 5.00 across every comp; this one averages 2.57, 2.43 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. 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.

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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. Dashed level buttons are planned, the rest measured; the gold one adds the champion that placed best there.

4Ezreal★

3Azir★★

2Alistar★★★

• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Warmogs Armor
• Spirit Visage

carry

2Murkwolf★★★

2Warwick★★★

• Titan's Resolve
• Spear of Shojin
• Sterak's Gage

2Yunara★★★

• Blackthorn Emblem
• Spear of Shojin
• Last Whisper

carry

1Rek'Sai★★

4Sorakaflex

or

• Kennen

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How it’s played

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 8 up it is measured over 297 games; below that it is planned.

Lv 4plan32Alistar’s items on Rek'Sai

Lv 5planAdded42Alistar’s items on Rek'Sai

Lv 6planAdded422Alistar’s items on Rek'Sai

Lv 7planAddedSold33221

Lv 886%Added43221

Lv 9bestAdded413221The 9th championall: #1.90 · 41% won · 262 gamesLux#1.6345% won · 38Gnar#1.7351% won · 77Kennen#1.8638% won · 92

3★ targets Yunara97% Warwick96% Murkwolf93%

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Yunara or Alistar, over 412 games of this patch. 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.

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, all ranks.

Champion	Item	Avg Place	vs comp	Games
Yunara	Blackthorn Emblem	#2.52	-0.05	285
Yunara	Spear of Shojin	#2.53	-0.03	255
Yunara	Last Whisper	#2.53	-0.03	245

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
Yunara	Blackthorn EmblemLast WhisperSpear of Shojin	#2.49	290
Alistar	Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageWarmogs Armor	#2.58	48
Alistar	CrownguardGargoyle StoneplateWarmogs Armor	#2.26	34
Alistar	Gargoyle StoneplateGargoyle StoneplateWarmogs Armor	#2.17	29

Components to hold Giant's Belt ×4, Tear of the Goddess ×2, B.F. Sword, Chain Vest, Negatron Cloak, Recurve Bow, Sparring Gloves, Spatula

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.

By ruleSuits this comp it 3-stars a 2-cost in 100% of its boards (297)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+Crafted Crafting

2 more

Patience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleSuits this carry Yunara is built for attack damage here (293 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused FireStand United

Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type Yunara is built for attack damage here (293 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. #3maxxine#sleepChallenger · SEA · 1,601 LP · level 8 · out at 6-2 · 2026-10-03

Traits

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

Executioner4Blackthorn3next 4Brawler2next 4Ravager2next 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.

Bracket	Games	Avg Place	Top 4 %	Win %
Diamond+	260	#2.57	92.3%	18.9%
All ranks	410	#2.57	91.5%	20.5%

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.

2.472

2.743

2.504

2.625

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
Elderwood Yunara	—	5	#4.03	182
Blackthorn Warwick Brawler	—	5	#4.47	162
Riftbeast Warwick & Malphite	B	4	#4.55	32,580
Blackthorn Malphite & Warwick Ravager	—	4	#3.64	721
Blackthorn Malphite Ravager Brawler	—	4	#4.00	91