TFT CODEX

Defender Alune

Also called Alune Fast 8 · Defender Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Alune

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 6 days·Updated 27 Oct 2026, 21:17 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 47 in the last 6 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 9, 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.

5Alune★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Archangel's Staff
carry
4Lillia★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Protector's Vow
3Diana★★
3Fiddlesticks★★
3Rammus★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
2Shen★★
4Apheliosflex
1Leonaflex
1Ornnflex

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Alune

How to play this

Level
Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 10 (6%). Level 8 around 4-2: about 163 rolls (326 gold) to 2-star Alune; about 235 if three copies of each are on other boards. model Finishes at level 8.6 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.24 across every comp; this one averages 4.71, 0.47 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Alune 3★ on 0% of boards

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

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 Leona, Ornn, Shen and Fiddlesticks.

Alune's items go on Fiddlesticks until Alune comes in at level 8.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Rammus and Veigar.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.3 when they go out in stage 5.

Add Alune, Aphelios, Lillia and Diana; sell Ornn and Veigar.

39% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

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

53% of its games end at level 9.

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

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 209 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

72%839%953%106%
Lv 4planLeonaOrnnShenFiddlesticks41Alune’s items on Fiddlesticks
Lv 5planLeonaOrnnVeigarShenFiddlesticksAddedVeigar421Alune’s items on Veigar
Lv 6planLeonaOrnnShenFiddlesticksRammusVeigarAddedRammus521Alune’s items on Veigar
Lv 7planLeonaShenDianaFiddlesticksRammusApheliosOrnnAddedDianaApheliosSoldVeigar521Alune’s items on Aphelios
Lv 839%AluneApheliosLilliaDianaFiddlesticksRammusShenLeonaAddedAluneLilliaSoldOrnn15321
Lv 953%AluneApheliosLilliaDianaFiddlesticksRammusShenLeonaOrnnAddedOrnn61321

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.

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.

#4.38

Lunar 3: averages 4.38 here, against 4.58 at Lunar 2 (140 boards)

AP carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Alune is built for ability power here (134 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: Alune is built for ability power here (134 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 Defender Alune in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.9 on average. Its games end most often at level 9 (53%).

What items does Alune need?

On its final board Alune holds Spear of Shojin, Jeweled Gauntlet and Archangel's Staff.

Is Defender Alune good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 57 games at all ranks in the last 6 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.84.

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.

Defender6Attuned1Lunar3next 4Spellweaver2next 4Flora Fatalis1next 2

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
Defender45.236564.10128
Lunar24.587734.3863

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+47#4.7044.7%12.8%
All ranks57#4.8442.1%10.5%

Trend

Avg Place on each of the last 6 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.