TFT CODEX

Elderwood Draven

Also called Draven Fast 9 · Elderwood Fast 9

Fast 9ConsistentCarried by Draven

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+: 232 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 & Draven (same carry), Riftbeast Elder Dragon. 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.

5Draven★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Deathblade
carry
or
  • Xayah
5Gnar★
4Amumu★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
4Ezreal★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Last Whisper
2Alistar★★
5Ivernflex
4Lilliaflex
2Shenflex
1Rakanflex

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Draven

How to play this

When
  • #6.31 alone46% of games
  • #6.13 with one other39% of games
Others on Draven in the lobby, over 267 games of this patch at all ranks.
Level
Level to 9. Its games also end at level 10 (4%). Level 9 around 5-1: about 33 rolls (66 gold) to 2-star Draven; about 54 if three copies of each are on other boards. model Finishes at level 8.7 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.06 across every comp; this one averages 6.15, 2.09 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Draven 3★ on 0% of boards

Guinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryDeathblade Guinsoo's Rageblade, Kraken's Fury, Deathblade

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 Ornn, Rakan, Xayah and Alistar.

Draven's items go on Xayah until Draven comes in at level 8.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Varus and Shen.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.4 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Draven, Gnar, Amumu, Ezreal and Lillia; sell Ornn, Rakan, Varus and Xayah.

42% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.6 when they go out in stage 5.

Add Ivern and Rakan.

54% of its games end at level 9.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 9.1 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-3 on average, with 10 gold left.

Which version?

Four comps play Elderwood around Draven. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

Every version plays
EzrealDravenor Ivern
You are here
No tier yetElderwood Draven
— avg— top 4232 gamesFast 9
Carried by Draven
Only this one plays
or Shenor Rakan

Ranked games, last 6 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 6 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 714 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

842%954%104%
Lv 4planOrnnRakanXayahAlistar32Draven’s items on Xayah
Lv 5planOrnnRakanXayahAlistarShenAddedShen322Draven’s items on Xayah
Lv 6planOrnnRakanVarusXayahAlistarShenAddedVarus32222Draven’s items on Xayah
Lv 7planRakanAlistarShenLilliaXayahOrnnVarusAddedLillia33322Draven’s items on Xayah
Lv 842%DravenGnarAmumuEzrealLilliaAlistarShenRakanAddedDravenGnarAmumuEzrealSoldXayahOrnnVarus1322222
Lv 954%DravenGnarIvernAmumuEzrealLilliaAlistarShenRakanAddedIvern11322222

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 9GnarIvernAmumuEzrealLilliaAlistarShenRakanXayah5.40avg place204 gamesPlaysXayahInstead ofDraven
Lv 9AsheDravenIvernAmumuEzrealLilliaAlistarShen+1 open6.94avg place114 gamesPlaysAsheInstead ofGnarRakan
Lv 8IvernAmumuLilliaSettTristanaAlistarRakanXayah5.92avg place64 gamesPlaysIvernTristanaXayahSettInstead ofDravenGnarEzrealShen
Lv 8AsheIvernAmumuEzrealMalphiteAlistarShenAkali7.05avg place44 gamesPlaysIvernAkaliAsheMalphiteInstead ofDravenGnarLilliaRakan
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.

#5.44

Elderwood 5: averages 5.44 here, against 6.44 at Elderwood 3 (504 boards)

#4.80

Fae 4: averages 4.80 here, against 6.16 at Fae 2 (287 boards)

Works against it: Not a reroll comp (15)

By ruleNot a reroll comp: it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 8.61 (714)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCalculated LossCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+
3 moreCrafted CraftingPatience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

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 Elderwood Draven in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.1 on average. Its games end most often at level 9 (54%).

What items does Draven need?

On its final board Draven holds Guinsoo's Rageblade, Kraken's Fury and Deathblade.

Is Elderwood Draven good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 267 games at all ranks in the last 6 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #6.21.

Is Elderwood Draven contested?

Contest costs it little: with nobody else on Draven it placed #6.31 (46% of games), with one other #6.13 (39%), over 267 games of this patch at all ranks.

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.

Bounty Seeker1Greenfather1Elderwood3next 5Brawler2next 4Defender2next 4Fae2next 4Inferno2next 3Juggernaut2next 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
Elderwood36.4443155.4473
Fae26.1615444.80133
Inferno26.4624936.22196

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+232#6.1417.7%6.5%
All ranks267#6.2116.9%6.0%

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.