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Elderwood Aphelios

Also called Aphelios Ezreal Fast 8 · Elderwood Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Aphelios & Ezreal

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 28 Oct 2026, 05:16 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 201 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.

4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Infinity Edge
carry
4Ezreal★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Last Whisper
  • Infinity Edge
carry
4Sett★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
3Diana★★
3Hecarim★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
2Alistar★★
1Xayah★★
1Ornnflex

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Aphelios

How to play this

When
You hold Recurve Bow and Chain Vest.
  • #5.95 with one other35% of games
  • #5.71 with two or more50% of games
Others on Aphelios or Ezreal in the lobby, over 214 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items
Slam Kraken's Fury first (Recurve Bow + Negatron Cloak): of Aphelios' most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #5.74 over 217 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:Recurve BowChain VestNeedlessly Large RodSpatula
Level
Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 7 (7%). Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Aphelios; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model Finishes at level 8.2 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.66 across every comp; this one averages 5.80, 1.14 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Aphelios 3★ on 0% of boards

Elderwood EmblemGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's Fury Elderwood Emblem, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Kraken's Fury

#6.15 over 20 games at all ranks

Ezreal 3★ on 0% of boards

Spear of ShojinLast WhisperInfinity Edge Spear of Shojin, Last Whisper, Infinity Edge

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, Xayah, Alistar and Hecarim.

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

Ezreal's items go on Hecarim until Ezreal comes in at level 7.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add LeBlanc and Diana.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.0 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Aphelios, Ezreal and Sett; sell Ornn and LeBlanc.

71% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.1 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.6 when they go out in stage 6.

20% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-4 on average, with 10 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 555 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

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Lv 4planOrnnXayahAlistarHecarim4Aphelios’s items on XayahEzreal’s items on Hecarim
Lv 5planOrnnXayahAlistarLeBlancHecarimAddedLeBlanc5Aphelios’s items on XayahEzreal’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 6planOrnnXayahAlistarLeBlancDianaHecarimAddedDiana52Aphelios’s items on XayahEzreal’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 7planOrnnXayahAlistarDianaHecarimEzrealLeBlancAddedEzreal62Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 871%ApheliosEzrealSettDianaHecarimAlistarXayahOrnnAddedApheliosSettSoldLeBlanc52222
Lv 920%ApheliosEzrealSettDianaHecarimAlistarXayahOrnnAsheAddedAshe52222

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. Under a measured level, its options: what its games put in the slots past that level’s core, best placed first, with average place, win rate and games beside the level’s own. All of them went out at that level, so none is flattered by having got further. The board draws the first, in a gold ring; the most played is named among them. The row marked best adds the champion that placed best at the level above.

Item builds, measuredthe carries’ three-item builds, with average place and games

The carries’ most played three-item builds this patch, with the placement of the games they were built in.

ChampionBuildAvg PlaceGames
ApheliosElderwood EmblemElderwood EmblemGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#6.1520

Components to hold Recurve Bow ×2, Chain Vest, Needlessly Large Rod, Negatron Cloak, Spatula

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 8ApheliosSentinelSettDianaHecarimAlistarXayah+1 open5.77avg place74 gamesPlaysSentinelInstead ofEzrealOrnn
Lv 8ApheliosSettDianaHecarimAlistarLeBlancOrnnXayah5.68avg place63 gamesPlaysLeBlancInstead ofEzreal
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.

#5.34

Lunar 3: averages 5.34 here, against 5.89 at Lunar 2 (459 boards)

#5.81

Elderwood 5: averages 5.81 here, against 5.85 at Elderwood 3 (480 boards)

#5.48

Rapidfire 3: averages 5.48 here, against 5.79 at Rapidfire 2 (480 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 8.15 (555)

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 Aphelios in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.6 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (71%).

What items does Aphelios need?

Its most played build this patch is Elderwood Emblem, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Kraken's Fury: #6.15 over 20 games.

Is Elderwood Aphelios good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 214 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.81.

Is Elderwood Aphelios contested?

Contest costs it little: with one other #5.95 (35% of games), with two or more #5.71 (50%), over 214 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.

Elderwood5next 7Brawler2next 4Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3Vanguard2next 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
Elderwood35.8517755.81303
Lunar25.8938635.3473
Rapidfire25.7940135.4879

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+201#5.8126.9%2.0%
All ranks214#5.8126.6%2.3%

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.