TFT CODEX

Elderwood Draven with Malphite

Also called Draven Fast 9 · Elderwood Fast 9

Fast 9ConsistentCarried by Draven

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 28 Oct 2026, 07:18 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 49 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 & 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.

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.

5Draven★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Deathblade
carry
5Gnar★
5Ivern★
5Kennen★
4Ezreal★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Last Whisper
2Alistar★★
4Amumuflex
4Lilliaflex
4Malphiteflex

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Draven

How to play this

Level
Level to 9. 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 9.0 on average. Boards at its levels average 3.73 across every comp; this one averages 6.39, 2.66 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 5 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.9 when they go out in stage 5.

Its games end around round 5-3 on average, with 6 gold left.

Which version?

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

Every version plays
AlistarEzrealDravenGnaror Ivern
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No tier yetElderwood Draven with Malphite
— avg— top 449 gamesFast 9
Carried by Draven
Only this one plays
or Malphite

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

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.

Levelling and economy

By ruleSuits this comp: it averages level 8.92, so levelling is the plan (170 boards)

Birthday PresentBuild A BudGoing LongGolden GambleGolden Gamble+Golden Gamble++Hard CommitHedge FundInvestment Strategy IILevel Up!Lucky GlovesLucky Gloves+
66 moreLuxury SubscriptionMoney MonsoonPrismatic DestinyPrismatic Destiny+Shimmerscale EssenceShopping SpreeThe Trait TreeThe Trait Tree+Urf's Grab BagAdvanced LoanAdvanced Loan+Big Grab BagBirthday ReunionBooster PackBooster Pack+Booster Pack++Clear MindCluttered MindConstruct a CompanionConsuming FloraExclusive CustomizationExplosive GrowthExplosive Growth+Gold DestinyGold Destiny+Hard BargainHeroic Grab BagHeroic Grab Bag+Heroic Grab Bag++HustlerInfinity ProtectionInvestment Strategy ILate Game ScalingMalicious MonetizationMax BuildMoney HungryMoney Hungry+Patient StudyPilferSlammin'Slammin'+Solo LevelingSpeedy Double KillSpreading RootsSpreading Roots+The Golden DragonTime SkipCalled ShotCaretaker's AllyCognitive TaxCognitive Tax+ExpeditionFeeling LuckyForge A FriendGood For Something IIron AssetsKick StartKingslayerLate Game SpecialistOne, Two, Five!Pandora's BenchSilver DestinySilver Destiny+Silver Destiny++Silver SpoonYoung and Wild and Free
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 8.92 (170)

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 with Malphite in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 5 are level 8.9 on average.

What items does Draven need?

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

Is Elderwood Draven with Malphite good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 54 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #6.37.

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

Traits

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

Elderwood3next 5Brawler2next 4Executioner2next 3Bounty Seeker1Greenfather1

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+49#6.3910.2%2.0%
All ranks54#6.379.3%1.8%

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.