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Elderwood Ezreal without Gnar

Also called Draven Ezreal Fast 9 · Elderwood Fast 9

Fast 9Carried by Draven & Ezreal

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 29 Oct 2026, 19:18 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 322 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. 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.

4Ezreal★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Last Whisper
  • Infinity Edge
carry
3Hecarim★★
1Ornn★★
5Dravenflex
5Ivernflex
5Luxflex
5Taricflex
4Lilliaflex
4Sentinelflex

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Draven

How to play this

When
You hold B.F. Sword and Recurve Bow, and nobody else in the lobby is on Draven or Ezreal.
  • #5.23 alone17% of games
  • #5.60 with one other38% of games
  • #5.98 with two or more45% of games
Others on Draven or Ezreal in the lobby, over 418 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items
Slam Kraken's Fury first (Recurve Bow + Negatron Cloak): of Draven's most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.90 over 213 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:B.F. Sword ×4Recurve Bow ×2Sparring Gloves ×2Needlessly Large RodTear of the Goddess
Level
Level to 9. Its games also end at level 10 (10%). Finishes at level 8.6 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.11 across every comp; this one averages 5.68, 1.57 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 RagebladeInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury

#5.75 over 24 games at all ranks

Ezreal 3★ on 0% of boards

DeathbladeLast WhisperSpear of Shojin Deathblade, Last Whisper, Spear of Shojin

#5.73 over 22 games at all ranks

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, LeBlanc and Hecarim.

Ezreal's items go on LeBlanc until Ezreal comes in at level 8.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Alistar and Fiddlesticks.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.2 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Ezreal, Sentinel and Soraka; sell Xayah, Alistar, LeBlanc and Fiddlesticks.

41% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.4 when they go out in stage 5.

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

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 9.2 when they go out in stage 6.

Add Draven, Ivern, Taric and Lillia; sell Soraka.

45% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-4 on average, with 10 gold left.

Which version?

17 comps play Elderwood around Ezreal; the biggest four and this one are compared here. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

All of these play
or OrnnHecarimEzreal
Not gradedElderwood Ezreal & Sett
#5.19 avg38.2% top 4490 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 3,333 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Ezreal & Sett
Only this one plays
YunaraSettor Ashe
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No tier yetElderwood Ezreal without Gnar
— avg— top 4322 gamesFast 9
Carried by Draven & Ezreal
Only this one plays
or Dravenor Ivernor Taricor Sentinel
12 smaller versions

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

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

74%841%945%1010%
Lv 4planOrnnXayahLeBlancHecarim4Ezreal’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 5planOrnnXayahAlistarLeBlancHecarimAddedAlistar5Ezreal’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 6planOrnnXayahAlistarLeBlancFiddlesticksHecarimAddedFiddlesticks5221Ezreal’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 7planOrnnHecarimSentinelXayahFiddlesticksLeBlancAlistarAddedSentinel52221Ezreal’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 841%EzrealSentinelSorakaHecarimOrnnIvernTaricLilliaAddedEzrealSorakaIvernTaricLilliaSoldXayahFiddlesticksLeBlancAlistar1133221
Lv 945%DravenIvernTaricEzrealLilliaSentinelHecarimOrnnLuxAddedDravenLuxSoldSoraka1111332
Lv 1010%DravenGnarIvernLuxTaricEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarOrnnAddedGnarAlistarSoldSentinel11115222

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.

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
DravenGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#5.7524
EzrealDeathbladeDeathbladeLast WhisperLast WhisperSpear of ShojinSpear of Shojin#5.7322

Components to hold B.F. Sword ×4, Recurve Bow ×3, Sparring Gloves ×2, Needlessly Large Rod, Negatron Cloak, Tear of the Goddess

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 8DravenIvernTaricEzrealSentinelSorakaHecarimOrnn6.71avg place151 gamesPlaysDravenInstead ofLillia
Lv 8IvernTaricEzrealSentinelSorakaDianaHecarimOrnn6.25avg place118 gamesPlaysDianaInstead ofLillia
Lv 8DravenIvernLilliaSentinelHecarimLeBlancOrnnXayah6.53avg place111 gamesPlaysDravenLeBlancXayahInstead ofEzrealSorakaTaric
Lv 8LuxEzrealLilliaSentinelSivirHecarimViOrnn5.93avg place81 gamesPlaysLuxSivirViInstead ofSorakaIvernTaric
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.

#4.07

Elderwood 7: averages 4.07 here, against 6.06 at Elderwood 3 (490 boards)

Nature's Shelter

#6.14

Flora Fatalis 2: averages 6.14 here, against 6.24 at Flora Fatalis 1 (290 boards)

Consuming Flora
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 (816)

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 Ezreal without Gnar in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.2 on average. Its games end most often at level 9 (45%).

What items does Draven need?

Its most played build this patch is Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge and Kraken's Fury: #5.75 over 24 games.

Is Elderwood Ezreal without Gnar good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 348 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.70.

Is Elderwood Ezreal without Gnar contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Draven or Ezreal it placed #5.23 (17% of games), with one other #5.60 (38%), with two or more #5.98 (45%), over 418 games of this patch at all ranks.

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

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. #4Zounderkite#1405Challenger · TR · 1,921 LP · level 9 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-25

Traits

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

Avatar1Bounty Seeker1Emerald Aspect1Greenfather1Elderwood3next 5Vanguard3next 4Defender2next 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
Elderwood36.0636155.7322574.07129
Vanguard25.6660145.47146

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+322#5.6827.0%8.7%
All ranks348#5.7026.2%8.6%

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.