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Elderwood Ezreal & Aphelios

Also called Aphelios Ezreal Fast 9 · Elderwood Fast 9

Fast 9Carried 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

ATier
#4.43Avg Place
51.0%Top 4 %
13.5%Win %
2.9%Play Rate
50,024Games, 7 days
Grade by day
  1. A since 17 Oct

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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Level 9 is placed by TFT Codex, not measured; the other levels stand by our rule. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

5Gnar★
  • Thief's Gloves
  • Sterak's Gage
4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Elderwood Emblem
carry
or
  • Ivern
4Ezreal★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Infinity Edge
  • Last Whisper
carry
3Hecarim★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
2Alistar★★
1Ornn★★
1Xayah★★
4Lilliaflex
2LeBlancflex

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Aphelios

How to play this

When
You hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword, and nobody else in the lobby is on Aphelios or Ezreal.
  • #4.27 alone14% of games
  • #4.35 with one other34% of games
  • #4.57 with two or more51% of games
Others on Aphelios or Ezreal in the lobby, over 54,841 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items
Slam Elderwood Emblem first (Spatula + Chain Vest): of Aphelios' most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.11 over 48,593 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:Recurve Bow ×3B.F. Sword ×2Sparring Gloves ×2Needlessly Large RodNegatron CloakTear of the Goddess
Level
Level to 9. Its games also end at level 10 (10%). Finishes at level 8.7 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.05 across every comp; this one averages 4.43, 0.38 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Aphelios 3★ on 1% of boards

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

#4.02 over 6,958 games at all ranks

Ezreal 3★ on 1% of boards

Infinity EdgeLast WhisperSpear of Shojin Infinity Edge, Last Whisper, Spear of Shojin

#4.00 over 3,236 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, Alistar and LeBlanc.

Aphelios' items go on Xayah until Aphelios comes in at level 7.

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

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Hecarim.

563 real boards went out at level 6 holding four or more of its units. real

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

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

Add Aphelios, Ezreal, Lillia and Gnar; sell LeBlanc.

Fill the eighth slot: Gnar #5.08 (3% won, 1.9k games), Lux #5.44 (2% won, 204 games), Diana #6.14 (1% won, 1.3k games); all level-8 boards #5.77.

40% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

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

Level 9 around 5-1: about 20 rolls (40 gold) to 2-star Aphelios; about 30 if three copies of each are on other boards. model

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

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

Add LeBlanc.

47% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 8 gold left.

Which version?

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

All of these play
or OrnnAlistarHecarimEzrealGnar
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AElderwood Ezreal & Aphelios
#4.43 avg51.0% top 450,024 gamesFast 9
Carried by Aphelios & Ezreal
Only this one plays
Aphelios
Not gradedElderwood Ezreal & Sett
#5.09 avg38.3% top 4465 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 Asheor Lux
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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 149,978 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

72%840%947%1010%
Lv 4planOrnnXayahAlistarLeBlanc4Aphelios’s items on XayahEzreal’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 5planOrnnXayahAlistarLeBlancHecarimAddedHecarim5Aphelios’s items on XayahEzreal’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 6realOrnnAlistarHecarimXayahLeBlanc5
Lv 7realHecarimOrnnEzrealKha'ZixApheliosFiddlesticksDianaAddedEzrealKha'ZixApheliosFiddlesticksDianaSoldAlistarXayahLeBlanc132221
Lv 840%ApheliosEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarOrnnXayahGnarAddedLilliaAlistarXayahGnarSoldKha'ZixFiddlesticksDiana62222Optionsall: #5.77 · 2% won · 6,730 gamesGnar#5.083% won · 1.9kLux#5.442% won · 204Diana#6.141% won · 1.3kLeBlanc#6.141% won · 2.0k · most played
Lv 947%GnarApheliosEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarLeBlancOrnnXayahAddedLeBlanc72222
Lv 1010%GnarLuxApheliosEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarLeBlancOrnnXayahAddedLux712222

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. Rows marked real are the boards of the games that went out at that level holding four or more of this comp’s units — real boards on the way to it, not its own games. 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.

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#4.026,958
ApheliosElderwood EmblemElderwood EmblemGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge#4.092,869
ApheliosGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#4.262,755
EzrealInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeLast WhisperLast WhisperSpear of ShojinSpear of Shojin#4.003,236
EzrealDeathbladeDeathbladeLast WhisperLast WhisperSpear of ShojinSpear of Shojin#4.242,242
EzrealDeathbladeDeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeSpear of ShojinSpear of Shojin#3.751,849

Components to hold Recurve Bow ×3, B.F. Sword ×2, Sparring Gloves ×2, Chain Vest, Needlessly Large Rod, Negatron Cloak, Spatula, 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 9GnarApheliosEzrealDianaHecarimAlistarLeBlancOrnnXayah3.58avg place33,370 gamesPlaysDianaInstead ofLillia
Lv 9GnarLuxApheliosEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarOrnnXayah3.13avg place7,647 gamesPlaysLuxInstead ofLeBlanc
Lv 9AluneGnarApheliosEzrealHecarimAlistarLeBlancOrnnXayah3.87avg place6,874 gamesPlaysAluneInstead ofLillia
Lv 9GnarKennenApheliosEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarOrnnXayah3.89avg place4,515 gamesPlaysKennenInstead ofLeBlanc
Lv 9GnarLuxEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarLeBlancOrnnXayah3.56avg place3,228 gamesPlaysLuxInstead ofAphelios
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.

#1.05

Elderwood 11: averages 1.05 here, against 5.59 at Elderwood 5 (38,039 boards)

Nature's Shelter

#4.26

Fae 4: averages 4.26 here, against 4.33 at Fae 2 (83,352 boards)

Embiggen

#3.57

Rapidfire 5: averages 3.57 here, against 4.33 at Rapidfire 2 (99,004 boards)

U.R.F

#3.40

Lunar 5: averages 3.40 here, against 4.35 at Lunar 2 (51,401 boards)

Sun and MoonSun and Moon+

#3.45

Primal 4: averages 3.45 here, against 4.47 at Primal 2 (1,721 boards)

Beast WithinBeast Within+

#4.35

Flora Fatalis 2: averages 4.35 here, against 4.78 at Flora Fatalis 1 (16,595 boards)

Consuming Flora

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 & Aphelios 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 (47%).

What items does Aphelios need?

Its most played build this patch is Elderwood Emblem, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Kraken's Fury: #4.02 over 6,958 games.

Is Elderwood Ezreal & Aphelios good in patch 18.5?

Graded A in Diamond+: average place #4.43 and 51% top 4 over 50,024 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #4.45 over 54,841 games.

Is Elderwood Ezreal & Aphelios contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Aphelios or Ezreal it placed #4.27 (14% of games), with one other #4.35 (34%), with two or more #4.57 (51%), over 54,841 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. #1GD Royal#1704Challenger · VN · 1,681 LP · level 10 · 2026-10-27
  2. #2102#2600Challenger · KR · 1,829 LP · level 9 · out at 6-5 · 2026-10-27
  3. #3Ri Le#2406Challenger · VN · 1,591 LP · level 8 · out at 6-2 · 2026-10-27
  4. #5SSC Inusaki#giangChallenger · VN · 1,563 LP · level 8 · out at 5-5 · 2026-10-27
  5. #5TwisterV#PVTChallenger · VN · 1,490 LP · level 8 · out at 5-5 · 2026-10-27
  6. #6Llaih#2915Challenger · VN · 1,510 LP · level 8 · out at 5-3 · 2026-10-27

Traits

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

Elderwood7next 9Brawler2next 4Defender2next 4Fae2next 4Rapidfire2next 3

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
Brawler23.8198,53143.641,520
Defender24.3488,16944.65853
Elderwood35.419,87655.5936,07074.4077,11492.7723,470111.051,969
Fae24.3377,85344.265,499
Rapidfire24.3398,79234.0410,51843.951,02153.57212

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+50,024#4.4351.0%13.5%
All ranks54,841#4.4550.4%13.2%

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.

CompTierShared unitsAvg PlaceGames
Elderwood Ezreal & Lillia—6#4.053,882
Elderwood Ezreal & Soraka with Gnar—6#4.6175
Elderwood EzrealB5#4.5046,076
Elderwood Aphelios—5#5.81214
Elderwood Ezreal with Sett and Kennen—5#5.6297
Elderwood Ezreal & Sett—4#5.15521
Vanguard Kha'Zix with Aphelios—4#4.63364
Elderwood Ezreal with Kennen—4#5.66118