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Elderwood Ezreal with Kennen

Also called Ezreal Fast 9 · Elderwood Fast 9

Fast 9ConsistentCarried by EzrealA Teamfight Tactics Set 18 comp, measured on patch 18.5 ranked games.

Difficulty Medium Placed 0.41 worse on average when one other player held Ezreal

Updated 21 Oct 2026, 06:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.5

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 97 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

Which version?

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

All of these play
AlistarHecarimEzrealor Gnar
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No tier yetElderwood Ezreal with Kennen
— avg— top 497 gamesFast 9
Carried by Ezreal
Only this one plays
or Varus
10 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 this week   Not graded played too rarely to grade

When

Take it when you hold B.F. Sword and Recurve Bow, and nobody else is on Ezreal

  • #6.10 alone20% of games
  • #6.51 with one other42% of games
  • #6.43 with two or more38% of games

Others on Ezreal in the lobby, over 445 games of this patch at all ranks.

Scout the lobby: with two or more other players on Ezreal it placed #6.43, against #6.10 with nobody else on them.

Slam order our rule

First Deathblade (B.F. Sword + B.F. Sword)

Of Ezreal's most played build, the item its boards placed best with: #5.93 over 88 boards.

Then: B.F. Sword, Recurve Bow, Sparring Gloves, Tear of the Goddess

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

Level plan

  1. Stage 2 Lv 4 plan
  2. Stage 3 Lv 6 plan
  3. Stage 4 Lv 8.3 measured
  4. Stage 5 Lv 8.6 measured
  5. Stage 6 Lv 9.1 measured

Its games end at Lv 8 42% · Lv 9 55% · Lv 10 2%

Carries

Ezreal 3★ on 0% of boards

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

#5.89 over 27 games

Ezreal

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 9 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.1 on average.
Play it when
you hold B.F. Sword and Recurve Bow, and nobody else is on Ezreal (it placed #6.10 then, #6.43 against two or more)
Roll
Level 9 around 5-1: about 20 rolls (40 gold) to 2-star Ezreal; about 30 if three copies of each are on other boards. model
Build
Ezreal Ezreal DeathbladeLast WhisperSpear of Shojin Deathblade, Last Whisper, Spear of Shojin · 27 games · #5.89
Components
B.F. SwordB.F. Sword ×3 · Recurve BowRecurve Bow · Sparring GlovesSparring Gloves · Tear of the GoddessTear of the Goddess
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.3 · stage 5: 8.6 · stage 6: 9.1
Games end
Lv 8 42% · Lv 9 55% · Lv 10 2%
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.6 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.08 across every comp; this one averages 6.28, 2.20 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.

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Final board

The whole board at level 9, where most of its games end, drawn from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days. A dashed slot is one its games fill differently; an open one, no unit holds on a quarter of them.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
★★
★★
★★
★★

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. Dashed level buttons are planned, the rest measured; the gold one adds the champion that placed best there.

5Kennen★
  • Thief's Gloves
  • Rabadon's Deathcap
5Maokai★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
4Amumu★
4Ezreal★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Last Whisper
  • Infinity Edge
carry
3Hecarim★★
2Alistar★★
1Xayah★★
5Gnarflex
1Varusflex

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Stage by stage

What to do at each stage, from the numbers below: stages 2 and 3 are our plan, 4 to 6 the level its players were measured at.

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Varus, Xayah, Alistar and Hecarim.

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

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Rakan and LeBlanc.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.3 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Maokai, Amumu and Ezreal; sell Rakan, Varus and LeBlanc.

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 Kennen.

55% 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 5-2 on average, with 10 gold left.

How it’s played

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 8 up it is measured over 442 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

842%955%102%
Lv 4planVarusXayahAlistarHecarim32Ezreal’s items on Varus
Lv 5planRakanVarusXayahAlistarHecarimAddedRakan3222Ezreal’s items on Varus
Lv 6planRakanVarusXayahAlistarLeBlancHecarimAddedLeBlanc4222Ezreal’s items on Varus
Lv 7planVarusXayahAlistarHecarimAmumuRakanLeBlancAddedAmumu422222Ezreal’s items on Varus
Lv 842%MaokaiAmumuEzrealHecarimAlistarXayahKennenVarusAddedMaokaiEzrealKennenSoldRakanLeBlanc134222
Lv 955%KennenMaokaiAmumuEzrealHecarimAlistarXayahVarusGnarAddedGnar1532222

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.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Ezreal, over 445 games of this patch at all ranks. We keep all eight boards of every game, so this is measured, not guessed; part of the gap is the lobby itself, so read it as how it placed, not only why.

Others holding itAvg PlaceShare of games
Nobody else#6.1020%
1 other player#6.5142%
2 or more#6.4338%

Questions

What people search for about this comp, answered from the numbers on this page.

How do you play Elderwood Ezreal with Kennen 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 (55%).

What items does Ezreal need?

Its most played build this patch is Deathblade, Last Whisper and Spear of Shojin: #5.89 over 27 games.

Is Elderwood Ezreal with Kennen good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 196 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #6.42.

Is Elderwood Ezreal with Kennen contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Ezreal it placed #6.10 (20% of games), with one other #6.51 (42%), with two or more #6.43 (38%), over 445 games of this patch at all ranks.

Items

The three items this comp’s carry was measured holding most often, the placement of the boards it held them on, and the difference against the comp’s own average. Every board of the family at all ranks over the last 14 days.

ChampionItemAvg Placevs compGames
EzrealSpear of Shojin#6.34-0.08178
EzrealLast Whisper#6.18-0.24143
EzrealInfinity Edge#6.41-0.02111

Full builds

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

ChampionBuildAvg PlaceGames
EzrealDeathbladeDeathbladeLast WhisperLast WhisperSpear of ShojinSpear of Shojin#5.8927

Components to hold B.F. Sword ×3, Recurve Bow, Sparring Gloves, Tear of the Goddess

Variations

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 8AsheMaokaiAmumuEzrealHecarimAlistarRakanXayah7.15avg place89 gamesPlaysRakanAsheInstead ofKennenVarus

Augments that fit

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.

#6.40

Elderwood 5: averages 6.40 here, against 6.87 at Elderwood 3 (389 boards)

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Ezreal is built for attack damage here (299 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsDouble TroubleEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused Fire
1 moreStand United
Works against it: Not a reroll comp (15), Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleNot a reroll comp: it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 8.59 (442)

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

By ruleWrong damage type: Ezreal is built for attack damage here (299 boards)

Deadlier CapsDark RitualSeraphim's Staff

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.

More about this comp

Traits

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

Old Growth1Elderwood5next 7Inferno3next 5Brawler2next 4Executioner2next 3Juggernaut2next 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
Elderwood36.8720656.40183
Inferno26.1418436.63142

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+97#6.2917.5%5.1%
All ranks196#6.4213.3%2.5%

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.