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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 30 Oct 2026, 13:18 UTC·Difficulty Easy

ATier
#4.43Avg Place
51.1%Top 4 %
13.3%Win %
3.1%Play Rate
55,892Games, 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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Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. 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★★
5Luxbest
or
  • LeBlancmost played
  • Lux #2.26 1.8k
  • Alune #2.69 469
  • Kennen #2.77 901
4Lilliaflex

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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.
  • #4.26 alone15% of games
  • #4.38 with one other35% of games
  • #4.57 with two or more50% of games
Others on Aphelios or Ezreal in the lobby, over 80,275 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 47,780 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 4.07 across every comp; this one averages 4.43, 0.36 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

#4.03 over 10,480 games at all ranks

Ezreal 3★ on 0% of boards

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

#3.99 over 4,824 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 Hecarim.

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

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

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add LeBlanc.

456 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, 2.8k games), LeBlanc #6.14 (0% won, 2.9k games), Diana #6.16 (1% won, 1.9k games); all level-8 boards #5.77.

39% 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 Lux.

Fill the ninth slot: Lux #2.26 (39% won, 1.8k games), Alune #2.69 (23% won, 469 games), Kennen #2.77 (22% won, 901 games); all level-9 boards #3.01.

48% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 9 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 avg51.1% top 455,892 gamesFast 9
Carried by Aphelios & Ezreal
Only this one plays
Aphelios
#5.10 avg40.0% top 4455 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 5,000 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Ezreal & Sett
Only this one plays
Settor Asheor Yunara
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14 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 144,246 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

72%839%948%1010%
Lv 4planOrnnXayahAlistarHecarim4Aphelios’s items on XayahEzreal’s items on Hecarim
Lv 5planOrnnXayahAlistarLeBlancHecarimAddedLeBlanc5Aphelios’s items on XayahEzreal’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 6realOrnnAlistarHecarimXayahLeBlanc5
Lv 7realHecarimOrnnEzrealKha'ZixApheliosDianaFiddlesticksAddedEzrealKha'ZixApheliosDianaFiddlesticksSoldAlistarXayahLeBlanc132221
Lv 839%ApheliosEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarOrnnXayahGnarAddedLilliaAlistarXayahGnarSoldKha'ZixDianaFiddlesticks62222Optionsall: #5.77 · 1% won · 9,961 gamesGnar#5.083% won · 2.8kLeBlanc#6.140% won · 2.9kDiana#6.161% won · 1.9k
Lv 948%GnarApheliosEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarOrnnXayahLuxAddedLux162222Optionsall: #3.01 · 22% won · 10,949 gamesLux#2.2639% won · 1.8kAlune#2.6923% won · 469Kennen#2.7722% won · 901Diana#3.2715% won · 3.0k · most played
Lv 1010%GnarLuxApheliosEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarLeBlancOrnnXayahAddedLeBlanc712222

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#4.0310,480
ApheliosElderwood EmblemElderwood EmblemGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge#4.064,180
ApheliosGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#4.224,050
EzrealInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeLast WhisperLast WhisperSpear of ShojinSpear of Shojin#3.994,824
EzrealDeathbladeDeathbladeLast WhisperLast WhisperSpear of ShojinSpear of Shojin#4.223,285
EzrealDeathbladeDeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeSpear of ShojinSpear of Shojin#3.812,762

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 9GnarLuxApheliosEzrealHecarimAlistarLeBlancOrnnXayah4.51avg place15,968 gamesPlaysLuxInstead ofLillia
Lv 9GnarApheliosEzrealDianaHecarimAlistarLeBlancOrnnXayah2.51avg place14,864 gamesPlaysDianaInstead ofLillia
Lv 9GnarLuxApheliosEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarOrnnXayah3.09avg place7,547 gamesPlaysLuxInstead ofLeBlanc
Lv 9AluneGnarApheliosEzrealHecarimAlistarLeBlancOrnnXayah3.98avg place6,014 gamesPlaysAluneInstead ofLillia
Lv 9GnarKennenApheliosEzrealLilliaHecarimAlistarOrnnXayah3.84avg place4,341 gamesPlaysKennenInstead ofLeBlanc
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.

#1.06

Elderwood 11: averages 1.06 here, against 5.59 at Elderwood 5 (35,925 boards)

#4.26

Fae 4: averages 4.26 here, against 4.32 at Fae 2 (81,367 boards)

#3.71

Rapidfire 5: averages 3.71 here, against 4.33 at Rapidfire 2 (96,086 boards)

#3.39

Lunar 5: averages 3.39 here, against 4.36 at Lunar 2 (50,376 boards)

#3.71

Primal 4: averages 3.71 here, against 4.54 at Primal 2 (1,682 boards)

#4.35

Flora Fatalis 2: averages 4.35 here, against 4.81 at Flora Fatalis 1 (16,187 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 8.65 (144,246)

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.

Other comps in its lobbiesthe comps it placed clearly worse or better beside

How this comp placed in lobbies that held each comp below, against its own 4.46 average over 80,275 games of this patch at all ranks. Sharing a lobby is not a fight between two boards: part of each gap is the rest of the lobby, so read it as how it placed, not why. How we pick them.

Does well against

Placed 0.25 better on average in lobbies with Executioner Yunara & Ezreal (1,343 games)

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 (48%).

What items does Aphelios need?

Its most played build this patch is Elderwood Emblem, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Kraken's Fury: #4.03 over 10,480 games.

Is Elderwood Ezreal & Aphelios good in patch 18.5?

Graded A in Diamond+: average place #4.43 and 51% top 4 over 55,892 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #4.46 over 60,186 games.

Is Elderwood Ezreal & Aphelios contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Aphelios or Ezreal it placed #4.26 (15% of games), with one other #4.38 (35%), with two or more #4.57 (50%), over 80,275 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. #1FRB Atami#2407Challenger · VN · 1,606 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-30
  2. #1MIH bensac#WTBChallenger · EUW · 1,606 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-29
  3. #2고고개미#고고개미Challenger · KR · 1,572 LP · level 9 · out at 6-6 · 2026-10-30
  4. #2LostfromLight1#wawaChallenger · EUW · 1,619 LP · level 9 · out at 6-3 · 2026-10-29
  5. #3Cochsaken#TTVChallenger · LAS · 1,681 LP · level 9 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-30
  6. #3Stillness1#0910Challenger · VN · 1,654 LP · level 8 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-30

Traits

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

Avatar1Elderwood6next 7Brawler2next 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
Brawler23.8094,66343.641,417
Defender24.3385,86944.70870
Elderwood35.5110,04255.5934,06274.3873,92592.7822,763111.061,863
Fae24.3275,71744.265,650
Rapidfire24.3395,89834.0710,39944.0098253.71188

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+55,892#4.4351.1%13.3%
All ranks60,186#4.4650.5%13.1%

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.