Stage 2 Level 4 plan
Play Rakan, Xayah, Alistar and Hecarim.
Mama Beak's items go on Xayah until Mama Beak comes in at level 6.
Hecarim holds its own items from level 4.
Elderwood Mama Beak & Hecarim
Riftbeast shops at level 7ConsistentCarried by Mama Beak & Hecarim
——Tier
#4.95Avg Place
42.6%Top 4 %
4.5%Win %
0.3%Play Rate
1,649Games, 3 days
Final board
The board at level 7, 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.
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Level
Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.
4Zyra★★
Zyra★★- Spear of Shojin
- Morellonomicon
or
Azir
3Hecarim★★
Hecarim★★- Gargoyle Stoneplate
- Spirit Visage
- Warmog's Armor
3Krug★★
Krug★★- Gargoyle Stoneplate
- Spirit Visage
3Mama Beak★★★
Mama Beak★★★- Guinsoo's Rageblade
- Hextech Gunblade
- Titan's Resolve
2Alistar★★
Alistar★★1Xayah★★
Xayah★★4Sentinelflex
Sentinelflexor
Scuttlecrab- Rakan
How to play this
- When
- You hold Giant's Belt and Chain Vest.Others on Mama Beak or Hecarim in the lobby, over 1,783 games of this patch at all ranks.
- Items
- Slam Titan's Resolve first (Recurve Bow + Chain Vest): of Mama Beak's most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.84 over 965 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:
Giant's Belt ×3
Needlessly Large Rod ×2
Chain Vest
Recurve Bow
B.F. Sword
Negatron Cloak
Tear of the Goddess - Level
- It shops at level 7: its Riftbeasts reach 3 stars partly through Riftbeast’s free shops. Its games also end at level 9 (6%). Finishes at level 7.5 on average. Boards at its levels average 5.32 across every comp; this one averages 4.95, 0.37 better. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.Finishes at level 7.5 on average. Boards at its levels average 5.33 across every comp; this one averages 4.97, 0.36 better. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
- Carries
Mama Beak 3★ on 67% of boards
Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hextech Gunblade, Titan's Resolve#4.92 over 739 games at all ranks
Hecarim 3★ on 41% of boards
Gargoyle Stoneplate, Spirit Visage, Warmog's Armor#4.56 over 100 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 3 Level 6 plan
Add Mama Beak and Yorick.
Stage 4 Level 7 measured
Its players average 7.1 when they go out in stage 4.
Add Sentinel, Zyra and Krug; sell Rakan and Yorick.
3★ targets: Mama Beak 67% · Hecarim 41% · Krug 24%
58% of its games end at level 7.
Stage 5 Level 7 measured
Its players average 7.2 when they go out in stage 5.
Stage 6 Level 8 measured
Its players average 7.9 when they go out in stage 6.
34% of its games end at level 8.
Its games end around round 5-5 on average, with 9 gold left.
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 7 up it is measured over 2,232 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.
Lv 4plan
3
2
2Mama Beak’s items on Xayah
322Mama Beak’s items on XayahLv 5planAdded32
22Mama Beak’s items on Xayah
Added3222Mama Beak’s items on XayahLv 6planAdded322
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Added322222Lv 758%AddedSold
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AddedSold1332222Lv 834%Added3133222
Added3133222Lv 96%Added3143222
Added31432223★ targets Mama Beak67% Hecarim41% Krug24%
How these rows are made
Level 7 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.
| Champion | Build | Avg Place | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mama Beak | Guinsoo's RagebladeHextech GunbladeTitan's Resolve | #4.92 | 739 |
| Mama Beak |  Radiant Guinsoo's RagebladeHextech GunbladeTitan's Resolve | #3.96 | 114 |
| Mama Beak | Guinsoo's RagebladeHextech Gunblade Kraken's Fury | #4.70 | 87 |
| Hecarim | Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageWarmog's Armor | #4.56 | 100 |
| Hecarim | Gargoyle Stoneplate Protector's VowWarmog's Armor | #4.56 | 98 |
| Hecarim | Gargoyle StoneplateProtector's VowSpirit Visage | #4.87 | 46 |
Components to hold Giant's Belt ×3, Chain Vest ×2, Needlessly Large Rod ×2, Recurve Bow ×2, B.F. Sword, 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 75.83avg place151 gamesPlaysInstead of
5.83avg place151 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 7
5.85avg place150 gamesPlaysInstead of
5.85avg place150 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 75.96avg place77 gamesPlaysInstead of
5.96avg place77 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 7
5.48avg place46 gamesPlaysInstead of
5.48avg place46 gamesPlaysInstead ofAugments 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.
Reroll and economy
By ruleSuits this comp: it 3-stars a 3-cost in 79% of its boards (2,232)
Commerce Core
Invested+
Invested++
Prismatic Ticket
Upward Mobility
Calculated Loss
Cognitive Overload
Epic Rolldown
Epoch
Epoch+
Trade Sector
Trade Sector+3 more
Crafted Crafting
Patience Is A Virtue
RecombobulatorAP carry
By ruleSuits this carry: Mama Beak is built for ability power here (2,085 boards)
Baron's Lair
Coronation
Deadlier Caps
Hold the Line
Soul Awakening
Dark Ritual
Early Learnings
Embiggen
NO SCOUT NO PIVOT
Seraphim's Staff
Tons of Stats!
Stand UnitedWorks against it: Wrong damage type (3)
By ruleWrong damage type: Mama Beak is built for ability power here (2,085 boards)
Deadlier Blades
Cybernetic Implants
Focused FireRiot’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 Mama Beak & Hecarim in TFT Set 18?
Riftbeast shops at level 7. Its Riftbeasts reach 3 stars partly through Riftbeast’s free shops, one every three combats, not only through rolls. Its games end most often at level 7 (58%).
What items does Mama Beak need?
Its most played build this patch is Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hextech Gunblade and Titan's Resolve: #4.92 over 739 games.
Is Elderwood Mama Beak & Hecarim good in patch 18.5?
In Diamond+: average place #4.95 and 43% top 4 over 1,649 Diamond+ games in the last 3 days. At all ranks it averages #4.97 over 1,783 games.
Is Elderwood Mama Beak & Hecarim contested?
Contest costs it little: with nobody else on Mama Beak or Hecarim it placed #4.90 (18% of games), with one other #4.87 (39%), with two or more #5.08 (42%), over 1,783 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.
- #1BLG Etre Infame#BZHChallenger · EUW · 1,572 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-23
Traits
Active on the final board above, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.
Thornmaiden1Elderwood3next 5Riftbeast3next 5Brawler2next 4Rapidfire2next 3Summoner2next 3Vanguard2next 4What 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.
| Trait | Placement at each tier |
|---|---|
| Rapidfire | 25.051,78535.03249 |
| Summoner | 25.181,25333.77435 |
| Vanguard | 25.011,87844.8860 |
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.
| Bracket | Games | Avg Place | Top 4 % | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond+ | 1,649 | #4.95 | 42.6% | 4.5% |
| All ranks | 1,783 | #4.97 | 42.4% | 4.7% |
Trend
Avg Place on each of the last 3 days. The bars are scaled to the range shown, so the shape is the comparison and the figure under each bar is the day.
5.0722
4.9323
5.0524
Also played
Families sharing at least 4 core units with this one — the same board taken a different way.
| Comp | Tier | Shared units | Avg Place | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riftbeast Mama Beak & Hecarim | — | 5 | #3.64 | 598 |