TFT CODEX

Executioner Aphelios

Also called Aphelios Fast 9 · Executioner Fast 9

Fast 9Carried by Aphelios

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 28 Oct 2026, 07:18 UTC·Difficulty Medium

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 207 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, Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Draven. 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
★★
★★
★★

Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

5Gnar★
5Kennen★
  • Thief's Gloves
  • Edge of Night
5Maokai★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
5Taric★
4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Infinity Edge
carry
4Ezreal★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Last Whisper
  • Infinity Edge
3Diana★★
5Aluneflex
4Lilliaflex

Open in Builder
Aphelios

How to play this

When
  • #4.74 alone50% of games
  • #4.99 with one other36% of games
Others on Aphelios in the lobby, over 232 games of this patch at all ranks.
Level
Level to 9. Its games also end at level 8 (13%) and level 10 (12%). 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 Finishes at level 9.0 on average. Boards at its levels average 3.64 across every comp; this one averages 4.89, 1.25 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

Guinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryInfinity Edge Guinsoo's Rageblade, Kraken's Fury, Infinity Edge

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 Rakan, Varus, Xayah and Diana.

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

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Elise and Hecarim.

Stage 4 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.7 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Gnar, Kennen, Maokai, Taric, Aphelios and Ezreal; sell Rakan, Varus, Xayah, Elise and Hecarim.

75% of its games end at level 9.

Stage 5 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.8 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

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

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 6 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 8 up it is measured over 626 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

813%975%1012%
Lv 4planRakanVarusXayahDiana222Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 5planRakanVarusXayahEliseDianaAddedElise322Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 6planRakanVarusXayahEliseDianaHecarimAddedHecarim422Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 7planDianaHecarimApheliosXayahRakanEliseVarusAddedAphelios4322
Lv 813%GnarMaokaiTaricApheliosEzrealDianaKennenHecarimAddedGnarMaokaiTaricEzrealKennenSoldXayahRakanEliseVarus113322
Lv 975%GnarKennenMaokaiTaricApheliosEzrealDianaAluneLilliaAddedAluneLilliaSoldHecarim111322
Lv 1012%AluneGnarKennenMaokaiTaricApheliosEzrealLilliaDianaAlistarAddedAlistar11133222

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.

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. A 2 on a portrait: that unit takes two team slots.

Lv 9Elder Dragon2GnarMaokaiTaricApheliosLilliaSentinelDiana5.24avg place106 gamesPlaysElder Dragon2SentinelInstead ofKennenEzrealAlune
Lv 9GnarKennenMaokaiTaricApheliosEzrealLilliaDianaOrnn4.30avg place101 gamesPlaysOrnnInstead ofAlune
Lv 9GnarKennenMaokaiTaricAmumuApheliosEzrealDianaHecarim6.68avg place65 gamesPlaysHecarimAmumuInstead ofAluneLillia
Lv 9AluneGnarKennenMaokaiTaricAmumuApheliosSettDiana5.00avg place50 gamesPlaysSettAmumuInstead ofEzrealLillia
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.

#4.41

Lunar 3: averages 4.41 here, against 4.87 at Lunar 2 (451 boards)

Levelling and economy

By ruleSuits this comp: it averages level 8.98, so levelling is the plan (626 boards)

Birthday PresentBuild A BudGoing LongGolden GambleGolden Gamble+Golden Gamble++Hard CommitHedge FundInvestment Strategy IILevel Up!Lucky GlovesLucky Gloves+
66 moreLuxury SubscriptionMoney MonsoonPrismatic DestinyPrismatic Destiny+Shimmerscale EssenceShopping SpreeThe Trait TreeThe Trait Tree+Urf's Grab BagAdvanced LoanAdvanced Loan+Big Grab BagBirthday ReunionBooster PackBooster Pack+Booster Pack++Clear MindCluttered MindConstruct a CompanionConsuming FloraExclusive CustomizationExplosive GrowthExplosive Growth+Gold DestinyGold Destiny+Hard BargainHeroic Grab BagHeroic Grab Bag+Heroic Grab Bag++HustlerInfinity ProtectionInvestment Strategy ILate Game ScalingMalicious MonetizationMax BuildMoney HungryMoney Hungry+Patient StudyPilferSlammin'Slammin'+Solo LevelingSpeedy Double KillSpreading RootsSpreading Roots+The Golden DragonTime SkipCalled ShotCaretaker's AllyCognitive TaxCognitive Tax+ExpeditionFeeling LuckyForge A FriendGood For Something IIron AssetsKick StartKingslayerLate Game SpecialistOne, Two, Five!Pandora's BenchSilver DestinySilver Destiny+Silver Destiny++Silver SpoonYoung and Wild and Free
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 8.98 (626)

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 Executioner Aphelios 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 (75%).

What items does Aphelios need?

On its final board Aphelios holds Guinsoo's Rageblade, Kraken's Fury and Infinity Edge.

Is Executioner Aphelios good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 232 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.87.

Is Executioner Aphelios contested?

Contest costs it little: with nobody else on Aphelios it placed #4.74 (50% of games), with one other #4.99 (36%), over 232 games of this patch at all ranks.

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

Traits

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

Attuned1Emerald Aspect1Old Growth1Lunar3next 4Executioner2next 3Vanguard2next 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
Executioner24.7530634.2365
Lunar24.8731234.41139

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+207#4.8942.5%10.6%
All ranks232#4.8743.1%10.8%

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 Draven & MaokaiA5#4.2885,260
Juggernaut Aphelios with Gnar—5#6.22186
Lunar Alune—4#4.317,983
Executioner Ezreal—4#5.051,113
Elderwood Ezreal with Ivern—4#6.82116
Elderwood Alune with Taric—4#3.9299
Rapidfire Aphelios & Maokai—4#4.8188
Inferno Aphelios with Ivern—4#4.4584