TFT CODEX

Fae Aphelios Blackthorn

Fast 9ConsistentCarried by Aphelios & Lillia

Updated 28 Sep 2026, 08:18 UTC · Patch 18.3

—Tier
—Avg Place
—Top 4 %
—Win %
0.0%Play Rate
—Games

Open in BuilderThe whole final board — the core at the star level it was measured at and with the carry’s items, and its flex picks — standing the way the board above does: by rule, and yours to move.

Aphelios

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 9 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.3 on average.
Roll
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
Build
Aphelios Aphelios Guinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury · 28 games · #5.86
Components
Recurve BowRecurve Bow · Needlessly Large RodNeedlessly Large Rod · B.F. SwordB.F. Sword · Sparring GlovesSparring Gloves · Recurve BowRecurve Bow · Negatron CloakNegatron Cloak
Contested?
Others holding Aphelios / Lillia: 1 other: #6.21 · 2+ others: #6.70
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.4 · stage 5: 8.8 · stage 6: 9.3
Games end
Lv 8 32% · Lv 9 51% · Lv 10 15%

Final board

The whole board at level 9, where most of its games end. The core — the units on most of this family’s boards — at the star level and with the items they were measured holding; then the flex slots, dashed, with the unit its boards put there most. A slot no unit holds on a quarter of its boards is open.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
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Riot's match data records no positions, so this board is placed by rule from each champion's attack range: melee in front, ranged behind, and the carries holding the most items in the back corners. The level buttons show the board at each level: the dashed ones are planned by rule (see How it’s played), the rest measured.

4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Infinity Edge
  • Kraken's Fury
carry
4Lillia★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmogs Armor
  • Spirit Visage
carry
3Diana★★
  • Thief's Gloves
  • Hand Of Justice
3Fiddlesticks★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmogs Armor
3Mama Beak★★
2Warwick★★
1Rakan★★
1Yorick★★
1Veigarflex

Also in the flex slots Azir

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How it’s played

Where this comp’s games end, and its board at every level from 4 — a unit marked + is new since the level above. Level 8 and up are measured: the boards its games ended on, all ranks, the last 14 days (974 games). 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.

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Lv 4planRakanXayahYorickMama BeakFae 2Juggernaut 2Rapidfire 2Summoner 2Aphelios’s items on XayahLillia’s items on Yorick
Lv 5planRakanXayahYorickWarwickMama BeakFae 2Juggernaut 2Rapidfire 2Summoner 2Aphelios’s items on XayahLillia’s items on Yorick
Lv 6planRakanYorickWarwickDianaMama BeakXayahFae 2Juggernaut 2Rapidfire 2Ravager 2Summoner 2Aphelios’s items on XayahLillia’s items on Yorick
Lv 7planRakanYorickWarwickDianaFiddlesticksMama BeakLillia− XayahDefender 2Fae 2Juggernaut 2Ravager 2Summoner 2Aphelios’s items on Mama Beak
Lv 832%ApheliosLilliaMama BeakDianaFiddlesticksWarwickRakanYorick
Lv 951%ApheliosLilliaMama BeakDianaFiddlesticksWarwickRakanVeigarYorick
Lv 1015%ApheliosLilliaMama BeakDianaFiddlesticksWarwickRakanVeigarYorickAlune

Not a reroll comp: nothing is 3-starred on even 1 board in 5.

Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.4 · stage 5: 8.8 · stage 6: 9.3.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Aphelios or Lillia, over 284 games of this patch. 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
1 other player#6.2134%
2 or more#6.7050%

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, all ranks.

ChampionItemAvg Placevs compGames
ApheliosGuinsoo's Rageblade#6.21-0.21513
ApheliosInfinity Edge#6.19-0.23386
ApheliosKraken's Fury#6.13-0.28334

Full builds

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

ChampionBuildAvg PlaceGames
ApheliosGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#5.8628

Components to hold Recurve Bow, Needlessly Large Rod, B.F. Sword, Sparring Gloves, Recurve Bow, Negatron Cloak

Variations

Cores close enough to this one to be the same comp. Each line is what that version plays instead, how it placed and the games behind it; all of them are counted in the numbers above.

AddsLeaves outAvg PlaceGames
Alune, AzirMama Beak, Veigar6.21161
Malphite, ZyraRakan, Veigar, Yorick5.7287
AluneVeigar, Warwick5.8186
AzirMama Beak, Warwick6.8777
—Yorick6.6936

…and 1 smaller version, 14 games between them. All of them are already counted in the numbers above; they are left off because no one of them is played often enough to plan around.

Traits

Active on the core board, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Defender2next 4Fae2next 4Juggernaut2next 4Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3Ravager2next 4Summoner2next 3Vanguard2next 4Flora Fatalis1next 2Blackthorn1next 2Blossom1next 3Riftbeast1next 3Spellweaver1next 2

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
Flora Fatalis16.3978425.7298
Lunar26.4169135.67164
Rapidfire26.3263435.60106

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+188#6.4517.5%2.7%
All ranks285#6.4217.9%3.2%

Trend

Avg Place on each of the last 5 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
Fae Lillia Summoner—5#5.4967
Rapidfire Aphelios & BramblebackB4#4.4927,898
Lunar Aphelios—4#5.446,181
Vanguard Kha'Zix & Aphelios—4#5.45839
Blossom Ahri—4#5.17682
Lunar Spellweaver—4#4.85566
Lunar Aphelios Rapidfire—4#4.57534
Lunar Alune & Lillia—4#3.76182

Augments

Riot’s match-v1 data does not report which augments a player took, so there is no augment number on this page and none anywhere else on the site. The augment reference lists what each one grants.