Stage 2 Level 4 plan
Play Ornn, Rakan, Xayah and Fiddlesticks.
Aphelios' items go on Xayah until Aphelios comes in at level 7.
Fae Aphelios & Kha'Zix
Also called Aphelios Fast 9 · Fae Fast 9
Fast 9ConsistentCarried by Aphelios
——Tier
#5.71Avg Place
28.0%Top 4 %
5.7%Win %
0.2%Play Rate
3,318Games, 7 days
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.
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★★
★★
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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.
4Aphelios★★
Aphelios★★- Guinsoo's Rageblade
- Kraken's Fury
- Infinity Edge
3Diana★★
Diana★★or
Gnar
Alistar
1Rakan★★
Rakan★★1Xayah★★
Xayah★★or
Alune
5Kennenflex
Kennenflex4Amumuflex
Amumuflexor
LeBlanc
4Ezrealflex
Ezrealflexor
Kha'Zix
3Fiddlesticksflex
Fiddlesticksflexor
Hecarim
1Ornnflex
Ornnflexor
Taric
Sentinel
How to play this
- When
- You hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword.Others on Aphelios in the lobby, over 3,733 games of this patch at all ranks.
- Items
- Slam Kraken's Fury first (Recurve Bow + Negatron Cloak): of Aphelios' most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #5.48 over 2,775 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:
Recurve Bow
B.F. Sword
Needlessly Large Rod
Sparring Gloves - Level
- Level to 9. Its games also end at level 7 (15%). Finishes at level 8.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.33 across every comp; this one averages 5.72, 1.39 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.Finishes at level 8.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.35 across every comp; this one averages 5.74, 1.39 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
- Carries
Aphelios 3★ on 0% of boards
Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury#5.56 over 144 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 LeBlanc and Hecarim.
2% of its games end at level 6.
Stage 4 Level 8 measured
Its players average 7.8 when they go out in stage 4.
Add Aphelios and Diana; sell LeBlanc, Fiddlesticks and Hecarim.
36% 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 Kennen and Amumu; sell Ornn.
38% of its games end at level 9.
Its games end around round 5-3 on average, with 12 gold left.
Which version?
Five comps play Fae around Aphelios; the biggest four 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 playRakanor XayahDianaAphelios
Rakanor XayahDianaApheliosNot gradedFae Aphelios & Kha'Zix
#5.71 avg28.0% top 43,318 gamesFast 9
Played on about 1 board in 526 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one playsor Kennenor Ezreal
or Kennenor EzrealNot gradedFae Aphelios
#5.55 avg28.7% top 41,266 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 1,429 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one playsor Alune
Open this version →or AluneNo tier yetFae Aphelios with Sentinel
— avg— top 4228 gamesFast 8
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one playsHecarimSentinel
Open this version →HecarimSentinelNo tier yetFae Aphelios & Brambleback
— avg— top 4196 gamesFast 8
Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback
Only this one plays
Shen
Brambleback
Open this version →ShenBrambleback1 smaller version
- Fae Aphelios & LilliaNo tier yet125 games
Five comps play Fae around Aphelios; the biggest four 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 playRakanor XayahDianaAphelios
Rakanor XayahDianaApheliosNot gradedFae Aphelios & Kha'Zix
#5.75 avg27.4% top 43,733 gamesFast 9
Played on about 1 board in 528 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one playsor Kennenor Ezreal
or Kennenor EzrealNot gradedFae Aphelios
#5.54 avg29.1% top 41,419 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 1,389 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one playsor Alune
Open this version →or AluneNo tier yetFae Aphelios with Sentinel
#5.39 avg32.4% top 4259 gamesFast 8
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one playsHecarimSentinel
Open this version →HecarimSentinelNo tier yetFae Aphelios & Brambleback
#4.78 avg45.5% top 4211 gamesFast 8
Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback
Only this one playsShenBrambleback
Open this version →ShenBrambleback1 smaller version
- Fae Aphelios & LilliaNo tier yet135 games
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 7 up it is measured over 10,517 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.
Lv 4plan
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2
1Aphelios’s items on Xayah
221Aphelios’s items on XayahLv 5planAdded
322
21Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Added32221Aphelios’s items on XayahLv 6planAdded4222
21Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Added422221Aphelios’s items on XayahLv 715%AddedSold
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2221Optionsall: #6.92 · 0% won · 201 gamesAphelios#6.600% won · 93
Rengar#7.050% won · 43
AddedSold1322221Optionsall: #6.92 · 0% won · 201 gamesAphelios#6.600% won · 93Rengar#7.050% won · 43Lv 836%AddedSold432
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AddedSold432222Lv 938%AddedSold32
22
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AddedSold3222222221Lv 109%
AddedSold1
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AddedSold1122222221Not a reroll comp: nothing is 3-starred on even 1 board in 5.
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. 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.
| Champion | Build | Avg Place | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aphelios | Guinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury | #5.56 | 144 |
| Aphelios |  DeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's Fury | #5.60 | 107 |
| Aphelios | Guinsoo's RagebladeKraken's Fury Last Whisper | #5.72 | 79 |
Components to hold Recurve Bow ×2, B.F. Sword, Needlessly Large Rod, Negatron Cloak, Sparring Gloves
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 8
4.95avg place778 gamesPlaysInstead of
4.95avg place778 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 94.87avg place630 gamesPlaysInstead of
4.87avg place630 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 94.45avg place351 gamesPlaysInstead of
4.45avg place351 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 96.17avg place346 gamesPlaysInstead of
6.17avg place346 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 76.25avg place327 gamesPlaysInstead of
6.25avg place327 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.
#5.02
Flora Fatalis 2: averages 5.02 here, against 6.19 at Flora Fatalis 1 (6,320 boards)
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 Fae Aphelios & Kha'Zix 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 (38%).
What items does Aphelios need?
Its most played build this patch is Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge and Kraken's Fury: #5.56 over 144 games.
Is Fae Aphelios & Kha'Zix good in patch 18.5?
In Diamond+: average place #5.71 and 28% top 4 over 3,318 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #5.75 over 3,733 games.
Is Fae Aphelios & Kha'Zix contested?
Contest costs it little: with nobody else on Aphelios it placed #5.75 (40% of games), with one other #5.69 (40%), with two or more #5.84 (19%), over 3,733 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.
- #1102#2600Challenger · KR · 1,829 LP · level 8 · 2026-10-26
- #1VIT prestivent#123Challenger · NA · 1,583 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-24
- #3TTT#20088Challenger · VN · 1,643 LP · level 8 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-23
- #5MKOI Safo20#BADChallenger · EUW · 1,622 LP · level 8 · out at 5-2 · 2026-10-23
- #6엉망진창 메시#KR1Challenger · KR · 1,540 LP · level 7 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-24
- #7AL3XEM#GGEZChallenger · EUW · 1,579 LP · level 9 · out at 5-3 · 2026-10-26
Traits
Active on the final board above, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.
Elderwood3next 5Defender2next 4Executioner2next 3Fae2next 4Inferno2next 3Juggernaut2next 4Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3Vanguard2next 4Flora Fatalis1next 2What 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 |
|---|---|
| Defender | 25.856,84144.73113 |
| Elderwood | 35.956,21855.631,21875.07137 |
| Executioner | 25.513,47434.3290743.50227 |
| Fae | 25.934,97244.601,472 |
| Flora Fatalis | 16.195,47525.02845 |
| Inferno | 25.253,38935.2377354.3592 |
| Juggernaut | 25.455,63344.55241 |
| Lunar | 25.785,41334.851,04244.3029353.52134 |
| Rapidfire | 25.685,61335.021,12344.37166 |
| Vanguard | 25.847,90844.7391664.5777 |
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+ | 3,318 | #5.71 | 28.0% | 5.7% |
| All ranks | 3,733 | #5.75 | 27.4% | 5.6% |
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.
5.6922
5.7723
5.7724
5.8225
5.7826
5.6027
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fae Aphelios with Sentinel | — | 4 | #5.39 | 259 |
| Fae Aphelios & Brambleback | — | 4 | #4.78 | 211 |