TFT CODEX

Fae Aphelios with Alune

Also called Aphelios Brambleback Fast 9 · Fae Fast 9

Fast 9ConsistentCarried by Aphelios & Brambleback

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 29 Oct 2026, 19:18 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 52 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 (same carry), 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.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
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Positions are our rule, by attack range: melee in front, ranged behind, the most-itemed carries in the back corners. Riot's match data has none.

5Alune★
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Blue Buff
4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Infinity Edge
  • Kraken's Fury
carry
4Brambleback★★
  • Edge of Night
  • Rapidfire Emblem
  • Quicksilver
carry
4Lillia★★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
4Sentinel★★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
3Fiddlesticks★★
3Mama Beak★★
1Rakan★★
3Dianaflex

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Aphelios

How to play this

Level
Level to 9. Finishes at level 8.7 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.02 across every comp; this one averages 4.78, 0.76 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 RagebladeInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury

Brambleback 3★ on 0% of boards

Edge of NightRapidfire EmblemQuicksilver Edge of Night, Rapidfire Emblem, Quicksilver

Stage by stage

Stages 2 and 3 are our plan; 4 to 6 are the level its players were measured at.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.5 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.

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 8 gold left.

Which version?

Six comps play Fae around Aphelios; the biggest four and this one are compared here. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

All of these play
RakanApheliosor Diana
#5.59 avg29.6% top 43,015 gamesFast 9
Played on about 1 board in 625 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
or Kennenor Ezreal
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Not gradedFae Aphelios
#5.57 avg29.4% top 41,585 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 1,250 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
or Maokai
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No tier yetFae Aphelios with Alune
— avg— top 452 gamesFast 9
Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback
Only this one plays
Mama Beak
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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

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.

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (81 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused FireStand United
Works against it: Not a reroll comp (15), Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleNot a reroll comp: it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 8.73 (97)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCalculated LossCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+
3 moreCrafted CraftingPatience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (81 boards)

Deadlier CapsDark RitualSeraphim's Staff

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 with Alune in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.1 on average.

What items does Aphelios need?

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

Is Fae Aphelios with Alune good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 53 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.77.

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

Traits

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

Riftbeast3next 5Defender2next 4Fae2next 4Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3Spellweaver2next 4Vanguard2next 4Attuned1Flora Fatalis1next 2

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+52#4.7948.1%9.6%
All ranks53#4.7749.1%9.4%

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.