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Fae Aphelios with Amumu

Also called Aphelios Fast 9 · Fae Fast 9

Fast 9Carried by Aphelios

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 3 Nov 2026, 09:17 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 303 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 & Draven, Riftbeast Elder Dragon. Every grade: the tier list.

Final board

The board at level 8, 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
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Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

4Amumu★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Fae Emblem
  • Infinity Edge
carry
4Lillia★★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Spirit Visage
3Diana★★
or
  • Sentinel
2Shen★★
1Rakan★★
1Xayah★★
4Bramblebackflex

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Aphelios

How to play this

When
You hold B.F. Sword and Needlessly Large Rod, and nobody else in the lobby is on Aphelios.
  • #4.91 alone40% of games
  • #4.90 with one other42% of games
  • #5.26 with two or more17% of games
Others on Aphelios in the lobby, over 625 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items
Slam Fae Emblem first (Spatula + B.F. Sword): of Aphelios' most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.75 over 320 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:B.F. SwordNeedlessly Large RodRecurve BowSparring Gloves
Level
Level to 9. Its games also end at level 10 (10%). Finishes at level 8.6 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.24 across every comp; this one averages 5.06, 0.82 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

Fae EmblemGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity Edge Fae Emblem, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge

#5.03 over 68 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 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 Akali and Shen.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.0 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Amumu, Aphelios, Brambleback and Lillia; sell Akali and Varus.

53% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.2 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 9.0 when they go out in stage 6.

35% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 10 gold left.

Which version?

Four comps play Fae around Aphelios. They share the four below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

Every version plays
Rakanor Xayahor ApheliosLillia
Not gradedFae Aphelios
#5.65 avg28.9% top 41,446 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 1,111 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
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No tier yetFae Aphelios with Amumu
— avg— top 4303 gamesFast 9
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
Shenor Brambleback

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 8 up it is measured over 676 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

71%853%935%1010%
Lv 4planRakanVarusXayahDiana222Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 5planAkaliRakanVarusXayahDianaAddedAkali22222Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 6planAkaliRakanVarusXayahShenDianaAddedShen32222Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 7planRakanXayahShenDianaApheliosVarusAkaliAddedAphelios332222
Lv 853%AmumuApheliosBramblebackLilliaDianaShenRakanXayahAddedAmumuBramblebackLilliaSoldVarusAkali32222222
Lv 935%AmumuApheliosBramblebackLilliaDianaShenRakanXayah+1 open32222222
Lv 1010%AmumuApheliosBramblebackLilliaDianaShenRakanXayahElder Dragon2AddedElder Dragon21332222222

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.

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.

ChampionBuildAvg PlaceGames
ApheliosFae EmblemFae EmblemGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge#5.0368
ApheliosFae EmblemFae EmblemGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#4.6136
ApheliosFae EmblemFae EmblemInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#4.7726

Components to hold B.F. Sword ×2, Needlessly Large Rod, Recurve Bow, Sparring Gloves, Spatula

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 8AmumuApheliosBramblebackLilliaSentinelShenRakanXayah5.54avg place80 gamesPlaysSentinelInstead ofDiana
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.

#3.88

Lunar 3: averages 3.88 here, against 5.00 at Lunar 2 (479 boards)

#4.67

Fae 4: averages 4.67 here, against 5.61 at Fae 2 (626 boards)

#4.61

Rapidfire 3: averages 4.61 here, against 5.01 at Rapidfire 2 (523 boards)

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (585 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsEarly LearningsNO 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 8.54 (676)

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 (585 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 Amumu in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.0 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (53%).

What items does Aphelios need?

Its most played build this patch is Fae Emblem, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Infinity Edge: #5.03 over 68 games.

Is Fae Aphelios with Amumu good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 317 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.08.

Is Fae Aphelios with Amumu contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Aphelios it placed #4.91 (40% of games), with one other #4.90 (42%), with two or more #5.26 (17%), over 625 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.

  1. #2ぺっくる#DACKChallenger · JP · 1,620 LP · level 9 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-23
  2. #6whyyoumadpro#EUWChallenger · EUW · 1,867 LP · level 9 · out at 5-3 · 2026-10-22
  3. #7luxfan#KR1Challenger · KR · 1,512 LP · level 8 · out at 5-2 · 2026-10-30

Traits

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

Fae3next 4Defender2next 4Inferno2next 3Juggernaut2next 4Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3Ravager2next 4Vanguard2next 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
Fae25.6113544.67491
Inferno24.8940534.8989
Lunar25.0041533.8864
Rapidfire25.0137534.6114844.9061

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+303#5.0637.3%6.6%
All ranks317#5.0836.9%6.3%

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
Inferno Aphelios—5#4.871,030
Inferno Fae—5#4.97435
Primal Nidalee & Sivir with LilliaA4#4.3132,696
Rapidfire Aphelios & Brambleback—4#4.7810,432
Solar Aphelios & Amumu—4#4.332,889
Vanguard Aphelios—4#5.822,023
Fae Aphelios—4#5.661,575
Fae Ezreal—4#5.041,191