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Fae Aphelios with Sentinel

Also called Aphelios Fast 8 · Fae Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by ApheliosA Teamfight Tactics Set 18 comp, measured on patch 18.5 ranked games.

Difficulty Easy None of our four difficulty signals apply

Updated 21 Oct 2026, 06:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.5

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 211 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

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
or XayahDianaApheliosor Rakan
Not gradedFae Aphelios
#5.46 avg32.2% top 4984 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 1,667 this week; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
or Alune
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No tier yetFae Aphelios with Sentinel
— avg— top 4211 gamesFast 8
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
HecarimSentinel

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 this week   Not graded played too rarely to grade

When

Take it when you hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword, and nobody else is on Aphelios

  • #5.29 alone26% of games
  • #5.33 with one other42% of games
  • #5.60 with two or more32% of games

Others on Aphelios in the lobby, over 738 games of this patch at all ranks.

Scout the lobby: with two or more other players on Aphelios it placed #5.60, against #5.29 with nobody else on them.

Slam order our rule

First Infinity Edge (B.F. Sword + Sparring Gloves)

Of Aphelios' most played build, the item its boards placed best with: #5.15 over 205 boards.

Then: Recurve Bow ×2, Needlessly Large Rod, Negatron Cloak

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

Level plan

  1. Stage 2 Lv 4 plan
  2. Stage 3 Lv 6 plan
  3. Stage 4 Lv 7.9 measured
  4. Stage 5 Lv 8.2 measured
  5. Stage 6 Lv 8.8 measured

Its games end at Lv 7 6% · Lv 8 58% · Lv 9 30%

Carries

Aphelios 3★ on 0% of boards

Guinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury

#5.06 over 31 games

Aphelios

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.8 on average.
Play it when
you hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword, and nobody else is on Aphelios (it placed #5.29 then, #5.60 against two or more)
Roll
Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Aphelios; about 33 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 · 31 games · #5.06
Components
Recurve BowRecurve Bow ×2 · B.F. SwordB.F. Sword · Needlessly Large RodNeedlessly Large Rod · Negatron CloakNegatron Cloak · Sparring GlovesSparring Gloves
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 4: 7.9 · stage 5: 8.2 · stage 6: 8.8
Games end
Lv 7 6% · Lv 8 58% · Lv 9 30%
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.3 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.37 across every comp; this one averages 5.39, 1.02 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.

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Final board

The whole board at level 8, where most of its games end, drawn from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days. A dashed slot is one its games fill differently; an open one, no unit holds on a quarter of them. Under a unit, or: who its games play there instead.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
★★
★★
★★
★★
★★
★★

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. Dashed level buttons are planned, the rest measured; the gold one adds the champion that placed best there.

4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Infinity Edge
carry
or
  • Rammus
4Lillia★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Protector's Vow
  • Warmog's Armor
or
  • Nidalee
  • Vi
  • Alistar
4Sentinel★★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
3Diana★★
or
  • Kog'Maw
3Hecarim★★
or
  • Gnar
1Xayah★★
1Ornnflex
1Rakanflex

Paste it into the game’s Team Planner to have these champions marked in your shop.

Stage by stage

What to do at each stage, from the numbers below: stages 2 and 3 are our plan, 4 to 6 the level its players were measured at.

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Ornn, Rakan, Xayah and Hecarim.

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

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Elise and Diana.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 7.9 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Aphelios, Lillia and Sentinel; sell Elise.

58% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.2 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.8 when they go out in stage 6.

30% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-4 on average, with 10 gold left.

How it’s played

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 8 up it is measured over 734 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

76%858%930%105%
Lv 4planOrnnRakanXayahHecarim322Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 5planOrnnRakanXayahEliseHecarimAddedElise332Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 6planOrnnRakanXayahEliseDianaHecarimAddedDiana432Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 7planOrnnRakanXayahDianaHecarimApheliosEliseAddedAphelios43222
Lv 858%ApheliosLilliaSentinelDianaHecarimOrnnRakanXayahAddedLilliaSentinelSoldElise433222
Lv 930%ApheliosLilliaSentinelDianaHecarimOrnnRakanXayahKog'MawAddedKog'Maw14332222

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. 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. The row marked best adds the champion that placed best at the level above.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Aphelios, over 738 games of this patch at all ranks. 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
Nobody else#5.2926%
1 other player#5.3342%
2 or more#5.6032%

Questions

What people search for about this comp, answered from the numbers on this page.

How do you play Fae Aphelios with Sentinel in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.8 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (58%).

What items does Aphelios need?

Its most played build this patch is Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge and Kraken's Fury: #5.06 over 31 games.

Is Fae Aphelios with Sentinel good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 297 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.32.

Is Fae Aphelios with Sentinel contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Aphelios it placed #5.29 (26% of games), with one other #5.33 (42%), with two or more #5.60 (32%), over 738 games of this patch at all ranks.

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 at all ranks over the last 14 days.

ChampionItemAvg Placevs compGames
ApheliosGuinsoo's Rageblade#5.35+0.03377
ApheliosKraken's Fury#5.26-0.05234
ApheliosInfinity Edge#5.15-0.17205

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#5.0631
ApheliosFae EmblemFae EmblemGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge#4.5627
ApheliosDeathbladeDeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#5.9327

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

Variations

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 8ApheliosLilliaNidaleeSentinelHecarimKog'MawRakanXayah4.45avg place110 gamesPlaysNidaleeKog'MawInstead ofDianaOrnn
Lv 8ApheliosLilliaNidaleeDianaHecarimKog'MawOrnnXayah5.79avg place90 gamesPlaysNidaleeKog'MawInstead ofSentinelRakan
Lv 8ApheliosNidaleeSentinelDianaKog'MawViAlistarXayah6.34avg place74 gamesPlaysNidaleeKog'MawViAlistarInstead ofLilliaHecarimOrnnRakan
Lv 8GnarApheliosLilliaSentinelDianaOrnnRakanXayah5.52avg place64 gamesPlaysGnarInstead ofHecarim
Lv 8ApheliosLilliaMorganaSentinelDianaRammusRakanXayah5.86avg place50 gamesPlaysMorganaRammusInstead ofHecarimOrnn

Augments that fit

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.

#4.76

Lunar 3: averages 4.76 here, against 5.43 at Lunar 2 (487 boards)

#5.03

Fae 4: averages 5.03 here, against 5.70 at Fae 2 (525 boards)

#5.13

Rapidfire 3: averages 5.13 here, against 5.31 at Rapidfire 2 (562 boards)

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (553 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsDouble TroubleEarly LearningsNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused FireStand United
Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (553 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.

More about this comp

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. #7Chess is cold#KR1Challenger · KR · 1,490 LP · level 8 · out at 5-3 · 2026-10-10

Traits

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

Vanguard4next 6Elderwood3next 5Fae3next 4Defender2next 4Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3

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
Fae25.7022145.03304
Lunar25.4340334.7684
Rapidfire25.3146735.1395
Vanguard25.5738645.14267

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+211#5.3935.5%4.7%
All ranks297#5.3237.0%4.4%

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.

CompTierShared unitsAvg PlaceGames
Rapidfire Aphelios & BramblebackA4#4.4321,149
Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback—4#4.6812,166
Solar Aphelios & Amumu—4#4.565,384
Vanguard Kha'Zix—4#4.75569
Elderwood Aphelios—4#5.70266
Fae Aphelios & Brambleback—4#4.71207
Vanguard Aphelios & Ezreal—4#6.59153
Fae Alune—4#5.8884