Fae Aphelios & Kha'Zix

Also called Aphelios Fast 9 · Fae Fast 9

Fast 9ConsistentCarried by Aphelios

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 5 days·Updated 26 Oct 2026, 21:17 UTC·Difficulty Easy

—Tier

#5.68Avg Place

28.9%Top 4 %

5.8%Win %

0.2%Play Rate

2,555Games, 5 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.

★★

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

Aphelios★★

Guinsoo's Rageblade
Kraken's Fury
Infinity Edge

carry

Diana★★

Alistar

Rakan★★

Xayah★★

Alune

Kennenflex

Amumuflex

LeBlanc

Fiddlesticksflex

Ezreal
Hecarim

Kha'Zixflex

Ornnflex

Taric
Sentinel

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How to play this

When: You hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword.
#5.72 alone40% of games
#5.67 with one other41% of games
#5.79 with two or more19% of games
Others on Aphelios in the lobby, over 2,883 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, #5.51 over 3,085 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:Recurve BowB.F. SwordNeedlessly Large RodSparring Gloves
Level: Level to 9. Its games also end at level 7 (16%). Finishes at level 8.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.33 across every comp; this one averages 5.68, 1.35 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
#5.45 over 112 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 Ornn, Rakan, Xayah and Fiddlesticks.

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

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add LeBlanc and Kha'Zix.

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 Kha'Zix.

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 9.0 when they go out in stage 6.

Add Kennen, Amumu and Fiddlesticks.

38% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-3 on average, with 12 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

Rakan

or Xayah

Diana

Aphelios

You are here

Not gradedFae Aphelios & Kha'Zix

#5.68 avg28.9% top 42,555 gamesFast 9

Played on about 1 board in 526 in the last 5 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Aphelios

Only this one plays

or Kennen

or Kha'Zix

Not gradedFae Aphelios

#5.56 avg28.2% top 4908 gamesFast 8

Played on about 1 board in 1,429 in the last 5 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Aphelios

Only this one plays

or Alune

or Maokai

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No tier yetFae Aphelios with Sentinel

— avg— top 4152 gamesFast 8

Carried by Aphelios

Only this one plays

Hecarim

Sentinel

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No tier yetFae Aphelios & Brambleback

— avg— top 4144 gamesFast 8

Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback

Only this one plays

Shen

Brambleback

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Ranked games, last 5 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 5 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 11,293 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

62%716%836%938%109%

Lv 4plan

1Aphelios’s items on Xayah

Lv 5plan

Added

1Aphelios’s items on Xayah

Lv 6plan

Added

1Aphelios’s items on Xayah

Lv 716%

Added

Sold

Lv 836%

Added

Sold

Lv 938%

Added

Sold

Lv 109%

Added

Not 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.

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	#5.45	112
Aphelios	DeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's Fury	#5.49	90
Aphelios	Guinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryLast Whisper	#5.73	62

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

5.01avg place803 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 9

4.86avg place635 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 7

6.21avg place383 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 9

6.26avg place380 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 9

4.46avg place367 gamesPlays

Instead of

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.

#3.48

Lunar 5: averages 3.48 here, against 5.80 at Lunar 2 (6,090 boards)

Sun and Moon

Sun and Moon+

#4.60

Fae 4: averages 4.60 here, against 5.92 at Fae 2 (6,768 boards)

Embiggen

#5.03

Flora Fatalis 2: averages 5.03 here, against 6.15 at Flora Fatalis 1 (6,814 boards)

Consuming Flora

#4.18

Rapidfire 5: averages 4.18 here, against 5.68 at Rapidfire 2 (6,065 boards)

U.R.F

#5.07

Elderwood 7: averages 5.07 here, against 5.97 at Elderwood 3 (6,853 boards)

Nature's Shelter

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 9.0 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: #5.45 over 112 games.

Is Fae Aphelios & Kha'Zix good in patch 18.5?

In Diamond+: average place #5.68 and 29% top 4 over 2,555 Diamond+ games in the last 5 days. At all ranks it averages #5.71 over 2,883 games.

Is Fae Aphelios & Kha'Zix contested?

Contest costs it little: with nobody else on Aphelios it placed #5.72 (40% of games), with one other #5.67 (41%), with two or more #5.79 (19%), over 2,883 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 · 1,769 LP · level 8 · 2026-10-26
#1VIT prestivent#123Challenger · NA · 1,583 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-24
#2Carpe Diem#0124Challenger · KR · 1,623 LP · level 9 · out at 6-3 · 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 · 1,531 LP · level 9 · out at 5-3 · 2026-10-26

Traits

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

Rival1next 2

Defender2next 4

Fae2next 4

Inferno2next 3

Juggernaut2next 4

Lunar2next 3

Rapidfire2next 3

Vanguard2next 4

Flora Fatalis1next 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.

Trait	Placement at each tier
Defender	25.877,49544.97135
Fae	25.925,28844.601,480
Flora Fatalis	16.155,93625.03878
Inferno	25.193,53035.2683354.27100
Juggernaut	25.445,87344.54279
Lunar	25.805,92934.911,15544.3431653.48161
Rapidfire	25.686,00535.021,20544.5317954.1860
Rival	15.985,1905.89245
Vanguard	25.828,43144.7896664.5277

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+	2,555	#5.68	28.9%	5.8%
All ranks	2,883	#5.71	28.2%	5.6%

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.

5.6422

5.7223

5.7524

5.7625

5.7226

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	#5.15	168
Fae Aphelios & Brambleback	—	4	#4.65	152