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Inferno Aphelios

Also called Aphelios Fast 8 · Inferno Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Aphelios

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 6 days·Updated 27 Oct 2026, 21:17 UTC·Difficulty Easy

—Tier
#5.44Avg Place
32.8%Top 4 %
6.4%Win %
<0.1%Play Rate
472Games, 6 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.

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
  • Infinity Edge
  • Kraken's Fury
carry
3Diana★★
2Shen★★
1Varus★★
5Aluneflex
5Maokaiflex
5Taricflex
1Akaliflex

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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.
  • #5.32 alone42% of games
  • #5.28 with one other39% of games
  • #5.95 with two or more19% of games
Others on Aphelios in the lobby, over 629 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items
Slam Deathblade first (B.F. Sword ×2): of Aphelios' most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.89 over 419 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:B.F. SwordNeedlessly Large RodRecurve BowSparring Gloves
Level
Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 10 (7%). 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 Finishes at level 8.6 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.14 across every comp; this one averages 5.43, 1.29 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

DeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity Edge Deathblade, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge

#5.32 over 22 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 Leona, Varus, Kayle and Shen.

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

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Sejuani and Diana.

303 real boards went out at level 6 holding four or more of its units. real

1% of its games end at level 6.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.1 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Amumu, Aphelios and Akali; sell Kayle, Sejuani and Leona.

39% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.4 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

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

Add Alune, Maokai and Taric.

48% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-5 on average, with 11 gold left.

Which version?

Two comps play Inferno around Aphelios. They share the six below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

Every version plays
VarusShenAmumuApheliosor Maokaior Taric
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Not gradedInferno Aphelios
#5.44 avg32.8% top 4472 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 3,333 in the last 6 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
Dianaor Aluneor Akali

Ranked games, last 6 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 6 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 2,308 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

61%76%839%948%107%
Lv 4planLeonaVarusKayleShen222Aphelios’s items on Kayle
Lv 5planLeonaVarusKayleShenDianaAddedDiana222Aphelios’s items on Kayle
Lv 6realShenVarusKayleSejuaniDianaLeonaAddedSejuani3222
Lv 76%AmumuApheliosShenAkaliVarusDianaKennenAddedAmumuApheliosAkaliKennenSoldKayleSejuaniLeona5222
Lv 839%AmumuApheliosDianaShenAkaliVarusMaokaiKennenAddedMaokai512222
Lv 948%AluneMaokaiTaricAmumuApheliosDianaShenAkaliVarusAddedAluneTaricSoldKennen111432222
Lv 107%AluneKennenMaokaiTaricAmumuApheliosDianaShenAkaliVarusAddedKennen511132222

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. Rows marked real are the boards of the games that went out at that level holding four or more of this comp’s units — real boards on the way to it, not its own games.

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
ApheliosDeathbladeDeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge#5.3222
ApheliosGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeLast WhisperLast Whisper#5.0021
ApheliosGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#5.0520

Components to hold B.F. Sword ×3, Needlessly Large Rod, Recurve Bow, 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 9AsheKennenAmumuApheliosDianaShenAkaliVarus+1 open4.95avg place155 gamesPlaysAsheKennenInstead ofAluneMaokaiTaric
Lv 9AluneKennenAmumuApheliosDianaShenAkaliVarus+1 open4.99avg place107 gamesPlaysKennenInstead ofMaokaiTaric
Lv 9KennenAmumuBramblebackDianaMurkwolfShenWarwickAkaliVarus4.70avg place87 gamesPlaysKennenBramblebackWarwickMurkwolfInstead ofAluneMaokaiTaricAphelios
Lv 9AluneIvernKennenMaokaiTaricAmumuApheliosDianaVarus3.63avg place86 gamesPlaysKennenIvernInstead ofShenAkali
Lv 9IvernKennenMaokaiAmumuApheliosSentinelDianaShenVarus6.24avg place74 gamesPlaysIvernKennenSentinelInstead ofAluneTaricAkali
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.

#4.17

Lunar 5: averages 4.17 here, against 5.46 at Lunar 2 (782 boards)

#4.30

Rapidfire 3: averages 4.30 here, against 5.14 at Rapidfire 2 (1,536 boards)

#4.92

Flora Fatalis 2: averages 4.92 here, against 5.52 at Flora Fatalis 1 (363 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 Inferno Aphelios in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.0 on average. Its games end most often at level 9 (48%).

What items does Aphelios need?

Its most played build this patch is Deathblade, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Infinity Edge: #5.32 over 22 games.

Is Inferno Aphelios good in patch 18.5?

In Diamond+: average place #5.44 and 33% top 4 over 472 Diamond+ games in the last 6 days. At all ranks it averages #5.42 over 629 games.

Is Inferno Aphelios contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Aphelios it placed #5.32 (42% of games), with one other #5.28 (39%), with two or more #5.95 (19%), over 629 games of this patch at all ranks.

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

Traits

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

Attuned1Emerald Aspect1Old Growth1Inferno4next 5Lunar3next 4Juggernaut2next 4Rapidfire2next 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
Inferno25.0232435.6387555.0990274.58133
Lunar25.4672234.5466044.6415254.1760
Rapidfire25.141,27234.30264
Ravager25.251,03444.49136

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+472#5.4432.8%6.4%
All ranks629#5.4234.0%5.4%

Trend

Avg Place on each of the last 6 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.