TFT CODEX

Juggernaut Alune Vanguard

Fast 9ConsistentCarried by AluneA Teamfight Tactics Set 18 comp, measured on patch 18.4b ranked games.

Updated 18 Oct 2026, 18:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.4b

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 84 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

When

  • #4.05 alone37% of games
  • #4.27 with one other41% of games

Others on Alune in the lobby, over 169 games of this patch at all ranks.

Level plan

  1. Stage 2 Lv 4 plan
  2. Stage 3 Lv 6 plan
  3. Stage 5 Lv 8.8 measured
  4. Stage 6 Lv 9.2 measured

Its games end at Lv 8 13% · Lv 9 77% · Lv 10 10%

Carries

Alune 3★ on 0% of boards

Archangel's StaffSpear of ShojinJeweled Gauntlet Archangel's Staff, Spear of Shojin, Jeweled Gauntlet

Alune

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 9 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.2 on average.
Roll
Level 9 around 5-1: about 33 rolls (66 gold) to 2-star Alune; about 54 if three copies of each are on other boards. model
Contested?
Others holding Alune: nobody else: #4.05 · 1 other: #4.27
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 5: 8.8 · stage 6: 9.2
Games end
Lv 8 13% · Lv 9 77% · Lv 10 10%
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.9 on average. Boards at its levels average 3.83 across every comp; this one averages 4.41, 0.58 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 9, 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.

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

5Alune★★
  • Archangel's Staff
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
carry
5Kennen★
  • Juggernaut Emblem
  • Edge of Night
  • Thief's Gloves
5Maokai★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
4Amumu★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
3Diana★★
3Vi★★
2Sejuani★★
1Rakan★★
5Luxflex

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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 Rakan, Yorick, Scuttlecrab and Sejuani.

Alune's items go on Sejuani until Alune comes in at level 9.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Diana and Vi.

Stage 5 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.8 when they go out in stage 5.

Add Alune, Kennen, Maokai and Amumu; sell Yorick and Scuttlecrab.

77% of its games end at level 9.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 9.2 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 7 gold left.

How it’s played

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 9 up it is measured over 225 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

813%977%1010%
Lv 4planRakanYorickScuttlecrabSejuani4Alune’s items on Sejuani
Lv 5planRakanYorickScuttlecrabSejuaniDianaAddedDiana42Alune’s items on Diana
Lv 6planRakanYorickScuttlecrabSejuaniDianaViAddedVi52Alune’s items on Vi
Lv 7planRakanYorickScuttlecrabSejuaniDianaViAmumuAddedAmumu62Alune’s items on Amumu
Lv 8planRakanSejuaniDianaViAmumuAkaliYorickScuttlecrabAddedAkali6222Alune’s items on Akali
Lv 977%AluneKennenMaokaiAmumuDianaViSejuaniRakanLuxAddedAluneKennenMaokaiLuxSoldAkaliYorickScuttlecrab1115222

Not a reroll comp: nothing is 3-starred on even 1 board in 5.

How these rows are made

Level 9 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 Alune, over 169 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#4.0537%
1 other player#4.2741%

Questions

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

How do you play Juggernaut Alune Vanguard in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.2 on average. Its games end most often at level 9 (77%).

What items does Alune need?

On its final board Alune holds Archangel's Staff, Spear of Shojin and Jeweled Gauntlet.

Is Juggernaut Alune Vanguard good in patch 18.4b?

Not graded yet: 103 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.34.

Is Juggernaut Alune Vanguard contested?

Contest costs it little: with nobody else on Alune it placed #4.05 (37% of games), with one other #4.27 (41%), over 169 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
AluneArchangel's Staff#4.04-0.3081
AluneSpear of Shojin#4.06-0.2880
AluneJeweled Gauntlet#4.41+0.0764

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 9AluneKennenLuxAmumuApheliosDianaViSejuaniRakan4.18avg place61 gamesPlaysApheliosInstead ofMaokai

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.

#3.74

Lunar 3: averages 3.74 here, against 4.90 at Lunar 2 (151 boards)

Levelling and economy

By ruleSuits this comp: it averages level 8.96, so levelling is the plan (225 boards)

Birthday PresentBuild A BudGoing LongGolden GambleGolden Gamble+Golden Gamble++Hard CommitHedge FundInvestment Strategy IILevel Up!Lucky GlovesLucky Gloves+
64 moreLuxury SubscriptionMoney MonsoonPrismatic DestinyPrismatic Destiny+Shimmerscale EssenceShopping SpreeThe Trait TreeThe Trait Tree+Urf's Grab BagAdvanced LoanAdvanced Loan+Big Grab BagBirthday ReunionBooster PackBooster Pack+Booster Pack++Clear MindCluttered MindConsuming FloraExclusive CustomizationExplosive GrowthExplosive Growth+Gold DestinyGold Destiny+Hard BargainHeroic Grab BagHeroic Grab Bag+Heroic Grab Bag++HustlerInfinity ProtectionInvestment Strategy ILate Game ScalingMalicious MonetizationMax BuildMoney HungryMoney Hungry+Patient StudyPilferSlammin'Slammin'+Solo LevelingSpeedy Double KillSpreading RootsSpreading Roots+The Golden DragonTime SkipCalled ShotCaretaker's AllyCognitive TaxCognitive Tax+ExpeditionFeeling LuckyGood For Something IIron AssetsKick StartKingslayerLate Game SpecialistOne, Two, Five!Pandora's BenchSilver DestinySilver Destiny+Silver Destiny++Silver SpoonYoung and Wild and Free

AP carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Alune is built for ability power here (181 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier CapsHold the LineSoul AwakeningDark RitualDouble TroubleEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTSeraphim's StaffTons of Stats!
1 moreStand 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 8.96 (225)

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

By ruleWrong damage type: Alune is built for ability power here (181 boards)

Deadlier BladesCybernetic ImplantsFocused Fire

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. #1빈 틈#123Challenger · KR · 1,645 LP · level 10 · 2026-10-08

Traits

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

Attuned1Avatar1Old Growth1Juggernaut5next 6Inferno2next 3Lunar2next 3Vanguard2next 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
Juggernaut44.5013464.1479
Lunar24.907133.7480

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+84#4.4056.0%13.1%
All ranks103#4.3455.3%14.6%

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
Juggernaut Alune Lunar—6#5.36132
Juggernaut ZyraB5#4.68107,844
Juggernaut Ashe—5#4.4314,950
Lunar Alune—5#4.3011,580
Juggernaut Ezreal & Kennen—5#5.33467
Elderwood Alune & Maokai—5#4.43411
Juggernaut Alune & Amumu—5#5.10320
Lunar Aphelios & Lux—5#3.89102