TFT CODEX

Lunar Alune Vanguard

Fast 9High Win %Carried by Aphelios & Alune

Updated 28 Sep 2026, 08:18 UTC · Patch 18.3

—Tier
—Avg Place
—Top 4 %
—Win %
0.0%Play Rate
—Games

Open in BuilderThe whole final board — the core at the star level it was measured at and with the carry’s items, and its flex picks — standing the way the board above does: by rule, and yours to move.

Aphelios

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 20 rolls (40 gold) to 2-star Aphelios; about 30 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 · 22 games · #4.41
Components
Recurve BowRecurve Bow · Needlessly Large RodNeedlessly Large Rod · B.F. SwordB.F. Sword · Sparring GlovesSparring Gloves · Recurve BowRecurve Bow · Negatron CloakNegatron Cloak
Contested?
Others holding Aphelios / Alune: 1 other: #4.23 · 2+ others: #4.29
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.2 · stage 5: 8.7 · stage 6: 9.2
Games end
Lv 8 19% · Lv 9 60% · Lv 10 20%

Final board

The whole board at level 9, where most of its games end. The core — the units on most of this family’s boards — at the star level and with the items they were measured holding; then the flex slots, dashed, with the unit its boards put there most. A slot no unit holds on a quarter of its boards is open.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
★★
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Riot's match data records no positions, so this board is placed by rule from each champion's attack range: melee in front, ranged behind, and the carries holding the most items in the back corners. The level buttons show the board at each level: the dashed ones are planned by rule (see How it’s played), the rest measured.

5Alune★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Blue Buff
carry
5Lux★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Rabadon's Deathcap
5Taric★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmogs Armor
4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Infinity Edge
  • Kraken's Fury
carry
3Diana★★
5Gnarflex
5Ivernflex
5Kennenflex
4Malphiteflex

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How it’s played

Where this comp’s games end, and its board at every level from 4 — a unit marked + is new since the level above. Level 8 and up are measured: the boards its games ended on, all ranks, the last 14 days (1,577 games). 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. 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.

819%960%1020%
Lv 4planRakanXayahLeBlancDianaFae 2Vanguard 2Aphelios’s items on XayahAlune’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 5planRakanXayahEliseLeBlancDianaVanguard 3Fae 2Aphelios’s items on XayahAlune’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 6planDianaHecarimEliseRakanXayahLeBlancVanguard 4Elderwood 3Fae 2Aphelios’s items on XayahAlune’s items on LeBlanc
Lv 7realDianaApheliosAluneKha'ZixHecarimTaricKennen− Elise, Rakan, Xayah, LeBlanc
Lv 819%AluneTaricApheliosMalphiteDianaLuxSettKrug− Kha'Zix, Hecarim, Kennen
Lv 960%AluneGnarIvernLuxTaricApheliosMalphiteDianaKennen− Sett, Krug
Lv 1020%AluneGnarIvernKennenLuxTaricApheliosDianaMalphite+1 open

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

Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.2 · stage 5: 8.7 · stage 6: 9.2.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Aphelios or Alune, over 475 games of this patch. 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
1 other player#4.2334%
2 or more#4.2956%

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, all ranks.

ChampionItemAvg Placevs compGames
ApheliosGuinsoo's Rageblade#4.36+0.14573
ApheliosInfinity Edge#4.46+0.24360
ApheliosKraken's Fury#4.42+0.20304

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#4.4122

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

Variations

Cores close enough to this one to be the same comp. Each line is what that version plays instead, how it placed and the games behind it; all of them are counted in the numbers above.

AddsLeaves outAvg PlaceGames
Krug, SettGnar, Ivern, Kennen5.04216
Ashe, VarusGnar, Ivern, Kennen4.4668
Akali, Kog'Maw, VarusGnar, Ivern, Kennen, Taric5.8961
Maokai, Rek'SaiAphelios, Ivern, Taric4.6157
Alistar, Krug, Rek'Sai, SettAlune, Gnar, Ivern, Kennen, Lux5.5351

…and 13 smaller versions, 380 games between them. All of them are already counted in the numbers above; they are left off because no one of them is played often enough to plan around.

Traits

Active on the core board, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Lunar3next 4Vanguard2next 4Attuned1Avatar1Emerald Aspect1Rapidfire1next 2Ravager1next 2Spellweaver1next 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.

TraitPlacement at each tier
Blackthorn24.5029043.69100
Brawler24.0856444.7966
Inferno23.8324534.57139
Lunar24.5738734.3546144.1422253.85412
Rapidfire23.9742334.2968
Spellweaver23.9951043.9860
Vanguard24.121,14343.3572

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+283#4.2555.1%14.8%
All ranks479#4.2255.5%15.9%

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.

Also played

Families sharing at least 4 core units with this one — the same board taken a different way.

Augments

Riot’s match-v1 data does not report which augments a player took, so there is no augment number on this page and none anywhere else on the site. The augment reference lists what each one grants.