Lunar Aphelios

Also called Aphelios Fast 9 · Lunar Fast 9

Fast 9ConsistentHigh Win %Carried by Aphelios

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 28 Oct 2026, 09:18 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 53 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

S comps in Diamond+ now: Riftbeast Elder Dragon, Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Draven. Every grade: the tier list.

Final board

The board at level 9, where most of its games end, from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days.

★★

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.

Alune★

Jeweled Gauntlet
Spear of Shojin

Ivern★

Lux★★

Spear of Shojin
Morellonomicon

Taric★★

Gargoyle Stoneplate
Warmog's Armor
Spirit Visage

Aphelios★★

Guinsoo's Rageblade
Infinity Edge
Kraken's Fury

carry

Sentinel★★

Protector's Vow
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Warmog's Armor

Diana★★

Mama Beak★★

Zyraflex

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How to play this

Level: Level to 9. 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 Finishes at level 9.2 on average. Boards at its levels average 3.23 across every comp; this one averages 3.04, 0.19 better. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries: Aphelios 3★ on 2% of boards
Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury

Stage by stage

Stages 2 and 3 are our plan; 4 to 6 are the level its players were measured at.

Stage 5 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.7 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 9.4 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 6-2 on average, with 6 gold left.

Which version?

Eight comps play Lunar around Aphelios; the biggest four and this one are compared here. They share the two below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

All of these play

Diana

Aphelios

Not gradedLunar Aphelios with Maokai

#5.31 avg33.8% top 42,252 gamesFast 8

Played on about 1 board in 833 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Aphelios

Only this one plays

or Kennen

or Maokai

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No tier yetLunar Aphelios with Lux

— avg— top 4165 gamesFast 8

Carried by Aphelios

Only this one plays

Varus

Kog'Maw

or Nidalee

or Vi

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No tier yetLunar Aphelios with Lillia

— avg— top 4115 gamesFast 9

Carried by Aphelios & Alune

Only this one plays

Lillia

or Rammus

or Morgana

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No tier yetLunar Aphelios & Sett

— avg— top 477 gamesFast 8

Carried by Aphelios & Sett

Only this one plays

Krug

Sett

or Brambleback

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No tier yetLunar Aphelios

— avg— top 453 gamesFast 9

Carried by Aphelios

3 smaller versions

Lunar Aphelios & LilliaNo tier yet76 games
Lunar Aphelios & NidaleeNo tier yet76 games
Lunar Aphelios with GnarNo tier yet60 games

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 in 7 days Not graded played too rarely to grade

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.

Levelling and economy

By ruleSuits this comp: it averages level 9.28, so levelling is the plan (165 boards)

Birthday Present

Build A Bud

Going Long

Golden Gamble

Golden Gamble+

Golden Gamble++

Hard Commit

Hedge Fund

Investment Strategy II

Level Up!

Lucky Gloves

Lucky Gloves+

66 more

Luxury Subscription

Money Monsoon

Prismatic Destiny

Prismatic Destiny+

Shimmerscale Essence

Shopping Spree

The Trait Tree

The Trait Tree+

Urf's Grab Bag

Advanced Loan

Advanced Loan+

Big Grab Bag

Birthday Reunion

Booster Pack

Booster Pack+

Booster Pack++

Clear Mind

Cluttered Mind

Construct a Companion

Consuming Flora

Exclusive Customization

Explosive Growth

Explosive Growth+

Gold Destiny

Gold Destiny+

Hard Bargain

Heroic Grab Bag

Heroic Grab Bag+

Heroic Grab Bag++

Hustler

Infinity Protection

Investment Strategy I

Late Game Scaling

Malicious Monetization

Max Build

Money Hungry

Money Hungry+

Patient Study

Pilfer

Slammin'

Slammin'+

Solo Leveling

Speedy Double Kill

Spreading Roots

Spreading Roots+

The Golden Dragon

Time Skip

Called Shot

Caretaker's Ally

Cognitive Tax

Cognitive Tax+

Expedition

Feeling Lucky

Forge A Friend

Good For Something I

Iron Assets

Kick Start

Kingslayer

Late Game Specialist

One, Two, Five!

Pandora's Bench

Silver Destiny

Silver Destiny+

Silver Destiny++

Silver Spoon

Young and Wild and Free

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (134 boards)

Baron's Lair

Coronation

Deadlier Blades

Hold the Line

Soul Awakening

Cybernetic Implants

Early Learnings

Embiggen

NO SCOUT NO PIVOT

Tons of Stats!

Focused Fire

Stand 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 9.28 (165)

Commerce Core

Invested+

Invested++

Prismatic Ticket

Upward Mobility

Calculated Loss

Cognitive Overload

Epic Rolldown

Epoch

Epoch+

Trade Sector

Trade Sector+

3 more

Crafted Crafting

Patience Is A Virtue

Recombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (134 boards)

Deadlier Caps

Dark Ritual

Seraphim'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.

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 Lunar Aphelios in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.4 on average.

What items does Aphelios need?

On its final board Aphelios holds Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge and Kraken's Fury.

Is Lunar Aphelios good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 56 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #3.02.

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

Traits

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

Lunar3next 4

Vanguard3next 4

Rapidfire2next 3

Attuned1

Avatar1

Emerald Aspect1

Greenfather1

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+	53	#3.04	75.5%	28.3%
All ranks	56	#3.02	76.8%	28.6%

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.

2.7922

2.6423

3.2524

2.4025

3.6726

3.7527

3.5028

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
Vanguard Alune & Morgana with Lux	—	6	#3.46	74
Lunar Aphelios with Lillia	—	5	#4.65	130
Elderwood Ezreal with Ivern	—	5	#6.82	116
Vanguard Alune & Morgana with Gnar	—	5	#3.27	106
Riftbeast Alune & Lux	—	5	#3.80	88
Lunar Lillia & Alune	—	5	#3.06	81
Lunar Aphelios & Nidalee	—	5	#3.84	80
Rapidfire Aphelios & Brambleback	—	4	#4.83	14,193