Lunar Aphelios with Lux
Also called Aphelios Fast 8 · Lunar Fast 8
Fast 8Carried by ApheliosA Teamfight Tactics Set 18 comp, measured on patch 18.5 ranked games.
Difficulty Medium Placed 0.41 worse on average when one other player held Aphelios
Updated 21 Oct 2026, 10:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.5
Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 198 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.
Too few games to grade: 251 at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400.
Which version?
Eight comps play Lunar around Aphelios; the biggest four are compared here. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.
4 smaller versions
- Lunar Aphelios with TaricNo tier yet105 games
- Lunar Aphelios & LuxNo tier yet77 games
- Lunar Aphelios & SettNo tier yet49 games
- Lunar Aphelios & LilliaNo tier yet47 games
Eight comps play Lunar around Aphelios; the biggest four are compared here. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.
4 smaller versions
- Lunar Aphelios & NidaleeNo tier yet129 games
- Lunar Aphelios & LuxNo tier yet84 games
- Lunar Aphelios & LilliaNo tier yet78 games
- Lunar Aphelios & SettNo tier yet76 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 this week Not graded played too rarely to grade
When
Take it when you hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword, and nobody else is on Aphelios
Others on Aphelios in the lobby, over 656 games of this patch at all ranks.
Scout the lobby: with two or more other players on Aphelios it placed #4.93, against #3.87 with nobody else on them.
Slam order our rule
First Kraken's Fury (Recurve Bow + Negatron Cloak)
Of Aphelios' most played build, the item its boards placed best with: #4.11 over 371 boards.
Then:
Recurve Bow,
B.F. Sword,
Needlessly Large Rod,
Sparring Gloves
Aphelios' items go on Xayah until Aphelios comes in at level 8. plan
Level plan
- Stage 2 Lv 4 plan
- Stage 3 Lv 6 plan
- Stage 4 Lv 8.0 measured
- Stage 5 Lv 8.3 measured
- Stage 6 Lv 9.0 measured
Its games end at Lv 8 42% · Lv 9 48% · Lv 10 9%
Carries
Aphelios 3★ on 1% of boards
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Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury
#3.91 over 69 games

Game plan
- How it’s played
- Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.0 on average.
- Play it when
- you hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword, and nobody else is on Aphelios (it placed #3.87 then, #4.93 against two or more)
- Roll
- 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
- Build
Aphelios 

Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury · 69 games · #3.91- Components
Recurve Bow ×2 ·
B.F. Sword ·
Needlessly Large Rod ·
Negatron Cloak ·
Sparring Gloves- Pace
- Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.0 · stage 5: 8.3 · stage 6: 9.0
- Games end
- Lv 8 42% · Lv 9 48% · Lv 10 9%
- Vs its level
- Finishes at level 8.7 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.02 across every comp; this one averages 4.32, 0.30 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.Finishes at level 8.6 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.06 across every comp; this one averages 4.47, 0.41 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
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. Under a unit, or: who its games play there instead.










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.
Lux★
Spear of Shojin
Jeweled Gauntlet
Amumu★★
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Warmog's Armor
Spirit Visage
Aphelios★★
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Kraken's Fury
Infinity Edge
Sentinel★★
Protector's Vow
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Warmog's Armor
Diana★★
Kog'Maw★★
Varus★★
Nidaleeflex
Brambleback
ViflexPaste it into the game’s Team Planner to have these champions marked in your shop.
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
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Play Akali, Varus, Xayah and Kog'Maw.
Aphelios' items go on Xayah until Aphelios comes in at level 8.
Stage 3 Level 6 plan
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Add Mama Beak and Rakan.
Stage 4 Level 8 measured
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Its players average 8.0 when they go out in stage 4.
Add Lux, Amumu, Aphelios, Sentinel, Diana and Nidalee; sell Akali, Xayah, Mama Beak and Rakan.
Fill the eighth slot: Nidalee #5.47 (2% won, 49 games), Vi #6.28 (0% won, 76 games); all level-8 boards #5.91.
42% of its games end at level 8.
Stage 5 Level 8 measured
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Its players average 8.3 when they go out in stage 5.
Stage 6 Level 9 measured
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Its players average 9.0 when they go out in stage 6.
Sell Nidalee.
48% of its games end at level 9.
Its games end around round 5-7 on average, with 6 gold left.
How it’s played
The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 8 up it is measured over 651 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.
Not a reroll comp: nothing is 3-starred on even 1 board in 5.
How these rows are made
Level 8 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.
Contested?
How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Aphelios, over 656 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 it | Avg Place | Share of games |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody else | #3.87 | 27% |
| 1 other player | #4.28 | 44% |
| 2 or more | #4.93 | 30% |
Questions
What people search for about this comp, answered from the numbers on this page.
How do you play Lunar Aphelios with Lux 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 Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge and Kraken's Fury: #3.91 over 69 games.
Is Lunar Aphelios with Lux good in patch 18.5?
Not graded yet: 251 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.47.
Is Lunar Aphelios with Lux contested?
Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Aphelios it placed #3.87 (27% of games), with one other #4.28 (44%), with two or more #4.93 (30%), over 656 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.
| Champion | Item | Avg Place | vs comp | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4.41 | -0.06 | 469 | ||
| #4.11 | -0.36 | 371 | ||
| #4.32 | -0.14 | 286 |
Full builds
The carries’ most played three-item builds this patch, with the placement of the games they were built in.
| Champion | Build | Avg Place | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| #3.91 | 69 | ||
| #4.02 | 55 | ||
| #4.42 | 24 |
Components to hold Recurve Bow ×2, B.F. Sword, Needlessly Large Rod, Negatron Cloak, Sparring Gloves
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.
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.
Works against it: Not a reroll comp (15)
By ruleNot a reroll comp: it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 8.65 (651)
3 more
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.
- #3minari baby#SG2Challenger · SEA · 1,564 LP · level 9 · out at 6-3 · 2026-10-10
Traits
Active on the final board above, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.
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 |
|---|---|
| Inferno | 24.2950634.4865 |
| Lunar | 24.5037544.36164 |
| Primal | 23.8715843.61118 |
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+ | 198 | #4.32 | 57.6% | 6.1% |
| All ranks | 251 | #4.47 | 53.0% | 6.0% |
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.
| Comp | Tier | Shared units | Avg Place | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primal Aphelios & Nidalee | A | 6 | #4.38 | 185,262 |
| Rapidfire Aphelios & Brambleback | A | 5 | #4.43 | 21,625 |
| Primal Aphelios & Nidalee with Lux | — | 5 | #5.09 | 1,183 |
| Ravager Aphelios & Brambleback with Sentinel | — | 5 | #5.21 | 228 |
| Lunar Aphelios & Nidalee | — | 5 | #3.96 | 129 |
| Lunar Sentinel & Aphelios | — | 5 | #4.89 | 87 |
| Primal Nidalee & Aphelios with Sivir | — | 5 | #5.23 | 84 |
| Riftbeast Aphelios & Elder Dragon | — | 5 | #4.54 | 79 |