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Primal Aphelios & Nidalee with Sett

Also called Nidalee Aphelios Fast 8 · Primal Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Nidalee & ApheliosA Teamfight Tactics Set 18 comp, measured on patch 18.5 ranked games.

Difficulty Easy None of the difficulty signals we could measure apply (3 of 4 measured)

Updated 21 Oct 2026, 12:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.5

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 83 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

Which version?

Six comps play Primal around Aphelios; the biggest four are compared here. They share the four below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

All of these play
DianaViApheliosor Amumu
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No tier yetPrimal Aphelios & Nidalee with Sett
— avg— top 483 gamesFast 8
Carried by Nidalee & Aphelios
Only this one plays
KrugSett
2 smaller versions

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

  • #5.74 with one other34% of games
  • #5.85 with two or more51% of games

Others on Nidalee or Aphelios in the lobby, over 316 games of this patch at all ranks.

Level plan

  1. Stage 2 Lv 4 plan
  2. Stage 3 Lv 6 plan
  3. Stage 4 Lv 8.0 measured
  4. Stage 5 Lv 8.2 measured
  5. Stage 6 Lv 8.5 measured

Its games end at Lv 7 2% · Lv 8 72% · Lv 9 25%

Carries

Nidalee 3★ on 1% of boards

Infinity EdgeSterak's GageSpear of Shojin Infinity Edge, Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin

Aphelios 3★ on 0% of boards

Guinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryInfinity Edge Guinsoo's Rageblade, Kraken's Fury, Infinity Edge

Nidalee

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.5 on average.
Roll
Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Nidalee; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model
Contested?
Others holding Nidalee / Aphelios: 1 other: #5.74 · 2+ others: #5.85
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.0 · stage 5: 8.2 · stage 6: 8.5
Games end
Lv 7 2% · Lv 8 72% · Lv 9 25%
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.3 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.41 across every comp; this one averages 5.42, 1.01 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 8, 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.

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.

4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Infinity Edge
carry
4Nidalee★★
  • Infinity Edge
  • Sterak's Gage
  • Spear of Shojin
carry
4Sett★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
3Diana★★
3Krug★★
or
  • Gnar
3Vi★★
4Amumuflex
3Kog'Mawflex

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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 Akali, Rek'Sai, Gromp and Krug.

Nidalee's items go on Gromp until Nidalee comes in at level 7.

Aphelios' items go on Krug until Aphelios comes in at level 8.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Scuttlecrab and Vi.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.0 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Aphelios, Nidalee, Sett and Diana; sell Rek'Sai, Gromp, Scuttlecrab and Akali.

72% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.2 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.5 when they go out in stage 6.

Add Gnar.

25% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-4 on average, with 8 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 311 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

72%872%925%
Lv 4planAkaliRek'SaiGrompKrug22Nidalee’s items on GrompAphelios’s items on Krug
Lv 5planAkaliRek'SaiGrompScuttlecrabKrugAddedScuttlecrab322Nidalee’s items on GrompAphelios’s items on Krug
Lv 6planRek'SaiGrompScuttlecrabKrugViAkaliAddedVi3222Nidalee’s items on GrompAphelios’s items on Vi
Lv 7planKog'MawKrugViNidaleeGrompScuttlecrabRek'SaiAddedKog'MawNidaleeSoldAkali133222Aphelios’s items on Kog'Maw
Lv 872%ApheliosNidaleeSettDianaKrugViAmumuKog'MawAddedApheliosSettDianaAmumuSoldGrompScuttlecrabRek'Sai122222
Lv 925%GnarApheliosNidaleeSettDianaKrugViKog'MawAluneAddedGnarAluneSoldAmumu113322

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.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Nidalee or Aphelios, over 316 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
1 other player#5.7434%
2 or more#5.8551%

Questions

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

How do you play Primal Aphelios & Nidalee with Sett in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.5 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (72%).

What items does Nidalee need?

On its final board Nidalee holds Infinity Edge, Sterak's Gage and Spear of Shojin.

Is Primal Aphelios & Nidalee with Sett good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 134 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.61.

Is Primal Aphelios & Nidalee with Sett contested?

Contest costs it little: with one other #5.74 (34% of games), with two or more #5.85 (51%), over 316 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
NidaleeInfinity Edge#5.66+0.05111
NidaleeSterak's Gage#5.74+0.1287
NidaleeSpear of Shojin#5.76+0.1571

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 8AluneGnarApheliosNidaleeSettDianaKrugVi5.33avg place87 gamesPlaysAluneGnarInstead ofAmumuKog'Maw
Lv 8ApheliosNidaleeSettDianaKrugMama BeakViKobuko5.36avg place61 gamesPlaysMama BeakKobukoInstead ofAmumuKog'Maw
Lv 8ApheliosNidaleeSentinelSettDianaKrugVi+1 open6.38avg place40 gamesPlaysSentinelInstead ofAmumuKog'Maw

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.

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Nidalee is built for attack damage here (220 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsDouble TroubleEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused Fire
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 8.25 (311)

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

By ruleWrong damage type: Nidalee is built for attack damage here (220 boards)

Deadlier CapsDark RitualSeraphim'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.

More about this comp

Traits

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

Caustic1Adaptor2next 3Brawler2next 4Juggernaut2next 4Lunar2next 3Primal2next 4

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+83#5.4234.9%2.4%
All ranks134#5.6129.1%2.2%

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
Primal Aphelios & NidaleeA4#4.38187,791
Blossom Master YiA4#4.3741,568
Primal Aphelios & Nidalee with Lux—4#5.091,199
Solar Aphelios & Nidalee—4#4.67423
Adaptor Master Yi—4#5.19169
Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback with Sett—4#4.7572