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Rapidfire Aphelios & Maokai

Also called Aphelios Maokai Fast 9 · Rapidfire Fast 9

Fast 9Carried by Aphelios & Maokai

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 28 Oct 2026, 07:18 UTC·Difficulty Medium

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 74 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. Press a level to see the board on the way.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
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Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

5Gnar★
  • Rapidfire Emblem
  • Bloodthirster
5Maokai★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
carry
5Taric★
4Amumu★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
4Aphelios★★
  • Infinity Edge
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
carry
3Mama Beak★★
1Varus★★
1Xayah★★
3Hecarimflex

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Aphelios

How to play this

Level
Level to 9. Its games also end at level 8 (10%) and level 10 (14%). Level 9 around 5-1: about 33 rolls (66 gold) to 2-star Maokai; about 54 if three copies of each are on other boards. model Finishes at level 9.0 on average. Boards at its levels average 3.66 across every comp; this one averages 4.96, 1.30 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Aphelios 3★ on 0% of boards

Infinity EdgeKraken's FuryGuinsoo's Rageblade Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury, Guinsoo's Rageblade

Maokai 3★ on 0% of boards

Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage Gargoyle Stoneplate, Warmog's Armor, Spirit Visage

Stage by stage

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

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Rakan, Varus, Xayah and Hecarim.

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

Maokai's items go on Hecarim until Maokai comes in at level 9.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Ornn and Mama Beak.

Stage 5 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.9 when they go out in stage 5.

Add Gnar, Maokai, Taric, Amumu and Aphelios; sell Ornn and Rakan.

76% 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 5-7 on average, with 7 gold left.

Which version?

Three comps play Rapidfire around Aphelios. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

Every version plays
or VarusMama BeakAphelios
#5.15 avg37.7% top 4472 gamesFast 8
Played on about 1 board in 3,333 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios & Nidalee
Only this one plays
Kog'Mawor Nidalee
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No tier yetRapidfire Aphelios & Maokai
— avg— top 474 gamesFast 9
Carried by Aphelios & Maokai
Only this one plays
GnarMaokaior Hecarim

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

Board at every levelthe board level by level, with its traits and the options its games play

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 9 up it is measured over 264 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

810%976%1014%
Lv 4planRakanVarusXayahHecarim222Maokai’s items on HecarimAphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 5planOrnnRakanVarusXayahHecarimAddedOrnn3222Maokai’s items on HecarimAphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 6planOrnnRakanVarusXayahHecarimMama BeakAddedMama Beak3322Maokai’s items on HecarimAphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 7planOrnnRakanVarusXayahHecarimMama BeakAmumuAddedAmumu332222Maokai’s items on AmumuAphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 8planVarusXayahHecarimMama BeakAmumuApheliosRakanOrnnAddedAphelios432222Maokai’s items on Amumu
Lv 976%GnarMaokaiTaricAmumuApheliosMama BeakHecarimVarusXayahAddedGnarMaokaiTaricSoldRakanOrnn1143222

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.

Variationswhat close versions add or leave out, and how they placed

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. A 2 on a portrait: that unit takes two team slots.

Lv 9Elder Dragon2GnarIvernMaokaiTaricHecarimMama BeakXayah6.02avg place43 gamesPlaysElder Dragon2IvernInstead ofAmumuApheliosVarus
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 9.03, so levelling is the plan (264 boards)

Birthday PresentBuild A BudGoing LongGolden GambleGolden Gamble+Golden Gamble++Hard CommitHedge FundInvestment Strategy IILevel Up!Lucky GlovesLucky Gloves+
66 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 MindConstruct a CompanionConsuming 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 LuckyForge A FriendGood For Something IIron AssetsKick StartKingslayerLate Game SpecialistOne, Two, Five!Pandora's BenchSilver DestinySilver Destiny+Silver Destiny++Silver SpoonYoung and Wild and Free

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (197 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused FireStand 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 9.03 (264)

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

By ruleWrong damage type: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (197 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.

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 Rapidfire Aphelios & Maokai 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 (76%).

What items does Aphelios need?

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

Is Rapidfire Aphelios & Maokai good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 88 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.81.

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

Traits

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

Emerald Aspect1Old Growth1Rapidfire4next 5Elderwood3next 5Inferno2next 3Juggernaut2next 4Vanguard2next 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+74#4.9639.2%5.4%
All ranks88#4.8143.2%6.8%

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.