TFT CODEX

Rapidfire Aphelios Vanguard

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by ApheliosA Teamfight Tactics Set 18 comp, measured on patch 18.4b ranked games.

Updated 17 Oct 2026, 08:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.4b

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 44 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

Aphelios

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.9 on average.
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
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 5: 8.1 · stage 6: 8.9
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.2 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.63 across every comp; this one averages 4.93, 0.30 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.

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.

4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Infinity Edge
carry
4Lillia★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Crownguard
4Sentinel★★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
3Diana★★
3Kog'Maw★★
2Shen★★
1Varus★★
4Bramblebackflex

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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
ApheliosGuinsoo's Rageblade#4.94-0.1671
ApheliosKraken's Fury#4.95-0.1559
ApheliosInfinity Edge#5.00-0.1058

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.

By ruleSuits this carry: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (115 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsDouble TroubleEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused Fire
1 moreStand United
Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (115 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 core board, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

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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+44#4.9343.2%4.5%
All ranks58#5.1037.9%5.2%

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 & NidaleeA5#4.37194,562
Lunar Aphelios—5#4.43322
Lunar Aphelios Defender—5#4.7070
Solar Kayle LunarA4#4.3862,582
Rapidfire Aphelios & BramblebackA4#4.4125,283
Solar Aphelios Lunar Rapidfire—4#4.575,991
Inferno Aphelios—4#5.191,282
Rapidfire Aphelios—4#4.72458