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Ravager Brambleback with Aphelios

Also called Brambleback Fast 8 · Ravager Fast 8

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

Difficulty Medium Placed 0.42 worse on average when one other player held Brambleback

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

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 34 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

Which version?

Four comps play Ravager around Brambleback. They share the two below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

Every version plays
DianaBrambleback
#4.54 avg50.2% top 41,206 games2-cost reroll at level 7
Played on about 1 board in 1,429 this week; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Brambleback
Only this one plays
or Camille
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No tier yetRavager Brambleback with Aphelios
— avg— top 434 gamesFast 8
Carried by Brambleback
Only this one plays
Mama Beakor 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 this week   Not graded played too rarely to grade

When

  • #3.89 alone39% of games
  • #4.31 with one other47% of games

Others on Brambleback in the lobby, over 136 games of this patch at all ranks.

Level plan

  1. Stage 5 Lv 8.2 measured
  2. Stage 6 Lv 8.8 measured

Carries

Brambleback 3★ on 1% of boards

Sterak's GageEdge of NightHand Of Justice Sterak's Gage, Edge of Night, Hand Of Justice

Brambleback

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.8 on average.
Roll
Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Brambleback; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model
Contested?
Others holding Brambleback: nobody else: #3.89 · 1 other: #4.31
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 5: 8.2 · stage 6: 8.8
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.32 across every comp; this one averages 4.94, 0.62 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
  • Ravager Emblem
4Brambleback★★
  • Sterak's Gage
  • Edge of Night
  • Hand Of Justice
carry
3Diana★★
  • Thief's Gloves
  • Hand Of Justice
3Mama Beak★★
2Murkwolf★★
2Warwick★★
1Akali★★
3Hecarimflex

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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 5 Level 8 measured

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

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.8 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-7 on average, with 8 gold left.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Brambleback, over 136 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
Nobody else#3.8939%
1 other player#4.3147%

Questions

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

How do you play Ravager Brambleback with Aphelios in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.8 on average.

What items does Brambleback need?

On its final board Brambleback holds Sterak's Gage, Edge of Night and Hand Of Justice.

Is Ravager Brambleback with Aphelios good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 59 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.42.

Is Ravager Brambleback with Aphelios contested?

Contest costs it little: with nobody else on Brambleback it placed #3.89 (39% of games), with one other #4.31 (47%), over 136 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
BramblebackSterak's Gage#5.00+0.5847
BramblebackEdge of Night#4.43+0.0047

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: Brambleback is built for attack damage here (106 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: Brambleback is built for attack damage here (106 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.

Ravager5next 6Riftbeast3next 5Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3

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+34#4.9447.1%5.9%
All ranks59#4.4255.9%10.2%

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.