Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback with Taric

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 265 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

Which version?

Five comps play Riftbeast 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

DianaMama BeakApheliosor Brambleback

Not gradedRiftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback

#4.72 avg46.3% top 49,998 games3-cost reroll at level 7

Played on about 1 board in 175 this week; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback

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No tier yetRiftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback with Taric

— avg— top 4265 gamesFast 8

Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback

Only this one plays

Kog'Maw

No tier yetRiftbeast Aphelios

— avg— top 4118 gamesRiftbeast shops at level 7

Carried by Mama Beak & Aphelios

Only this one plays

YorickScuttlecrab

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No tier yetRiftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback with Sett

— avg— top 460 gamesFast 8

Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback

Only this one plays

Sett

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• Riftbeast Aphelios & Elder DragonNo tier yet57 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 or Brambleback

• #4.52 alone12% of games
• #4.57 with one other36% of games
• #5.15 with two or more52% of games

Others on Aphelios or Brambleback in the lobby, over 866 games of this patch at all ranks.

Scout the lobby: with two or more other players on Aphelios or Brambleback it placed #5.15, against #4.52 with nobody else on them.

Slam order our rule

First Infinity Edge (B.F. Sword + Sparring Gloves)

Of Aphelios' most played build, the item its boards placed best with: #4.59 over 389 boards.

Then: Recurve Bow ×3, Negatron Cloak ×2, B.F. Sword, Sparring Gloves, Chain Vest, Frying Pan, Needlessly Large Rod

Aphelios' items go on Xayah until Aphelios comes in at level 7. Brambleback's items go on Murkwolf until Brambleback comes in at level 8. plan

Level plan

1. Stage 2 Lv 4 plan
2. Stage 3 Lv 6 plan
3. Stage 4 Lv 7.9 measured
4. Stage 5 Lv 8.1 measured
5. Stage 6 Lv 8.5 measured

Its games end at Lv 7 3% · Lv 8 70% · Lv 9 27%

Carries

Aphelios 3★ on 1% of boards

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

#4.53 over 73 games

Brambleback 3★ on 1% of boards

Rapidfire Emblem, Edge of Night, Quicksilver

#3.91 over 22 games

Game plan

How it’s played

Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.5 on average.

Play it when

you hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword, and nobody else is on Aphelios or Brambleback (it placed #4.52 then, #5.15 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 · 73 games · #4.53

Components

Recurve Bow ×3 · B.F. Sword ×2 · Negatron Cloak ×2 · Sparring Gloves ×2 · Chain Vest · Frying Pan · +1 more

Pace

Level when its players go out — stage 4: 7.9 · stage 5: 8.1 · stage 6: 8.5

Games end

Lv 7 3% · Lv 8 70% · Lv 9 27%

Vs its level

Finishes at level 8.2 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.48 across every comp; this one averages 4.86, 0.38 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.

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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; the gold one adds the champion that placed best there.

5Taric★

or

• Varus

4Aphelios★★

• Guinsoo's Rageblade
• Kraken's Fury
• Infinity Edge

carry

4Brambleback★★

• Sterak's Gage
• Edge of Night
• Rapidfire Emblem

carry

4Sentinel★★

• Protector's Vow
• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Warmog's Armor

3Diana★★

3Kog'Maw★★

or

• Gnar

3Mama Beak★★

3Hecarimflex

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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 866 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

Lv 4plan222Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Murkwolf

Lv 5planAdded222Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Murkwolf

Lv 6planAdded32222Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Murkwolf

Lv 7planAddedSold33222Brambleback’s items on Murkwolf

Lv 870%AddedSold11432222

Lv 927%Added111432222

Lv 10bestAdded1111432222The 10th championall: #1.86 · 41% won · 2,461 gamesLux#1.7247% won · 436Xayah#1.7747% won · 692Morgana#1.8146% won · 269Amumu#1.9038% won · 1.4k · most played

Not a reroll comp: nothing is 3-starred on even 1 board in 5.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Aphelios or Brambleback, over 866 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.

Questions

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

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
Aphelios	Guinsoo's Rageblade	#4.77	-0.13	501
Aphelios	Kraken's Fury	#4.77	-0.13	412
Aphelios	Infinity Edge	#4.59	-0.31	389

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
Aphelios	Guinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury	#4.53	73
Aphelios	DeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's Fury	#4.94	50
Aphelios	DeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity Edge	#4.23	30
Brambleback	Rapidfire EmblemEdge of NightQuicksilver	#3.91	22

Components to hold Recurve Bow ×3, B.F. Sword ×2, Negatron Cloak ×2, Sparring Gloves ×2, Chain Vest, Frying Pan, Needlessly Large Rod

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 8+1 open5.72avg place170 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 8+1 open5.38avg place101 gamesPlaysInstead of

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.

#4.48

Lunar 3: averages 4.48 here, against 4.91 at Lunar 2 (791 boards)

Sun and MoonSun and Moon+

#4.69

Rapidfire 3: averages 4.69 here, against 5.33 at Rapidfire 4 (266 boards)

U.R.F

#4.70

Riftbeast 3: averages 4.70 here, against 5.81 at Riftbeast 5 (810 boards)

Omega Riftbeast

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (780 boards)

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

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Stand 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 8.24 (866)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCalculated LossCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+

3 more

Crafted CraftingPatience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (780 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

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.

1. #2AL3XEM#GGEZChallenger · EUW · 1,571 LP · level 9 · out at 6-5 · 2026-10-08
2. #3YBY1#0615Challenger · VN · 1,784 LP · level 8 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-11
3. #3Advt#tw2Challenger · TW · 1,679 LP · level 8 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-09
4. #8Advt#tw2Challenger · TW · 1,679 LP · level 8 · out at 4-5 · 2026-10-09

Traits

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

Caustic1Emerald Aspect1Vanguard4next 6Riftbeast3next 5Invoker2next 3Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3Ravager2next 4

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
Lunar	24.9171034.4881
Rapidfire	24.8252534.6918045.3386
Ravager	24.8676144.3762
Riftbeast	34.7074255.8168
Vanguard	25.2936544.50474

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+	265	#4.86	41.1%	6.8%
All ranks	300	#4.91	40.3%	6.7%

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.

4.7015

4.7816

4.7117

4.8118

5.3419

5.3120

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
Rapidfire Aphelios & Brambleback	A	5	#4.43	21,625
Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback	—	5	#4.67	12,494
Ravager Aphelios & Brambleback with Sentinel	—	5	#5.21	228
Lunar Aphelios with Taric	—	5	#3.65	147
Primal Aphelios & Nidalee	A	4	#4.38	185,262
Rapidfire Aphelios	—	4	#5.35	1,858
Riftbeast Nidalee & Brambleback	—	4	#4.92	510
Invoker Morgana & Sentinel with Ivern	—	4	#4.18	278