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Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback with Sett

Also called Aphelios Brambleback Fast 8 · Riftbeast Fast 8

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

Difficulty Easy None of the difficulty signals we could measure apply (2 of 4 measured)

Updated 21 Oct 2026, 10:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.5

Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 60 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
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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
1 smaller version

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

  • #5.15 with one other29% of games
  • #4.86 with two or more59% of games

Others on Aphelios or Brambleback in the lobby, over 184 games of this patch at all ranks.

Level plan

  1. Stage 5 Lv 8.2 measured
  2. Stage 6 Lv 8.6 measured

Carries

Aphelios 3★ on 1% of boards

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

Brambleback 3★ on 0% of boards

Sterak's GageEdge of NightQuicksilver Sterak's Gage, Edge of Night, Quicksilver

Aphelios

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.6 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
Contested?
Others holding Aphelios / Brambleback: 1 other: #5.15 · 2+ others: #4.86
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 5: 8.2 · stage 6: 8.6
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.30 across every comp; this one averages 4.83, 0.53 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
4Brambleback★★
  • Sterak's Gage
  • Edge of Night
  • Quicksilver
carry
4Sett★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
4Zyra★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Morellonomicon
3Diana★★
3Krug★★
3Mama Beak★★
5Taricflex

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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 8.6 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 7 gold left.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Aphelios or Brambleback, over 184 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#5.1529%
2 or more#4.8659%

Questions

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

How do you play Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback with Sett in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.6 on average.

What items does Aphelios need?

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

Is Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback with Sett good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 71 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.80.

Is Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback with Sett contested?

Contest costs it little: with one other #5.15 (29% of games), with two or more #4.86 (59%), over 184 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
ApheliosGuinsoo's Rageblade#5.11+0.30104
ApheliosKraken's Fury#5.04+0.2471
ApheliosInfinity Edge#4.61-0.1969

Augments

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. #3whyyoumadpro#EUWChallenger · EUW · 1,810 LP · level 8 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-10

Traits

Active on the core board, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Riftbeast3next 5Brawler2next 4Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3Ravager2next 4Summoner2next 3Thornmaiden1

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+60#4.8346.7%5.0%
All ranks71#4.8046.5%4.2%

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.