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.
Too few games to grade: 71 at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400.
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.
1 smaller version
- Riftbeast Aphelios & Elder DragonNo tier yet57 games
Five comps play Riftbeast around Aphelios. They share the two below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.
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
Others on Aphelios or Brambleback in the lobby, over 184 games of this patch at all ranks.
Level plan
- Stage 5 Lv 8.2 measured
- Stage 6 Lv 8.6 measured
Carries
Aphelios 3★ on 1% of boards
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Guinsoo's Rageblade, Kraken's Fury, Infinity Edge
Brambleback 3★ on 0% of boards
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Sterak's Gage, Edge of Night, Quicksilver

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.Finishes at level 8.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.32 across every comp; this one averages 4.81, 0.49 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
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.









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.
Aphelios★★
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Kraken's Fury
Infinity Edge
Brambleback★★
Sterak's Gage
Edge of Night
Quicksilver
Sett★★
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Warmog's Armor
Spirit Visage
Zyra★★
Spear of Shojin
Morellonomicon
Diana★★
Krug★★
Mama Beak★★
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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 it | Avg Place | Share of games |
|---|---|---|
| 1 other player | #5.15 | 29% |
| 2 or more | #4.86 | 59% |
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.
| Champion | Item | Avg Place | vs comp | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5.11 | +0.30 | 104 | ||
| #5.04 | +0.24 | 71 | ||
| #4.61 | -0.19 | 69 |
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.
- #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.
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+ | 60 | #4.83 | 46.7% | 5.0% |
| All ranks | 71 | #4.80 | 46.5% | 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.
| Comp | Tier | Shared units | Avg Place | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riftbeast Mama Beak & Zyra | — | 5 | #4.44 | 395 |
| Rapidfire Aphelios & Brambleback | A | 4 | #4.43 | 21,625 |
| Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback | — | 4 | #4.67 | 12,494 |
| Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback with Taric | — | 4 | #4.91 | 300 |
| Riftbeast Aphelios | — | 4 | #4.98 | 187 |
| Primal Aphelios & Nidalee with Sett | — | 4 | #5.66 | 132 |
| Ravager Brambleback with Aphelios | — | 4 | #4.38 | 58 |