Stage 2 Level 4 plan
Play Rakan, Xayah, Murkwolf and Diana.
Aphelios' items go on Xayah until Aphelios comes in at level 7.
Brambleback's items go on Murkwolf until Brambleback comes in at level 7.
Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback
Also called Aphelios Brambleback reroll · Riftbeast reroll
3-cost reroll at level 7ConsistentCarried by Aphelios & Brambleback
——Tier
#4.82Avg Place
44.1%Top 4 %
6.1%Win %
0.5%Play Rate
8,018Games, 6 days
Final board
The board at level 8, where most of its games end, from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days. Press a level to see the board on the way.
★★
★★
★★
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Level
Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.
4Aphelios★★
Aphelios★★- Guinsoo's Rageblade
- Infinity Edge
- Kraken's Fury
4Brambleback★★
Brambleback★★- Edge of Night
- Sterak's Gage
- Quicksilver
4Sentinel★★
Sentinel★★- Protector's Vow
- Gargoyle Stoneplate
- Warmog's Armor
3Diana★★
Diana★★3Hecarim★★
Hecarim★★- Gargoyle Stoneplate
- Warmog's Armor
3Mama Beak★★
Mama Beak★★5Taricbest
Taricbestor
- Rakan
Elise
- Taric #5.20 1.1k
- Elise #5.72 464
Morgana #5.84 97
4Zyraflex
Zyraflexor
- Morgana
Alune
How to play this
- When
- You hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword, and nobody else in the lobby is on Aphelios or Brambleback.Others on Aphelios or Brambleback in the lobby, over 8,518 games of this patch at all ranks.
- Items
- Slam Kraken's Fury first (Recurve Bow + Negatron Cloak): of Aphelios' most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.56 over 10,487 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:
Recurve Bow ×2
B.F. Sword ×2
Needlessly Large Rod ×2
Sparring Gloves ×2
Chain Vest
Tear of the Goddess - Level
- Roll at level 7 until its 3-costs are 3-starred: Rengar. Its games also end at level 7 (8%). Finishes at level 8.3 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.57 across every comp; this one averages 4.83, 0.26 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.Finishes at level 8.3 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.57 across every comp; this one averages 4.81, 0.24 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
- Carries
Aphelios 3★ on 1% of boards
Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury#4.49 over 679 games at all ranks
Brambleback 3★ on 1% of boards
Edge of Night, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hand Of Justice#4.67 over 577 games at all ranks
Stage by stage
Stages 2 and 3 are our plan; 4 to 6 are the level its players were measured at.
Stage 3 Level 6 plan
Add Hecarim and Elise.
Stage 4 Level 8 measured
Its players average 7.8 when they go out in stage 4.
Add Aphelios, Brambleback, Sentinel, Zyra and Mama Beak; sell Murkwolf, Elise, Rakan and Xayah.
Fill the eighth slot: Taric #5.20 (2% won, 1.1k games), Elise #5.72 (1% won, 464 games), Morgana #5.84 (0% won, 97 games); all level-8 boards #5.48.
62% of its games end at level 8.
Level 7 around 4-1: about 57 rolls (114 gold) to 3-star Rengar; about 75 if three copies of each are on other boards. model
Stage 5 Level 8 measured
Its players average 8.0 when they go out in stage 5.
Stage 6 Level 9 measured
Its players average 8.6 when they go out in stage 6.
Add Taric and Lux.
Fill the ninth slot: Lux #2.92 (14% won, 71 games), Alune #2.99 (19% won, 297 games), Ivern #3.11 (16% won, 84 games); all level-9 boards #3.13.
27% of its games end at level 9.
Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 7 gold left.
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 playDianaMama BeakApheliosSentinel
DianaMama BeakApheliosSentinelNot gradedRiftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback
#4.82 avg44.1% top 48,018 games3-cost reroll at level 7
Played on about 1 board in 208 in the last 6 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback
Only this one playsHecarimor Taric
Hecarimor Taric— avg— top 4205 gamesFast 8
Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback
Only this one plays
or Lillia
Open this version →or LilliaNo tier yetRiftbeast Aphelios
— avg— top 4143 gamesRiftbeast shops at level 7
Carried by Aphelios & Mama Beak
Only this one plays
Krug
or Yorick
Open this version →Krugor YorickNo tier yetRiftbeast Aphelios with Amumu
— avg— top 489 gamesFast 8
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
Amumu
or Ivern
or Kennen
Open this version →Amumuor Ivernor Kennen1 smaller version
- Riftbeast Aphelios & Elder DragonNo tier yet53 games
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 playDianaMama BeakApheliosSentinel
DianaMama BeakApheliosSentinelNot gradedRiftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback
#4.81 avg44.3% top 48,518 games3-cost reroll at level 7
Played on about 1 board in 216 in the last 6 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback
Only this one playsHecarimor Taric
Hecarimor Taric#5.39 avg33.2% top 4214 gamesFast 8
Carried by Aphelios & Brambleback
Only this one playsor Lillia
Open this version →or LilliaNo tier yetRiftbeast Aphelios
#5.15 avg38.1% top 4155 gamesRiftbeast shops at level 7
Carried by Aphelios & Mama Beak
Only this one playsKrugor Yorick
Open this version →Krugor YorickNo tier yetRiftbeast Aphelios with Amumu
#4.80 avg45.3% top 495 gamesFast 8
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one playsAmumuor Ivernor Kennen
Open this version →Amumuor Ivernor Kennen1 smaller version
- Riftbeast Aphelios & Elder DragonNo tier yet57 games
Ranked games, last 6 days, Diamond+. A dashed portrait is a flex slot: many of its games play another unit there.
No tier yet fewer than 400 games in 6 days Not graded played too rarely to grade
Board at every levelthe board level by level, with its traits and the options its games play
The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 7 up it is measured over 26,751 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.
Lv 4plan
2
2
2Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Murkwolf
222Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on MurkwolfLv 5planAdded322Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Murkwolf
Added322Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on MurkwolfLv 6planAdded422Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Murkwolf
Added422Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on MurkwolfLv 78%
AddedSold
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33
2
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AddedSold133222Lv 862%AddedSold
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2Optionsall: #5.48 · 1% won · 2,481 gamesTaric#5.202% won · 1.1kElise#5.721% won · 464Morgana#5.840% won · 97
AddedSold11432222Optionsall: #5.48 · 1% won · 2,481 gamesTaric#5.202% won · 1.1kElise#5.721% won · 464Morgana#5.840% won · 97Lv 927%Added
111432222Optionsall: #3.13 · 15% won · 847 gamesLux#2.9214% won · 71Alune#2.9919% won · 297Ivern#3.1116% won · 84
Added111432222Optionsall: #3.13 · 15% won · 847 gamesLux#2.9214% won · 71Alune#2.9919% won · 297Ivern#3.1116% won · 84Lv 10bestAdded
1111433222The 10th championall: #1.84 · 39% won · 211 gamesAlune#1.7742% won · 117
Varus#1.7646% won · 33Ivern#1.7835% won · 54
Added1111433222The 10th championall: #1.84 · 39% won · 211 gamesAlune#1.7742% won · 117Varus#1.7646% won · 33Ivern#1.7835% won · 54Not a reroll comp: nothing is 3-starred on even 1 board in 5.
How these rows are made
Level 7 and up are the boards this comp’s games ended on. Riot’s match data keeps only that last board, so the levels below are planned by one rule from this comp’s own units and traits and Riot’s shop odds, and marked plan — how the rule works. Hover a trait badge for what it does. Under a measured level, its options: what its games put in the slots past that level’s core, best placed first, with average place, win rate and games beside the level’s own. All of them went out at that level, so none is flattered by having got further. The board draws the first, in a gold ring; the most played is named among them. The row marked best adds the champion that placed best at the level above.
Item builds, measuredthe carries’ three-item builds, with average place and games
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 | #4.49 | 679 |
| Aphelios |  DeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's Fury | #4.53 | 354 |
| Aphelios | DeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity Edge | #4.48 | 340 |
| Brambleback | Edge of NightGuinsoo's RagebladeHand Of Justice | #4.67 | 577 |
| Brambleback |  Rapidfire EmblemEdge of NightQuicksilver | #4.51 | 251 |
| Brambleback | Edge of NightGuinsoo's RagebladeQuicksilver | #4.56 | 237 |
Components to hold Recurve Bow ×3, B.F. Sword ×2, Needlessly Large Rod ×2, Sparring Gloves ×2, Chain Vest, Negatron Cloak, Tear of the Goddess
Variationswhat close versions add or leave out, and how they placed
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 85.34avg place3,256 gamesPlaysInstead of
5.34avg place3,256 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 84.72avg place2,834 gamesPlaysInstead of
4.72avg place2,834 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 85.48avg place1,777 gamesPlaysInstead of
5.48avg place1,777 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 84.67avg place1,459 gamesPlaysInstead of
4.67avg place1,459 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 85.48avg place526 gamesPlaysInstead of
5.48avg place526 gamesPlaysInstead ofAugments that fitby trait and by our rule; no augment has a number of its own
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.
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.
Questionswhat people search for about this comp, answered from this page
What people search for about this comp, answered from the numbers on this page.
How do you play Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback in TFT Set 18?
3-cost reroll at level 7. Rolls at level 7 until its 3-costs are 3-starred: Rengar. Its games end most often at level 8 (62%).
What items does Aphelios need?
Its most played build this patch is Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge and Kraken's Fury: #4.49 over 679 games.
Is Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback good in patch 18.5?
In Diamond+: average place #4.82 and 44% top 4 over 8,018 Diamond+ games in the last 6 days. At all ranks it averages #4.81 over 8,518 games.
Is Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback contested?
Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Aphelios or Brambleback it placed #4.49 (9% of games), with one other #4.62 (29%), with two or more #4.95 (62%), over 8,518 games of this patch at all ranks.
More about this compladder boards, traits, by bracket, trend, also played
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.
- #1geolo69#EUNEChallenger · EUNE · 1,786 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-25
- #4iniko#asdfChallenger · NA · 1,533 LP · level 9 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-23
- #5YBY1#YBY2Challenger · NA · 1,492 LP · level 8 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-25
- #6たろうのTFT大学#ゆにばChallenger · JP · 2,146 LP · level 8 · out at 5-3 · 2026-10-24
- #6난몰라#KR1Challenger · KR · 1,694 LP · level 8 · out at 5-2 · 2026-10-23
- #7하지말자했잖아#0909Challenger · KR · 1,629 LP · level 8 · out at 5-2 · 2026-10-23
Traits
Active on the final board above, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.
Emerald Aspect1Thornmaiden1Vanguard4next 6Riftbeast3next 5Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3Ravager2next 4Summoner2next 3What 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 | 24.9318,52334.105,41243.891,39453.12672 |
| Rapidfire | 24.7120,06734.574,91844.1861053.06127 |
| Ravager | 24.6824,30244.2799363.4670 |
| Riftbeast | 34.6224,90754.33132 |
| Summoner | 24.7012,96434.28289 |
| Vanguard | 25.563,98844.5820,58364.262,134 |
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+ | 8,018 | #4.82 | 44.1% | 6.1% |
| All ranks | 8,518 | #4.81 | 44.3% | 6.2% |
Trend
Avg Place on each of the last 6 days. The bars are scaled to the range shown, so the shape is the comparison and the figure under each bar is the day.
4.7622
4.8523
4.7824
4.8925
4.8126
4.8427
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 | — | 5 | #4.83 | 13,098 |
| Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback without Hecarim | — | 5 | #5.39 | 214 |
| Rapidfire Aphelios | — | 4 | #5.21 | 669 |
| Fae Aphelios with Sentinel | — | 4 | #5.38 | 247 |
| Coven Morgana with Brambleback | — | 4 | #5.52 | 169 |
| Riftbeast Aphelios | — | 4 | #5.15 | 155 |
| Summoner Malphite & Aphelios | — | 4 | #5.56 | 117 |
| Ravager Brambleback & Kha'Zix | — | 4 | #4.78 | 114 |