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Riftbeast Aphelios & Malphite

Also called Aphelios Malphite Fast 8 · Riftbeast Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Aphelios & Malphite

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 31 Oct 2026, 09:17 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 127 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

S comps in Diamond+ now: Riftbeast Elder Dragon (same trait), Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Draven (same trait). Every grade: the tier list.

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.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
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Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Infinity Edge
  • Kraken's Fury
carry
4Malphite★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
carry
4Sentinel★★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Adaptive Helm
4Zyra★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Archangel's Staff
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
3Diana★★
3Krug★★
3Mama Beak★★
1Rek'Sai★★

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Aphelios

How to play this

When
You hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword.
  • #5.57 alone32% of games
  • #5.28 with one other44% of games
  • #5.36 with two or more24% of games
Others on Aphelios or Malphite in the lobby, over 207 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, #5.01 over 135 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:Recurve BowB.F. SwordNeedlessly Large RodSparring Gloves
Level
Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 7 (3%) and level 9 (22%). 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 Finishes at level 8.1 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.79 across every comp; this one averages 5.61, 0.82 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Aphelios 3★ on 0% of boards

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

#5.00 over 29 games at all ranks

Malphite 3★ on 1% of boards

Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage Gargoyle Stoneplate, Warmog's Armor, Spirit Visage

Stage by stage

Stages 2 and 3 are our plan; 4 to 6 are the level its players were measured at.

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Rek'Sai, Xayah, Yorick and Mama Beak.

Aphelios' items go on Xayah until Aphelios comes in at level 8.

Malphite's items go on Yorick until Malphite comes in at level 8.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Pebbles and Krug.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.1 when they go out in stage 5.

Add Aphelios, Malphite, Sentinel, Zyra and Diana; sell Pebbles, Xayah and Yorick.

74% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 6 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.5 when they go out in stage 6.

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

Which version?

Six 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 BeakApheliosSentinel
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No tier yetRiftbeast Aphelios & Malphite
— avg— top 4127 gamesFast 8
Carried by Aphelios & Malphite
Only this one plays
Rek'SaiMalphite
2 smaller versions

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 in 7 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 8 up it is measured over 343 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

73%874%922%102%
Lv 4planRek'SaiXayahYorickMama Beak22Aphelios’s items on XayahMalphite’s items on Yorick
Lv 5planPebblesRek'SaiXayahYorickMama BeakAddedPebbles22Aphelios’s items on XayahMalphite’s items on Yorick
Lv 6planPebblesRek'SaiXayahKrugMama BeakYorickAddedKrug3222Malphite’s items on KrugAphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 7planRek'SaiDianaKrugMama BeakSentinelXayahPebblesAddedDianaSentinelSoldYorick42222Malphite’s items on KrugAphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 874%ApheliosMalphiteSentinelZyraMama BeakDianaKrugRek'SaiAddedApheliosMalphiteZyraSoldXayahPebbles113222222
Lv 922%ApheliosMalphiteSentinelZyraMama BeakDianaKrugRek'SaiAluneAddedAlune1113322222

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

How these rows are made

Level 8 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.

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.

ChampionBuildAvg PlaceGames
ApheliosGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#5.0029

Components to hold Recurve Bow ×2, B.F. Sword, Needlessly Large Rod, Negatron Cloak, Sparring Gloves

Augments 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.

Works against it: Not a reroll comp (15)

By ruleNot a reroll comp: it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 8.22 (343)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCalculated LossCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+
3 moreCrafted CraftingPatience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

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 & Malphite in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.5 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (74%).

What items does Aphelios need?

Its most played build this patch is Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge and Kraken's Fury: #5.00 over 29 games.

Is Riftbeast Aphelios & Malphite good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 145 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.52.

Is Riftbeast Aphelios & Malphite contested?

Contest costs it little: with nobody else on Aphelios or Malphite it placed #5.57 (32% of games), with one other #5.28 (44%), with two or more #5.36 (24%), over 207 games of this patch at all ranks.

More about this compladder boards, traits, by bracket, trend, also played

Traits

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

Monolith1Thornmaiden1Riftbeast3next 5Blackthorn2next 4Brawler2next 4Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3Summoner2next 3Vanguard2next 4

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+127#5.6128.3%4.7%
All ranks145#5.5229.7%4.8%

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.