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Riftbeast Brambleback & Aphelios with Morgana

Level 8ConsistentCarried by Brambleback & Aphelios

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 29 Oct 2026, 21:17 UTC·Difficulty Easy

—Tier
#5.52Avg Place
31.1%Top 4 %
3.3%Win %
0.1%Play Rate
1,009Games, 7 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.

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
4Brambleback★★
  • Edge of Night
  • Sterak's Gage
  • Quicksilver
carry
4Morgana★★
  • Morellonomicon
  • Void Staff
4Sentinel★★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
3Diana★★
3Hecarim★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
or
  • Taric
3Mama Beak★★
or
  • Camille
2Elise★★

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Brambleback

How to play this

When
You hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword.
  • #5.34 alone11% of games
  • #5.22 with one other31% of games
  • #5.58 with two or more58% of games
Others on Brambleback or Aphelios in the lobby, over 1,309 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items
Slam Hand Of Justice first (Tear Of The Goddess + Sparring Gloves): of Brambleback's most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #5.20 over 455 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:Recurve Bow ×3B.F. Sword ×2Needlessly Large Rod ×2Sparring GlovesChain VestNegatron Cloak
Level
Stay around level 8. Its games also end at level 7 (7%) and level 9 (17%). Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Brambleback; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model Finishes at level 8.2 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.68 across every comp; this one averages 5.52, 0.84 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Brambleback 3★ on 0% of boards

Edge of NightGuinsoo's RagebladeHand Of Justice Edge of Night, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hand Of Justice

#5.56 over 87 games at all ranks

Aphelios 3★ on 1% of boards

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

#5.26 over 65 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 2 Level 4 plan

Play Rakan, Xayah, Elise and Mama Beak.

Brambleback's items go on Mama Beak until Brambleback comes in at level 7.

Aphelios' items go on Xayah until Aphelios comes in at level 7.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Hecarim and Pebbles.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 7.9 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Aphelios, Brambleback, Morgana, Sentinel and Diana; sell Xayah, Rakan and Pebbles.

75% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.0 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.4 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-5 on average, with 8 gold left.

Which version?

Three comps play Riftbeast around Brambleback. They share the four below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

Every version plays
Dianaor ApheliosBramblebackSentinel
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Not gradedRiftbeast Brambleback & Aphelios with Morgana
#5.52 avg31.1% top 41,009 gamesLevel 8
Played on about 1 board in 2,000 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Brambleback & Aphelios
Only this one plays
EliseHecarimMorgana

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 7 up it is measured over 2,784 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

77%875%917%101%
Lv 4planRakanXayahEliseMama Beak222Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Mama Beak
Lv 5planPebblesRakanXayahEliseMama BeakAddedPebbles222Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Mama Beak
Lv 6planEliseHecarimMama BeakXayahRakanPebblesAddedHecarim322Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Mama Beak
Lv 77%ApheliosBramblebackSentinelMama BeakDianaHecarimEliseAddedApheliosBramblebackSentinelDianaSoldXayahRakanPebbles43222
Lv 875%ApheliosBramblebackMorganaSentinelMama BeakDianaHecarimEliseAddedMorgana432222
Lv 917%ApheliosBramblebackMorganaSentinelMama BeakDianaHecarimEliseTaricAddedTaric1532222

Not 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.

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
BramblebackEdge of NightEdge of NightGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeHand Of JusticeHand Of Justice#5.5687
BramblebackEdge of NightEdge of NightGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeQuicksilverQuicksilver#5.6632
BramblebackRapidfire EmblemRapidfire EmblemEdge of NightEdge of NightQuicksilverQuicksilver#5.2429
ApheliosGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#5.2665
ApheliosDeathbladeDeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#4.9657
ApheliosGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeLast WhisperLast Whisper#5.0540

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 8TaricApheliosBramblebackMorganaSentinelDianaMama BeakElise4.57avg place218 gamesPlaysTaricInstead ofHecarim
Lv 7ApheliosMorganaCassiopeiaDianaHecarimEliseCamille6.93avg place67 gamesPlaysMorganaCassiopeiaCamilleInstead ofBramblebackSentinelMama Beak
Lv 7BramblebackSentinelDianaHecarimMama BeakRengarElise6.41avg place59 gamesPlaysRengarInstead ofAphelios
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.

MeasuredThe comp’s own placement at a trait’s levels, beside the augments that give the trait.

#4.73

Lunar 4: averages 4.73 here, against 5.29 at Lunar 2 (2,238 boards)

#4.96

Rapidfire 4: averages 4.96 here, against 5.24 at Rapidfire 2 (1,736 boards)

#5.08

Coven 4: averages 5.08 here, against 5.46 at Coven 3 (667 boards)

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Brambleback is built for attack damage here (1,765 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused FireStand United
Works against it: Wrong damage type (2)

By ruleWrong damage type: Brambleback is built for attack damage here (1,765 boards)

Deadlier CapsSeraphim'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.

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 Brambleback & Aphelios with Morgana in TFT Set 18?

Level 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.4 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (75%).

What items does Brambleback need?

Its most played build this patch is Edge of Night, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hand Of Justice: #5.56 over 87 games.

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

In Diamond+: average place #5.52 and 31% top 4 over 1,009 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #5.50 over 1,085 games.

Is Riftbeast Brambleback & Aphelios with Morgana contested?

Contest costs it little: with nobody else on Brambleback or Aphelios it placed #5.34 (11% of games), with one other #5.22 (31%), with two or more #5.58 (58%), over 1,309 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.

  1. #4rita#bbtChallenger · NA · 1,751 LP · level 8 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-19
  2. #4하지말자했잖아#0909Challenger · KR · 1,629 LP · level 8 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-17
  3. #5김준민#0213Challenger · KR · 1,511 LP · level 8 · out at 5-3 · 2026-10-19

Traits

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

Vanguard4next 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.

TraitPlacement at each tier
Invoker25.241,70535.35173
Lunar25.292,13334.7522544.73105
Rapidfire25.241,66535.0836444.9671
Ravager25.322,27944.57362
Vanguard26.2933445.112,35064.3494

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+1,009#5.5231.1%3.3%
All ranks1,085#5.5031.2%3.3%

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.