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Riftbeast Elder Dragon

Also called Brambleback Elder Dragon Fast 8 · Riftbeast Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentHigh Win %Carried by Brambleback & Elder Dragon

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 30 Oct 2026, 15:17 UTC·Difficulty Medium

STier
#3.57Avg Place
67.9%Top 4 %
19.7%Win %
6.5%Play Rate
119,935Games, 7 days
Grade by day
  1. S since 25 Oct

Final board

The board at level 9, 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.

5Elder Dragontakes 2 team slots★
  • Infinity Edge
  • Last Whisper
  • Deathblade
carry
5Gnar★
or
  • Sett
5Taric★
or
  • Ivern
  • Scuttlecrab
4Brambleback★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Edge of Night
  • Hand Of Justice
carry
4Sentinel★★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
3Krug★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
2Murkwolf★★
1Pebbles★★

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Brambleback

How to play this

When
You hold Sparring Gloves and B.F. Sword, and nobody else in the lobby is on Brambleback or Elder Dragon.
  • #3.20 alone17% of games
  • #3.47 with one other38% of games
  • #3.75 with two or more45% of games
Others on Brambleback or Elder Dragon in the lobby, over 170,219 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, #3.41 over 105,923 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:Sparring Gloves ×3B.F. Sword ×2Recurve Bow ×2Chain VestGiant's BeltNeedlessly Large Rod
Level
Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 10 (6%). 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 8.8 on average. Boards at its levels average 3.98 across every comp; this one averages 3.57, 0.41 better. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Brambleback 3★ on 2% of boards

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

#3.38 over 86,352 games at all ranks

Elder Dragon 3★ on 0% of boards

Infinity EdgeLast WhisperStriker's Flail Infinity Edge, Last Whisper, Striker's Flail

#2.79 over 9,519 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 Cinderling, Pebbles, Murkwolf and Krug.

Brambleback's items go on Murkwolf until Brambleback comes in at level 6.

Elder Dragon's items go on Cinderling until Elder Dragon comes in at level 8.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Scuttlecrab and Brambleback.

744 real boards went out at level 6 holding four or more of its units. real

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.1 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Elder Dragon and Sentinel; sell Scuttlecrab and Cinderling.

3★ targets: Krug 41% · Pebbles 24%

Fill the eighth slot: Gnar #4.95 (4% won, 11k games), Sett #5.15 (3% won, 7.8k games), Taric #5.24 (2% won, 7.5k games); all level-8 boards #5.18.

25% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.5 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 9.0 when they go out in stage 6.

Add Gnar and Taric.

68% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 6-1 on average, with 6 gold left.

Which version?

Eleven comps play Riftbeast around Elder Dragon; the biggest four are compared here. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

All of these play
SentinelElder DragonTaric
You are here
SRiftbeast Elder Dragon
#3.57 avg67.9% top 4119,935 gamesFast 8
Carried by Brambleback & Elder Dragon
Only this one plays
PebblesMurkwolfKrugBramblebackGnar
7 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 201,296 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

825%968%106%
Lv 4planCinderlingPebblesMurkwolfKrug4Brambleback’s items on MurkwolfElder Dragon’s items on Cinderling
Lv 5planCinderlingPebblesMurkwolfScuttlecrabKrugAddedScuttlecrab5Brambleback’s items on MurkwolfElder Dragon’s items on Cinderling
Lv 6realPebblesKrugMurkwolfScuttlecrabCinderlingBramblebackAddedBrambleback62
Lv 7realKrugPebblesScuttlecrabMurkwolfBramblebackSentinelCinderlingAddedSentinel722
Lv 825%Elder Dragon2BramblebackSentinelKrugMurkwolfPebblesGnarAddedElder Dragon2GnarSoldScuttlecrabCinderling71222Optionsall: #5.18 · 3% won · 34,880 gamesGnar#4.954% won · 11kSett#5.153% won · 7.8kTaric#5.242% won · 7.5k
Lv 968%Elder Dragon2GnarTaricBramblebackSentinelKrugMurkwolfPebblesAddedTaric7112222
Lv 106%Elder Dragon2GnarTaricBramblebackSentinelKrugMurkwolfPebblesLuxAddedLux71112222Optionsall: #1.61 · 56% won · 7,399 gamesLux#1.5759% won · 1.2kIvern#1.5958% won · 3.0kAlune#1.6256% won · 295

3★ targets Krug41% Pebbles24%

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. Rows marked real are the boards of the games that went out at that level holding four or more of this comp’s units — real boards on the way to it, not its own games. 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.

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#3.3886,352
BramblebackEdge of NightEdge of NightGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeQuicksilverQuicksilver#3.3818,447
BramblebackBloodthirsterBloodthirsterEdge of NightEdge of NightGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's Rageblade#3.454,923
Elder DragonInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeLast WhisperLast WhisperStriker's FlailStriker's Flail#2.799,519
Elder DragonDeathbladeDeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeLast WhisperLast Whisper#2.846,964
Elder DragonInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeLast WhisperLast WhisperSterak's GageSterak's Gage#3.034,539

Components to hold Sparring Gloves ×4, B.F. Sword ×2, Recurve Bow ×2, Chain Vest, Giant's Belt, Needlessly Large Rod, 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. A 2 on a portrait: that unit takes two team slots.

Lv 9Elder Dragon2MaokaiBramblebackSentinelKrugMurkwolfScuttlecrabPebbles4.54avg place22,546 gamesPlaysMaokaiScuttlecrabInstead ofGnarTaric
Lv 8Elder Dragon2BramblebackSentinelSettKrugMurkwolfPebbles4.97avg place15,056 gamesPlaysSettInstead ofGnar
Lv 9Elder Dragon2TaricBramblebackSentinelSettKrugMurkwolfPebbles3.45avg place8,316 gamesPlaysSettInstead ofGnar
Lv 9Elder Dragon2GnarBramblebackSentinelHecarimKrugMurkwolfPebbles4.15avg place2,884 gamesPlaysHecarimInstead ofTaric
Lv 9Elder Dragon2LuxBramblebackSentinelKrugMurkwolfScuttlecrabRakan4.13avg place2,358 gamesPlaysScuttlecrabRakanLuxInstead ofGnarTaricPebbles
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.

#3.51

Riftbeast 7: averages 3.51 here, against 6.01 at Riftbeast 5 (200,766 boards)

Omega Riftbeast

#3.07

Lunar 2: averages 3.07 here, against 3.17 at Lunar 3 (1,331 boards)

Sun and MoonSun and Moon+

#3.84

Flora Fatalis 1: averages 3.84 here, against 4.17 at Flora Fatalis 2 (1,108 boards)

Consuming Flora

#3.90

Rapidfire 2: averages 3.90 here, against 3.99 at Rapidfire 3 (1,391 boards)

U.R.F

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 Elder Dragon in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.0 on average. Its games end most often at level 9 (68%).

What items does Brambleback need?

Its most played build this patch is Edge of Night, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hand Of Justice: #3.38 over 86,352 games.

Is Riftbeast Elder Dragon good in patch 18.5?

Graded S in Diamond+: average place #3.57 and 68% top 4 over 119,935 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #3.57 over 130,833 games.

Is Riftbeast Elder Dragon contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Brambleback or Elder Dragon it placed #3.20 (17% of games), with one other #3.47 (38%), with two or more #3.75 (45%), over 170,219 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. #1Vbzz#EUWChallenger · EUW · 1,537 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-29
  2. #2Ri Le#2406Challenger · VN · 1,547 LP · level 8 · out at 6-3 · 2026-10-30
  3. #2강선종#KR1Challenger · KR · 1,548 LP · level 9 · out at 6-2 · 2026-10-29
  4. #2DavidAce#TFTQCChallenger · NA · 1,541 LP · level 9 · out at 6-6 · 2026-10-29
  5. #2Kurapika#0213Challenger · LAN · 1,586 LP · level 9 · out at 6-2 · 2026-10-29
  6. #3DavidAce#TFTQCChallenger · NA · 1,541 LP · level 9 · out at 6-3 · 2026-10-29

Traits

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

Riftbeast7next 10Apex Predator1Emerald Aspect1Brawler2next 4Invoker2next 3Ravager2next 4Vanguard2next 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
Brawler23.26160,17542.911,874
Invoker23.51177,25233.727,98544.0452253.4760
Ravager23.56192,69742.823,510
Riftbeast35.0948056.014,15773.51196,609
Vanguard23.04134,68042.87622

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+119,935#3.5767.9%19.7%
All ranks130,833#3.5767.8%19.7%

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.

CompTierShared unitsAvg PlaceGames
Riftbeast Pebbles & KrugC5#4.78147,572
Riftbeast Alune & Lux—5#3.7494
Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Brambleback with Gnar—5#4.8560
Invoker Ahri & Morgana with Taric—4#4.23668
Coven Morgana with Brambleback—4#5.60179
Riftbeast Elder Dragon with Gnar—4#4.42137
Brawler Draven with Ashe—4#4.8458
Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Brambleback—4#6.0455