Riftbeast Elder Dragon Vanguard Elderwood

Game plan

How it’s played

Fast 9 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.3 on average.

Play it when

you hold B.F. Sword and Needlessly Large Rod, and nobody else is on Elder Dragon or Alune (it placed #4.16 then, #4.65 against two or more)

Roll

Level 9 around 5-1: about 33 rolls (66 gold) to 2-star Elder Dragon; about 54 if three copies of each are on other boards. model

Build

Elder Dragon Deathblade, Infinity Edge, Red Buff · 32 games · #3.19

Components

B.F. Sword ×4 · Needlessly Large Rod ×2 · Recurve Bow ×2 · Sparring Gloves ×2 · Tear of the Goddess ×2

Pace

Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.6 · stage 5: 8.9 · stage 6: 9.3

Games end

Lv 8 10% · Lv 9 73% · Lv 10 16%

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Final board

The whole board at level 9, where most of its games end. The core — the units on most of this family’s boards — at the star level and with the items they were measured holding; then the flex slots, dashed, with the unit its boards put there most. A slot no unit holds on a quarter of its boards is open. Under a unit, or: the champions its boards play in that slot instead, measured on its level-9 boards this patch.

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Riot's match data records no positions, so this board is placed by rule from each champion's attack range: melee in front, ranged behind, and the carries holding the most items in the back corners. The level buttons show the board at each level: the dashed ones are planned by rule (see How it’s played), the rest measured.

5Alune★★

• Archangel's Staff
• Spear of Shojin
• Jeweled Gauntlet

carry

5Elder Dragontakes 2 team slots★★

• Infinity Edge
• Last Whisper
• Deathblade

carry

5Gnar★★

• Thief's Gloves
• Sterak's Gage

5Taric★★

• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Warmogs Armor
• Spirit Visage

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• LeBlanc

4Sentinel★★

• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Protector's Vow

3Diana★★

3Hecarim★★

2Alistar★★

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• Ivern

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How it’s played

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 8 up it is measured over 2,120 games; below that it is planned.

Lv 4plan322Elder Dragon’s items on XayahAlune’s items on Hecarim

Lv 5planAdded332Elder Dragon’s items on XayahAlune’s items on Hecarim

Lv 6planAdded432Elder Dragon’s items on XayahAlune’s items on Hecarim

Lv 7realAddedSold143222

Lv 810%2Added2Sold111432

Lv 973%2Added11143322

Lv 1016%2Added111143322Optionsall: #2.05 · 46% won · 109 gamesIvern#1.6756% won · 36Lux#2.3142% won · 36

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

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Elder Dragon or Alune, over 1,006 games of this patch. 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.

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, all ranks.

Champion	Item	Avg Place	vs comp	Games
Elder Dragon	Infinity Edge	#4.23	-0.35	1,209
Elder Dragon	Last Whisper	#4.30	-0.28	481
Elder Dragon	Deathblade	#4.19	-0.39	455

Full builds

The carries’ most played three-item builds this patch, with the placement of the games they were built in.

Champion	Build	Avg Place	Games
Elder Dragon	DeathbladeInfinity EdgeRed Buff	#3.19	32
Alune	Archangel's StaffJeweled GauntletSpear of Shojin	#3.85	34
Alune	Archangel's StaffArchangel's StaffSpear of Shojin	#4.26	27

Components to hold B.F. Sword ×4, Needlessly Large Rod ×2, Recurve Bow ×2, Sparring Gloves ×2, Tear of the Goddess ×2

At the top of the ladder

The newest boards of this comp from the players on our leaderboard, with where they placed. A name opens that player’s games, board and items included.

1. #8drain gang lover#PrimeChallenger · KR · 1,406 LP · level 9 · out at 5-1 · 2026-09-29
2. #7Zelren#0704Challenger · TW · 1,652 LP · level 9 · out at 5-2 · 2026-09-27

Variations

Other boards this comp ends on. Each row is a version’s usual final board and what it plays instead of this comp’s own board at that level; all of them count in the numbers above. A 2 on a portrait: that unit takes two team slots.

Lv 925.03avg place152 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 926.33avg place117 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 924.70avg place105 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 925.45avg place56 gamesPlaysInstead of

Traits

Active on the core board, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Vanguard4next 6Elderwood3next 5Riftbeast3next 5Brawler2next 4Lunar2next 3Apex Predator1Attuned1Emerald Aspect1Invoker1next 2Ravager1next 2Spellweaver1next 2Sprykin1next 3

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.

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.

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.

Augments that fit

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.

• Lunar 4 averages 2.77 here, against 4.31 at Lunar 2 (1439 boards)

  Sun and MoonSun and Moon+

• Elderwood 5 averages 4.02 here, against 4.19 at Elderwood 3 (1543 boards)

  Nature's Shelter

By ruleSuits this comp it averages level 9.04, so levelling is the plan (2120 boards)

Birthday PresentBuild A BudGoing LongGolden GambleGolden Gamble+Golden Gamble++Hard CommitHedge FundInvestment Strategy IILevel Up!Lucky GlovesLucky Gloves+

64 more

Luxury SubscriptionMoney MonsoonPrismatic DestinyPrismatic Destiny+Shimmerscale EssenceShopping SpreeThe Trait TreeThe Trait Tree+Urf's Grab BagAdvanced LoanAdvanced Loan+Big Grab BagBirthday ReunionBooster PackBooster Pack+Booster Pack++Clear MindCluttered MindConsuming FloraExclusive CustomizationExplosive GrowthExplosive Growth+Gold DestinyGold Destiny+Hard BargainHeroic Grab BagHeroic Grab Bag+Heroic Grab Bag++HustlerInfinity ProtectionInvestment Strategy ILate Game ScalingMalicious MonetizationMax BuildMoney HungryMoney Hungry+Patient StudyPilferSlammin'Slammin'+Solo LevelingSpeedy Double KillSpreading RootsSpreading Roots+The Golden DragonTime SkipCalled ShotCaretaker's AllyCognitive TaxCognitive Tax+ExpeditionFeeling LuckyGood For Something IIron AssetsKick StartKingslayerLate Game SpecialistOne, Two, Five!Pandora's BenchSilver DestinySilver Destiny+Silver Destiny++Silver SpoonYoung and Wild and Free

By ruleSuits this carry Elder Dragon is built for attack damage here (1754 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused FireStand United

Works against it: Not a reroll comp (14), Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleNot a reroll comp it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 9.04 (2120)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+Crafted Crafting

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Patience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type Elder Dragon is built for attack damage here (1754 boards)

Deadlier CapsDark RitualSeraphim'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.