Riftbeast Elder Dragon Vanguard

Game plan

How it’s played

Fast 10 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.6 on average.

Play it when

you hold Sparring Gloves and B.F. Sword

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 Infinity Edge, Last Whisper, Striker's Flail · 42 games · #3.21

Components

Sparring Gloves ×3 · B.F. Sword · Giant's Belt · Recurve Bow

Contested?

Others holding Elder Dragon: nobody else: #3.75 · 1 other: #3.90 · 2+ others: #3.68

Pace

Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.5 · stage 5: 8.8 · stage 6: 9.6

Games end

Lv 8 13% · Lv 9 49% · Lv 10 38%

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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.

5Elder Dragontakes 2 team slots★★

• Infinity Edge
• Last Whisper
• Deathblade

carry

5Ivern★★

or

• Ashe
• Gnar

5Lux★★

• Spear of Shojin
• Jeweled Gauntlet
• Rabadon's Deathcap

or

• Morgana
• Draven

5Maokai★★

• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Warmogs Armor
• Spirit Visage

or

• Lillia

5Taric★★

4Amumu★★

or

• Fiddlesticks

4Sentinel★★

2Shenflex

or

• Alune

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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 2,988 games; below that it is planned.

Lv 4plan32Elder Dragon’s items on Varus

Lv 5planAdded322Elder Dragon’s items on Varus

Lv 6planAdded33222Elder Dragon’s items on Mama Beak

Lv 7realAddedSold1422

Lv 813%2Added2Sold1132222

Lv 949%2AddedSold111113222

Lv 1038%2AddedSold1111113222

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, over 1,414 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	#3.46	-0.33	1,629
Elder Dragon	Last Whisper	#3.15	-0.64	677
Elder Dragon	Deathblade	#3.28	-0.51	659

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	Infinity EdgeLast WhisperStriker's Flail	#3.21	42
Elder Dragon	DeathbladeInfinity EdgeStriker's Flail	#3.44	39
Elder Dragon	Infinity EdgeLast WhisperSterak's Gage	#3.14	35

Components to hold Sparring Gloves ×3, B.F. Sword, Giant's Belt, Recurve Bow

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. #2VIT setsuko#NA2Challenger · NA · 1,541 LP · level 10 · out at 6-2 · 2026-09-29
2. #1Zx7#0101Challenger · TW · 1,463 LP · level 10 · 2026-09-29
3. #1혁 듕#KR1Challenger · KR · 1,494 LP · level 9 · 2026-09-28
4. #1Solo Chunji#chunChallenger · VN · 1,525 LP · level 10 · 2026-09-28
5. #4Ri Le#2406Challenger · VN · 1,651 LP · level 8 · out at 5-5 · 2026-09-28
6. #1Enif#SEAChallenger · SEA · 1,488 LP · level 10 · 2026-09-24

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 926.16avg place477 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 924.36avg place308 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 923.79avg place166 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 9+1 open5.67avg place115 gamesPlaysInstead of2

Lv 925.23avg place84 gamesPlaysInstead of

Traits

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

Riftbeast3next 5Juggernaut2next 4Vanguard2next 4Apex Predator1Avatar1Emerald Aspect1Greenfather1Old Growth1Inferno1next 2Invoker1next 2

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 3 averages 2.57 here, against 3.87 at Lunar 2 (624 boards)

  Sun and MoonSun and Moon+

• Fae 4 averages 3.61 here, against 4.75 at Fae 2 (237 boards)

  Embiggen

By ruleSuits this comp it averages level 9.24, so levelling is the plan (2988 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 (2343 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsEarly LearningsNO 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 9.24 (2988)

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

2 more

Patience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type Elder Dragon is built for attack damage here (2343 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.