Riftbeast Nidalee & Brambleback

Q: How do you play Riftbeast Nidalee & Brambleback in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.7 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (53%).

Q: What items does Nidalee need?

Its most played build this patch is Ravager Emblem, Infinity Edge and Sterak's Gage: #4.33 over 33 games.

Q: Is Riftbeast Nidalee & Brambleback good in patch 18.5?

In Diamond+: average place #4.67 and 50% top 4 over 474 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #4.69 over 518 games.

Q: Is Riftbeast Nidalee & Brambleback contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Nidalee or Brambleback it placed #4.13 (11% of games), with one other #4.48 (29%), with two or more #4.79 (60%), over 763 games of this patch at all ranks.

Also called Nidalee Brambleback Fast 8 · Riftbeast Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Nidalee & Brambleback

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 30 Oct 2026, 05:14 UTC·Difficulty Easy

—Tier

#4.67Avg Place

50.2%Top 4 %

6.3%Win %

<0.1%Play Rate

474Games, 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.

★★

Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

Brambleback★★

Edge of Night
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Hand Of Justice

carry

Hecarim

Sentinel★★

Gargoyle Stoneplate
Protector's Vow
Warmog's Armor

Diana★★

Murkwolf★★

Gnar
Sivir

Taricflex

Nidaleeflex

Kog'Mawflex

Rakan

Viflex

Krug

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How to play this

When: You hold B.F. Sword and Sparring Gloves, and nobody else in the lobby is on Nidalee or Brambleback.
#4.13 alone11% of games
#4.48 with one other29% of games
#4.79 with two or more60% of games
Others on Nidalee or Brambleback in the lobby, over 763 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items: Slam Ravager Emblem first (Frying Pan + Negatron Cloak): of Nidalee's most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.14 over 370 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:B.F. Sword ×3Sparring Gloves ×2Chain VestGiant's BeltNeedlessly Large RodRecurve BowTear of the Goddess
Level: Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 10 (5%). Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Nidalee; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model Finishes at level 8.5 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.30 across every comp; this one averages 4.66, 0.36 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries: Nidalee 3★ on 1% of boards
Ravager Emblem, Infinity Edge, Sterak's Gage
#4.33 over 33 games at all ranks
Brambleback 3★ on 1% of boards
Edge of Night, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hand Of Justice
#4.68 over 92 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 Akali, Pebbles, Murkwolf and Diana.

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

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Elise and Warwick.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

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

Add Brambleback, Nidalee, Sentinel, Kog'Maw and Vi; sell Elise, Warwick, Akali and Pebbles.

53% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.2 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.7 when they go out in stage 6.

Sell Nidalee, Kog'Maw and Vi.

40% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 7 gold left.

Which version?

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

Every version plays

Sentinel

or Nidalee

or Kog'Maw

Not gradedRiftbeast Nidalee & Malphite

#4.67 avg48.1% top 412,839 gamesFast 8

Played on about 1 board in 133 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Nidalee & Malphite

Only this one plays

Cinderling

Rek'Sai

Malphite

Sivir

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Not gradedRiftbeast Nidalee & Brambleback

#4.67 avg50.2% top 4474 gamesFast 8

Played on about 1 board in 3,333 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Nidalee & Brambleback

Only this one plays

Murkwolf

Diana

Brambleback

or Taric

No tier yetRiftbeast Nidalee

— avg— top 483 games3-cost reroll at level 9

Carried by Nidalee

Only this one plays

Scuttlecrab

Sett

or Morgana

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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 1,302 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

72%853%940%105%

Lv 4plan

3Brambleback’s items on Murkwolf

Lv 5plan

Added

4Brambleback’s items on Murkwolf

Lv 6plan

Added

2Brambleback’s items on Murkwolf

Lv 7real

Added

Sold

Lv 853%

Added

Sold

Lv 940%

Added

Lv 10best

Added

2The 10th championall: #1.92 · 47% won · 30,902 games

Gnar#1.7952% won · 22k

Ivern#1.8251% won · 6.7k

Lux#1.8349% won · 3.1k

Krug#1.9149% won · 28k · most played

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. 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. The row marked best adds the champion that placed best at the level above.

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.

Champion	Build	Avg Place	Games
Nidalee	Ravager EmblemInfinity EdgeSterak's Gage	#4.33	33
Nidalee	Ravager EmblemInfinity EdgeSpear of Shojin	#3.96	27
Nidalee	Ravager EmblemSpear of ShojinSterak's Gage	#3.58	24
Brambleback	Edge of NightGuinsoo's RagebladeHand Of Justice	#4.68	92
Brambleback	Edge of NightGuinsoo's RagebladeQuicksilver	#4.14	35

Components to hold B.F. Sword ×3, Sparring Gloves ×2, Chain Vest, Frying Pan, Giant's Belt, Needlessly Large Rod, Negatron Cloak, Recurve Bow, 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 9

4.86avg place167 gamesPlays

2Instead of

Lv 9

3.67avg place157 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 8

5.03avg place107 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 8

3.96avg place77 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 8

5.47avg place60 gamesPlays

Instead of

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.

#4.42

Riftbeast 3: averages 4.42 here, against 4.86 at Riftbeast 5 (1,118 boards)

Omega Riftbeast

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Nidalee is built for attack damage here (686 boards)

Baron's Lair

Coronation

Deadlier Blades

Hold the Line

Soul Awakening

Cybernetic Implants

Early Learnings

Embiggen

NO SCOUT NO PIVOT

Tons of Stats!

Focused Fire

Stand United

Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type: Nidalee is built for attack damage here (686 boards)

Deadlier Caps

Dark Ritual

Seraphim'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 Nidalee & Brambleback in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.7 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (53%).

What items does Nidalee need?

Its most played build this patch is Ravager Emblem, Infinity Edge and Sterak's Gage: #4.33 over 33 games.

Is Riftbeast Nidalee & Brambleback good in patch 18.5?

In Diamond+: average place #4.67 and 50% top 4 over 474 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #4.69 over 518 games.

Is Riftbeast Nidalee & Brambleback contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Nidalee or Brambleback it placed #4.13 (11% of games), with one other #4.48 (29%), with two or more #4.79 (60%), over 763 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.

#4藍凝月#tw2Challenger · TW · 1,511 LP · level 9 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-21
#5M8 Jedusor#12345Challenger · EUW · 1,552 LP · level 8 · out at 5-5 · 2026-10-21

Traits

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

Caustic1

Emerald Aspect1

Ravager3next 4

Riftbeast3next 5

Vanguard3next 4

Adaptor2next 3

Invoker2next 3

Primal2next 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.

Trait	Placement at each tier
Invoker	24.6663235.0970
Ravager	25.2534244.2659163.31157
Riftbeast	34.4294454.86174
Vanguard	24.7280144.3531963.77105

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.

Bracket	Games	Avg Place	Top 4 %	Win %
Diamond+	474	#4.67	50.2%	6.3%
All ranks	518	#4.69	49.2%	6.4%

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.

4.7724

4.8425

4.8026

4.6627

4.5328

4.4629

Also played

Families sharing at least 4 core units with this one — the same board taken a different way.

Comp	Tier	Shared units	Avg Place	Games
Ravager Brambleback with Murkwolf	—	4	#4.82	1,123
Ravager Brambleback & Elise	—	4	#4.35	95
Ravager Brambleback & Kha'Zix	—	4	#4.96	84