Riftbeast Nidalee & Malphite

Also called Nidalee Malphite Fast 8 · Riftbeast Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Nidalee & Malphite

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

—Tier

#4.66Avg Place

48.5%Top 4 %

5.9%Win %

0.8%Play Rate

14,559Games, 7 days

Grade by day

B 17 Oct – 20 Oct
no grade since 21 Oct

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.

Malphite★★

Gargoyle Stoneplate
Warmog's Armor
Crownguard

carry

Nidalee★★

Sterak's Gage
Hunter Emblem
Infinity Edge

carry

Sentinel★★

Protector's Vow
Adaptive Helm

Sivir★★

Infinity Edge
Red Buff
Striker's Flail

Kog'Maw★★

Krug★★

Cinderling★★

Ashe

Rek'Sai★★

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How to play this

When: You hold B.F. Sword and Giant's Belt, and nobody else in the lobby is on Nidalee or Malphite.
#4.50 alone30% of games
#4.64 with one other42% of games
#4.84 with two or more28% of games
Others on Nidalee or Malphite in the lobby, over 18,328 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items: Slam Sterak's Gage first (B.F. Sword + Giant's Belt): of Nidalee's most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.33 over 17,068 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:B.F. Sword ×2Giant's Belt ×2Chain Vest ×2Frying PanNeedlessly Large RodNegatron CloakTear of the Goddess
Level: Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 10 (3%). 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 8.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.43 across every comp; this one averages 4.65, 0.22 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
Hunter Emblem, Spear of Shojin, Sterak's Gage
#4.35 over 1,671 games at all ranks
Malphite 3★ on 1% of boards
Crownguard, Gargoyle Stoneplate, Warmog's Armor
#4.28 over 2,814 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, Gromp and Kog'Maw.

Nidalee's items go on Cinderling until Nidalee comes in at level 7.

Malphite's items go on Kog'Maw until Malphite comes in at level 8.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Rek'Sai and Krug.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.0 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Malphite, Nidalee, Sentinel and Sivir; sell Pebbles and Gromp.

61% 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.

Add Ashe.

35% 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

or Kog'Maw

or Nidalee

Sentinel

You are here

Not gradedRiftbeast Nidalee & Malphite

#4.66 avg48.5% top 414,559 gamesFast 8

Played on about 1 board in 130 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.

Carried by Nidalee & Malphite

Only this one plays

Cinderling

Rek'Sai

Malphite

Sivir

Not gradedRiftbeast Nidalee & Brambleback

#4.65 avg51.0% top 4533 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

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No tier yetRiftbeast Nidalee

— avg— top 493 games3-cost reroll at level 9

Carried by Nidalee

Only this one plays

Scuttlecrab

Sett

or Yorick

or Mama Beak

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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 36,594 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

861%935%103%

Lv 4plan

2Nidalee’s items on CinderlingMalphite’s items on Kog'Maw

Lv 5plan

Added

2Malphite’s items on Rek'SaiNidalee’s items on Cinderling

Lv 6plan

Added

2Malphite’s items on KrugNidalee’s items on Cinderling

Lv 7real

Added

Sold

Lv 861%

Added

Sold

Lv 935%

Added

Lv 10best

Added

2The 10th championall: #2.10 · 30% won · 351 games

Lux#1.9633% won · 101

Taric#2.0628% won · 223

Ivern#2.1030% won · 50

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	Hunter EmblemSpear of ShojinSterak's Gage	#4.35	1,671
Nidalee	Infinity EdgeSpear of ShojinSterak's Gage	#4.24	1,555
Nidalee	Hunter EmblemInfinity EdgeSterak's Gage	#4.54	771
Malphite	CrownguardGargoyle StoneplateWarmog's Armor	#4.28	2,814
Malphite	CrownguardGargoyle StoneplateSpirit Visage	#4.29	1,113
Malphite	Gargoyle StoneplateGargoyle StoneplateWarmog's Armor	#4.52	895

Components to hold B.F. Sword ×3, Giant's Belt ×3, Chain Vest ×2, Frying Pan, Needlessly Large Rod, 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 8

4.09avg place1,061 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 9

3.60avg place976 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 9

3.68avg place700 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 9

4.55avg place425 gamesPlays

Instead of

Lv 8

4.92avg place188 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.

#4.21

Primal 4: averages 4.21 here, against 4.60 at Primal 2 (35,460 boards)

Beast Within

Beast Within+

#3.66

Blackthorn 4: averages 3.66 here, against 4.58 at Blackthorn 2 (30,874 boards)

Item Extraction

#4.53

Riftbeast 3: averages 4.53 here, against 5.34 at Riftbeast 5 (29,493 boards)

Omega Riftbeast

#4.69

Flora Fatalis 1: averages 4.69 here, against 4.77 at Flora Fatalis 2 (570 boards)

Consuming Flora

AD carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Nidalee is built for attack damage here (33,020 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: Not a reroll comp (15), Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleNot a reroll comp: it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 8.41 (36,594)

Commerce Core

Invested+

Invested++

Prismatic Ticket

Upward Mobility

Calculated Loss

Cognitive Overload

Epic Rolldown

Epoch

Epoch+

Trade Sector

Trade Sector+

3 more

Crafted Crafting

Patience Is A Virtue

Recombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type: Nidalee is built for attack damage here (33,020 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 & Malphite 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 (61%).

What items does Nidalee need?

Its most played build this patch is Hunter Emblem, Spear of Shojin and Sterak's Gage: #4.35 over 1,671 games.

Is Riftbeast Nidalee & Malphite good in patch 18.5?

In Diamond+: average place #4.66 and 49% top 4 over 14,559 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #4.66 over 15,564 games.

Is Riftbeast Nidalee & Malphite contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Nidalee or Malphite it placed #4.50 (30% of games), with one other #4.64 (42%), with two or more #4.84 (28%), over 18,328 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.

#2Dizzyland#zzzChallenger · VN · 1,572 LP · level 9 · out at 6-5 · 2026-10-28
#2AL3XEM#GGEZChallenger · EUW · 1,543 LP · level 9 · out at 7-2 · 2026-10-27
#3고고개미#고고개미Challenger · KR · 1,531 LP · level 8 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-29
#3VIT setsuko#NA2Challenger · NA · 1,653 LP · level 9 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-28
#4韓書竣老師#0128Challenger · TW · 1,693 LP · level 8 · out at 6-2 · 2026-10-29
#5고고개미#고고개미Challenger · KR · 1,531 LP · level 8 · out at 5-5 · 2026-10-27

Traits

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

Caustic1

Monolith1

Riftbeast3next 5

Adaptor2next 3

Blackthorn2next 4

Brawler2next 4

Hunter2next 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
Adaptor	24.5331,93334.76502
Blackthorn	24.5829,97943.66895
Brawler	24.5332,33644.26506
Hunter	24.7916,12834.6513,42543.864,81853.48953
Invoker	24.4929,65134.521,00544.1586
Primal	24.6032,62344.212,837
Riftbeast	34.5329,30555.3418874.59102

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+	14,559	#4.66	48.5%	5.9%
All ranks	15,564	#4.66	48.5%	5.9%

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.

4.5623

4.6524

4.6825

4.7626

4.6627

4.6528

4.6729

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
Primal Nidalee & Sivir with Lillia	—	4	#4.39	4,546
Primal Nidalee & Sivir	—	4	#4.99	2,293
Primal Nidalee & Sivir with Ashe	—	4	#3.98	502
Primal Nidalee & Sivir with Brambleback	—	4	#5.50	223
Riftbeast Nidalee	—	4	#4.18	102
Vanguard Nidalee & Aphelios	—	4	#4.94	69