Stage 2 Level 4 plan
Play Cinderling, Pebbles, Murkwolf and Scuttlecrab.
Krug's items go on Scuttlecrab until Krug comes in at level 5.
Pebbles holds its own items from level 4.
Riftbeast Pebbles & Krug
Riftbeast shops at level 7ConsistentCarried by Krug & Pebbles
BBTier
#4.68Avg Place
45.8%Top 4 %
9.6%Win %
8.8%Play Rate
120,085Games, 5 days
Grade by day
- S 17 Oct – 24 Oct
- B since 25 Oct
Grade by day
- S 17 Oct – 24 Oct
- B since 25 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.
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★★
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★★
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Level
Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.
4Brambleback★★
Brambleback★★- Edge of Night
- Guinsoo's Rageblade
- Hand Of Justice
4Sentinel★★
Sentinel★★3Krug★★
Krug★★- Gargoyle Stoneplate
- Warmog's Armor
- Spirit Visage
2Murkwolf★★
Murkwolf★★2Scuttlecrab★★
Scuttlecrab★★1Cinderling★★★
Cinderling★★★- Infinity Edge
- Last Whisper
- Spear of Shojin
or
Mama Beak
Elder Dragon
1Pebbles★★★
Pebbles★★★- Jeweled Gauntlet
- Blue Buff
- Rabadon's Deathcap
4Settbest
Settbestor
Grompmost played
- Sett #5.29 4.2k
Amumu #5.31 712
Gnar #5.32 5.3k
How to play this
- When
- You hold Giant's Belt and Needlessly Large Rod, and nobody else in the lobby is on Krug or Pebbles.Others on Krug or Pebbles in the lobby, over 132,782 games of this patch at all ranks.
- Items
- Slam Warmog's Armor first (Giant's Belt ×2): of Krug's most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.15 over 171,084 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:
Needlessly Large Rod ×3
Tear of the Goddess ×3
Giant's Belt
Chain Vest
Negatron Cloak
Sparring Gloves - Level
- It shops at level 7: its Riftbeasts reach 3 stars partly through Riftbeast’s free shops. Finishes at level 8.5 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.25 across every comp; this one averages 4.68, 0.43 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.Finishes at level 8.5 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.26 across every comp; this one averages 4.69, 0.43 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
- Carries
Krug 3★ on 46% of boards
Gargoyle Stoneplate, Spirit Visage, Warmog's Armor#4.48 over 8,966 games at all ranks
Pebbles 3★ on 60% of boards
Blue Buff, Jeweled Gauntlet, Rabadon's Deathcap#4.27 over 4,213 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 3 Level 6 plan
Add Krug and Gromp.
3,319 real boards went out at level 6 holding four or more of its units. real
Stage 4 Level 7 measured
Its players average 7.4 when they go out in stage 4.
Add Brambleback and Sentinel; sell Gromp.
3★ targets: Pebbles 60% · Krug 46% · Scuttlecrab 43%
13% of its games end at level 7.
Stage 5 Level 8 measured
Its players average 8.1 when they go out in stage 5.
Add Sett.
Fill the eighth slot: Sett #5.29 (2% won, 4.2k games), Amumu #5.31 (3% won, 712 games), Gnar #5.32 (2% won, 5.3k games); all level-8 boards #5.46.
44% of its games end at level 8.
Stage 6 Level 9 measured
Its players average 8.8 when they go out in stage 6.
Add Elder Dragon; sell Sett.
33% of its games end at level 9.
Its games end around round 5-7 on average, with 9 gold left.
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 7 up it is measured over 424,594 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.
Lv 4plan
4Krug’s items on Scuttlecrab
4Krug’s items on ScuttlecrabLv 5realAdded5
Added5Lv 6realAdded6
Added6Lv 713%AddedSold7
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AddedSold722Lv 844%Added7
222Optionsall: #5.46 · 2% won · 22,977 gamesSett#5.292% won · 4.2kAmumu#5.313% won · 712Gnar#5.322% won · 5.3k
Added7222Optionsall: #5.46 · 2% won · 22,977 gamesSett#5.292% won · 4.2kAmumu#5.313% won · 712Gnar#5.322% won · 5.3kLv 933%2Added2Sold9
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2Added2Sold9122Lv 109%2Added10122
2Added101223★ targets Pebbles60% Krug46% Scuttlecrab43%
How these rows are made
Level 7 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.
| Champion | Build | Avg Place | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krug | Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageWarmog's Armor | #4.48 | 8,966 |
| Krug | Gargoyle StoneplateGargoyle StoneplateWarmog's Armor | #4.40 | 3,959 |
| Krug |  CrownguardGargoyle StoneplateWarmog's Armor | #4.18 | 2,502 |
| Pebbles | Blue BuffJeweled GauntletRabadon's Deathcap | #4.27 | 4,213 |
| Pebbles |  Archangel's StaffBlue BuffJeweled Gauntlet | #4.31 | 1,794 |
| Pebbles | Blue Buff Hextech GunbladeJeweled Gauntlet | #4.32 | 951 |
Components to hold Giant's Belt ×3, Needlessly Large Rod ×3, Tear of the Goddess ×3, Chain Vest, Negatron Cloak, Sparring Gloves
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 84.06avg place61,872 gamesPlaysInstead of
4.06avg place61,872 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 1022.14avg place32,140 gamesPlaysInstead of
22.14avg place32,140 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 92
3.35avg place24,159 gamesPlaysInstead of
23.35avg place24,159 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 85.69avg place23,632 gamesPlaysInstead of
5.69avg place23,632 gamesPlaysInstead ofLv 84.32avg place19,353 gamesPlaysInstead of
4.32avg place19,353 gamesPlaysInstead ofAugments 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.
#4.45
Flora Fatalis 2: averages 4.45 here, against 4.49 at Flora Fatalis 1 (3,175 boards)
Reroll and economy
By ruleSuits this comp: it 3-stars a 1-cost in 66% of its boards (424,594)
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
RecombobulatorAP carry
By ruleSuits this carry: Krug is built for ability power here (285,011 boards)
Baron's Lair
Coronation
Deadlier Caps
Hold the Line
Soul Awakening
Dark Ritual
Early Learnings
Embiggen
NO SCOUT NO PIVOT
Seraphim's Staff
Tons of Stats!
Stand UnitedWorks against it: Wrong damage type (3)
By ruleWrong damage type: Krug is built for ability power here (285,011 boards)
Deadlier Blades
Cybernetic Implants
Focused FireRiot’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.
Other comps in its lobbiesthe comps it placed clearly worse or better beside
How this comp placed in lobbies that held each comp below, against its own 4.69 average over 132,782 games of this patch at all ranks. Sharing a lobby is not a fight between two boards: part of each gap is the rest of the lobby, so read it as how it placed, not why. How we pick them.
Struggles against
Placed 0.34 worse on average in lobbies with Riftbeast Elder Dragon (41,693 games)
Does well against
Placed 0.28 better on average in lobbies with Juggernaut Draven (1,337 games)
Placed 0.27 better on average in lobbies with Fae Aphelios & Kha'Zix (1,770 games)
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 Pebbles & Krug in TFT Set 18?
Riftbeast shops at level 7. Its Riftbeasts reach 3 stars partly through Riftbeast’s free shops, one every three combats, not only through rolls. Its games end most often at level 8 (44%).
What items does Krug need?
Its most played build this patch is Gargoyle Stoneplate, Spirit Visage and Warmog's Armor: #4.48 over 8,966 games.
Is Riftbeast Pebbles & Krug good in patch 18.5?
Graded B in Diamond+: average place #4.68 and 46% top 4 over 120,085 Diamond+ games in the last 5 days. At all ranks it averages #4.69 over 132,782 games.
Is Riftbeast Pebbles & Krug contested?
Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Krug or Pebbles it placed #4.27 (10% of games), with one other #4.53 (30%), with two or more #4.84 (61%), over 132,782 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.
- #4102#2600Challenger · KR · 1,769 LP · level 8 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-26
- #4AL3XEM#GGEZChallenger · EUW · 1,531 LP · level 8 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-26
- #5삼 디#KR2Challenger · KR · 1,511 LP · level 8 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-26
- #5AL3XEM#GGEZChallenger · EUW · 1,531 LP · level 8 · out at 5-5 · 2026-10-26
- #5AL3XEM#GGEZChallenger · EUW · 1,531 LP · level 8 · out at 5-5 · 2026-10-26
- #6Let it Rain#KR01Challenger · KR · 1,575 LP · level 8 · out at 5-5 · 2026-10-26
Traits
Active on the final board above, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.
Riftbeast7next 10Brawler2next 4Invoker2next 3Ravager2next 4What 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 |
|---|---|
| Brawler | 23.79216,63243.171,749 |
| Invoker | 24.29318,65533.9940,69043.674,43853.43665 |
| Ravager | 24.38313,56344.073,68463.16107 |
| Riftbeast | 36.0088456.8714,85974.55369,232102.2039,554 |
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+ | 120,085 | #4.68 | 45.8% | 9.6% |
| All ranks | 132,782 | #4.69 | 45.6% | 9.5% |
Trend
Avg Place on each of the last 5 days. The bars are scaled to the range shown, so the shape is the comparison and the figure under each bar is the day.
4.5722
4.6723
4.7424
4.7625
4.7626
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riftbeast Elder Dragon | S | 5 | #3.43 | 91,151 |
| Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Pebbles | — | 5 | #4.48 | 141 |
| Riftbeast Juggernaut with Ivern | — | 5 | #5.29 | 70 |