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Solar Aphelios & Nidalee

Also called Aphelios reroll · Solar reroll

2-cost reroll at level 7ConsistentCarried by Aphelios

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

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 286 in the last 7 days, and its numbers start at 400. All ranks shows what we measured.

S comps in Diamond+ now: Riftbeast Elder Dragon, Riftbeast Elder Dragon & Draven. Every grade: the tier list.

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.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
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Positions are our rule by attack range, not measured. Riot's match data has no positions. Dashed levels are planned.

4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Infinity Edge
  • Kraken's Fury
carry
3Diana★★
3Vi★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
2Kayle★★
2Sejuani★★
1Leona★★
4Nidaleeflex
4Sivirflex

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Aphelios

How to play this

When
You hold Recurve Bow and B.F. Sword, and nobody else in the lobby is on Aphelios.
  • #4.09 alone38% of games
  • #4.52 with one other40% of games
  • #4.81 with two or more21% of games
Others on Aphelios in the lobby, over 374 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items
Slam Kraken's Fury first (Recurve Bow + Negatron Cloak): of Aphelios' most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #4.33 over 332 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:Recurve BowB.F. SwordNeedlessly Large RodSparring Gloves
Level
Roll at level 7 until its 2-costs are 3-starred: Kayle. Its games also end at level 7 (17%). Finishes at level 8.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.32 across every comp; this one averages 4.33, 0.01 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Aphelios 3★ on 0% of boards

Guinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury

#3.75 over 24 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 Leona, Xayah, Kayle and Sejuani.

Aphelios' items go on Xayah until Aphelios comes in at level 7.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Diana and Vi.

1% of its games end at level 6.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 7.6 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Aphelios; sell Xayah.

44% of its games end at level 8.

Level 7 around 4-1: about 68 rolls (136 gold) to 3-star Kayle; about 80 if three copies of each are on other boards. model

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 7.9 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.6 when they go out in stage 6.

33% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-6 on average, with 8 gold left.

Which version?

Four comps play Solar around Aphelios. They share the four below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

Every version plays
LeonaKayleSejuaniAphelios
#4.45 avg51.8% top 48,698 games1-cost reroll at level 6
Played on about 1 board in 217 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
or Rakanor Xayah
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Not gradedSolar Aphelios
#4.04 avg59.2% top 43,418 games1-cost reroll at level 6
Played on about 1 board in 556 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
or Maokaior Taric
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No tier yetSolar Aphelios & Nidalee
— avg— top 4286 games2-cost reroll at level 7
Carried by Aphelios
Only this one plays
Vior Nidaleeor Sivir

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 7 up it is measured over 1,065 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

61%717%844%933%104%
Lv 4planLeonaXayahKayleSejuani32Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 5planLeonaXayahKayleSejuaniViAddedVi322Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 6planLeonaKayleSejuaniDianaViXayahAddedDiana322Aphelios’s items on Xayah
Lv 717%ApheliosDianaViKayleSejuaniLeonaLuxAddedApheliosLuxSoldXayah31222
Lv 844%ApheliosDianaViKayleSejuaniLeonaNidaleeSivirAddedNidaleeSivirSoldLux33222
Lv 933%ApheliosDianaViKayleSejuaniLeonaNidaleeLuxSivirAddedLux313222

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

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. 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.

ChampionBuildAvg PlaceGames
ApheliosGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#3.7524

Components to hold Recurve Bow ×2, B.F. Sword, Needlessly Large Rod, 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.

Lv 7ApheliosDianaViKayleSejuaniLeona+1 open5.42avg place228 gamesWithoutLux
Lv 7LuxApheliosDianaKayleSejuaniShenLeona5.20avg place90 gamesPlaysShenInstead ofVi
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.

#3.64

Lunar 5: averages 3.64 here, against 5.90 at Lunar 2 (294 boards)

#4.23

Primal 4: averages 4.23 here, against 4.45 at Primal 2 (794 boards)

#3.98

Rapidfire 3: averages 3.98 here, against 4.61 at Rapidfire 2 (942 boards)

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 Solar Aphelios & Nidalee in TFT Set 18?

2-cost reroll at level 7. Rolls at level 7 until its 2-costs are 3-starred: Kayle. Its games end most often at level 8 (44%).

What items does Aphelios need?

Its most played build this patch is Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge and Kraken's Fury: #3.75 over 24 games.

Is Solar Aphelios & Nidalee good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 308 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #4.39.

Is Solar Aphelios & Nidalee contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Aphelios it placed #4.09 (38% of games), with one other #4.52 (40%), with two or more #4.81 (21%), over 374 games of this patch at all ranks.

More about this compladder boards, traits, by bracket, trend, also played

Traits

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

Solar3Primal3next 4Juggernaut2next 4Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 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.

TraitPlacement at each tier
Juggernaut24.6382143.94160
Lunar25.9015734.4955044.3017253.64137
Primal24.4569944.2395
Rapidfire24.6179333.98149

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.

BracketGamesAvg PlaceTop 4 %Win %
Diamond+286#4.3352.1%11.2%
All ranks308#4.3951.3%10.7%

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.

CompTierShared unitsAvg PlaceGames
Solar Kayle with ApheliosB5#4.5120,006
Solar Aphelios & Amumu—5#4.459,154
Solar Aphelios—5#4.053,657
Solar Kha'Zix—5#5.9156
Solar Kayle with Vi—4#4.92169
Solar Aphelios & Amumu with Alune—4#3.28102
Lunar Amumu & Aphelios—4#2.6488