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Summoner Malphite & Aphelios

Also called Malphite Aphelios Fast 8 · Summoner Fast 8

Fast 8ConsistentCarried by Malphite & Aphelios

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

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 103 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
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Infinity Edge
carry
4Malphite★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
carry
4Sentinel★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
4Soraka★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Archangel's Staff
  • Rabadon's Deathcap
3Azir★★
3Diana★★
3Mama Beak★★
4Zyraflex

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Malphite

How to play this

Level
Level to 8 and roll there. Its games also end at level 7 (2%). Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Malphite; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model Finishes at level 8.2 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.61 across every comp; this one averages 5.85, 1.24 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Malphite 3★ on 0% of boards

Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage Gargoyle Stoneplate, Warmog's Armor, Spirit Visage

Aphelios 3★ on 1% of boards

Guinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryInfinity Edge Guinsoo's Rageblade, Kraken's Fury, Infinity Edge

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 Rakan, Xayah, Yorick and Mama Beak.

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

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

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Azir and Rek'Sai.

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

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

Add Aphelios, Malphite, Sentinel, Soraka, Zyra and Diana; sell Rakan, Xayah, Yorick and Rek'Sai.

69% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

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

Add Taric.

27% of its games end at level 9.

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

Which version?

Three comps play Summoner around Malphite. They share the four below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

Every version plays
AzirMalphiteSorakaor Zyra
You are here
No tier yetSummoner Malphite & Aphelios
— avg— top 4103 gamesFast 8
Carried by Malphite & Aphelios
Only this one plays
DianaMama BeakApheliosSentinel

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 232 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

72%869%927%102%
Lv 4planRakanXayahYorickMama Beak2222Aphelios’s items on XayahMalphite’s items on Rakan
Lv 5planRakanRek'SaiXayahYorickMama BeakAddedRek'Sai2222Aphelios’s items on XayahMalphite’s items on Rakan
Lv 6planRakanXayahYorickAzirMama BeakRek'SaiAddedAzir32222Aphelios’s items on XayahMalphite’s items on Rakan
Lv 7planAzirDianaMama BeakApheliosYorickRakanXayahAddedDianaApheliosSoldRek'Sai332222Malphite’s items on Rakan
Lv 869%ApheliosMalphiteSentinelSorakaZyraAzirMama BeakDianaAddedMalphiteSentinelSorakaZyraSoldYorickRakanXayah311222221
Lv 927%TaricApheliosMalphiteSentinelSorakaZyraAzirMama BeakDianaAddedTaric3111322221

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.

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.

AP carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Malphite is built for ability power here (177 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier CapsHold the LineSoul AwakeningDark RitualEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTSeraphim's StaffTons of Stats!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 8.28 (232)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCalculated LossCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+
3 moreCrafted CraftingPatience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type: Malphite is built for ability power here (177 boards)

Deadlier BladesCybernetic ImplantsFocused Fire

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 Summoner Malphite & Aphelios in TFT Set 18?

Fast 8. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.6 on average. Its games end most often at level 8 (69%).

What items does Malphite need?

On its final board Malphite holds Gargoyle Stoneplate, Warmog's Armor and Spirit Visage.

Is Summoner Malphite & Aphelios good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 111 games at all ranks in the last 7 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.74.

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.

Summoner3Monolith1Thornmaiden1Blackthorn2next 4Executioner2next 3Lunar2next 3Rapidfire2next 3Vanguard2next 4Flora Fatalis1next 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.

TraitPlacement at each tier
Summoner25.8613435.4786

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+103#5.8526.2%2.9%
All ranks111#5.7427.9%4.5%

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.