Vanguard Alune

Game plan

How it’s played

Fast 9 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.3 on average.

Play it when

you hold Needlessly Large Rod and Tear of the Goddess, and nobody else is on Alune (it placed #3.58 then, #4.17 against two or more)

Roll

Level 9 around 5-1: about 33 rolls (66 gold) to 2-star Alune; about 54 if three copies of each are on other boards. model

Build

Alune Archangel's Staff, Jeweled Gauntlet, Spear of Shojin · 92 games · #3.32

Components

Needlessly Large Rod ×2 · Tear of the Goddess ×2 · B.F. Sword · Sparring Gloves

Pace

Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.6 · stage 5: 8.8 · stage 6: 9.3

Games end

Lv 8 10% · Lv 9 71% · Lv 10 18%

Vs its level

Finishes at level 9.1 on average. Boards at its levels average 3.52 across every comp; this one averages 3.82, 0.30 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.

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Final board

The whole board at level 9, where most of its games end. A dashed slot is one its games fill differently; an open one, no unit holds on a quarter of them. Under a unit, or: who its games play there instead.

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Positions are our rule, by attack range: melee in front, ranged behind, the most-itemed carries in the back corners. Riot's match data has none. Dashed level buttons are planned, the rest measured.

5Alune★★

• Spear of Shojin
• Jeweled Gauntlet
• Archangel's Staff

carry

5Ivern★★

5Taric★★

• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Warmog's Armor

4Sentinel★★

• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Protector's Vow
• Warmog's Armor

3Diana★★

5Luxflex

or

• Kennen

5Maokaiflex

4Morganaflex

or

• Aphelios

1Rakanflex

or

• Hecarim

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How it’s played

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 8 up it is measured over 13,768 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

Lv 4plan22Alune’s items on Karma

Lv 5planAdded32Alune’s items on Karma

Lv 6planAdded322Alune’s items on Cassiopeia

Lv 7realAddedSold1143222

Lv 810%AddedSold115222

Lv 971%AddedSold111114222

Lv 1018%Added111115222

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

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Alune, over 4,062 games of this patch. We keep all eight boards of every game, so this is measured, not guessed; part of the gap is the lobby itself, so read it as how it placed, not only why.

Items

The three items this comp’s carry was measured holding most often, the placement of the boards it held them on, and the difference against the comp’s own average. Every board of the family at all ranks over the last 14 days.

Champion	Item	Avg Place	vs comp	Games
Alune	Spear of Shojin	#3.63	-0.20	4,610
Alune	Jeweled Gauntlet	#3.64	-0.19	4,414
Alune	Archangel's Staff	#3.39	-0.45	3,186

Full builds

The carries’ most played three-item builds this patch, with the placement of the games they were built in.

Champion	Build	Avg Place	Games
Alune	Archangel's StaffJeweled GauntletSpear of Shojin	#3.32	92
Alune	Jeweled GauntletNashor's ToothSpear of Shojin	#3.99	84

Components to hold Needlessly Large Rod ×2, Tear of the Goddess ×2, B.F. Sword, Sparring Gloves

Variations

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 93.72avg place1,591 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 94.12avg place1,470 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 93.87avg place1,083 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 94.18avg place643 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 922.65avg place507 gamesPlays2Instead of

Augments that fit

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.

• Coven 4 averages 3.18 here, against 3.50 at Coven 3 (1169 boards)

  Coven AcolyteDark Ritual

• Lunar 4 averages 3.07 here, against 3.91 at Lunar 2 (8575 boards)

  Sun and MoonSun and Moon+

• Primal 2 averages 3.78 here, against 4.44 at Primal 4 (930 boards)

  Beast WithinBeast Within+

• Elderwood 3 averages 3.48 here, against 3.69 at Elderwood 5 (686 boards)

  Nature's Shelter

• Fae 4 averages 3.15 here, against 3.79 at Fae 2 (694 boards)

  Embiggen

• Flora Fatalis 2 averages 3.42 here, against 3.63 at Flora Fatalis 1 (978 boards)

  Consuming Flora

• Rapidfire 3 averages 3.13 here, against 3.76 at Rapidfire 2 (1260 boards)

  U.R.F

By ruleSuits this comp it averages level 9.08, so levelling is the plan (13768 boards)

Birthday PresentBuild A BudGoing LongGolden GambleGolden Gamble+Golden Gamble++Hard CommitHedge FundInvestment Strategy IILevel Up!Lucky GlovesLucky Gloves+

63 more

Luxury SubscriptionMoney MonsoonPrismatic DestinyPrismatic Destiny+Shimmerscale EssenceShopping SpreeThe Trait TreeThe Trait Tree+Urf's Grab BagAdvanced LoanAdvanced Loan+Big Grab BagBirthday ReunionBooster PackBooster Pack+Booster Pack++Clear MindCluttered MindExclusive CustomizationExplosive GrowthExplosive Growth+Gold DestinyGold Destiny+Hard BargainHeroic Grab BagHeroic Grab Bag+Heroic Grab Bag++HustlerInfinity ProtectionInvestment Strategy ILate Game ScalingMalicious MonetizationMax BuildMoney HungryMoney Hungry+Patient StudyPilferSlammin'Slammin'+Solo LevelingSpeedy Double KillSpreading RootsSpreading Roots+The Golden DragonTime SkipCalled ShotCaretaker's AllyCognitive TaxCognitive Tax+ExpeditionFeeling LuckyGood For Something IIron AssetsKick StartKingslayerLate Game SpecialistOne, Two, Five!Pandora's BenchSilver DestinySilver Destiny+Silver Destiny++Silver SpoonYoung and Wild and Free

By ruleSuits this carry Alune is built for ability power here (9606 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier CapsHold the LineSoul AwakeningDouble TroubleEarly LearningsNO 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 9.08 (13768)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCalculated LossCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+

3 more

Crafted CraftingPatience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type Alune is built for ability power here (9606 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.

More about this comp

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.

1. #1YBY1#0615Challenger · VN · 1,714 LP · level 10 · 2026-10-11
2. #1실력과운#본캐임Challenger · KR · 1,538 LP · level 10 · 2026-10-10
3. #2Showtime#2004Challenger · NA · 1,508 LP · level 9 · out at 6-5 · 2026-10-11
4. #2douyin搜擎苍电竞#1234Challenger · TW · 1,632 LP · level 9 · out at 6-6 · 2026-10-09
5. #3ARaye#ARVDChallenger · SEA · 1,810 LP · level 9 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-12
6. #5VIT prestivent#123Challenger · NA · 1,703 LP · level 8 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-09

Traits

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

Attuned1Avatar1Emerald Aspect1Greenfather1Old Growth1Vanguard4next 6Invoker2next 3Juggernaut2next 4Lunar2next 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.

Trait	Placement at each tier
Invoker	23.576,47433.661,27043.2848252.71147
Juggernaut	23.918,10944.17732
Lunar	23.916,39233.832,03743.072,18353.171,409
Vanguard	24.513,06143.669,41163.091,112

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+	3,349	#3.82	60.5%	25.1%
All ranks	4,062	#3.83	60.2%	25.2%

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.

3.698

3.779

3.9110

3.9111

3.8812

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
Vanguard Alune & Morgana	A	4	#4.42	19,488
Vanguard Kha'Zix Defender	—	4	#3.61	552
Riftbeast Elder Dragon Vanguard	—	4	#2.89	420
Lunar Aphelios Rapidfire Summoner	—	4	#3.89	265
Vanguard Draven Lunar Invoker	—	4	#4.97	189
Elderwood Aphelios	—	4	#6.55	97
Vanguard Ashe	—	4	#4.40	87