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Vanguard Alune & Morgana with Lux

Also called Alune Lux Morgana Fast 9 · Vanguard Fast 9

Fast 9High Win %Carried by Alune, Lux & Morgana

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 6 days·Updated 27 Oct 2026, 21:17 UTC·Difficulty Easy

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 64 in the last 6 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 9, where most of its games end, from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days.

The Night Arena: an obsidian TFT board lit in gold
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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.

5Alune★★
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Archangel's Staff
carry
5Ivern★★
5Kennen★★
  • Radiant Thief's Gloves
  • Thief's Gloves
  • Hand Of Justice
5Lux★★
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Rabadon's Deathcap
carry
5Taric★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
4Morgana★★
  • Void Staff
  • Morellonomicon
  • Red Buff
carry
4Sentinel★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Protector's Vow
  • Warmog's Armor
3Diana★★
3Hecarim★★

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Alune

How to play this

Level
Level to 9. 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 Finishes at level 9.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 3.04 across every comp; this one averages 3.42, 0.38 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Alune 3★ on 0% of boards

Jeweled GauntletSpear of ShojinArchangel's Staff Jeweled Gauntlet, Spear of Shojin, Archangel's Staff

Lux 3★ on 1% of boards

Jeweled GauntletSpear of ShojinRabadon's Deathcap Jeweled Gauntlet, Spear of Shojin, Rabadon's Deathcap

Morgana 3★ on 0% of boards

Void StaffMorellonomiconRed Buff Void Staff, Morellonomicon, Red Buff

Stage by stage

Stages 2 and 3 are our plan; 4 to 6 are the level its players were measured at.

Stage 5 Level 9 measured

Its players average 9.1 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 10 measured

Its players average 9.6 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 6-2 on average, with 6 gold left.

Which version?

Six comps play Vanguard around Alune; the biggest four and this one are compared here. They share the two below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

All of these play
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No tier yetVanguard Alune & Morgana with Lux
— avg— top 464 gamesFast 9
Carried by Alune, Lux & Morgana
Only this one plays
Kennen
1 smaller version

Ranked games, last 6 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 6 days   Not graded played too rarely to grade

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.

Levelling and economy

By ruleSuits this comp: it averages level 9.42, so levelling is the plan (192 boards)

Birthday PresentBuild A BudGoing LongGolden GambleGolden Gamble+Golden Gamble++Hard CommitHedge FundInvestment Strategy IILevel Up!Lucky GlovesLucky Gloves+
66 moreLuxury 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 MindConstruct a CompanionConsuming FloraExclusive 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 LuckyForge A FriendGood For Something IIron AssetsKick StartKingslayerLate Game SpecialistOne, Two, Five!Pandora's BenchSilver DestinySilver Destiny+Silver Destiny++Silver SpoonYoung and Wild and Free

AP carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Alune is built for ability power here (110 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 9.42 (192)

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

By ruleWrong damage type: Alune is built for ability power here (110 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 Vanguard Alune & Morgana with Lux in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.6 on average.

What items does Alune need?

On its final board Alune holds Jeweled Gauntlet, Spear of Shojin and Archangel's Staff.

Is Vanguard Alune & Morgana with Lux good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 69 games at all ranks in the last 6 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #3.48.

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

Traits

Active on the core board, with the next breakpoint the trait offers.

Vanguard4next 6Invoker2next 3Lunar2next 3Attuned1Avatar1Emerald Aspect1Greenfather1

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+64#3.4265.6%32.8%
All ranks69#3.4865.2%33.3%

Trend

Avg Place on each of the last 6 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.