TFT CODEX

Vanguard Alune & Morgana

Also called Alune Morgana Fast 9 · Vanguard Fast 9

Fast 9ConsistentCarried by Alune & Morgana

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 7 days·Updated 28 Oct 2026, 01:18 UTC·Difficulty Medium

—Tier
#5.53Avg Place
28.1%Top 4 %
6.4%Win %
<0.1%Play Rate
406Games, 7 days

Final board

The board at level 9, 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.

5Alune★
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Archangel's Staff
carry
5Maokai★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
4Lillia★★
or
  • Yorick
4Morgana★★
  • Void Staff
  • Morellonomicon
  • Red Buff
carry
4Sentinel★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
3Diana★★
3Fiddlesticks★★
or
  • Ahri
4Settflex
1Rakanflex

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Alune

How to play this

When
You hold Tear Of The Goddess and Needlessly Large Rod, and nobody else in the lobby is on Alune or Morgana.
  • #5.34 alone20% of games
  • #5.37 with one other42% of games
  • #5.80 with two or more38% of games
Others on Alune or Morgana in the lobby, over 438 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items
Slam Jeweled Gauntlet first (Sparring Gloves + Needlessly Large Rod): of Alune's most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #5.37 over 368 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:Tear Of The Goddess ×3Needlessly Large Rod
Level
Level to 9. Its games also end at level 10 (4%). 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 8.8 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.02 across every comp; this one averages 5.53, 1.51 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

Archangel's StaffBlue BuffJeweled Gauntlet Archangel's Staff, Blue Buff, Jeweled Gauntlet

#5.73 over 26 games at all ranks

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 2 Level 4 plan

Play Pebbles, Veigar, Teemo and Fiddlesticks.

Alune's items go on Teemo until Alune comes in at level 8.

Morgana's items go on Fiddlesticks until Morgana comes in at level 8.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Rakan and Diana.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 8.4 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Alune, Maokai, Lillia, Morgana, Sentinel and Sett; sell Pebbles, Rakan, Veigar and Teemo.

28% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 5 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.7 when they go out in stage 5.

Sell Sett.

68% of its games end at level 9.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 9.0 when they go out in stage 6.

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

Which version?

Six comps play Vanguard around Alune; the biggest four 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
DianaAlune
Not gradedVanguard Alune
#3.96 avg58.6% top 46,885 gamesFast 9
Played on about 1 board in 250 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Alune
Only this one plays
or Lux
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Not gradedVanguard Alune & Morgana
#5.53 avg28.1% top 4406 gamesFast 9
Played on about 1 board in 5,000 in the last 7 days; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Alune & Morgana
Only this one plays
or Sett
2 smaller versions

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 707 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

828%968%104%
Lv 4planPebblesVeigarTeemoFiddlesticks221Alune’s items on TeemoMorgana’s items on Fiddlesticks
Lv 5planPebblesRakanVeigarTeemoFiddlesticksAddedRakan221Alune’s items on TeemoMorgana’s items on Fiddlesticks
Lv 6planPebblesRakanVeigarTeemoDianaFiddlesticksAddedDiana2221Alune’s items on TeemoMorgana’s items on Fiddlesticks
Lv 7planDianaFiddlesticksSentinelRakanPebblesTeemoVeigarAddedSentinel3321Alune’s items on TeemoMorgana’s items on Sentinel
Lv 828%AluneMaokaiLilliaMorganaSentinelSettDianaFiddlesticksAddedAluneMaokaiLilliaMorganaSettSoldRakanPebblesTeemoVeigar11222221
Lv 968%AluneMaokaiLilliaMorganaSentinelDianaFiddlesticksSettRakanAddedRakan1132222221

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. 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
AluneArchangel's StaffArchangel's StaffBlue BuffBlue BuffJeweled GauntletJeweled Gauntlet#5.7326

Components to hold Tear Of The Goddess ×3, Needlessly Large Rod ×2, 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 8AluneMaokaiMorganaSentinelSettDianaRakanYorick6.00avg place114 gamesPlaysRakanYorickInstead ofLilliaFiddlesticks
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: Alune is built for ability power here (601 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 8.75 (707)

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 (601 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 in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.0 on average. Its games end most often at level 9 (68%).

What items does Alune need?

Its most played build this patch is Archangel's Staff, Blue Buff and Jeweled Gauntlet: #5.73 over 26 games.

Is Vanguard Alune & Morgana good in patch 18.5?

In Diamond+: average place #5.53 and 28% top 4 over 406 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #5.53 over 438 games.

Is Vanguard Alune & Morgana contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Alune or Morgana it placed #5.34 (20% of games), with one other #5.37 (42%), with two or more #5.80 (38%), over 438 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.

  1. #4i am patoska#EUWChallenger · EUW · 1,503 LP · level 9 · out at 6-3 · 2026-10-23

Traits

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

Attuned1Old Growth1Vanguard3next 4Defender2next 4Fae2next 4Invoker2next 3Juggernaut2next 4Lunar2next 3Spellweaver2next 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
Invoker25.3851335.43111
Spellweaver25.4359844.3161
Vanguard25.3856845.32113

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+406#5.5328.1%6.4%
All ranks438#5.5328.3%6.4%

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
Vanguard Alune with Lillia—5#5.55299
Vanguard Morgana—5#4.32234
Fae Alune—5#6.2283
Invoker Morgana & Alune—5#5.0482
Coven MorganaB4#4.6972,950
Invoker Morgana & Sentinel—4#4.607,977
Lunar Alune—4#4.327,974
Vanguard Flora Fatalis—4#5.811,089