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 B.F. Sword and Giant's Belt, and nobody else is on Alune (it placed #3.56 then, #4.22 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 Jeweled Gauntlet, Nashor's Tooth, Spear of Shojin · 102 games · #3.47

Components

B.F. Sword · Giant's Belt · Needlessly Large Rod · Recurve Bow · Sparring Gloves · Tear of the Goddess

Contested?

Others holding Alune: nobody else: #3.56 · 1 other: #4.09 · 2+ others: #4.22

Pace

Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.5 · stage 5: 8.8 · stage 6: 9.3

Games end

Lv 8 13% · Lv 9 68% · Lv 10 19%

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Final board

The whole board at level 9, where most of its games end. The core — the units on most of this family’s boards — at the star level and with the items they were measured holding; then the flex slots, dashed, with the unit its boards put there most. A slot no unit holds on a quarter of its boards is open. Under a unit, or: the champions its boards play in that slot instead, measured on its level-9 boards this patch.

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Riot's match data records no positions, so this board is placed by rule from each champion's attack range: melee in front, ranged behind, and the carries holding the most items in the back corners. The level buttons show the board at each level: the dashed ones are planned by rule (see How it’s played), the rest measured.

5Alune★★

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

carry

5Ivern★

5Maokai★★

• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Warmogs Armor
• Spirit Visage

or

• Elder Dragon
• Elise

5Taric★★

• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Warmogs Armor

4Morgana★★

• Void Staff
• Morellonomicon
• Red Buff

or

• Kennen

4Sentinel★★

• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Protector's Vow
• Warmogs Armor

3Diana★★

5Luxflex

1Rakanflex

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How it’s played

Where this comp’s games end, and its board at every level from 4, each with what it added and sold since the level above and the traits it has live (hover one for what it does). Level 8 and up are measured: the boards its games ended on, all ranks, the last 14 days (10,918 games). 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. Rows marked real are the boards of the games that went out at that level holding four or more of this comp’s units — real boards on the way to it, not its own games.

Lv 4plan22Alune’s items on Teemo

Lv 5planAdded32Alune’s items on Teemo

Lv 6realAddedSold432

Lv 7realAddedSold143222

Lv 813%AddedSold11142222

Lv 968%AddedSold111114222

Lv 1019%Added1111142222

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

Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.5 · stage 5: 8.8 · stage 6: 9.3

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Alune, over 4,805 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, all ranks.

Champion	Item	Avg Place	vs comp	Games
Alune	Spear of Shojin	#3.78	-0.13	3,643
Alune	Jeweled Gauntlet	#3.69	-0.22	3,614
Alune	Archangel's Staff	#3.53	-0.37	2,455

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	Jeweled GauntletNashor's ToothSpear of Shojin	#3.47	102
Alune	Archangel's StaffJeweled GauntletSpear of Shojin	#3.38	95

Components to hold B.F. Sword, Giant's Belt, Needlessly Large Rod, Recurve Bow, Sparring Gloves, Tear of the Goddess

At the top of the ladder

The newest boards of this comp from the players on our leaderboard, with where they placed. A name opens that player’s games, board and items included.

1. #11Whas#2110Challenger · 1,577 LP · level 9 · 2026-09-29
2. #8oskuu#EUWChallenger · 1,466 LP · level 9 · out at 5-3 · 2026-09-28
3. #41sQSqsQSqsQSqZZz#0219Challenger · 1,426 LP · level 9 · out at 6-2 · 2026-09-28
4. #4Carpe Diem#0124Challenger · 1,424 LP · level 9 · out at 6-1 · 2026-09-27
5. #61sQSqsQSqsQSqZZz#0219Challenger · 1,426 LP · level 9 · out at 5-5 · 2026-09-27
6. #8StayAlive#2791Challenger · 1,367 LP · level 9 · out at 5-1 · 2026-09-27

Variations

Cores close enough to this one to be the same comp. Each line is what that version plays instead, how it placed and the games behind it; all of them are counted in the numbers above.

…and 63 smaller versions, 3,017 games between them. All of them are already counted in the numbers above; they are left off because no one of them is played often enough to plan around.

Traits

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

Vanguard3next 4Invoker2next 3Lunar2next 3Attuned1Emerald Aspect1Greenfather1Old Growth1Coven1next 3Juggernaut1next 2Ravager1next 2Riftbeast1next 3Spellweaver1next 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.

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.

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.

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 5 averages 3.13 here, against 3.67 at Coven 3 (750 boards)

  Coven AcolyteDark Ritual

• Lunar 5 averages 2.79 here, against 3.99 at Lunar 2 (5866 boards)

  Sun and MoonSun and Moon+

• Blossom 5 averages 3.17 here, against 4.02 at Blossom 3 (980 boards)

  Blossom's Call

• Fae 4 averages 3.19 here, against 4.08 at Fae 2 (798 boards)

  Embiggen

• Flora Fatalis 2 averages 4.06 here, against 4.24 at Flora Fatalis 1 (1452 boards)

  Consuming Flora

By ruleSuits this comp it averages level 9.05, so levelling is the plan (10918 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 (7628 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier CapsHold the LineSoul AwakeningEarly LearningsNO SCOUT NO PIVOTSeraphim's StaffTons of Stats!Stand United

Works against it: Not a reroll comp (14), Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleNot a reroll comp it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 9.05 (10918)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+Crafted Crafting

2 more

Patience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type Alune is built for ability power here (7628 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.