TFT CODEX

Vanguard Draven

Also called Draven Alune Fast 9 · Vanguard Fast 9

Fast 9Carried by Draven & Alune

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

No tier yet Too few games to grade in Diamond+: 199 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 & Draven (same carry), Riftbeast Elder Dragon. 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. 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★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Jeweled Gauntlet
  • Archangel's Staff
carry
5Draven★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Infinity Edge
  • Kraken's Fury
carry
or
  • Elder Dragon
5Maokai★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
5Taric★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
4Sentinel★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
or
  • Morgana
3Diana★★
3Hecarim★★
3Viflex
2Eliseflex

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Draven

How to play this

When
  • #5.23 with one other30% of games
  • #5.28 with two or more51% of games
Others on Draven or Alune in the lobby, over 217 games of this patch at all ranks.
Level
Level to 9. Its games also end at level 8 (12%) and level 10 (11%). Level 9 around 5-1: about 33 rolls (66 gold) to 2-star Draven; about 54 if three copies of each are on other boards. model Finishes at level 9.0 on average. Boards at its levels average 3.71 across every comp; this one averages 5.20, 1.49 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Draven 3★ on 1% of boards

Guinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury

Alune 3★ on 0% of boards

Spear of ShojinJeweled GauntletArchangel's Staff Spear of Shojin, Jeweled Gauntlet, Archangel's Staff

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, Rakan, Elise and Scuttlecrab.

Draven's items go on Elise until Draven comes in at level 8.

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

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Diana and Hecarim.

Stage 4 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.8 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Alune, Draven, Maokai, Taric and Sentinel; sell Pebbles, Rakan and Scuttlecrab.

76% of its games end at level 9.

Stage 5 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.8 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 9.2 when they go out in stage 6.

Its games end around round 5-5 on average, with 8 gold left.

Which version?

Four comps play Vanguard around Draven. They share the two below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

Every version plays
SentinelDraven
You are here
No tier yetVanguard Draven
— avg— top 4199 gamesFast 9
Carried by Draven & Alune
Only this one plays
Aluneor Elise

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

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

72%812%976%1011%
Lv 4planPebblesRakanEliseScuttlecrab22Draven’s items on EliseAlune’s items on Pebbles
Lv 5planPebblesRakanEliseScuttlecrabHecarimAddedHecarim32Draven’s items on EliseAlune’s items on Pebbles
Lv 6planPebblesRakanEliseScuttlecrabDianaHecarimAddedDiana42Draven’s items on EliseAlune’s items on Pebbles
Lv 7planEliseDianaHecarimSentinelRakanScuttlecrabPebblesAddedSentinel5322Draven’s items on EliseAlune’s items on Pebbles
Lv 812%AluneDravenMaokaiTaricSentinelDianaHecarimEliseAddedAluneDravenMaokaiTaricSoldRakanScuttlecrabPebbles111152
Lv 976%AluneDravenMaokaiTaricSentinelDianaHecarimEliseViAddedVi1111522
Lv 1011%AluneDravenMaokaiTaricSentinelDianaHecarimEliseViMorganaAddedMorgana11115222

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.

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. A 2 on a portrait: that unit takes two team slots.

Lv 9AluneElder Dragon2MaokaiTaricAmumuSentinelDianaHecarim5.14avg place76 gamesPlaysElder Dragon2AmumuInstead ofDravenEliseVi
Lv 9DravenIvernMaokaiTaricMorganaDianaHecarimElise+1 open5.95avg place56 gamesPlaysIvernMorganaInstead ofAluneSentinelVi
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 8.96, so levelling is the plan (532 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
Works against it: Not a reroll comp (15)

By ruleNot a reroll comp: it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 8.96 (532)

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

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 Draven in TFT Set 18?

Fast 9. Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 9.2 on average. Its games end most often at level 9 (76%).

What items does Draven need?

On its final board Draven holds Guinsoo's Rageblade, Infinity Edge and Kraken's Fury.

Is Vanguard Draven good in patch 18.5?

Not graded yet: 217 games at all ranks in the last 6 days, and a grade needs 400. Its average place over them is #5.13.

Is Vanguard Draven contested?

Contest costs it little: with one other #5.23 (30% of games), with two or more #5.28 (51%), over 217 games of this patch at all ranks.

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.

Attuned1Bounty Seeker1Emerald Aspect1Old Growth1Vanguard5next 6Juggernaut2next 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.

TraitPlacement at each tier
Vanguard26.296545.2533264.01135

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+199#5.2035.2%9.0%
All ranks217#5.1337.3%9.2%

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.

CompTierShared unitsAvg PlaceGames
Invoker Morgana & Sentinel—5#4.617,741
Vanguard Alune with Gnar—5#4.98131
Vanguard Alune & Morgana with Gnar—5#3.27103
Vanguard Draven with Ivern—5#5.4980
Vanguard Alune & Morgana with Lux—5#3.4869
Riftbeast Elder Dragon & DravenS4#4.23104,509
Coven MorganaB4#4.6970,464
Lunar Alune—4#4.327,715