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Vanguard Elise

Also called Elise Caitlyn reroll · Vanguard reroll

2-cost reroll at level 7Carried by Elise & Caitlyn

Teamfight Tactics Set 18·Patch 18.5·Ranked games, Diamond+, last 6 days·Updated 27 Oct 2026, 19:18 UTC·Difficulty Easy

—Tier
#5.26Avg Place
37.2%Top 4 %
5.6%Win %
0.1%Play Rate
2,123Games, 6 days

Final board

The board at level 8, 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.

4Sentinel★
  • Protector's Vow
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
4Sivir★★
  • Infinity Edge
  • Last Whisper
  • Spear of Shojin
3Hecarim★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
or
  • Morgana
2Caitlyn★★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Hextech Gunblade
carry
2Elise★★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Titan's Resolve
carry
1Rakan★★
or
  • Amumu
3Dianaflex
3Viflex

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Elise

How to play this

When
You hold Recurve Bow and Needlessly Large Rod.
  • #5.16 alone69% of games
  • #5.38 with one other27% of games
  • #5.34 with two or more4% of games
Others on Elise or Caitlyn in the lobby, over 2,474 games of this patch at all ranks.
Items
Slam Gargoyle Stoneplate first (Chain Vest + Negatron Cloak): of Elise's most played build, the item its boards placed best with, #5.18 over 3,150 boards at all ranks. our rule Hold the rest:Recurve Bow ×4Needlessly Large Rod ×3Chain VestNegatron CloakB.F. Sword
Level
Roll at level 7 until its 2-costs are 3-starred: Elise. Its games also end at level 7 (23%). Finishes at level 8.1 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.69 across every comp; this one averages 5.26, 0.57 worse. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.
Carries

Elise 3★ on 45% of boards

Gargoyle StoneplateGuinsoo's RagebladeTitan's Resolve Gargoyle Stoneplate, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Titan's Resolve

#5.46 over 190 games at all ranks

Caitlyn 3★ on 42% of boards

Guinsoo's RagebladeHextech GunbladeKraken's Fury Guinsoo's Rageblade, Hextech Gunblade, Kraken's Fury

#4.66 over 242 games at all ranks

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 Cinderling, Rakan, Caitlyn and Elise.

Elise holds its own items from level 4.

Caitlyn holds its own items from level 4.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Hecarim, Cassiopeia and Sentinel; sell Cinderling.

987 real boards went out at level 6 holding four or more of its units. real

4% of its games end at level 6.

Stage 4 Level 8 measured

Its players average 7.5 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Sivir, Diana and Vi; sell Cassiopeia.

3★ targets: Elise 45% · Caitlyn 42%

42% of its games end at level 8.

Level 7 around 4-1: about 68 rolls (136 gold) to 3-star Elise; about 80 if three copies of each are on other boards. model

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 7.9 when they go out in stage 5.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

Its players average 8.6 when they go out in stage 6.

Add Ashe and Taric; sell Hecarim.

27% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-4 on average, with 12 gold left.

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 7 up it is measured over 7,231 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned.

64%723%842%927%104%
Lv 4planCinderlingRakanCaitlynElise22
Lv 5planRakanCaitlynEliseHecarimCinderlingAddedHecarim32
Lv 6realEliseHecarimCassiopeiaCaitlynSentinelRakanAddedCassiopeiaSentinelSoldCinderling43
Lv 723%DianaHecarimCaitlynEliseRakanViCassiopeiaAddedDianaViSoldSentinel432
Lv 842%SentinelSivirDianaHecarimViCaitlynEliseRakanAddedSentinelSivirSoldCassiopeia5222
Lv 927%AsheTaricSentinelSivirDianaViCaitlynEliseRakanAddedAsheTaricSoldHecarim15322

3★ targets Elise45% Caitlyn42%

How these rows are made

Level 7 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. 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.

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
EliseGargoyle StoneplateGargoyle StoneplateGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeTitan's ResolveTitan's Resolve#5.46190
EliseGargoyle StoneplateGargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageSpirit VisageWarmog's ArmorWarmog's Armor#4.5672
EliseGargoyle StoneplateGargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageSpirit VisageTitan's ResolveTitan's Resolve#4.4245
CaitlynGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeHextech GunbladeHextech GunbladeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#4.66242
CaitlynGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#4.6791
CaitlynDeathbladeDeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#4.2074

Components to hold Recurve Bow ×4, Needlessly Large Rod ×3, Chain Vest ×2, Negatron Cloak ×2, B.F. Sword

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 7MorganaCassiopeiaDianaHecarimCaitlynEliseRakan6.70avg place643 gamesPlaysMorganaInstead ofVi
Lv 9AsheTaricSentinelSivirDianaHecarimCaitlynEliseRakan3.44avg place589 gamesPlaysHecarimInstead ofVi
Lv 9AsheTaricSentinelSivirTristanaViCaitlynEliseRakan3.97avg place578 gamesPlaysTristanaInstead ofDiana
Lv 7SentinelDianaHecarimTristanaCaitlynEliseRakan6.30avg place465 gamesPlaysSentinelTristanaInstead ofViCassiopeia
Lv 8SivirDianaHecarimTristanaViCaitlynEliseRakan5.29avg place325 gamesPlaysTristanaInstead ofSentinel
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.

MeasuredThe comp’s own placement at a trait’s levels, beside the augments that give the trait.

#4.32

Primal 4: averages 4.32 here, against 4.89 at Primal 2 (3,985 boards)

#5.61

Coven 3: averages 5.61 here, against 6.29 at Coven 4 (2,864 boards)

#4.37

Lunar 3: averages 4.37 here, against 5.14 at Lunar 2 (648 boards)

#5.03

Fae 2: averages 5.03 here, against 5.06 at Fae 4 (2,547 boards)

Reroll and economy

By ruleSuits this comp: it 3-stars a 2-cost in 56% of its boards (7,231)

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

AP carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Elise is built for ability power here (4,276 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier CapsHold the LineSoul AwakeningEarly LearningsNO SCOUT NO PIVOTSeraphim's StaffTons of Stats!Stand United
Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type: Elise is built for ability power here (4,276 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 Elise in TFT Set 18?

2-cost reroll at level 7. Rolls at level 7 until its 2-costs are 3-starred: Elise. Its games end most often at level 8 (42%).

What items does Elise need?

Its most played build this patch is Gargoyle Stoneplate, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Titan's Resolve: #5.46 over 190 games.

Is Vanguard Elise good in patch 18.5?

In Diamond+: average place #5.26 and 37% top 4 over 2,123 Diamond+ games in the last 6 days. At all ranks it averages #5.23 over 2,474 games.

Is Vanguard Elise contested?

Contest costs it little: with nobody else on Elise or Caitlyn it placed #5.16 (69% of games), with one other #5.38 (27%), with two or more #5.34 (4%), over 2,474 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. #4난몰라#KR1Challenger · KR · 1,694 LP · level 8 · out at 5-6 · 2026-10-25
  2. #5iniko#asdfChallenger · NA · 1,533 LP · level 7 · out at 5-1 · 2026-10-17
  3. #7oskuu#EUWChallenger · EUW · 1,538 LP · level 7 · out at 5-1 · 2026-10-27

Traits

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

Vanguard5next 6Hunter2next 3Juggernaut2next 4Primal2next 4

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
Hunter25.522,69234.741,87344.2976054.00240
Juggernaut25.013,95544.74240
Primal24.893,70744.32278
Vanguard25.951,62845.394,40964.371,122

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+2,123#5.2637.2%5.6%
All ranks2,474#5.2337.4%5.7%

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.