TFT CODEX

Vanguard Kha'Zix & Aphelios

Fast 8Carried by Kha'Zix & Aphelios

Updated 28 Sep 2026, 08:18 UTC · Patch 18.3

—Tier
#5.39Avg Place
33.2%Top 4 %
11.1%Win %
0.0%Play Rate
461Games

Open in BuilderThe whole final board — the core at the star level it was measured at and with the carry’s items, and its flex picks — standing the way the board above does: by rule, and yours to move.

Kha'Zix

Game plan

How it’s played
Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.9 on average.
Roll
Level 8 around 4-2: about 22 rolls (44 gold) to 2-star Aphelios; about 33 if three copies of each are on other boards. model
Build
Kha'Zix Kha'Zix Edge of NightHand Of JusticeRabadon's Deathcap Edge of Night, Hand Of Justice, Rabadon's Deathcap · 45 games · #5.47
Components
Needlessly Large RodNeedlessly Large Rod ×3 · Sparring GlovesSparring Gloves ×2 · B.F. SwordB.F. Sword · Chain VestChain Vest · Tear of the GoddessTear of the Goddess · Recurve BowRecurve Bow
Contested?
Others holding Kha'Zix / Aphelios: nobody else: #5.43 · 1 other: #5.32 · 2+ others: #5.56
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 4: 7.9 · stage 5: 8.4 · stage 6: 8.9
Games end
Lv 8 32% · Lv 9 34% · Lv 10 16%

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.

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

4Aphelios★★
  • Guinsoo's Rageblade
  • Kraken's Fury
  • Infinity Edge
carry
3Diana★★
3Fiddlesticks★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmogs Armor
3Kha'Zix★★
  • Hand Of Justice
  • Edge of Night
  • Rabadon's Deathcap
carry
1Rakan★★
4Lilliaflex
3Azirflex
3Viflex
1Yorickflex

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How it’s played

Where this comp’s games end, and its board at every level from 4 — a unit marked + is new since the level above. Level 7 and up are measured: the boards its games ended on, all ranks, the last 14 days (2,764 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.

62%716%832%934%1016%
Lv 4planRakanXayahYorickAzirFae 2Juggernaut 2Summoner 2Aphelios’s items on XayahKha'Zix’s items on Azir
Lv 5planRakanYorickAzirXayahEliseFae 2Juggernaut 2Summoner 2Vanguard 2Aphelios’s items on XayahKha'Zix’s items on Azir
Lv 6realYorickAzirRakanViKha'ZixFiddlesticks− Xayah, Elise
Lv 716%AzirDianaFiddlesticksKha'ZixRakanApheliosVi− Yorick
Lv 832%ApheliosDianaFiddlesticksKha'ZixRakanAzirLilliaVi
Lv 934%ApheliosLilliaDianaFiddlesticksKha'ZixRakanAzirYorickVi
Lv 1016%ApheliosLilliaAzirDianaFiddlesticksKha'ZixRakanYorickViAlune

3★ targets Kha'Zix25%

Level when its players go out — stage 4: 7.9 · stage 5: 8.4 · stage 6: 8.9.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Kha'Zix or Aphelios, over 839 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.

Others holding itAvg PlaceShare of games
Nobody else#5.4320%
1 other player#5.3238%
2 or more#5.5642%

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.

ChampionItemAvg Placevs compGames
Kha'ZixHand Of Justice#5.00-0.451,311
Kha'ZixEdge of Night#5.06-0.391,099
Kha'ZixRabadon's Deathcap#5.06-0.39583

Full builds

The carries’ most played three-item builds this patch, with the placement of the games they were built in.

ChampionBuildAvg PlaceGames
Kha'ZixEdge of NightEdge of NightHand Of JusticeHand Of JusticeRabadon's DeathcapRabadon's Deathcap#5.4745
Kha'ZixEdge of NightEdge of NightHand Of JusticeHand Of JusticeHand Of JusticeHand Of Justice#4.4025
Kha'ZixEdge of NightEdge of NightHand Of JusticeHand Of JusticeJeweled GauntletJeweled Gauntlet#5.4224
ApheliosGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeInfinity EdgeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#5.1226
ApheliosDeathbladeDeathbladeGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken's FuryKraken's Fury#5.1822

Components to hold Needlessly Large Rod ×3, Sparring Gloves ×2, B.F. Sword, Chain Vest, Tear of the Goddess, Recurve Bow, B.F. Sword, Recurve Bow, Negatron Cloak

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.

AddsLeaves outAvg PlaceGames
Akali, Nidalee, ShenAzir, Lillia, Mama Beak5.44321
Rek'Sai, Sett, YorickLillia, Mama Beak, Vi5.29310
MalphiteLillia, Vi5.49192
SorakaAzir, Mama Beak5.25180
Alune, Kennen, ShenAzir, Lillia, Mama Beak3.11171

…and 29 smaller versions, 1,239 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.

Lunar2next 3Vanguard2next 4Flora Fatalis1next 2Rival1next 2Defender1next 2Fae1next 2Juggernaut1next 2Rapidfire1next 2Ravager1next 2Spellweaver1next 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
Executioner25.121,20533.7533142.8886
Fae25.331,29944.89125
Flora Fatalis15.461,67024.67494
Inferno24.9963835.08207
Juggernaut25.351,77044.6595
Lunar25.361,65234.0134944.0771
Rapidfire24.861,31934.20249
Rival15.202,1764.94108
Spellweaver24.581,40043.4166
Summoner25.441,00134.75198
Vanguard25.282,08244.6661

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+461#5.3933.2%11.1%
All ranks839#5.4533.5%9.8%

Trend

Avg Place on each of the last 5 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
Lunar Aphelios—4#5.446,181
Vanguard Kha'Zix Defender—4#4.981,167
Rival Kha'Zix & Rengar—4#4.07388
Fae Aphelios Blackthorn—4#6.42285
Summoner Kha'Zix & Aphelios—4#3.6954
Lunar Aphelios Juggernaut—4#4.6552

Augments

Riot’s match-v1 data does not report which augments a player took, so there is no augment number on this page and none anywhere else on the site. The augment reference lists what each one grants.