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Vanguard Kha'Zix (kjfw3l)

Also called Kha'Zix reroll · Vanguard reroll

3-cost reroll at level 7High Win %Carried by Kha'ZixA Teamfight Tactics Set 18 comp, measured on patch 18.5 ranked games.

Difficulty Hard 3-stars a 3-cost on 66% of its boards · Placed 0.41 worse on average when one other player held Kha'Zix

Updated 21 Oct 2026, 06:18 UTC · ranked games, last 7 days, Diamond+ · Patch 18.5

—Tier
#3.88Avg Place
61.9%Top 4 %
19.4%Win %
<0.1%Play Rate
656Games, 7 days

Which version?

Five comps play Vanguard around Kha'Zix; the biggest four are compared here. They share the three below; the units only one of them plays tell you which one you are on.

All of these play
DianaHecarimKha'Zix
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Not gradedVanguard Kha'Zix (kjfw3l)
#3.88 avg61.9% top 4656 games3-cost reroll at level 7
Played on about 1 board in 2,500 this week; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Kha'Zix
Only this one plays
or Aluneor Gnaror Taric
#4.76 avg49.0% top 4420 gamesLevel 8
Played on about 1 board in 5,000 this week; a grade needs 1 in 100.
Carried by Kha'Zix
Only this one plays
Lilliaor Xayah
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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 this week   Not graded played too rarely to grade

When

Take it when you hold Needlessly Large Rod and B.F. Sword, and nobody else is on Kha'Zix

  • #3.88 alone72% of games
  • #4.29 with one other25% of games
  • #4.24 with two or more3% of games

Others on Kha'Zix in the lobby, over 2,279 games of this patch at all ranks.

Scout the lobby: with two or more other players on Kha'Zix it placed #4.24, against #3.88 with nobody else on them.

Slam order our rule

First Hand Of Justice (Tear Of The Goddess + Sparring Gloves)

Of Kha'Zix's most played build, the item its boards placed best with: #3.93 over 1,794 boards.

Then: Needlessly Large Rod ×2, B.F. Sword, Chain Vest

Kha'Zix's items go on Hecarim until Kha'Zix comes in at level 7. plan

Level plan

  1. Stage 2 Lv 4 plan
  2. Stage 3 Lv 6 plan
  3. Stage 4 Lv 7.3 measured
  4. Stage 5 Lv 7.7 measured
  5. Stage 6 Lv 8.6 measured

Its games end at Lv 7 27% · Lv 8 31% · Lv 9 38%

Carries

Kha'Zix 3★ on 57% of boards

Edge of NightHand Of JusticeRabadon's Deathcap Edge of Night, Hand Of Justice, Rabadon's Deathcap

#3.91 over 267 games

Kha'Zix

Game plan

How it’s played
3-cost reroll at level 7 Rolls at level 7 until its 3-costs are 3-starred: Kha'Zix.
Play it when
you hold Needlessly Large Rod and B.F. Sword, and nobody else is on Kha'Zix (it placed #3.88 then, #4.24 against two or more)
Roll
Level 7 around 4-1: about 57 rolls (114 gold) to 3-star Kha'Zix; about 75 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 · 267 games · #3.91
Components
Needlessly Large RodNeedlessly Large Rod ×2 · B.F. SwordB.F. Sword · Chain VestChain Vest · Sparring GlovesSparring Gloves · Tear of the GoddessTear of the Goddess
Pace
Level when its players go out — stage 4: 7.3 · stage 5: 7.7 · stage 6: 8.6
Games end
Lv 7 27% · Lv 8 31% · Lv 9 38%
Vs its level
Finishes at level 8.2 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.47 across every comp; this one averages 3.88, 0.59 better. Level is partly how a game went and partly the plan, so this is context, not a grade.

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Final board

The whole board at level 9, where most of its games end, drawn from its games at all ranks over the last 14 days. A dashed slot is one its games fill differently; an open one, no unit holds on a quarter of them. Under a unit, or: who its games play there instead.

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

Positions are our rule, by attack range: melee in front, ranged behind, the most-itemed carries in the back corners. Riot's match data has none. Dashed level buttons are planned, the rest measured.

4Ezreal★★
  • Spear of Shojin
  • Red Buff
3Diana★★
3Hecarim★★
  • Gargoyle Stoneplate
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Spirit Visage
3Kha'Zix★★★
  • Hand Of Justice
  • Rabadon's Deathcap
  • Edge of Night
carry
5Aluneflex
or
  • Rengar
5Gnarflex
or
  • LeBlanc
5Taricflex
or
  • Fiddlesticks
4Apheliosflex
or
  • Kennen
4Sentinelflex

Paste it into the game’s Team Planner to have these champions marked in your shop.

Stage by stage

What to do at each stage, from the numbers below: stages 2 and 3 are our plan, 4 to 6 the level its players were measured at.

Stage 2 Level 4 plan

Play Rakan, Xayah, LeBlanc and Hecarim.

Kha'Zix's items go on Hecarim until Kha'Zix comes in at level 7.

Stage 3 Level 6 plan

Add Diana and Elise.

Stage 4 Level 7 measured

Its players average 7.3 when they go out in stage 4.

Add Ezreal, Kha'Zix and Soraka; sell Rakan, Elise, Xayah and LeBlanc.

3★ targets: Kha'Zix 57% · Hecarim 32% · Diana 24%

Fill the last three slots: Fiddlesticks + Soraka + Taric #5.95 (5% won, 37 games), LeBlanc + Rengar + Taric #6.31 (0% won, 49 games), LeBlanc + Rengar + Sentinel #6.58 (0% won, 33 games); all level-7 boards #6.09.

27% of its games end at level 7.

Level 7 around 4-1: about 57 rolls (114 gold) to 3-star Kha'Zix; about 75 if three copies of each are on other boards. model

Stage 5 Level 8 measured

Its players average 7.7 when they go out in stage 5.

Add Alune; sell Soraka.

31% of its games end at level 8.

Stage 6 Level 9 measured

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

Add Gnar, Taric, Aphelios and Sentinel.

38% of its games end at level 9.

Its games end around round 5-7 on average, with 8 gold left.

How it’s played

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 7 up it is measured over 2,252 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

727%831%938%105%
Lv 4planRakanXayahLeBlancHecarim322Kha'Zix’s items on Hecarim
Lv 5planRakanXayahEliseLeBlancHecarimAddedElise332Kha'Zix’s items on Hecarim
Lv 6planDianaHecarimRakanEliseXayahLeBlancAddedDiana432Kha'Zix’s items on Diana
Lv 727%EzrealDianaHecarimKha'ZixFiddlesticksSorakaTaricAddedEzrealKha'ZixFiddlesticksSorakaTaricSoldRakanEliseXayahLeBlanc21132Optionsall: #6.09 · 1% won · 465 gamesFiddlesticks + Soraka + Taric#5.955% won · 37LeBlanc + Rengar + Taric#6.310% won · 49LeBlanc + Rengar + Sentinel#6.580% won · 33Fiddlesticks + Gnar + Ornn#6.471% won · 73 · most played
Lv 831%AluneEzrealDianaHecarimKha'ZixLeBlancSentinelTaricAddedAluneLeBlancSentinelSoldFiddlesticksSoraka1114322
Lv 938%AluneGnarTaricApheliosEzrealSentinelDianaHecarimKha'ZixAddedGnarApheliosSoldLeBlanc111433
Lv 105%AluneGnarKennenTaricApheliosEzrealSentinelDianaHecarimKha'ZixAddedKennen1114332

3★ targets Kha'Zix57% Hecarim32% Diana24%

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. 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.

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Kha'Zix, over 2,279 games of this patch at all ranks. 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#3.8872%
1 other player#4.2925%
2 or more#4.243%

Questions

What people search for about this comp, answered from the numbers on this page.

How do you play Vanguard Kha'Zix (kjfw3l) in TFT Set 18?

3-cost reroll at level 7. Rolls at level 7 until its 3-costs are 3-starred: Kha'Zix. Its games end most often at level 9 (38%).

What items does Kha'Zix need?

Its most played build this patch is Edge of Night, Hand Of Justice and Rabadon's Deathcap: #3.91 over 267 games.

Is Vanguard Kha'Zix (kjfw3l) good in patch 18.5?

In Diamond+: average place #3.88 and 62% top 4 over 656 Diamond+ games in the last 7 days. At all ranks it averages #3.97 over 928 games.

Is Vanguard Kha'Zix (kjfw3l) contested?

Yes, contest costs it: with nobody else on Kha'Zix it placed #3.88 (72% of games), with one other #4.29 (25%), with two or more #4.24 (3%), over 2,279 games of this patch at all ranks.

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 at all ranks over the last 14 days.

ChampionItemAvg Placevs compGames
Kha'ZixHand Of Justice#3.93-0.041,794
Kha'ZixRabadon's Deathcap#3.97-0.00912
Kha'ZixEdge of Night#4.01+0.04750

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#3.91267
Kha'ZixHand Of JusticeHand Of JusticeHand Of JusticeHand Of JusticeRabadon's DeathcapRabadon's Deathcap#3.99165
Kha'ZixEdge of NightEdge of NightHand Of JusticeHand Of JusticeJeweled GauntletJeweled Gauntlet#3.63109

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

Variations

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 9AluneGnarKennenTaricEzrealDianaHecarimKha'ZixLeBlanc3.04avg place387 gamesPlaysKennenLeBlancInstead ofApheliosSentinel
Lv 7ApheliosEzrealSentinelDianaHecarimKha'ZixLeBlanc4.27avg place260 gamesPlaysApheliosSentinelInstead ofTaricFiddlesticks
Lv 7GnarTaricEzrealDianaFiddlesticksHecarimKha'Zix5.67avg place236 gamesPlaysGnarInstead ofLeBlanc
Lv 7TaricEzrealDianaHecarimKha'ZixRengarLeBlanc5.75avg place183 gamesPlaysRengarInstead ofFiddlesticks
Lv 8AluneAhriEzrealDianaHecarimKha'ZixLeBlancYunara3.08avg place97 gamesPlaysAhriYunaraInstead ofSentinelTaric

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.

#3.08

Lunar 3: averages 3.08 here, against 3.63 at Lunar 2 (1,475 boards)

#3.87

Elderwood 3: averages 3.87 here, against 4.09 at Elderwood 5 (1,597 boards)

#3.99

Flora Fatalis 2: averages 3.99 here, against 4.00 at Flora Fatalis 1 (681 boards)

#2.66

Rapidfire 2: averages 2.66 here, against 2.98 at Rapidfire 3 (627 boards)

Reroll and economy

By ruleSuits this comp: it 3-stars a 3-cost in 66% of its boards (2,252)

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

AP carry

By ruleSuits this carry: Kha'Zix is built for ability power here (1,767 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier CapsHold the LineSoul AwakeningDark RitualDouble TroubleEarly LearningsEmbiggenNO SCOUT NO PIVOTSeraphim's StaffTons of Stats!
1 moreStand United
Works against it: Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleWrong damage type: Kha'Zix is built for ability power here (1,767 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.

More about this comp

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. #1ツNyx 1ux#Only1Challenger · VN · 1,490 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-14
  2. #1YBY1#0615Challenger · VN · 1,818 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-11
  3. #1Dưa Hấu#ThedoChallenger · VN · 1,493 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-10
  4. #2josepao1o#1023Challenger · SEA · 1,731 LP · level 8 · out at 6-5 · 2026-10-11
  5. #7102#2600Challenger · KR · 1,492 LP · level 7 · out at 5-3 · 2026-10-13

Traits

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

Rival1next 2Attuned1Emerald Aspect1Vanguard4next 6Lunar3next 4Elderwood3next 5

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
Elderwood33.871,46554.09132
Lunar23.6398233.0849343.29122
Rival13.851,3084.08587
Vanguard24.261,14743.731,03163.3170

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+656#3.8861.9%19.4%
All ranks928#3.9759.9%18.8%

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.