Rapidfire Aphelios & Brambleback

Game plan

How it’s played

Fast 8 Players of this comp who go out in stage 6 are level 8.7 on average.

Play it when

you hold Sparring Gloves and B.F. Sword, and nobody else is on Aphelios or Brambleback (it placed #3.96 then, #4.62 against two or more)

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

Aphelios Infinity Edge, Kraken's Fury, Striker's Flail · 2,381 games · #3.80

Components

Sparring Gloves ×3 · B.F. Sword ×2 · Negatron Cloak ×2 · Recurve Bow ×2 · Chain Vest · Frying Pan · +1 more

Pace

Level when its players go out — stage 4: 8.0 · stage 5: 8.1 · stage 6: 8.7

Games end

Lv 8 60% · Lv 9 34% · Lv 10 4%

Vs its level

Finishes at level 8.4 on average. Boards at its levels average 4.36 across every comp; this one averages 4.40, 0.04 worse. 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 8, 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.

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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; the gold one adds the champion that placed best there.

4Amumu★★

• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Warmog's Armor
• Spirit Visage

or

• Hecarim
• Taric

4Aphelios★★

• Infinity Edge
• Kraken's Fury
• Deathblade

carry

4Brambleback★★

• Rapidfire Emblem
• Edge of Night
• Quicksilver

carry

4Sentinel★★

• Protector's Vow
• Gargoyle Stoneplate
• Warmog's Armor

3Diana★★

or

• Rakan

3Mama Beak★★

1Varus★★

1Xayah★★

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How it’s played

The board at every level from 4, with what each level adds and sells. From level 8 up it is measured over 56,707 games at all ranks over the last 14 days; below that it is planned. Each level’s options are this patch’s.

Lv 4plan32Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Kayle

Lv 5planAdded322Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Diana

Lv 6planAdded332Aphelios’s items on XayahBrambleback’s items on Hecarim

Lv 7realAddedSold133222

Lv 860%AddedSold432222

Lv 934%Added43322222

Lv 10bestAdded43332222The 10th championall: #1.81 · 43% won · 1,042 gamesLillia#1.5852% won · 48Ivern#1.7550% won · 123Taric#1.7745% won · 498

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

Contested?

How this comp placed by how many of the other seven players in the lobby held Aphelios or Brambleback, over 38,704 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.

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.

Champion	Item	Avg Place	vs comp	Games
Aphelios	Infinity Edge	#4.21	-0.20	33,759
Aphelios	Kraken's Fury	#4.21	-0.20	29,365
Aphelios	Deathblade	#4.14	-0.27	19,411

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
Aphelios	Infinity EdgeKraken's FuryStriker's Flail	#3.80	2,381
Aphelios	Guinsoo's RagebladeInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury	#4.51	1,797
Aphelios	DeathbladeInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury	#3.91	1,681
Brambleback	Rapidfire EmblemEdge of NightQuicksilver	#3.92	7,434
Brambleback	Rapidfire EmblemEdge of NightSterak's Gage	#3.92	2,469
Brambleback	Rapidfire EmblemQuicksilverSterak's Gage	#4.00	2,065

Components to hold Sparring Gloves ×3, B.F. Sword ×2, Negatron Cloak ×2, Recurve Bow ×2, Chain Vest, Frying Pan, Giant's Belt

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 84.09avg place16,327 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 84.39avg place7,358 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 94.01avg place2,914 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 84.19avg place1,634 gamesPlaysInstead of

Lv 85.56avg place810 gamesPlaysInstead of

Other Rapidfire Aphelios builds

Comps under the same name, each measured on its own page; this page shows the most played.

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.

• Lunar 5: averages 3.16 here, against 4.26 at Lunar 2 (31,875 boards)

  Sun and MoonSun and Moon+

• Rapidfire 5: averages 4.12 here, against 5.10 at Rapidfire 2 (43,257 boards)

  U.R.F

• Riftbeast 3: averages 4.32 here, against 4.75 at Riftbeast 5 (51,754 boards)

  Omega Riftbeast

• Elderwood 5: averages 3.84 here, against 4.20 at Elderwood 3 (2,026 boards)

  Nature's Shelter

• Fae 4: averages 3.88 here, against 4.34 at Fae 2 (27,606 boards)

  Embiggen

• Flora Fatalis 2: averages 4.34 here, against 4.67 at Flora Fatalis 1 (1,099 boards)

  Consuming Flora

By ruleSuits this carry: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (53,389 boards)

Baron's LairCoronationDeadlier BladesHold the LineSoul AwakeningCybernetic ImplantsDouble TroubleEarly LearningsNO SCOUT NO PIVOTTons of Stats!Focused FireStand United

Works against it: Not a reroll comp (15), Wrong damage type (3)

By ruleNot a reroll comp: it 3-stars a unit in under 10% of boards, averaging level 8.41 (56,707)

Commerce CoreInvested+Invested++Prismatic TicketUpward MobilityCalculated LossCognitive OverloadEpic RolldownEpochEpoch+Trade SectorTrade Sector+

3 more

Crafted CraftingPatience Is A VirtueRecombobulator

By ruleWrong damage type: Aphelios is built for attack damage here (53,389 boards)

Deadlier CapsDark RitualSeraphim's Staff

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. #1Enif#SEAChallenger · SEA · 1,479 LP · level 9 · 2026-10-15
2. #2The Smile#겸댕뿌잉Challenger · KR · 1,472 LP · level 8 · out at 5-7 · 2026-10-16
3. #2AL3XEM#GGEZChallenger · EUW · 1,740 LP · level 9 · out at 6-6 · 2026-10-16
4. #3김준민#0213Challenger · KR · 1,528 LP · level 9 · out at 6-1 · 2026-10-15
5. #5도사 삼#LHNChallenger · KR · 1,556 LP · level 8 · out at 5-3 · 2026-10-14
6. #6삼 디#KR2Challenger · KR · 1,500 LP · level 8 · out at 5-3 · 2026-10-14

Traits

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

Rapidfire4next 5Riftbeast3next 5Inferno2next 3Lunar2next 3Ravager2next 4Vanguard2next 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.

Trait	Placement at each tier
Inferno	24.2535,51534.123,24253.82183
Lunar	24.2631,49233.874,50443.621,47853.16383
Rapidfire	25.106,46334.974,53244.818,51654.1236,794
Ravager	24.1934,09543.91751
Riftbeast	34.3251,43754.75317
Vanguard	24.4738,92044.1614,92364.011,112

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.

Bracket	Games	Avg Place	Top 4 %	Win %
Diamond+	20,115	#4.41	53.3%	8.5%
All ranks	24,977	#4.41	53.3%	8.7%

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.

4.3611

4.3512

4.4013

4.4614

4.4415

4.4616

Also played

Families sharing at least 4 core units with this one — the same board taken a different way.

Comp	Tier	Shared units	Avg Place	Games
Primal Aphelios & Nidalee	A	5	#4.37	192,062
Riftbeast Aphelios & Brambleback	—	5	#4.65	14,483
Lunar Aphelios	—	5	#4.42	316
Rapidfire Aphelios Inferno Vanguard	—	5	#5.54	91
Vanguard Aphelios Juggernaut Lunar	—	5	#5.16	63
Rapidfire Aphelios Vanguard Juggernaut	—	5	#4.17	54
Rapidfire Aphelios Emerald Aspect	—	5	#3.60	50
Solar Aphelios Lunar Rapidfire	—	4	#4.57	5,909