What tier is Defender Aphelios on TFT Set 18?

Defender Aphelios is currently Tier C on TFT Set 18, with a 5.45 average placement and 33% top 4 rate over 137 real ranked games analyzed.

TFT Set 18

Defender Aphelios▼ 0.32

Level 8

Sample confidence: Low (137 games). See how this is calculated →

Placement

5.45

Top 4

33%

Contest.

Full composition

Traits

Defender 6

Rapidfire 2/3

Fae 2/4

Lunar 2/3

Flora Fatalis 1/2

Elderwood 2/3

Ravager 1/2

Solar 1/3

Sprykin 1/3

Inferno 1/2

Vanguard 1/2

Spellweaver 1/2

Item combos — main carries (top 10)

Aphelios

Combo	Avg placement
	5.82
	5.75
	5.00
	5.40
	6.00
	5.25
	5.50
	4.00
	3.67
	6.00

Seen on the TOP ladders

No leaderboard player has played this comp in the last 10 observed games.

Matchups vs

vs Solar Kayle 52 encounters 40%

vs Defender Cassiopeia 42 encounters 33%

vs Riftbeast Cinderling 34 encounters 35%

vs Summoner Zyra 32 encounters 31%

vs Riftbeast Pebbles 28 encounters 21%

vs Blossom Ahri 25 encounters 28%

vs Battlemage Sivir 20 encounters 35%

vs Elderwood Ezreal 18 encounters 50%

vs Greenfather Ezreal 17 encounters 24%

vs Emerald Aphelios 16 encounters 31%

vs Fae Tristana 16 encounters 31%

vs Summoner Soraka 16 encounters 50%

vs Emerald Ahri 15 encounters 27%

vs Rival Kha'Zix 14 encounters 50%

vs Caustic Kog'Maw 14 encounters 14%

vs Riftbeast Mama Beak 13 encounters 54%

vs Elderwood Aphelios 13 encounters 38%

vs Rival Rengar 12 encounters 17%

vs FloraFatalis Veigar 12 encounters 33%

vs Caustic Morgana 11 encounters 36%

Board variants

Baseline

4.67 avg placement

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4.67 avg placement

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8.00 avg placement

Real versions of this comp's final board: which exact group of champions shows up together, how often, and the average placement of those games. Not a game-by-game history (Riot only exposes the end-of-game board, never how it got there): a comparison of builds, not a timeline.

Board add-ons (9th/10th unit)

Base board — 9 units Not enough games with exactly this board, no add-ons

Not enough games with an extra unit for a reliable signal.

The main board above stops at 9 units: reaching a 10th slot needs level 10, which on its own already correlates strongly with a good placement. Below, the average placement of games with this base board plus one or two extra units, shown as a correlation to interpret, not a causal recommendation.

Augment path

Data unavailable. Riot's API doesn't populate the augments field for this set — verified directly on the collected sample (the "augments" field doesn't even appear in the response, across 23,000+ real participants checked). The field does exist in the official schema and worked on older sets, so this probably isn't permanent — this section will activate automatically as soon as it fills in again.