Rapidfire Aphelios

Rapidfire Aphelios is a fast-8 comp at heart — the mid game only exists to deliver you to level 8 with enough gold to find Brambleback. Its 4.56 average placement across roughly 14,500 tracked games earns it a Tier B grade this patch.

Of the 54 comps on our board it holds spot #21; within its grade it is 1st of the 10 boards holding that tier, 0.08 clear of the 4.63 that marks the middle of Tier B. Its 1.3% pick rate sits near the meta median of 0.91 percent, so how contested it is depends on the lobby.

Brambleback is the board's item carrier; the most-played build in our data is Rapidfire Emblem, Edge of Night, and Quicksilver (a 4.11 average once assembled). Aphelios is the secondary priority once your main carry is online.

The synergy sheet lists 6 active traits here, topped by Rapidfire at 4 — Riftbeast (3) rounds out the core. If you spot Mama Beak on someone's board, it is almost certainly this comp — only one other tracked comp fields it. There is latent Invoker on this board — 1 unit, not yet active; add a Invoker Emblem and the trait comes online at 2 units.

If the Armory or an augment offers one, Invoker Emblem is the emblem this board wants most, with Lunar Emblem the runner-up. The inverse view backs that up: it places 9th of 22 comps scored for Invoker Emblem holders.

Brambleback also headlines Lunar Aphelios and Vanguard Aphelios, which makes lobby reads on Brambleback part of playing this line well.