TFT Playbook Comps / Vanguard Alune Fast 9Play Vanguard Alune when you hold AP items, can win-streak or hold HP, and nobody else is on Alune or Morgana.
Ranked by what they unlock on the final board, next to this comp's average of 3.80.
Vanguard 4 → 5 A 5th Vanguard with Rakan, Diana, Sentinel and Taric; Vanguard 6 then needs only Hecarim.
Lunar 2 → 3 Lunar 3 with Alune and Diana: Lunar units and their neighbours gain attack speed and AP.
Invoker 2 → 3 Invoker 3 with Sentinel and Morgana: more mana regen, extra for Invokers.
Flora Fatalis 1 → 2 Flora Fatalis 2 with Fiddlesticks.Econ first, then items, then combat. Pick a round to see what to take.
+2 XP per XP buy, 10 XP now.
The fast-9 engine: every level comes about a turn earlier.
XP costs 1 gold less; 2 HP and 2 rerolls each level-up.
Cheaper levels and free rerolls at 9.
A 2★ unit and 1 gold every level-up.
Level instead of rolling: a 2★ 5-cost at 9.
A 2★ 2-cost now, a component at 6, a 2★ 5-cost at 9.
A free 2★ 5-cost right at your level 9 roll.
2 XP per player round; 5-costs gain 12% HP and attack speed.
Alune, Taric and Ivern are 5-costs.
2 XP per win, 3 per loss.
Passive XP; buy less XP and keep interest.
An Archangel's Staff that regens more mana at high AP.
Archangel's is one of Alune's best three items.
A Thief's Gloves.
Best silver: Gloves go on Diana.
27 gold the moment you reach level 9.
Pays for the Alune 2★ roll. Do not roll at 8 with it.
A 5-cost, a 2★ 1-cost and 5 gold, now and at the start of the next two stages.
Several 5-costs here: Alune, Taric, Ivern, Lux.
7 XP now and for the next 3 rounds.
Speeds 7 to 8 and 8 to 9.
26 gold, plus free rerolls while above 50 gold.
Gold for 9 and the roll.
Back-2-row allies gain 11% AP and AD per front-row ally.
Four or five front-row units; Alune sits in the back.
Team gains AD and AP every second for 10 s, then true damage.
Pure AP value; works at any HP.
A tank item; after 8 s your team gains 4% AD and AP every second.
Tank item for Sentinel plus late-fight power.
Lunar units gain HP and damage per Solar unit; gives Leona, Kayle, Diana.
Only if you can reach Lunar 4 or more.
9 XP now and for the next 3 rounds.
Carries you to 9 around 5-1.
45 gold, plus free rerolls while above 50 gold.
Level 9 plus the Alune 2★ roll.
Choose a trait; gain a Lux with that trait and a Spear of Shojin.
Take Lunar Lux: she caps the board.
26 gold of champions, at least one 5-cost.
A free 5-cost for the board.
Two 5-costs; your 1 to 4-costs gain 8% durability if you field a 5-cost.
Two 5-costs and a tankier front line.
Two random 5-costs and 2 copies of a component.
Two 5-costs for a 5-cost board.
Two random completed Rod items.
AP items for Alune and Morgana.
10 rerolls now; at level 9, 3 more and a Champion Duplicator.
The Duplicator helps toward Alune 2★.
Commerce Core · rerolls need the gold you save for level 9
Epic Rolldown · rewards rolling at 8; you level to 9
Prismatic Ticket · reroll value this comp does not use
Calculated Loss · a loss-streak plan
Solo Leveling · breaks the streak and the tempo
Deadlier Blades · gives an AD item; the carries are AP
Cybernetic Implants · AD stats on an AP board
Focused Fire · AD scaling