Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop AppIt's often said by challengers that, "The earlier you can decide your line, the better your chance of winning."
Someone even said it more straight forward: "If you can decide your comp at 2-1, you have a better chance of winning."
Today, we are learning what the best openings are in Set 18 PBE, and how to map out your line from there in a simple way.
Rek'Sai is the item carrier for Malphite. Malphite is the best solo mega tank, therefore you want to prioritize Gargoyle Stoneplate. The augment "Solo Plate" is the best on 2-1.
Kha'Zix is not a Blackthorn unit, but he is really the secret sauce for this line. When you see him dropped from orb, you should definitely consider Blackthorn.
Kha'Zix can evolve Executioner Trait and Ravager Trait on himself to fill up this comp, and he is a 3 cost champion which you can reroll together with Azir at Lv7.
From this opening, there are 4 main comps which are closest to us.
Veigar Reroll: If you have early Blue Buff, Artifact Dawncore, or started with "Consuming Flora" augment.
Azir/Kha'Zix reroll: If you have Emblem + Early Kha'Zix
Zyra Soraka AP 84: No Emblem + strong early game tempo. This is also one of the best comp in patch 18.1.
6 Defender Cassiopia reroll: Defenders at Stage 3 and good Cassiopia items.
You could click on the name of each comp in order to see the full guide for each comp.
This is the easiest and most intuitive opening/line in Set 18. Since you don't have to sell your early units in the late game, they are simply connected.
For example, Yorick is your early-game tank. Later on, he becomes 2 Juggernaut with Amumu, who he was holding items for. Then Amumu → Maokai. (This is called 84 → 95, meaning a Level 8 4-cost board into a Level 9 5-cost board.) And you can keep Yorick the entire game for the synergy.
Yunara (Executioner) → Kennen (5-cost Executioner) and Ashe (5-cost Blossom Hunter who uses the same items as Yunara)
Karma (Spellweaver) → Ahri (4-cost Spellweaver)
See? This comp is literally designed to be intuitive and easy. So don't hesitate to try it out once you have this opening. It is consistent and stable.
If you get an early Master Yi (from an Orb) and Edge of Night, carry Master Yi instead of 1★ Karma. Master Yi can pivot Kennen. Or you can play Master Yi/Kog Mow reroll. It's a very strong S tier comp in Patch 18.1
Both AD/AP Master Yi are very good. It's just that AD is more straight forward and doesn't require Guinsoo. Meanwhile AP Master Yi has built in omnivamp so he is harder to die.
Remember both AD and AP Master Yi are very good with Artifacts, so remember to pick Artifact Augment such as Latent Forge (Silver) Portable Forge (Gold) and Living Forge (Prismatic).
If you have no 2★ Karma or mana item, then you can also run Azir. Azir is a Summoner/Executioner, which synergizes with both Yorick and Yunara in this comp.
For Karma (Ahri) items, Jeweled Gauntlet + Blue Buff + Striker's Flail are the best, since Blossom is already giving a decent amount of AP. With those items, Ahri could one-shot the enemy backline with Kennen and Ashe. But in reality, you should slam items such as Void Staff or Spear of Shojin as well, just to win streak.
Late game example:
Click here to see Blossom Ashe Ahri In-Depth Guide if you need
Extra Tips:
Between Sett and Amumu, whoever gets 2 starred first wears 3 items.
Blossom Lux is extremely good in this comp.
Ivern is also really good in most 95 comps if he comes early. Ivern is best with multiple mana items stacked on him.
Strong early game, due to plants as extra units.
If you have an Elderwood emblem, you can fit Aphelios (4 costs Rapidfire) or Soraka (4 costs Executioner) easily in 7 Elderwood without having to find Gnar.
If you have the emblem, Elderwood line can be super intuitive. So make sure to fish for an Spatula + Chainvest.
Late game you can simply play Soraka or Lux carry with the items from Leblanc.
Using Xayah to carry items and pivot into Aphelios is also a great path.
Late game example:
If you need more details about the Elderwood line, please check out this in-depth guide here.
Inferno already has Burn and Wound built in, so you don't have to make Sunfire Cape, Morellonomicon, or Red Buff. 3 Inferno upgrades one of your shop slots, so there is a small chance you can even get a 5-cost at Level 6. If you're really lucky, you can even get Draven or Elder Dragon at Level 6.
Akali can be the item carrier for both Elder Dragon and Kennen. Meanwhile, Xayah carries attack speed items for Draven.
Advantage:
5 Riftbeast makes it easier for you to 2★ your Riftbeasts by giving you a shop full of Riftbeasts after every 3 combats. It's very intuitive and natural to play this opening into 7 or even 10 Riftbeasts.
RIftbeast Reroll is a S tier comp in Patch 18.1 and we have a detailed guide on it.
Wolf → Red Buff (BrambleBack) → Elder Dragon all use the same set of fighter items, so the transition literally couldn't be any simpler.
However, making it to Level 10 every game is impossible. In order to truly master the game, you should learn different variations of 95 with only 3 Riftbeasts. (Elder Dragon + Blue Sentinel, Elder Dragon gives 2 for the trait.)
Late game example for AD openings:
2. Draven ElderDragon AD 95
Make sure Draven is on the opposite end of enemy carry, so he can create a combo with Elder Dragon together, and kill enemy backline before their frontline even dies.
We have a In-Depth guide to Draven 95, click to see if you need!
Cassiopia is the best 3-cost AP carry early, because she only has 0/30 mana, she is extremely good with the artifact Dawn Core and Lich Bane.
Later on, it's best to use her to pivot into Soraka AP 84.
If you start with attack speed items, Fae opening might be the best for you.
Since both Tristana (3-cost Fae) and Xayah (1-cost Fae) are great with attack speed items, the transation can be very smooth.
Your frontline is also very flexible, since Rakan (1-cost Fae) is both a Juggernaut and a Vanguard at the sametime, you can tag in many frontlines without worrying about the synergies.
Later on you can either play "Vanguard Aphelios" or "Fae Rengar Tristana Reroll".
Rengar Tristana Reroll is one of the most fun comp in Set 18. Because Rengar with Fae Emblem can literally generate 20-30 gold every round in late game.
If you were intersted, please check out the guide here.
Click to see Rengar Tristana Reroll Guide
1. Play Coven into a HUGE 365+ stacks cashout, you would need an augment which give you HP for that to guarantee the chance, such as "Hard Bargain".
2. Aim for 250 stacks Cashout which is the most practical point, then pivot into Vanguard Aphelios. Morgana, Nidalee or Brambleback carry. (We have a detailed guide on how to play Coven cashout together with the cashout table, please click here to see the detailed Coven guide and cashout table.
3. Only aim for 40-135 stacks cashout and play Caitlyn Elise Reroll, which is a very beginner friendly yet super strong reroll comp, we also have a detailed guide for it, click here to see the Caitlyn Elise reroll guide.
Rengar opening is one of the best opening in this set, especially in lower elo where you can play aggressive without being countered, Rengar can farm stacks even faster.
Ideally you want to build Guinsoo's Rageblade and Edge Of Night first because the early fight rounds can be really long, and this will make sure Rengar can win every match-up even against those with stacked beefy front-line. Such as someone with a 3 items Ornn or Rammus.
Then from there, if you have either one of those three
Fae Emblem - Hunter Emblem - Sprykin Emlbem
You can go in to "Fae Rengar Tristana Reroll" (click here to see the detailed guide)
If you have
Brawler Emblem, then you could go into Brawler Master Yi Rengar Reroll.
If you have
Defender Emblem, then you could go into 6 Defender Cassiopia Reroll.
