HexComps Set 18 · patch 18.5

Spellweaver Ahri & Zyra

Fast 8Difficulty: Medium Patch 18.5

A fast 8 board with Ahri and Zyra as AP carries, spread across many small traits. Best with Bronze For Life; playable from any AP opener.

Sett

★★

Final board

★★

How to play

Fast 8 Keep a healthy economy, reach level 8 early in stage 4 and roll there for your 4-cost carries.

Levelling

42-1
52-5
63-2
74-1
84-2Roll down
95-5

Play it when

You open with 3 Blossom or any upgraded AP board.
You hold AP items that Karma can carry until Ahri arrives.
You find Spellweavers along the way.

Game plan

2
Stage 2
Look for 3 Blossom early (Karma, Yorick, Yunara, plus Rakan as frontline) and win streak; any upgraded AP opener also works. Karma holds Ahri's items for now, and tank items go on Yorick or any 2-star tank. Level 4 at 2-1 and 5 at 2-5.
Karma Rakan Yorick Yunara
3Blossom 2Juggernaut
3
Stage 3
Level 6 at 3-2. Add more Spellweavers and frontline – Juggernauts, Defenders or Vanguards – and prefer Wisps that give gold or XP. Level 7 at 4-1.
4
Stage 4
Level 8 at 4-2 and roll for Ahri, Zyra and 4 Spellweavers. Play Cassiopeia or LeBlanc as Spellweavers until you find Alune.
5
Stage 5
Level 9 around 5-5 for 5-costs. From a strong win streak you can also play 5 Blossom with Karma at level 8 and then rush 9, using a 2-star Alune as the late carry.

Why it works

Ahri throws her spirit bomb at the spot within 4 hexes with the most enemies around it and hits everything in a 3-hex radius, so she shines against clumped boards. Zyra summons plants that each attack the nearest enemy 10 times, and her unique trait gives your team 5% Durability, raised to 10% while 6 or more plants are alive. The board activates many traits at their first level – Spellweaver, Blossom, Fae, Defender, Brawler, Juggernaut, Vanguard, Summoner – which is exactly what Bronze For Life rewards with Damage Amp for every Bronze trait; with that augment the comp plays a tier higher. Patch 18.5 slightly lowered the resists from Bronze For Life II.

When to pivot

Without Bronze For Life, hold Morgana and Sentinel copies so you can move into the Ahri and Morgana Invoker version, which is equally strong. If Sett is contested, make Lillia your main tank; you can also flex Inferno units in place of Lillia.