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League of Legends Champion ApheliosAphelios is in the b tier of champions

Aphelios

Marksman
Aphelios is a marksmanRolemarksman
DifficultyHard
Power SpikeLate-Game
The Hitman and the Seer abilityp
Weapon Abilites abilityq
Phase abilityw
Weapon Queue System abilitye
Moonlight Vigil abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Aphelios Build

based on 52,111 matches
Win Rate
47.7 %
Pick Rate
4.3 %
Ban Rate
1.1 %

How We Come Up with Our Aphelios Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Aphelios build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Aphelios builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Aphelios core items and runes for any situation.

Aphelios Build Summary

Aphelios is a a below average bottom lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Sorcery. Including the specific runes shown below into your Aphelios build will give you the additional stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. You should focus on building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Aphelios

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeCull

Early Items

~5 Mins
Berserker's GreavesNoonquiver

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeLord Dominik's RegardsThe CollectorBerserker's Greaves

Optional Items

Guardian AngelBloodthirsterRunaan's HurricaneMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Aphelios Matchups Overview

Aphelios is Weak Against

ZiggsZiggs43.7% winrateNilahNilah43.9% winrateTwitchTwitch45.5% winrateAsheAshe45.9% winrate

Aphelios is Strong Against

KalistaKalista55.8% winrateEzrealEzreal50.1% winrateXayahXayah49.5% winrateLucianLucian49.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Udyrjungle+ 51.2% 970 GamesViktormiddle+ 52.1% 954 GamesHeimerdingertop+ 53.3% 242 GamesTahm Kenchsupport+ 54.9% 226 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Aphelios Players

Additional Aphelios Build Insights

League of Legends Aphelios players could find him to be a difficult character to build out properly. You will notice that his build is modified when he is fighting either generic or highly focused team comps, showing you should not take the same Aphelios build every single round of League of Legends

The most essential items to use in your champion's build are: Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. Players who included these items in their setups had a much higher win rate than players who utilized other builds for Aphelios. Similarly, if you are playing a varied enemy team composition, you should strongly consider getting Aphelios the Precision, and Sorcery runes. In recent games, he won the greatest fraction of his matches when built with these runes.

We came up with our Aphelios build recommendations by examining 52,111 recently ranked LoL matches with him selected. We only recommend the highest winrate Aphelios builds that have been used by ranked gamers enough times for us to reccomend them. With so many rounds in our dataset, we are quite confident in our suggested builds.