Aphelios vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Aphelios
based on 4,625 Aphelios vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Aatrox
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Aphelios vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several valuable Aphelios against Aatrox counter statistics that may help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Aatrox..
Aphelios typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Aatrox?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when taking on Aatrox, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a bad counter for Aatrox.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate than Aatrox, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Aphelios into Aatroxas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Aphelios is a garbage counter to Aatrox. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Aatrox. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Aphelios versus Aatrox build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Runaan's Hurricane. When Aphelios bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Aatrox than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 46.9% when countering Aatrox with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Aatrox as Aphelios, you should use the Press the Attack, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Aphelios vs Aatrox battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.
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