Aphelios vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Aphelios
based on 1,468 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
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
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.
Aphelios vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several important Aphelios vs. Aatrox counter statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox..
Aphelios usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Aatrox. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Aatrox?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when playing against Aatrox, with a 48.1% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a poor counter to Aatrox.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate compared to Aatrox, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Aatroxas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Aatrox. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aphelios to counter Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Aatrox. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Aphelios versus Aatrox build include Galeforce, Infinity Edge, and Bloodthirster. When Aphelios included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Aatrox than with most other common builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 48.1% battling Aatrox with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Aatrox as Aphelios, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Aphelios vs Aatrox counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.1% winrate overall.
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