Aphelios vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Aphelios
based on 5,184 Aphelios vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Akali
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Aphelios vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some significant Aphelios versus Akali matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences between the pair. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akali..
Aphelios typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Akali. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Akali
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually wins when playing against Akali, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a good counter for Akali.
While Aphelios does have a higher winrate than Akali, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Aphelios has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Akali matchups, Aphelios is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Aphelios is a decent counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aphelios in order to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Aphelios versus Akali build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Akali than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 51.4% battling Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Akali 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. Of all the rune sets players picked for Aphelios vs Akali matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.4% winrate overall.
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