Aphelios vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Aphelios
based on 3,260 Aphelios vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Blitzcrank
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Aphelios vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several important Aphelios against Blitzcrank counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Blitzcrank. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Aphelios usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Blitzcrank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Blitzcrank?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when taking on Blitzcrank, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a poor counter to Blitzcrank.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate than Blitzcrank, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Aphelios into Blitzcrankas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a terribly counter for Blitzcrank. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aphelios to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios most often gets much more CS as Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot 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 best items to have in your Aphelios versus Blitzcrank build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Blitzcrank than with most other common item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 47.6% battling Blitzcrank with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Blitzcrank 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. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Aphelios vs Blitzcrank clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.
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