Aphelios vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Aphelios
based on 9,219 Aphelios vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Caitlyn
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Aphelios vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some vital Aphelios against Caitlyn counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn..
Aphelios normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Caitlyn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when taking on Caitlyn, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate than Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Caitlynas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Aphelios also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Caitlyn. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling 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 numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Aphelios versus Caitlyn build include Bloodthirster, Stormrazor, and The Collector. When Aphelios bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Caitlyn than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Caitlyn as Aphelios, you should take 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 combinations we have analyed for Aphelios vs Caitlyn face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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