Aphelios vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Aphelios
based on 3,128 Aphelios vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Darius
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Aphelios vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some important Aphelios vs. Darius matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Darius’s ratio of NaN, showing that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius..
Aphelios usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Darius. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Darius
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Darius?
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 trying to fight Darius, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes a bad counter for Darius.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate than Darius, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Dariusas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Aphelios also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Darius. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aphelios in order to counter Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Darius. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Darius build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Darius than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 48.4% battling Darius with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Darius as Aphelios, Aphelios players should equip 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 builds we have analyed for Aphelios vs Darius counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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