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How to Win Aphelios vs Ezreal Counter MatchupAphelios is in the a tier of champions

Aphelios vs Ezreal

How to Beat Ezreal as Aphelios in LoLAphelios is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ezreal as Aphelios

based on 5,240 Aphelios vs Ezreal matchups
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL games every week. Within our dataset, Aphelios faced Ezreal 5240 times. Including so many games with Aphelios vs Ezreal gives us faith in our capability to provide useful data and a recommended build to destroy your foe. This counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Aphelios is forced to battle against Ezreal in only 6.0% of his rounds.

Aphelios vs Ezreal Matchup Summary

Aphelios does a average job of beating Ezreal. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.6% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Aphelios versus Ezreal rounds, Aphelios’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, implying that he probably won't get first blood against Ezreal.

Best Aphelios vs Ezreal Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeLord Dominik's RegardsImmortal Shieldbow

Optional Items

Rapid FirecannonGuardian AngelBloodthirsterPhantom Dancer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Ezreal

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Advice to Win Against Ezreal

Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.

Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.

Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.

Aphelios vs Ezreal Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
50.6 %
VS
Win Rate
49.4 %
Ezreal Image
6.7
< Kills >
6.7
6.3
< Deaths >
5.4
5.8
< Assists >
7.1
1.54
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
179
< Minions Killed >
174
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.52
20,536
< Physical Damage >
15,761
1,378
< Magic Damage >
7,144
460
< True Damage >
594
22,375
< Damage Dealt >
23,500
19,763
< Damage Taken >
20,218
12,033
< Gold Earned >
11,891
2.44
< Towers >
2.36
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,897
< Total Healing >
5,623
12,696
< Experience >
12,713
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
140
< Time Dealing CC >
93

How to Counter Ezreal with Aphelios in LoL

The stats shown here feature some vital Aphelios vs. Ezreal matchup statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ezreal’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ezreal..

Aphelios normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ezreal. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aphelios and Ezreal

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Ezreal
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Ezreal

Who is Better, Aphelios or Ezreal?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when facing off against Ezreal, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes an ok counter for Ezreal.

While Aphelios does have a higher win rate compared to Ezreal, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Ezrealas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach 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 Ezreal. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Ezreal matchups, Aphelios is the better champ with a similar 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 decent counter for Ezreal. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Ezreal.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aphelios

Aphelios Loses Against

BraumBraum44.1% winrateIvernIvern44.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.1% winrateAniviaAnivia45.6% winrate

Aphelios Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.8% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc54.5% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrateHweiHwei53.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs Ezreal Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ezreal as Aphelios, we analyzed 5,240 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ezreal as Aphelios comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Aphelios Build Ezreal Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Ezreal during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Ezreal. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Aphelios versus Ezreal build consist of Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Aphelios bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Ezreal than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Ezreal with this build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Ezreal 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. Of all the rune sets players picked for Aphelios vs Ezreal counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.

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