How to Win Aphelios vs Hecarim Counter Matchup Aphelios is in the b tier of champions

Aphelios vs Hecarim

How to Beat Hecarim as Aphelios in LoL Hecarim is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Hecarim as Aphelios

based on 771 Aphelios vs Hecarim matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
1.86
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League games each week. In our dataset, Aphelios fought Hecarim in 771 rounds. Having so many games with Aphelios vs Hecarim provides us faith in our ability to provide useful data and a pro build to suppress Hecarim. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Aphelios has to counter Hecarim in only 2.2% of his rounds.

Aphelios vs Hecarim Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios does a poor job of beating Hecarim. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.0% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Aphelios against Hecarim matches, Aphelios’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Hecarim.

Best Aphelios vs Hecarim Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
GaleforceInfinity EdgeBloodthirster

Optional Items

The CollectorLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level up q
>
Second ability for Aphelios to level up e
>
Last skill for Aphelios to max out q

Runes

Precision Fleet Footwork OverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
Domination Taste of BloodIngenious Hunter
AttackSpeed Adaptive Armor
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios q ability q
Aphelios w ability w
Aphelios e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Q
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Hecarim

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

Advice to Win Against Hecarim

Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.

Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.

Aphelios vs Hecarim Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Hecarim Image
5.9
< Kills >
7.1
6.5
< Deaths >
5.2
6.2
< Assists >
8.8
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
166
< Minions Killed >
34
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
1.43
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.42
17,731
< Physical Damage >
13,053
1,244
< Magic Damage >
2,921
995
< True Damage >
1,276
19,971
< Damage Dealt >
17,251
18,722
< Damage Taken >
36,353
11,395
< Gold Earned >
11,882
2.36
< Towers >
1.52
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
3,617
< Total Healing >
15,674
12,015
< Experience >
13,407
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
4
140
< Time Dealing CC >
261

How to Counter Hecarim with Aphelios in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several important Aphelios against Hecarim counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Hecarim..

Aphelios normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Hecarim. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aphelios and Hecarim

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Hecarim
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Hecarim

Who is Better, Aphelios or Hecarim?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when trying to fight Hecarim, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes a bad counter to Hecarim.

While Aphelios does have a lower winrate compared to Hecarim, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Aphelios into Hecarimas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Aphelios also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Hecarim matchups, Hecarim is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Aphelios is a trash counter for Hecarim. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Hecarim.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aphelios

Aphelios Loses Against

Dr. Mundo Dr. Mundo 40.6% winrate Quinn Quinn 40.9% winrate Kled Kled 40.9% winrate Fiddlesticks Fiddlesticks 41.7% winrate

Aphelios Wins Against

Kennen Kennen 52.3% winrate Jayce Jayce 52.1% winrate Lee Sin Lee Sin 51.6% winrate Aurelion Sol Aurelion Sol 50.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Illaoi Illaoi + 50.3% 907 Games Janna Janna + 50.5% 1109 Games Bard Bard + 50.8% 632 Games Akshan Akshan + 51.7% 675 Games

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs Hecarim Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Hecarim as Aphelios, we analyzed 771 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 Hecarim 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 Hecarim Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Aphelios in order to counter Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios typically gets much more CS compared to Hecarim. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Aphelios versus Hecarim build include Galeforce, Infinity Edge, and Bloodthirster. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Hecarim than with many other common builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 47.0% when playing against Hecarim with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Hecarim as Aphelios, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Taste of Blood, and Ingenious Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Aphelios vs Hecarim fights, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.

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