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Aphelios vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Aphelios in LoLAphelios is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Aphelios

based on 1,466 Aphelios vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL matches each week. In our database, Aphelios battled K'Sante 1466 times. With so many games with Aphelios vs K'Sante provides us confidence in our capability to produce enlightening stats and a solid build to destroy your opponent. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Aphelios encounters K'Sante in only 1.7% of his games.

Aphelios vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Aphelios has done a decent job of beating K'Sante. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.5% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Aphelios vs K'Sante games, Aphelios’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against K'Sante.

Best Aphelios vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeLord Dominik's RegardsKraken Slayer

Optional Items

BloodthirsterStormrazorThe Collector

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

PrecisionLethal TempoOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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 K'Sante as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against K'Sante

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

Advice to Win Against K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Aphelios vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
K'Sante Image
6.6
< Kills >
4.8
6.3
< Deaths >
5.4
6.2
< Assists >
6.3
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.11
178
< Minions Killed >
172
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.41
20,626
< Physical Damage >
13,998
1,318
< Magic Damage >
3,362
462
< True Damage >
1,511
22,407
< Damage Dealt >
18,872
18,704
< Damage Taken >
30,703
11,927
< Gold Earned >
10,949
2.42
< Towers >
2.17
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,158
< Total Healing >
4,767
12,460
< Experience >
14,769
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
141
< Time Dealing CC >
1,055

How to Counter K'Sante with Aphelios in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Aphelios against K'Sante counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than K'Sante..

Aphelios often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than K'Sante. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aphelios and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
K'Sante

Who is Better, Aphelios or K'Sante?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually wins when facing off against K'Sante, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes a good counter to K'Sante.

While Aphelios does have a higher win rate compared to K'Sante, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into K'Santeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Aphelios also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs K'Sante matchups, Aphelios is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Aphelios is a decent counter for K'Sante. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against K'Sante.

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

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Aphelios, we analyzed 1,466 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 K'Sante 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 K'Sante Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter K'Sante during both the lane 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 tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to K'Sante. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Aphelios versus K'Sante build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting K'Sante than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 51.5% when countering K'Sante with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing K'Sante as Aphelios, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Aphelios vs K'Sante counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat K'Sante as Aphelios are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.