How to Win Aphelios vs K'Sante Counter Matchup Aphelios is in the b tier of champions

Aphelios vs K'Sante

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

based on 1,582 Aphelios vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. In our database, Aphelios faced off against K'Sante 1582 times. With so many games with Aphelios versus K'Sante gives us faith in our capacity to prepare informative data and a solid build to shatter K'Sante. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Aphelios has to counter K'Sante in only 2.1% of his matches.

Aphelios vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Aphelios has done a good job of countering K'Sante. On average, he wins a whopping 52.0% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Aphelios vs K'Sante games, Aphelios’s side is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against K'Sante.

Best Aphelios vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerNoonquiver

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
GaleforceInfinity EdgeLord Dominik's Regards

Optional Items

BloodthirsterRunaan's Hurricane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

Precision Press the Attack OverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
Sorcery Absolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack Speed Adaptive Force 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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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 has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

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

Aphelios vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
K'Sante Image
6.2
< Kills >
4.3
6.3
< Deaths >
5.8
6.5
< Assists >
6.3
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
0.96
166
< Minions Killed >
158
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.37
18,329
< Physical Damage >
12,820
1,109
< Magic Damage >
2,212
967
< True Damage >
1,181
20,406
< Damage Dealt >
16,215
17,977
< Damage Taken >
28,144
11,531
< Gold Earned >
10,422
2.45
< Towers >
1.85
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,959
< Total Healing >
4,695
12,376
< Experience >
14,111
18
< Vision Score >
16
5
< Wards Placed >
5
136
< Time Dealing CC >
1,616

How to Counter K'Sante with Aphelios in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some valuable Aphelios vs. K'Sante matchup stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, showing that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than K'Sante..

Aphelios normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than K'Sante. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able 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 League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually wins when taking on K'Sante, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes a good counter for K'Sante.

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

Furthermore, Aphelios has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting 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 teammates during teamfights.

Aphelios is a decent counter for K'Sante. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against K'Sante.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aphelios

Aphelios Loses Against

Rell Rell 41.5% winrate Nilah Nilah 42.2% winrate Rammus Rammus 42.8% winrate Anivia Anivia 42.8% winrate

Aphelios Wins Against

Yuumi Yuumi 58% winrate Kalista Kalista 53.6% winrate K'Sante K'Sante 52% winrate Akali Akali 51.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Amumu Amumu + 50.7% 5244 Games Singed Singed + 51% 1191 Games Rek'Sai Rek'Sai + 51.3% 413 Games Renata Glasc Renata Glasc + 52.9% 1184 Games

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 1,582 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

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 learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to K'Sante. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, 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 Galeforce, Infinity Edge, and Lord Dominik's Regards. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against K'Sante than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 52.0% when playing against K'Sante with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of defeating K'Sante as Aphelios, Aphelios players should use the Press the Attack, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Aphelios vs K'Sante clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.0% winrate overall.

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