Aphelios vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Aphelios
based on 3,133 Aphelios vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Leona
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Aphelios vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some valuable Aphelios versus Leona matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Aphelios usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Leona. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Leona
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Leona?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when trying to fight Leona, with a 46.4% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a bad counter to Leona.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate compared to Leona, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Aphelios into Leonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Aphelios also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Leona matchups, Leona 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 team fights.
Aphelios is a garbage counter for Leona. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios usually gets much more CS relative to Leona. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Aphelios versus Leona build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Leona than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 46.4% battling Leona with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Leona as Aphelios, you should equip 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 builds players picked for Aphelios vs Leona counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.4% win rate overall.
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