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Aphelios vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Aphelios in LoLAphelios is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Aphelios

based on 1,284 Aphelios vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
46 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Nilah as Aphelios came out of an analysis of 1284 ranked rounds where both champs faced each other. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Aphelios is forced to battle against Nilah in only 1.5% of his matches.

Aphelios vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios has done a awful job of countering Nilah. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.0% of matches the champs oppose one another in. In Aphelios against Nilah rounds, Aphelios’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood against Nilah.

Best Aphelios vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeKraken SlayerThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsRunaan's HurricaneStormrazor

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 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 Nilah as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Nilah

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

Aphelios vs Nilah Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
46 %
VS
Win Rate
54 %
Nilah Image
6.8
< Kills >
8.3
6.6
< Deaths >
6.4
6.4
< Assists >
6.2
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
174
< Minions Killed >
171
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.54
20,857
< Physical Damage >
18,225
1,346
< Magic Damage >
180
436
< True Damage >
420
22,640
< Damage Dealt >
18,825
18,312
< Damage Taken >
23,945
11,866
< Gold Earned >
12,801
2.33
< Towers >
2.64
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
4,925
< Total Healing >
8,645
12,547
< Experience >
13,309
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
136
< Time Dealing CC >
88

How to Counter Nilah with Aphelios in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some influential Aphelios versus Nilah matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nilah..

Aphelios usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Nilah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aphelios and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Nilah

Who is Better, Aphelios or Nilah?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when taking on Nilah, with a 46.0% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a bad counter for Nilah.

While Aphelios does have a lower winrate than Nilah, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Aphelios into Nilahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Aphelios is a garbage counter for Nilah. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Nilah.

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

ZacZac+ 51.9% 1935 GamesFizzFizz+ 52.1% 4417 GamesLilliaLillia+ 52.6% 5307 GamesKog'MawKog'Maw+ 55.4% 112 Games

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Aphelios, we analyzed 1,284 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 Nilah 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 truly master Aphelios in order to counter Nilah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Nilah. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Aphelios versus Nilah build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Nilah than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 46.0% when playing against Nilah with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Nilah as Aphelios, Aphelios players should take the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Aphelios vs Nilah counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.0% win rate overall.

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