Aphelios vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Aphelios
based on 1,151 Aphelios vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Sivir
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Aphelios vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some strategic Aphelios vs. Sivir matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sivir..
Aphelios often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Sivir
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Sivir?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually wins when facing off against Sivir, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a good counter for Sivir.
While Aphelios does have a higher win rate compared to Sivir, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Siviras 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 almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Sivir 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 to Sivir. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aphelios to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Sivir. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Aphelios versus Sivir build consist of Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Bloodthirster. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Sivir than with most other typical builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Sivir with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Sivir as Aphelios, Aphelios players should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Aphelios vs Sivir counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
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