Aphelios vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Aphelios
based on 2,948 Aphelios vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Sylas
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Sylas
Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.
Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!
Aphelios vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some vital Aphelios vs. Sylas counter statistics that may help you figure out the differences between this pair of champs. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sylas..
Aphelios typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Sylas. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Sylas
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Sylas?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when facing off against Sylas, with a 47.3% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a poor counter to Sylas.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate compared to Sylas, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Aphelios into Sylasas his relative depth means 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Aphelios is a garbage counter to Sylas. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aphelios to counter Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sylas. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Sylas build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Sylas than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 47.3% when countering Sylas with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Sylas 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. Of all the runes players used for Aphelios vs Sylas clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.
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