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Aphelios vs Vel'Koz

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Aphelios in LoLAphelios is in the a tier of champions
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Mage

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Aphelios

based on 1,761 Aphelios vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
1.89
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. In our data, Aphelios faced off against Vel'Koz in 1761 matches. Including so many games with Aphelios vs Vel'Koz provides us a lot of faith in our capability to produce actionable statistics and a recommended build to destroy your opposition. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Aphelios is forced to battle against Vel'Koz in only 2.0% of his games.

Aphelios vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios has done a dismal job of countering Vel'Koz. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.8% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Aphelios versus Vel'Koz matches, Aphelios’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood against Vel'Koz.

Best Aphelios vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterStormrazor

Optional Items

The CollectorInfinity EdgeRunaan's HurricaneKraken Slayer

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

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: 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 Vel'Koz as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Vel'Koz

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

Advice to Win Against Vel'Koz

Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.

Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.

Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.

Aphelios vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Vel'Koz Image
6.7
< Kills >
5.6
6.6
< Deaths >
5.8
5.8
< Assists >
9.3
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
179
< Minions Killed >
93
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.47
19,873
< Physical Damage >
546
1,361
< Magic Damage >
17,687
466
< True Damage >
5,977
21,700
< Damage Dealt >
24,211
20,329
< Damage Taken >
17,706
12,159
< Gold Earned >
10,621
2.31
< Towers >
1.84
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,871
< Total Healing >
1,821
13,098
< Experience >
12,600
17
< Vision Score >
45
8
< Wards Placed >
20
139
< Time Dealing CC >
205

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Aphelios in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some significant Aphelios versus Vel'Koz counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..

Aphelios typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Vel'Koz. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aphelios and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Aphelios or Vel'Koz?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a bad counter for Vel'Koz.

While Aphelios does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Aphelios into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Aphelios has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Aphelios is a trash counter for Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Vel'Koz.

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

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Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs Vel'Koz Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Aphelios, we analyzed 1,761 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 Vel'Koz 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios often gets more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Vel'Koz build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Vel'Koz than with most other common builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 47.8% battling Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of crushing Vel'Koz 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 combinations players picked for Aphelios vs Vel'Koz battles, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.

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