Aphelios vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Aphelios
based on 5,958 Aphelios vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Yasuo
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Aphelios vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown here show some valuable Aphelios vs. Yasuo counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yasuo..
Aphelios normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Yasuo. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Yasuo?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes a poor counter for Yasuo.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Yasuoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Yasuo. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aphelios to counter Yasuo during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Yasuo. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Aphelios versus Yasuo build consist of Infinity Edge, Stormrazor, and The Collector. When Aphelios combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Yasuo than with many other common item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Yasuo 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 runes that we analyzed for Aphelios vs Yasuo battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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