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How to Win Brand vs Aphelios Counter MatchupBrand is in the s tier of champions

Brand vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Brand in LoLBrand is in the a tier of champions
Mage
Marksman

How to Beat Aphelios as Brand

based on 5,021 Brand vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
54.3 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League games each and every week. In our dataset, Brand faced off against Aphelios 5021 times. Using so many matchups for Brand versus Aphelios gives us a lot of faith in our ability to produce informative stats and a recommended build to defeat Aphelios. This pairing is somewhat rare. Brand fights Aphelios in only 2.2% of his games.

Brand vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Brand has done a great job of beating Aphelios. Typically, he wins a terrific 54.3% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Brand against Aphelios matches, Brand’s side is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Aphelios.

Best Brand vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandRuby Crystal

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterShadowflameLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassStormsurgeCryptbloomVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
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Second ability for Brand to level upe
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Last skill for Brand to max outq

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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E
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W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Aphelios

You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.

You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.

Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.

Advice to Win Against Aphelios

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.

Brand vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Brand Image
Win Rate
54.3 %
VS
Win Rate
45.7 %
Aphelios Image
5.9
< Kills >
6.9
6.5
< Deaths >
6.6
9.1
< Assists >
5.8
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
62
< Minions Killed >
176
0.68
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.47
833
< Physical Damage >
20,588
21,889
< Magic Damage >
1,384
1,304
< True Damage >
465
24,026
< Damage Dealt >
22,438
24,962
< Damage Taken >
19,982
11,072
< Gold Earned >
12,051
1.63
< Towers >
2.22
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
6,258
< Total Healing >
5,655
12,922
< Experience >
12,869
37
< Vision Score >
17
15
< Wards Placed >
8
238
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Counter Aphelios with Brand in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several valuable Brand vs. Aphelios matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, showing that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aphelios..

Brand normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Brand and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Aphelios

Who is Better, Brand or Aphelios?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when facing off against Aphelios, with a 54.3% win rate. As a result, Brand makes a great counter for Aphelios.

While Brand does have a much higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when facing one another, Brand also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Brand into Aphelios.

Moreover, Brand also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Aphelios matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Brand is a great counter to Aphelios. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Brand against Aphelios.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Brand, we analyzed 5,021 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 Aphelios as Brand 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Brand to counter Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand most often accumulates less CS as Aphelios. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Brand versus Aphelios build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Aphelios than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 54.3% when countering Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Aphelios as Brand, Brand players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Brand vs Aphelios counters, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Aphelios as Brand are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.