Braum vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Braum
based on 1,007 Braum vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Aphelios
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Braum in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several critical Braum versus Aphelios matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Aphelios. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Braum often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Braum and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Braum or Aphelios?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Braum usually wins when playing against Aphelios, with a 55.9% win rate. Thus, Braum makes a fantastic counter for Aphelios.
While Braum does have a much higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when facing one another, Braum also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Braum into Aphelios.
Additionally, Braum has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Braum vs Aphelios matchups, Braum is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Braum is a great counter for Aphelios. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Braum against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Braum to counter Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum usually picks up a lot less CS as Aphelios. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Braum versus Aphelios build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Aphelios than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Braum boasted an average win rate of 55.9% when countering Aphelios with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Aphelios as Braum, you should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Braum vs Aphelios battles, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 55.9% winrate overall.
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