Draven vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Draven
based on 2,867 Draven vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Aphelios
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several critical Draven versus Aphelios counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aphelios..
Draven normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Draven or Aphelios?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Draven usually wins when playing against Aphelios, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Draven makes a good counter to Aphelios.
While Draven does have a higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Draven into Apheliosas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Aphelios matchups, Draven 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 team fights.
Draven is an above average counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Draven in order to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Aphelios. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Draven versus Aphelios build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Draven bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Aphelios than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 52.6% when playing against Aphelios with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Aphelios as Draven, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Draven vs Aphelios clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.6% winrate overall.
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