Hecarim vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Hecarim
based on 2,189 Hecarim vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Aphelios
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Hecarim in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several valuable Hecarim versus Aphelios counter statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aphelios..
Hecarim typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Aphelios?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Hecarim usually fairs equally well when playing against Aphelios, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Hecarim makes an ok counter to Aphelios.
While Hecarim does have a higher win rate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Hecarim also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Hecarim into Aphelios.
Moreover, Hecarim has only a small 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Aphelios matchups, Hecarim is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Hecarim is a decent counter for Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Hecarim against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Hecarim in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim on average gets a lot less CS as Aphelios. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Hecarim versus Aphelios build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Aphelios than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when playing against Aphelios with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Aphelios as Hecarim, Hecarim players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Hecarim vs Aphelios LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
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