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How to Win Jax vs Aphelios Counter MatchupJax is in the a tier of champions

Jax vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Jax in LoLJax is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Jax

based on 5,920 Jax vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
1.89
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Aphelios as Jax resulted from an evaluation of 5920 ranked rounds where both champs faced each other. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Jax fights Aphelios in only 2.2% of his matches.

Jax vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Jax does a good job of beating Aphelios. Typically, he wins a terrific 52.8% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Jax versus Aphelios games, Jax’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Aphelios.

Best Jax vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalSheen

Core Jax Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelTrinity ForceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinSterak's GageKaenic RookernTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Jax's passive ability p
Jax's q ability q
Jax's w ability w
Jax's e ability e
Jax's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
12
E
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E
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Aphelios as Jax

Tips for Playing as Jax against Aphelios

Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage such as Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade.

Jax can Leap Strike to friendly units, including wards. You can use them to plan your escape.

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.

Jax vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Jax Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Aphelios Image
6.5
< Kills >
6.4
6.2
< Deaths >
6.4
5.2
< Assists >
5.9
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
121
< Minions Killed >
175
0.65
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.48
11,883
< Physical Damage >
19,036
7,880
< Magic Damage >
1,329
631
< True Damage >
430
20,394
< Damage Dealt >
20,795
29,519
< Damage Taken >
18,618
11,904
< Gold Earned >
11,758
2.2
< Towers >
2.33
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
8,653
< Total Healing >
5,084
14,365
< Experience >
12,430
19
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
193
< Time Dealing CC >
136

How to Counter Aphelios with Jax in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several influential Jax against Aphelios counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. Jax’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Jax may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aphelios..

Jax often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Jax and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Jax
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jax
Aphelios

Who is Better, Jax or Aphelios?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jax usually wins when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Jax makes a good counter to Aphelios.

While Jax does have a higher winrate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Jax also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Jax into Aphelios.

Additionally, Jax also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jax vs Aphelios matchups, Jax is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Jax is an above average counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jax against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Jax

Jax Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.8% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune47.3% winrateSingedSinged47.4% winrateBrandBrand47.5% winrate

Jax Wins Against

YuumiYuumi58.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.7% winrateSejuaniSejuani55.3% winrateKalistaKalista55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TeemoTeemo+ 55.2% 13684 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.4% 10633 GamesMordekaiserMordekaiser+ 55.8% 9036 GamesSingedSinged+ 55.8% 2797 Games

Additional Information for Jax Players

How We Calculated Our Jax vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Jax, we analyzed 5,920 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 Jax 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.

Other Useful Resources

Jax Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jax in order to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jax usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Aphelios. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Jax versus Aphelios build include Guardian Angel, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Jax used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Aphelios than with many other common item sets. In fact, Jax had an average win rate of 52.8% when countering Aphelios with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Aphelios as Jax, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Jax vs Aphelios counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.

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