Jax vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Jax
based on 1,118 Jax vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jax vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Jax vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Jax
Tips for Playing as Jax against Aphelios
Jax can Leap Strike to friendly units, including wards. You can use them to plan your escape.
Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage such as Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade.
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
How to Counter Aphelios with Jax in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several vital Jax vs. Aphelios matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Jax’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jax may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aphelios..
Jax usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jax and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Jax or Aphelios?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jax usually wins when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 54.3% win rate. Thus, Jax makes a great counter for Aphelios.
While Jax does have a much higher win rate than Aphelios, when they face off with one another, Jax also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Jax into Aphelios.
Moreover, Jax has some 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 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 allies during teamfights.
Jax is a great counter for Aphelios. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jax against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jax to counter Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jax typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Aphelios. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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 need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Jax versus Aphelios build include Divine Sunderer, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Jax incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Aphelios than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Jax had an average winrate of 54.3% battling Aphelios with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Aphelios as Jax, Jax players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Time Warp Tonic runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Jax vs Aphelios counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.3% winrate overall.
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