Lee Sin vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Lee Sin
based on 2,706 Lee Sin vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Aphelios
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Lee Sin in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several important Lee Sin against Aphelios matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aphelios..
Lee Sin normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Aphelios. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Aphelios?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when taking on Aphelios, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes a bad counter for Aphelios.
While Lee Sin does have a lower win rate compared to Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lee Sin into Aphelios.
Additionally, Lee Sin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Aphelios matchups, Aphelios is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lee Sin is a somewhat poor counter for Aphelios. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lee Sin against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin in order to counter Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin usually picks up a lot less CS as Aphelios. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Lee Sin versus Aphelios build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Aphelios than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 48.8% battling Aphelios with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Aphelios as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Lee Sin vs Aphelios fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
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