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How to Win Lulu vs Aphelios Counter MatchupLulu is in the b tier of champions

Lulu vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Lulu in LoLLulu is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Lulu

based on 1,319 Lulu vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
3.27
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Aphelios as Lulu came out of an evaluation of 1319 ranked rounds where both champions fought one another. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Lulu has to counter Aphelios in only 2.3% of her rounds.

Lulu vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lulu does a poor job of beating Aphelios. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.4% of matches the champions face one another in. In Lulu against Aphelios games, Lulu’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Lulu vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Lulu Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

RedemptionMikael's BlessingArdent CenserZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Lulu's passive ability p
Lulu's q ability q
Lulu's w ability w
Lulu's e ability e
Lulu's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
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E
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W
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R
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W
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W
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Aphelios as Lulu

Tips for Playing as Lulu against Aphelios

Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.

Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.

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.

Lulu vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Lulu Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Aphelios Image
1.4
< Kills >
6.5
4.8
< Deaths >
5.9
14.3
< Assists >
5.7
0.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
28
< Minions Killed >
178
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.56
970
< Physical Damage >
19,936
5,369
< Magic Damage >
1,325
487
< True Damage >
444
6,827
< Damage Dealt >
21,706
15,725
< Damage Taken >
18,155
8,200
< Gold Earned >
11,872
2.18
< Towers >
2.6
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
2,172
< Total Healing >
5,229
10,411
< Experience >
12,281
58
< Vision Score >
17
25
< Wards Placed >
8
238
< Time Dealing CC >
140

How to Counter Aphelios with Lulu in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some significant Lulu against Aphelios counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Aphelios. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Lulu typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Aphelios. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lulu and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Lulu
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lulu
Aphelios

Who is Better, Lulu or Aphelios?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lulu usually loses when taking on Aphelios, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Lulu makes a bad counter for Aphelios.

While Lulu does have a lower win rate than Aphelios, when they face off with one another, Lulu also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Lulu into Aphelios.

Furthermore, Lulu 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lulu vs Aphelios matchups, Aphelios is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Lulu is a trash counter for Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lulu against Aphelios.

Additional Information for Lulu Players

How We Calculated Our Lulu vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Lulu, we analyzed 1,319 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 Lulu 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Lulu to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lulu usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Aphelios. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Lulu versus Aphelios build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Lulu used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Aphelios than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Lulu boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when playing against Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of beating Aphelios as Lulu, Lulu players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Lulu vs Aphelios face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Aphelios as Lulu are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.