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Pantheon vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Pantheon in LoLPantheon is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Pantheon

based on 3,827 Pantheon vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of ranked League games that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Aphelios as Pantheon came out of an evaluation of 3827 ranked matches where both champs fought each other. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Pantheon has to counter Aphelios in only 2.2% of his games.

Pantheon vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Pantheon has done a average job of beating Aphelios. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.5% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Pantheon versus Aphelios matches, Pantheon’s team is 0.2% more probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Aphelios.

Best Pantheon vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Pantheon Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

OpportunitySterak's GageHubrisProfane Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Pantheon to level upq
>
Second ability for Pantheon to level upe
>
Last skill for Pantheon to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Pantheon's passive ability p
Pantheon's q ability q
Pantheon's w ability w
Pantheon's e ability e
Pantheon's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Pantheon

Tips for Playing as Pantheon against Aphelios

Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.

Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.

If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.

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.

Pantheon vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Pantheon Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Aphelios Image
7.4
< Kills >
7
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
7.3
< Assists >
6.2
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
108
< Minions Killed >
173
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.5
19,445
< Physical Damage >
20,323
752
< Magic Damage >
1,376
1,172
< True Damage >
446
21,370
< Damage Dealt >
22,145
25,986
< Damage Taken >
19,411
11,299
< Gold Earned >
11,994
1.68
< Towers >
2.37
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,105
< Total Healing >
5,175
13,022
< Experience >
12,622
29
< Vision Score >
17
13
< Wards Placed >
8
68
< Time Dealing CC >
137

How to Counter Aphelios with Pantheon in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several critical Pantheon versus Aphelios counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..

Pantheon often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Aphelios. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Pantheon and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Pantheon
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Pantheon
Aphelios

Who is Better, Pantheon or Aphelios?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pantheon usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aphelios, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Pantheon makes an ok counter to Aphelios.

While Pantheon does have a higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Pantheon also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Pantheon into Aphelios.

Additionally, Pantheon 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 lot of burst damage.

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

Pantheon is a decent counter to Aphelios. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pantheon against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Pantheon

Pantheon Loses Against

ZacZac45.3% winrateSingedSinged45.5% winrateTaricTaric45.5% winrateLilliaLillia45.5% winrate

Pantheon Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.4% winrateEliseElise54.3% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Pantheon Players

How We Calculated Our Pantheon vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Pantheon, we analyzed 3,827 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 Pantheon 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Pantheon in order to counter Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue 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 significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Pantheon usually accumulates less CS compared to Aphelios. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Pantheon versus Aphelios build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Pantheon used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Aphelios than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Pantheon had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against Aphelios as Pantheon, you should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Pantheon vs Aphelios counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.

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