How to Win Qiyana vs Aphelios Counter Matchup Qiyana is in the s tier of champions

Qiyana vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Qiyana in LoL Aphelios is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Qiyana

based on 736 Qiyana vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
54.9 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. In our dataset, Qiyana faced off against Aphelios in 736 rounds. Having so many matchups for Qiyana versus Aphelios provides us confidence in our capacity to provide actionable data and a solid build to smash Aphelios. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Qiyana encounters Aphelios in only 1.8% of her matches.

Qiyana vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Qiyana has done a great job of beating Aphelios. On average, she wins a whopping 54.9% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Qiyana vs Aphelios matches, Qiyana’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Qiyana vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Qiyana Items

~22 Mins
Prowler's ClawYoumuu's GhostbladeSerylda's Grudge

Optional Items

Death's DanceEdge of NightSerpent's Fang

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Qiyana to level up q
>
Second ability for Qiyana to level up w
>
Last skill for Qiyana to max out e

Runes

Domination Electrocute Sudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Precision Presence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive Adaptive MagicRes
Qiyana's passive ability p
Qiyana q ability q
Qiyana w ability w
Qiyana e ability e
Qiyana's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Aphelios as Qiyana

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.

Qiyana vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Qiyana Image
Win Rate
54.9 %
VS
Win Rate
45.1 %
Aphelios Image
8.7
< Kills >
6.5
6.7
< Deaths >
7
6.1
< Assists >
6
1.98
< Killing Sprees >
1.53
123
< Minions Killed >
171
0.39
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.48
17,326
< Physical Damage >
16,259
1,620
< Magic Damage >
1,343
1,089
< True Damage >
625
20,035
< Damage Dealt >
18,228
21,658
< Damage Taken >
17,915
12,188
< Gold Earned >
11,813
1.63
< Towers >
2.25
0.1
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
2,877
< Total Healing >
3,267
13,618
< Experience >
12,335
21
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
9
107
< Time Dealing CC >
139

How to Counter Aphelios with Qiyana in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Qiyana vs. Aphelios counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Qiyana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Qiyana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Aphelios..

Qiyana often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Aphelios. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Qiyana and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Qiyana
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Qiyana
Aphelios

Who is Better, Qiyana or Aphelios?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Qiyana usually wins when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 54.9% win rate. As a result, Qiyana makes a great counter to Aphelios.

While Qiyana does have a much higher winrate than Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Qiyana also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Qiyana into Apheliosas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Qiyana also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Qiyana vs Aphelios matchups, Qiyana is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Qiyana is a great counter to Aphelios. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Qiyana against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Qiyana

Qiyana Loses Against

Trundle Trundle 44.1% winrate Rell Rell 44.4% winrate Yorick Yorick 44.7% winrate Illaoi Illaoi 44.7% winrate

Qiyana Wins Against

Ryze Ryze 57.7% winrate Syndra Syndra 57.1% winrate Lee Sin Lee Sin 55.2% winrate Thresh Thresh 55% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Shaco Shaco + 54.2% 1052 Games Fiora Fiora + 54.5% 1286 Games Maokai Maokai + 54.8% 389 Games Soraka Soraka + 54.9% 1775 Games

Additional Information for Qiyana Players

How We Calculated Our Qiyana vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Qiyana, we analyzed 736 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 Qiyana 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

Qiyana Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Qiyana 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Qiyana on average gets a similar amount of CS as Aphelios. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Qiyana versus Aphelios build consist of Prowler's Claw, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Serylda's Grudge. When Qiyana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Aphelios than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Qiyana boasted an average win rate of 54.9% when playing against Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Aphelios as Qiyana, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Qiyana vs Aphelios counters, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.9% winrate overall.

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