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Rek'Sai vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Rek'Sai in LoLRek'Sai is in the a tier of champions
Fighter
Marksman

How to Beat Aphelios as Rek'Sai

based on 524 Rek'Sai vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.43
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds each week. Within our dataset, Rek'Sai battled Aphelios in 524 games. Including so many games with Rek'Sai versus Aphelios gives us confidence in our capability to prepare actionable stats and a solid build to obliterate your opponent. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Rek'Sai encounters Aphelios in only 2.6% of his matches.

Rek'Sai vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Rek'Sai has done a ok job of beating Aphelios. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.2% of games the champs oppose one another in. In Rek'Sai against Aphelios games, Rek'Sai’s side is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably will be able to get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Rek'Sai vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTiamat

Core Rek'Sai Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

EclipseSpear of ShojinYoumuu's GhostbladeSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rek'Sai to level upq
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Second ability for Rek'Sai to level upe
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Last skill for Rek'Sai to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Rek'Sai's passive ability p
Rek'Sai's q ability q
Rek'Sai's w ability w
Rek'Sai's e ability e
Rek'Sai's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Aphelios

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

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.

Rek'Sai vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Rek'Sai Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Aphelios Image
7.4
< Kills >
6.8
6.1
< Deaths >
6.5
7.4
< Assists >
5.9
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
35
< Minions Killed >
180
1.37
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.48
13,744
< Physical Damage >
20,537
86
< Magic Damage >
1,364
3,490
< True Damage >
447
17,320
< Damage Dealt >
22,348
34,859
< Damage Taken >
18,912
11,773
< Gold Earned >
12,000
1.5
< Towers >
2.44
0.36
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
16,826
< Total Healing >
5,175
13,251
< Experience >
12,463
22
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
284
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Counter Aphelios with Rek'Sai in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Rek'Sai vs. Aphelios counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aphelios..

Rek'Sai usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rek'Sai and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Rek'Sai
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rek'Sai
Aphelios

Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Aphelios?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aphelios, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes an ok counter for Aphelios.

While Rek'Sai does have a higher win rate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rek'Sai into Aphelios.

Additionally, Rek'Sai also 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 lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Aphelios matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Rek'Sai is a decent counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rek'Sai

Rek'Sai Loses Against

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Rek'Sai Wins Against

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Additional Information for Rek'Sai Players

How We Calculated Our Rek'Sai vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Rek'Sai, we analyzed 524 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 Rek'Sai 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

Rek'Sai Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai to counter Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rek'Sai most often accumulates a lot less CS as Aphelios. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Aphelios build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Aphelios than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 50.2% battling Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Aphelios as Rek'Sai, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Aphelios counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Rek'Sai x Aphelios tips and counter stats for a a particular player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using every match finished with both champions.