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Viego vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Viego in LoLViego is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Viego

based on 3,447 Viego vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League games that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Aphelios as Viego resulted from an examination of 3447 ranked matches where both champs faced each other. This matchup is fairly rare. Viego fights Aphelios in only 2.3% of their matches.

Viego vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Viego does a decent job of countering Aphelios. On average, they wins a acceptable 51.4% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Viego against Aphelios games, Viego’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This implies that they most likely will be able to get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Viego vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityNoonquiver

Core Viego Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBlade of The Ruined KingKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSundered SkyDeath's DanceEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Viego's passive ability p
Viego's q ability q
Viego's w ability w
Viego's e ability e
Viego's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Viego

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.

Viego vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Viego Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Aphelios Image
7.3
< Kills >
6.5
6.1
< Deaths >
6.3
6.6
< Assists >
6
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
34
< Minions Killed >
174
1.74
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.49
14,980
< Physical Damage >
19,629
1,906
< Magic Damage >
1,315
846
< True Damage >
480
17,732
< Damage Dealt >
21,424
32,424
< Damage Taken >
18,432
12,060
< Gold Earned >
11,751
1.49
< Towers >
2.37
0.39
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
16,246
< Total Healing >
5,014
13,611
< Experience >
12,431
22
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
228
< Time Dealing CC >
137

How to Counter Aphelios with Viego in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Viego versus Aphelios matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Aphelios..

Viego often has a similar longest kill spree as their counter does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Aphelios. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Viego and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Viego
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Viego
Aphelios

Who is Better, Viego or Aphelios?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viego usually wins when facing off against Aphelios, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Viego makes a good counter for Aphelios.

While Viego does have a higher win rate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Viego also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Viego into Aphelios.

Additionally, Viego has some amount of utility and CC, 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Viego vs Aphelios matchups, Viego is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Viego is a decent counter for Aphelios. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viego against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Viego

Viego Loses Against

NilahNilah45.5% winrateLeonaLeona46.3% winrateLilliaLillia47.1% winrateRammusRammus47.3% winrate

Viego Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.6% winrateZeriZeri55% winrateSejuaniSejuani54.9% winrateHweiHwei54.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Viego Players

How We Calculated Our Viego vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Viego, we analyzed 3,447 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 Viego 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

Viego Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Viego 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 above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Viego on average gets a lot less CS compared to Aphelios. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Viego versus Aphelios build consist of Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when facing Aphelios than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Viego boasted an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Aphelios with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Aphelios as Viego, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Viego vs Aphelios counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.

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