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Ahri with Aphelios

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How to Synergize Ahri and Aphelios

based on 2,422 Ahri with Aphelios pairs
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.34
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Ahri has been on the same team as Aphelios in 2422 recently played, competitive matches. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the creators of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can produce high quality, usable builds to help Ahri synergize with Aphelios. It is relatively rare for Ahri to play alongside Aphelios on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 2.2% of games with Ahri.

Ahri Aphelios Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ahri has done a poor job of teaming up with Aphelios. Typically, she wins a dismal 47.0% of rounds the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Ahri when fighting on the same team as Aphelios by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ahri vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

CryptbloomLiandry's TormentZhonya's HourglassShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level upq
>
Second ability for Ahri to level upw
>
Last skill for Ahri to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri's q ability q
Ahri's w ability w
Ahri's e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Ahri and Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Ahri with Aphelios

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Advice to Understand How Aphelios Will Play

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Ahri Aphelios Synergy Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Aphelios Image
6
< Kills >
6.2
5.6
< Deaths >
5.6
7.1
< Assists >
7.5
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
168
< Minions Killed >
165
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,450
< Physical Damage >
1,467
14,494
< Magic Damage >
14,762
4,986
< True Damage >
5,130
20,930
< Damage Dealt >
21,360
20,042
< Damage Taken >
20,314
11,213
< Gold Earned >
11,211
1.83
< Towers >
1.91
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,737
< Total Healing >
4,865
14,243
< Experience >
14,227
20
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
69
< Time Dealing CC >
71

How to Play with Aphelios as Ahri in LoL

The Ahri Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Ahri sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Aphelios helps Ahri perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Ahri tries to synergize with Aphelios, she observes a little decrease in her total damage output. This change could indicate that Aphelios does not help protection for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Ahri is played together with Aphelios on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Aphelios. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.

Additionally, when Ahri plays with Aphelios on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Aphelios does a decent job of protecting Ahri in teamfights.

Synergies between Ahri and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ahri
Aphelios

Is Ahri better when played alongside Aphelios?

There is no top companion for Ahri that will always be her #1 ally. However, Aphelios is a relatively poor teammate for Ahri. By locking into the same side as Ahri, he decreases their win rate by -1.2% to 47.0%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Ahri and Aphelios that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Ahri. That means Ahri players must be careful when enlisting Aphelios teammates to play with, as they will need a much greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by bringing Ahri and Aphelios together, you may not be giving your other teammates very much tankyness. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Aphelios ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri Aphelios Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ahri and Aphelios, we analyzed 2,422 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Ahri with Aphelios comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ahri to work well with Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to have in your Ahri and Aphelios synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Aphelios than with most other common builds. In fact, Ahri had an average winrate of 47.0% helping carry Aphelios with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Aphelios with Ahri are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.