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Aphelios with Akshan

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How to Synergize Aphelios and Akshan

based on 1,477 Aphelios with Akshan pairs
Win Rate
45 %
K/D/A
1.87
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each week. Aphelios has fought alongside Akshan in 1477 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much complete data from the makers of League of Legends, we are confident that we can present to you high-quality, accurate builds to help Aphelios synergize with Akshan. It is relatively rare for Aphelios to play alongside Akshan on the same side. This has only taken place in approx. 1.7% of games with Aphelios.

Aphelios Akshan Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios has done a terrible job of fighting on the same side as Akshan. On average, he wins a poor 45.0% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Aphelios when playing with Akshan by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with them, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aphelios vs Akshan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeKraken SlayerThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Aphelios and Akshan

Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Akshan

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

Advice to Understand How Akshan Will Play

Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”

Aphelios Akshan Synergy Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
45 %
VS
Win Rate
55 %
Akshan Image
6.4
< Kills >
6.7
6.7
< Deaths >
6.4
6.1
< Assists >
6
1.5
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
176
< Minions Killed >
176
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.5
19,896
< Physical Damage >
20,370
1,347
< Magic Damage >
1,360
451
< True Damage >
461
21,695
< Damage Dealt >
22,192
19,463
< Damage Taken >
19,033
11,816
< Gold Earned >
11,936
2.32
< Towers >
2.38
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,267
< Total Healing >
5,318
12,518
< Experience >
12,595
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
136
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Akshan as Aphelios in LoL

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

Overall, Aphelios sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akshan. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Akshan helps Aphelios perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Aphelios plays on the same team as Akshan, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This could indicate that Akshan doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that their presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played alongside Akshan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Akshan.

Additionally, when Aphelios plays with Akshan on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Akshan does a poor job of covering Aphelios in team fights.

Synergies between Aphelios and Akshan

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Akshan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aphelios
Akshan

Is Aphelios better when played alongside Akshan?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Aphelios that will always be his best teammate. However, overall, Akshan is a very bad ally for Aphelios. By locking into the same side as Aphelios, they drops their win rate by -3.6% to 45.0%. This proves that there is a terrible synergy between Aphelios and Akshan that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Akshan has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means Aphelios players don't need to be careful when lining up Akshan allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Working cooperatively, Aphelios players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to buff allies and debuff enemies. Combined, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.

Although, by bringing Aphelios and Akshan together, you may not be giving your other allies a great deal of AP. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Akshan ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios Akshan Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aphelios and Akshan, we analyzed 1,477 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 Aphelios with Akshan 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 truly master Aphelios to pair well with Akshan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Aphelios and Akshan synergy build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Akshan than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 45.0% when playing alongside Akshan with this build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Aphelios players should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Akshan with Aphelios are given for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located above.