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How to Synergize Aphelios with Irelia on the Same TeamAphelios is in the a tier of champions

Aphelios with Irelia

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How to Synergize Aphelios and Irelia

based on 2,258 Aphelios with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
1.92
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the results of from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Aphelios has fought alongside Irelia in 2258 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data from the creators of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can give you high-quality, insightful builds to help Aphelios synergize with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Aphelios to play alongside Irelia on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 2.6% of matches with Aphelios.

Aphelios Irelia Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios does a dismal job of teaming up with Irelia. Typically, he wins an acceptable 48.7% of the time the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Aphelios when fighting on the same team as Irelia by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aphelios vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeLord Dominik's RegardsThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterRunaan's HurricaneStormrazorKraken Slayer

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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Guide to Synergizing Aphelios and Irelia

Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Irelia

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

Advice to Understand How Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Aphelios Irelia Synergy Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Irelia Image
6.5
< Kills >
6.7
6.4
< Deaths >
6.4
5.8
< Assists >
6
1.52
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
172
< Minions Killed >
176
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.5
19,598
< Physical Damage >
20,370
1,397
< Magic Damage >
1,360
458
< True Damage >
461
21,454
< Damage Dealt >
22,192
18,692
< Damage Taken >
19,033
11,731
< Gold Earned >
11,936
2.33
< Towers >
2.38
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,150
< Total Healing >
5,318
12,449
< Experience >
12,595
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
137
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Irelia as Aphelios in LoL

The Aphelios Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Irelia helps Aphelios perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Aphelios tries to synergize with Irelia, he observes a little decrease in his total damage output. This change may signal that Irelia does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played together with Irelia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Irelia.

Additionally, when Aphelios plays with Irelia on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Irelia does a decent job of protecting Aphelios in team fights.

Synergies between Aphelios and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aphelios
Irelia

Is Aphelios better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Aphelios that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, Irelia is a very typical companion for Aphelios. By playing on the same side as Aphelios, she raises their win rate by 0.1% to 48.7%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Aphelios and Irelia that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Irelia has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Irelia allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by pairing Aphelios and Irelia together, you will not be providing your other allies enough magic damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Irelia teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aphelios and Irelia, we analyzed 2,258 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 Irelia 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 Aphelios to synergize with Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to focus on in your Aphelios and Irelia synergy build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Irelia than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 48.7% helping carry Irelia with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip 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 blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.7% win rate overall.

If you want to see Aphelios with Irelia cooperations tips and builds for a a specific rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using all matches finished with both champions.