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How to Synergize Aphelios with Kai'Sa on the Same TeamAphelios is in the a tier of champions

Aphelios with Kai'Sa

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How to Synergize Aphelios and Kai'Sa

based on 285 Aphelios with Kai'Sa pairs
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
1.82
Pick Rate
0.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Aphelios has been on the same team as Kai'Sa in 285 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data from the publishers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Aphelios synergize with Kai'Sa. It is very rare for Aphelios to play with Kai'Sa as teammates. This has only occurred in about 0.3% of matches with Aphelios.

Aphelios Kai'Sa Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios has done a poor job of teaming up with Kai'Sa. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.0% of the time the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Aphelios when fighting on the same team as Kai'Sa by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aphelios vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordDagger

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeLord Dominik's RegardsKraken Slayer

Optional Items

The CollectorStormrazor

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 ForceArmor
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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Q
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Aphelios and Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Kai'Sa

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

Advice to Understand How Kai'Sa Will Play

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Aphelios Kai'Sa Synergy Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Kai'Sa Image
6.7
< Kills >
6.7
6.7
< Deaths >
6.4
5.5
< Assists >
6
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
176
< Minions Killed >
176
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.5
20,274
< Physical Damage >
20,370
1,328
< Magic Damage >
1,360
489
< True Damage >
461
22,091
< Damage Dealt >
22,192
19,624
< Damage Taken >
19,033
12,120
< Gold Earned >
11,936
2.54
< Towers >
2.38
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,517
< Total Healing >
5,318
13,163
< Experience >
12,595
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
144
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Kai'Sa as Aphelios in LoL

The Aphelios Kai'Sa synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kai'Sa, 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 Kai'Sa. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kai'Sa helps Aphelios perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Aphelios plays on the same team as Kai'Sa, he gets a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Kai'Sa does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played with Kai'Sa on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kai'Sa. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kai'Sa.

Additionally, when Aphelios plays with Kai'Sa on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Kai'Sa does a poor job of covering Aphelios in teamfights.

Synergies between Aphelios and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aphelios
Kai'Sa

Is Aphelios better when played alongside Kai'Sa?

There is no top companion for Aphelios that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Kai'Sa is a not very good companion for Aphelios. By locking into the same team as Aphelios, she decreases their win rate by -1.6% to 47.0%. This signals that there is a negative synergy between Aphelios and Kai'Sa that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Kai'Sa has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Kai'Sa teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing together, Aphelios players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by grouping Aphelios and Kai'Sa together, you may not be providing your team a lot of utility. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your Kai'Sa ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios Kai'Sa Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aphelios and Kai'Sa, we analyzed 285 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 Kai'Sa 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 work well with Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to have in your Aphelios and Kai'Sa synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Kai'Sa than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 47.0% helping carry Kai'Sa with this build.

To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, Aphelios players should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.0% winrate overall.

If you need to view Aphelios with Kai'Sa synergy tips and builds for a a particular division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using every round played with both champions.