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

Aphelios with Karthus

How to Win With Aphelios and Karthus Paired TogetherAphelios is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Aphelios and Karthus

based on 895 Aphelios with Karthus pairs
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Aphelios has been on the same team as Karthus in 895 recent, ranked matches. By pooling so much complete data from the publishers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can give you high-quality, usable builds to help Aphelios synergize with Karthus. It is very rare for Aphelios to play alongside Karthus as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 1.0% of rounds with Aphelios.

Aphelios Karthus Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios has done a dismal job of synergizing with Karthus. Usually, he wins a lowly 47.0% of rounds the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to play better as Aphelios when fighting on the same team as Karthus by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aphelios vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterStormrazor

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsKraken SlayerThe Collector

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

PrecisionLethal TempoOverhealLegend: 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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E
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Aphelios and Karthus

Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Karthus

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

Advice to Understand How Karthus Will Play

Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.

Aphelios Karthus Synergy Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Karthus Image
6.9
< Kills >
6.7
6.6
< Deaths >
6.4
6.2
< Assists >
6
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
182
< Minions Killed >
176
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.5
20,744
< Physical Damage >
20,370
1,324
< Magic Damage >
1,360
466
< True Damage >
461
22,535
< Damage Dealt >
22,192
19,823
< Damage Taken >
19,033
12,331
< Gold Earned >
11,936
2.4
< Towers >
2.38
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,639
< Total Healing >
5,318
13,064
< Experience >
12,595
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
139
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Karthus as Aphelios in LoL

The Aphelios Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, 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 Karthus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Karthus helps Aphelios perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Aphelios is an ally to Karthus, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Karthus helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played together with Karthus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Karthus.

Moreover, when Aphelios plays with Karthus on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Aphelios in teamfights.

Synergies between Aphelios and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aphelios
Karthus

Is Aphelios better when played alongside Karthus?

There is no one best synergy for Aphelios that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Karthus is a below average teammate for Aphelios. By locking into the same team as Aphelios, he drops their win rate by -1.6% to 47.0%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Aphelios and Karthus that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Karthus has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means Aphelios players don't need to be careful when arranging Karthus comrades 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.

Working cooperatively, Aphelios players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by bringing Aphelios and Karthus together, you will not be providing your other teammates very much tankyness. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this hole in their potential.

Regardless of your Karthus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios Karthus Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aphelios and Karthus, we analyzed 895 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 Karthus 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to synergize with Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to include in your Aphelios and Karthus synergy build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Karthus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 47.0% helping carry Karthus with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Aphelios players should use the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Karthus with Aphelios are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.