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Aphelios with Ryze

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How to Synergize Aphelios and Ryze

based on 797 Aphelios with Ryze pairs
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
1.95
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the results of from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Aphelios has been on the same team as Ryze in 797 recent, competitive games. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the developers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can provide you with robust, accurate builds to help Aphelios play with Ryze. It is very rare for Aphelios to play with Ryze as allies. This has only occurred in approximately 0.9% of games with Aphelios.

Aphelios Ryze Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios does a dismal job of playing alongside Ryze. On average, he wins an acceptable 48.8% of games the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Aphelios when playing alongside Ryze by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aphelios vs Ryze Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeKraken SlayerThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord 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 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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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Aphelios and Ryze

Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Ryze

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

Advice to Understand How Ryze Will Play

Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.

Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.

Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.

Aphelios Ryze Synergy Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Ryze Image
6.6
< Kills >
6.7
6.4
< Deaths >
6.4
5.9
< Assists >
6
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
174
< Minions Killed >
176
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.5
20,001
< Physical Damage >
20,370
1,308
< Magic Damage >
1,360
444
< True Damage >
461
21,754
< Damage Dealt >
22,192
18,662
< Damage Taken >
19,033
11,775
< Gold Earned >
11,936
2.39
< Towers >
2.38
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,082
< Total Healing >
5,318
12,367
< Experience >
12,595
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
134
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Ryze as Aphelios in LoL

The Aphelios Ryze synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ryze, 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 Ryze. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Ryze helps Aphelios perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Aphelios plays on the same team as Ryze, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This may signal that Ryze does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played together with Ryze on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ryze. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ryze.

Additionally, when Aphelios plays with Ryze on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Ryze does a decent job of protecting Aphelios in team fights.

Synergies between Aphelios and Ryze

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Ryze
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aphelios
Ryze

Is Aphelios better when played alongside Ryze?

There is no perfect synergy for Aphelios that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Ryze is a very typical ally for Aphelios. By playing on the same team as Aphelios, he raises their win rate by 0.2% to 48.8%. This shows that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Aphelios and Ryze that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Ryze has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Ryze allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

When playing together, Aphelios players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by bringing Aphelios and Ryze together, you probably will not be providing your side a great deal of engage potential. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Ryze ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios Ryze Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aphelios and Ryze, we analyzed 797 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 Ryze 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 truly master Aphelios in order to pair well with Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Aphelios and Ryze synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Ryze than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 48.8% when playing alongside Ryze with this build.

To have the highest probability of beating 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. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Ryze with Aphelios are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.