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Taliyah with Aphelios

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How to Synergize Taliyah and Aphelios

based on 1,007 Taliyah with Aphelios pairs
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each week. Taliyah has gone into battle with Aphelios in 1007 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much great data straight from the makers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Taliyah synergize with Aphelios. It is relatively rare for Taliyah to play with Aphelios as allies. This has only occurred in approx. 2.4% of games with Taliyah.

Taliyah Aphelios Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Taliyah has done a dismal job of teaming up with Aphelios. Normally, she wins a dismal 48.1% of games the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to win more matches as Taliyah when playing alongside Aphelios by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Taliyah vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffZhonya's HourglassLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
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Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
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Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Taliyah and Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Taliyah with Aphelios

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Advice to Understand How Aphelios Will Play

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

Taliyah Aphelios Synergy Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Aphelios Image
6.1
< Kills >
6.1
6.4
< Deaths >
6.5
7.9
< Assists >
8.5
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
126
< Minions Killed >
124
0.49
< Dragons Killed >
0.56
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.43
762
< Physical Damage >
779
20,695
< Magic Damage >
20,979
1,100
< True Damage >
1,125
22,558
< Damage Dealt >
22,884
21,188
< Damage Taken >
21,412
12,051
< Gold Earned >
12,155
1.57
< Towers >
1.68
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
4,247
< Total Healing >
4,379
14,228
< Experience >
14,292
22
< Vision Score >
23
9
< Wards Placed >
9
545
< Time Dealing CC >
552

How to Play with Aphelios as Taliyah in LoL

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

Overall, Taliyah sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Aphelios helps Taliyah perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Taliyah tries to synergize with Aphelios, she sees a little drop in her complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Aphelios does not support by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Taliyah is played alongside Aphelios on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Aphelios. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.

Additionally, when Taliyah plays with Aphelios on the same team, she usually receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Aphelios does a decent job of covering Taliyah in team fights.

Synergies between Taliyah and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Taliyah
Aphelios

Is Taliyah better when played alongside Aphelios?

There is no top ally for Taliyah that will always be her best synergy. However, overall, Aphelios is a very typical companion for Taliyah. By locking into the same side as Taliyah, he decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 48.1%. This demonstrates that there is a weak synergy between Taliyah and Aphelios that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Taliyah. That means Taliyah players should be careful when finding Aphelios comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Working cooperatively, Taliyah players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by aligning Taliyah and Aphelios together, you will not be providing your other teammates much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Aphelios ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah Aphelios Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Taliyah and Aphelios, we analyzed 1,007 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 Taliyah with Aphelios 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 Taliyah in order to pair well with Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to build first in your Taliyah and Aphelios synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Taliyah used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Aphelios than with many other common builds. In fact, Taliyah had an average win rate of 48.1% helping carry Aphelios with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, Taliyah players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Taliyah and Aphelios pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.

If you would like to get Taliyah and Aphelios synergy tips and stats for a an individual division rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are calculated using every match run with both champs.