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Xayah with Aphelios

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How to Synergize Xayah and Aphelios

based on 32 Xayah with Aphelios pairs
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
0.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Xayah has fought alongside Aphelios in 32 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much relevant data straight from the hosts of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high-quality, accurate builds to help Xayah synergize with Aphelios. It is very rare for Xayah to play with Aphelios as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in about 0.1% of rounds with Xayah.

Xayah Aphelios Synergy Summary

Xayah has done a average job of synergizing with Aphelios. Normally, she wins an acceptable 50.0% of matches the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Xayah when playing with Aphelios by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Xayah vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityNoonquiver

Core Xayah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterRapid FirecannonStormrazor

Optional Items

Guardian AngelMercurial ScimitarWyrmfallen SacrificeImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xayah to level upe
>
Second ability for Xayah to level upw
>
Last skill for Xayah to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth
Xayah's passive ability p
Xayah's q ability q
Xayah's w ability w
Xayah's e ability e
Xayah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Xayah and Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Xayah with Aphelios

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

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.

Xayah Aphelios Synergy Stats

Xayah Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Aphelios Image
8.1
< Kills >
6.4
7.4
< Deaths >
6.1
7.4
< Assists >
6.6
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
184
< Minions Killed >
181
0.47
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.69
< Inhibitors >
0.5
23,226
< Physical Damage >
19,629
318
< Magic Damage >
381
708
< True Damage >
383
24,252
< Damage Dealt >
20,394
24,618
< Damage Taken >
20,546
13,453
< Gold Earned >
11,987
2.72
< Towers >
2.33
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
5,933
< Total Healing >
4,812
15,025
< Experience >
12,760
22
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
9
79
< Time Dealing CC >
55

How to Play with Aphelios as Xayah in LoL

The Xayah 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, Xayah sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Aphelios helps Xayah perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Xayah tries to synergize with Aphelios, she observes a great improvement in her complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Aphelios provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xayah is played alongside Aphelios on the same team, 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.

Moreover, when Xayah plays with Aphelios on the same team, she typically takes much more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Aphelios does a poor job of protecting Xayah in teamfights.

Synergies between Xayah and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Xayah
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Xayah
Aphelios

Is Xayah better when played alongside Aphelios?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Xayah that will 100% of the time be her top ally. However, overall, Aphelios is a good companion for Xayah. By being on the same team as Xayah, he improves their win rate by 2.3% to 50.0%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important bond between Xayah and Aphelios that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Xayah. That means Xayah players need to be cautious when arranging Aphelios allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Fighting together, Xayah players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by pairing Xayah and Aphelios together, you may not be giving your side much magical damage output. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Aphelios ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Xayah Players

How We Calculated Our Xayah Aphelios Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Xayah and Aphelios, we analyzed 32 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 Xayah 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 Xayah to synergize with Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Xayah and Aphelios synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Xayah used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Aphelios than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 50.0% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Aphelios with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Xayah and Aphelios pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.

If you want to see Xayah and Aphelios collaboration tips and stats for a a particular rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies shown are computed using all matches run with both champions.