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I personally hate leona, but she is really strong vs Aphelios, cause aph have only higher movement speed with severum and she can easilly give you w, q. if u playing leona try to play deff as possible only haras her or adc with calibrium or cresendum + graviutum.
Twitch
he is kinda anooying with his q but you are stronger then him in late + he dosent have cc
Swain
he have perma cc! if he catch you, you will die or you will lose ~50% of your life.
Miss Fortune
Pretty easy matchup she can only slow you by her e when you running with severum + Aphelios countering her with calibrium, gravitum high range + cc and if she use w you can use q from severum
Alistar
He can throw you under enemy adc or turret and you gonna must flash
dont give him chance to get close to you
Ashe
Shes slowing you by q, w and giving you cc on her r you dont have dash and its pretty hard to run away from her (shes to can slow you when you are running with severum)
Bard
2cc's + as aphelios you dont like support who can heal ur enemy (like yuumi even soraka)
Blitzcrank
No dash if he grab you you gonna must flash away or die
Brand
1cc its pretty easy matchup just dont give him change to haras you with w (have vision in bush)
Braum
dont have dash cant run away from his r, when you using q or r with calibrium when you dont have hurricane he can block out your shot.
just build hurricane
Caitlyn
not hard matchup you have bonus life steal on severum when she poke you just life steal you self from minions (if you are scared pick heal or barrier)
Draven
peoples dont like to playing him at aphelios but when he want to run in his q you can give him cc and give to him combo
Ezreal
I give him major but personally for me its even but you dont have dash so its hard to run away his r and he have dash he can dash your r or when he have gravitum passive on him dash under turret
Fiddlesticks
fiddle is bad at support but you cant run away from his r and his e can cancel ur q at severum but i gave him only even cause you have cresendum if he use r to rou cresundum and you have severum its pretty easy to kill him in that moment
Galio
he is like 4.5/5 cause you cant dash away from his w and he can dash to you with his e can give shield to adc from r pretty hard matchup, but when galio trying to run away with e you can use ur q with calibrium next w than q with gravitum and he get stune
with his dash is pretty hard to dodge aph ultimate and pretty good counter for him is cresendum + gravitum and thats why he isnt extreme
Heimerdinger
he have cc on her e but its pretty easy to destroy hes turret with calibrium and you have ur own turret its pretty funny to watch fight between them
Jhin
you have speed at your q with severum and you can easilly dodge his shots at r you have bonus life steal at severum and his q dont give you big damage cause of it
Jinx
one of the easiest matchup for aphelios dont have dash you can run away from her r with severum
Kai'Sa
next easy matchup for aphelios is kaisa when you have plasma on ur skin and you put turret under your legs she cant dash to cause she gonna die its hard to run away with her e from ur ult you can life steal ur self with severum pretty easy matchup
Kalista
Shes strong and she is one of the best counter of aphelios she can throw her support close to you (if this is thresh he can grab you) she can save his support from ur ult her dash is not problem you can life still your self but her ultimate doing all work
Karma
cant dash away from her stune but you can use severum and run away or stune her with gravitum (better option) dont have any dash only higer movement speed with r
Kog'Maw
kog'maw is bad adc (not in meta) he got upgrade but he still need to be feed to do something in game
he dont have any dash any higher movement speed his r is pretty easy to dodge even when it hits you, ur life steal do all work
Lucian
you can run away from his r by ur severum but he can dash ur ult dash ur q hard to catch up him
Lulu
he can polymorph you but its the biggest problem when she ult enemy adc you can throw turret snare enemy adc and run away
Lux
cant dash her q, ult e she can save enemy adc with her w but she dont have any dash and thats why she is not extreme
Malphite
he is 4.5/5 hes not extreme but its one of the hardest matchups for aph he can run away from ur ult by malph ult you can try to run away from his ult but he have movement speed and he can easilly catch up you and r to you
Maokai
you can run away from his ult but he can easilly catch you but his w when im playing vs aphelios on support i like to pick him
Morgana
you can try to run away from her q or r with serverum but its pretty hard you cant give her cc when she running to you cause of her r pretty hard matchup
Nami
she can heal enemy adc she can give movement speed she can bounce you
Nautilus
he can grab you by his hook you cant dash from hes hook he have perma cc when have jhin as adc pick cleanse or dodge he can run away from ur ult but its pretty hard (he can grab urself to wall)
Neeko
pretty easy matchup just dont give her chance to snare you and haras enemy adc
Pyke
he can be invisible ha have dash he have hook he can heal his self definitlly one of worst matchup for aphelios
Rakan
he can heal enemy adc he can easilly dodge you r you cant dash from his w
if he playing with xayah that going to hard lane try to not feed them if rakan miss w and xayah dont have e attack them
Senna
she can be invisible but you know where she is and this is 100% easier to throw coretctly you ultimate ofcourse you dont have dash to avoid her w but if you are close to turret you can feel safe
Shaco
he can invisible and have dash but its one of the easiest matchups when his clone following you just snare the clone
Shen
if he catch you by his e and use w you are useless you can do anything he can give shield to enemy adc by his r hard matchup
Sivir
her e is annoying but she can only use her e on yourself she cant give it to her support and its pretty easy to take off this sheild by ur 2nd weapon calibrium, severum just keep gravitum cause if she use her r (buff) you just can scare her and run away
Sona
she have big damage she can heal little but still enemy adc on e she have higher movment speed r is stune pretty annoying matchup try to haras her when she go close to you you can pick cleanse if you are scared maybe adc with cc like jhin
Soraka
small damage hard to rout but she's healing enemy adc so much but i think shes not hard matchup just take off soraka heal and she gonna cant heal adc i she gonna heal adc just wait for infernum or calibrum and click r
Tahm Kench
if he is not with senna its pretty easy you can root him you run away when hes using r, he need so much time to root someone pretty easy| when tahm is senna he is extreme cause its broken as fuck try to give some aa when he gonna last hiting when senna gonna take soul haras her if she aa you run away dont give her souls
Taric
cc, healing, shield, not killable if taric playing with draven or yi just dodge
Thresh
cc, shield, slow by r not the hardest but you dont want to play vs him
stay behind minions aa when he gonna relitc minions
Tristana
If you have crescendum and calibrum she can do a shit you poke her and harras with q's and aa's
Varus
have cc on r hard to dodge he is poker but you are aphelios you like to playing vs poke adc he dont have any dash pretty easy matchup
Vayne
she can be invisible she can push you away she have dash
Veigar
if he use his e just dodge his w (btw veigar is bad support cause his max damage is by stacking)
Vel'Koz
he have cc, slow big damage and its almost impossible to run away
Xayah
she can counter your r by her r she have cc i(f shes playing rakan check threat about rakan) but she dont have dash if she use her r you can easilly kill her
Xerath
first xerath have damage but if he want to poke you he need to give damage to minions and adc probably miss some cs, if you use q on severum its pretty hard to hit you by his r or something another
Yasuo
you can run away from his tornado but you cant dash he must be close to last hit minions with q in that moment try to hit him and use r when he use his w
Zilean
big damage, cc, he can or his adc be not killable he can heal pretty hard but he dont have any dash
Zyra
i personally hate zyra its hard to dodge her cc her flowers give so big damage and her r its hard to run away from his r, if it possible walk on her seeds be far from minions try to freeze lane and wait for jgler
Samira
Samira have great matchup into Phel. She can block your ult, calibrum q, chakrams stacks, but you out scale her at full build you should win with her (I recommend to use exhaust vs her)
Seraphine
She is annoying in lane but if you build some movement speed she can only ult you.
Rell
It depends of what weapons you have, if you have severum she really cant catch you with her w or if she use w into ur crescendum + calibrum she cant do a shit.
Morgana
shes ideal support for Aphelios. when she use her q and w you can use ur gravitum, thats great combo cause morgana can deal 85-95% of her damage with w normally she can only give like ~50% of her damage on w. and her E you are immobile champion (only sprint with severum) and when blitzcrank hook you, you can only flash, but morgana E protects you from and hooks, grabs. Just hold you gravitum for combo with morgana.
Leona
I hate to play vs leona but i love play with her, she not ideal bo she is pretty good with Aph, combo with leona is strong cause its perma cc, like jhin and nautilius keep your gravitum wait for engage from leona and destory enemies.
Blitzcrank
you like to playing with blitz cause of his combo (q-e) + your cc (gravitum) you can easilly kill someone in that way + blitz can hook someone into your crescendum.
Yuumi
Just pick shield or exhaust and do your work, she works great with phel you can go into short or long trades and you should win them in late game both of you are unstoppable
Alistar
alistar have many crown control if he push enemy support or adc to and you have its easy spells or kill
Bard
if you are premade with you supp bard is ideal but if you playing with random he is not the best he have cc he can heal you or save you ass or baron, elder etc. but if you dont communicate with bard its hard to play
Brand
brand hides in bush and poke enemy bot with w you dont have dash to follow him when he take like 50% of enemy supp or adc life
Braum
best adc's for braum is adc with dash of course braum can save you are when mf ulting you but aphelios is not the best with braum
Fiddlesticks
Dont pick fiddle on support hes so bad and aphelios cant follow fiddle when he ulting one of the worst duo botlane
Galio
if he is tanky its pretty good if he is ap he need to poke enemy bot lane of course you cant follow him when minions are at lane but his cc is pretty long and you can easilly come to him
Janna
if she use her q you can do combo with calibrium and gravitum use q + aa + w + q and its loooong cc she can heal you when janna flash and use r and she gonna push enemys to your turret its easy kill
Karma
if you playing agressive karma is pretty good if enemy bot lane dont have dash her w + q and your q (gravitum) gives hours of cc
Lulu
if she use r for you, just go in and do double, triple, quadra or penta kill
she can polymorph enemy adc or supp then go with severum q next gravitum q (cc) some auto attacks easy trade
Lux
her q and you calibrium q + aa is so strong and when your 2nd weapon is gravitum is perma cc (if your lux is premade and you comunicating with him its pretty easy for kill enemys with lux ult and aph gonna take kills, use q (gravitum) give snare lux r (if she dont have damage r + e) and you finishing them so if you're comunicating with lux its ideal synergy)
Malphite
malph r your r ez double kill (just wait for 6lvl)
Maokai
tree is not the best with aphelios cause maokai have good all in like aph but if aphelios didint follow maokai supp gonna die
Nami
ideal synergy if nami use her r you using r with gravitum (cc) go close to them combo with infernum ez kills, nami q your q with calibrium (2nd gravitum) perma cc
Nautilus
just keep gravitum they are perma cc combo, you must follow naut or he gonna die (if naut playing like idiot on going in when you are low or something like that just run away he died by his fault
Neeko
you know what mean perma cc? neeko + aphelios is perma cc her e ur q with gravitum her q and you finishing enemy botlane
Pyke
hes combo q + e your gravitum q next perma cc
Rakan
he can heal you he have 2cc so one of the best support with aphelios
Senna
i know its next ideal synergy with aphelios but her w and your q gravitum perma cc, you can easilly haras enemy bot when they got cc by her w if you didnt kill and enemy bot lane run away with super low she can kill her with huge distans she can heal you when they ganking you she use e if you have severum you use q, one of the best duo botlane
Shaco
cant follow him one of the worst duo botlane
Shen
he is pretty strong with aph his e + q + w then you combo or q with cc he can give you big shield and you are not killable (when you have shen on supp you must but guardian angel)
Sona
she can heal you little better movement speed big damage and perma cc her r and your gravitum
Soraka
buy ga (guardian angel) in team fight she gonna heal you so much on lane just play agressive poke enemy's bot and give soraka to heal you
Swain
hes e + w your q gravitum and its 100%he gonna give dmg by his w
Tahm Kench
hes not the best without senna but with aphelios he is not the worst if you have full build his r with you can win team fight or even game
Taric
2v5 just 2v5 with core items + for example rapid firecannon you can 2v5 on lane give him chance to give e he can give you shield heal you, if he have r you are "ungankable" its impossible to do that gank worth
Thresh
standard our combo is pretty good hes slowing by his r and you severum are great and when normally if you are at back and support with hook want to go in you can do anything but now you can easilly farm and when thresh going in he gives you lantern and you are close to enemy bot lane
Veigar
veigar e + ur gravitum q are broken and even if someone dont walk into veigar e you can snare someone who is in e and veigar can easilly use w + q
Vel'Koz
next ideal but vel w + e + r and your cc if you want kills vel can easilly cancel r and you gonna take kills
Xerath
they have nice cc but xerath poker need to poke and he giving damage to minions and in this way is harder to last hit minions
Zilean
healing, perma cc (our combo) + someone can be not killable
Zyra
her e + your combo with cc and her r q easy kills for us
Seraphine
I love play with belle Delphine, if you autoattack someone with gravitum she can root them, if you root someone with q or r q gravitum she can stune them, good duo ult Seraphine and Aphelios can win game
Rell
She is pretty good for Aphelios, tanky, heavy cc, good engage but you cant follow up so only 4/5
Synergies
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Morgana
shes ideal support for Aphelios. when she use her q and w you can use ur gravitum, thats great combo cause morgana can deal 85-95% of her damage with w normally she can only give like ~50% of her damage on w. and her E you are immobile champion (only sprint with severum) and when blitzcrank hook you, you can only flash, but morgana E protects you from and hooks, grabs. Just hold you gravitum for combo with morgana.
Leona
I hate to play vs leona but i love play with her, she not ideal bo she is pretty good with Aph, combo with leona is strong cause its perma cc, like jhin and nautilius keep your gravitum wait for engage from leona and destory enemies.
Blitzcrank
you like to playing with blitz cause of his combo (q-e) + your cc (gravitum) you can easilly kill someone in that way + blitz can hook someone into your crescendum.
Yuumi
Just pick shield or exhaust and do your work, she works great with phel you can go into short or long trades and you should win them in late game both of you are unstoppable
Alistar
alistar have many crown control if he push enemy support or adc to and you have its easy spells or kill
Bard
if you are premade with you supp bard is ideal but if you playing with random he is not the best he have cc he can heal you or save you ass or baron, elder etc. but if you dont communicate with bard its hard to play
Brand
brand hides in bush and poke enemy bot with w you dont have dash to follow him when he take like 50% of enemy supp or adc life
Braum
best adc's for braum is adc with dash of course braum can save you are when mf ulting you but aphelios is not the best with braum
Fiddlesticks
Dont pick fiddle on support hes so bad and aphelios cant follow fiddle when he ulting one of the worst duo botlane
Galio
if he is tanky its pretty good if he is ap he need to poke enemy bot lane of course you cant follow him when minions are at lane but his cc is pretty long and you can easilly come to him
Janna
if she use her q you can do combo with calibrium and gravitum use q + aa + w + q and its loooong cc she can heal you when janna flash and use r and she gonna push enemys to your turret its easy kill
Karma
if you playing agressive karma is pretty good if enemy bot lane dont have dash her w + q and your q (gravitum) gives hours of cc
Lulu
if she use r for you, just go in and do double, triple, quadra or penta kill
she can polymorph enemy adc or supp then go with severum q next gravitum q (cc) some auto attacks easy trade
Lux
her q and you calibrium q + aa is so strong and when your 2nd weapon is gravitum is perma cc (if your lux is premade and you comunicating with him its pretty easy for kill enemys with lux ult and aph gonna take kills, use q (gravitum) give snare lux r (if she dont have damage r + e) and you finishing them so if you're comunicating with lux its ideal synergy)
Malphite
malph r your r ez double kill (just wait for 6lvl)
Maokai
tree is not the best with aphelios cause maokai have good all in like aph but if aphelios didint follow maokai supp gonna die
Nami
ideal synergy if nami use her r you using r with gravitum (cc) go close to them combo with infernum ez kills, nami q your q with calibrium (2nd gravitum) perma cc
Nautilus
just keep gravitum they are perma cc combo, you must follow naut or he gonna die (if naut playing like idiot on going in when you are low or something like that just run away he died by his fault
Neeko
you know what mean perma cc? neeko + aphelios is perma cc her e ur q with gravitum her q and you finishing enemy botlane
Pyke
hes combo q + e your gravitum q next perma cc
Rakan
he can heal you he have 2cc so one of the best support with aphelios
Senna
i know its next ideal synergy with aphelios but her w and your q gravitum perma cc, you can easilly haras enemy bot when they got cc by her w if you didnt kill and enemy bot lane run away with super low she can kill her with huge distans she can heal you when they ganking you she use e if you have severum you use q, one of the best duo botlane
Shaco
cant follow him one of the worst duo botlane
Shen
he is pretty strong with aph his e + q + w then you combo or q with cc he can give you big shield and you are not killable (when you have shen on supp you must but guardian angel)
Sona
she can heal you little better movement speed big damage and perma cc her r and your gravitum
Soraka
buy ga (guardian angel) in team fight she gonna heal you so much on lane just play agressive poke enemy's bot and give soraka to heal you
Swain
hes e + w your q gravitum and its 100%he gonna give dmg by his w
Tahm Kench
hes not the best without senna but with aphelios he is not the worst if you have full build his r with you can win team fight or even game
Taric
2v5 just 2v5 with core items + for example rapid firecannon you can 2v5 on lane give him chance to give e he can give you shield heal you, if he have r you are "ungankable" its impossible to do that gank worth
Thresh
standard our combo is pretty good hes slowing by his r and you severum are great and when normally if you are at back and support with hook want to go in you can do anything but now you can easilly farm and when thresh going in he gives you lantern and you are close to enemy bot lane
Veigar
veigar e + ur gravitum q are broken and even if someone dont walk into veigar e you can snare someone who is in e and veigar can easilly use w + q
Vel'Koz
next ideal but vel w + e + r and your cc if you want kills vel can easilly cancel r and you gonna take kills
Xerath
they have nice cc but xerath poker need to poke and he giving damage to minions and in this way is harder to last hit minions
Zilean
healing, perma cc (our combo) + someone can be not killable
Zyra
her e + your combo with cc and her r q easy kills for us
Seraphine
I love play with belle Delphine, if you autoattack someone with gravitum she can root them, if you root someone with q or r q gravitum she can stune them, good duo ult Seraphine and Aphelios can win game
Rell
She is pretty good for Aphelios, tanky, heavy cc, good engage but you cant follow up so only 4/5
Elixir of wrath
At full build buy potion for bigger damage.
Runes
PRECISION
Lethal Tempo is the best option for Aphelios after nerf at Conqueror because you need more attack speed cause its working great with your weapons as Aphelios, you really easy stacking crescendum with your weapons, especially with calibrum, severum becuase you have more attack speed. If you want have better early game [what is kinda useless because Aphelios want to be stronger in late not in early] you can pick press the attacksor if you you want healing pick Conqueror but i prefer Lethal Tempo because its working great with Aphelios weapons at late game, but if you want to focus at early game pick Press the Attack but picking this its useless because you are late champion.
Best option at second tree is Overheal because Overheal work great with severum: severum gives you shield from passive, Overheal gives you shield from lifesteal, if you building Bloodthirster so its working even better.
At the end we have last options pick Coup de Grace if enemy team dont have much tanks, if enemy team have much tanks pick Cut Down (its really counter tanky teams).
Pros and Cons
PROS
+ Huge reach + Different play styles + Have crowd control + Easy mechanics + Easy harras with calibrium and severum at 2lvl + Can protect your self from gank by crescendum
Best in Aphelios is it you can easily run away from enemy jgler at gank if you have deep vision and if you have severum or protect your self from for quick time with crescendum. At first levels your abilities gives incredible damage so use it, in late game you are literally the strongest adc
CONS
- No Dash (Without Galeforce) - Need many games to learn - Bad early game - Hard combos - need big asecuration - need a lot of gold
The worst thing in Aphelios is none dash, of course he have speed by severum but if you dont have deep vision it not gonna help you at all so its really easy to get you in teamfights if enemy team have shaco or another flancer
Combos
Aphelios Have a lot of combos, you will need a lot of time to learn all combos so check this most important
Teamfights:
Crescendum+Severum
Typical combo for every situations, stack ur chakrams with severum and aa with crescendum
Crescendum+Calibrum
Second typical combo place your turret use q r from calibrum get like 12stacks and win teamfight
Infernum
(in work)
So that was the most important combos for teamfights, of course you can do teamfight with Gravitum, the Gravity Cannon and another weapon, when you have Gravitum, the Gravity Cannon use R and root, thats why i love Aphelios find me another adc who can start teamfight rooting all enemy team.
Of course we have combos with ultimate or even combos with four weapons:
Q + AA + Q + AA + W + Q + AA + Q + Q + AA
But im not gonna talk about this, if you gonna learn all combos with only 2 weapons,
you will learn the rest without any help
Protip:
At start go to bots or practice tool and learn 2combos from every weapons, if you gonna remember this combos learn another 2 and at the end learn last 5combos
Early game
Remember! You are late game champion, you dont need to win early game
At start you getting calibrum and severum, try to poke enemys with calibrum because at the second level you are stronger then enemy adc, if you get some damage change your weapon to severum and lifesteal yourself. Ping to your jgler if you have gravitum, if your jgler dont know what you mean text to him: Hey lee (jgler) come bot when we are pushed cause i have cc. if you have infernum enemy botlane cant freeze cause you can easily push wave into their turret, remember this.
Now lets talk about: OP combos at lane phase, what you should do if you wining lane or losing lane.
Its normal for losing lane phase at Aphelios (if you really losing lane buy cull) because you are late game champion, you are not gonnawin lane and get feeded at lane phase sometimes your work is to not feed enemy botlane and hiper farm your self, just wait for jgler if he not gonna come text to him (it really work).
Winning Lane phase:
Great scenario for you! If you winning lane as Aphelios you can easily dominate the game, if your support dont secure farm and let enemy adc to farm text to him to do it, text to him to roam because if bot is feeded bot should help mid jgl etc... You shouldn't roam as adc but sometimes you need to roam.
Late game
In late game we have 2 scenario: win early game and destroying everything and everyone or losing early game, lets talk about this 2 scenario
Win early game:
Great you dominate early game farm to 3core items and fight then farm more for full build and win game (remember dont aram on mid its useless, farm if drake is down or team dont have any objective to take).
Lose early game:
If you lose early game its no problem, text to your team im going farm, try to play safe, then farm to get 3core items and then fight if still losing farm more, more. more and more, in low elo nobody want farm thats why i can from 2/7 do 15/8.
Thanks for reading my guide for Aphelios! If you have any tip for me, or question what you should do at Aphelios or if Phel is playable on another lanes. Say it on comments. Remember to give reaction!
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