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The ALP Guide to Aphelios Jungle

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Runes: Sustain

Precision

Fleet Footwork

Triumph

Legend: Bloodline

Cut Down

Sorcery

Absolute Focus

Gathering Storm

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Spells:

Flash

Smite

Items

Jungle Pets

Red Pet

Blue Pet

Green Pet

AD Crit

Early

Standard

Situational

Ability Order "Recommendation"

Passive

Calibrum

Severum

Gravitum

Infernum

Crescendum

Attack Damage

Attack Speed

Lethality

More Aphelios Counters

Champion Build Guide

About Me

Hello, my name is Average Lillia Player (or ALP for short) though ingame I go by Yoon. As the name suggests, I main Lillia and prefer to avoiding laning as a whole, often queuing for Jungle or Support (but mostly Jungle). Almost all of my time in the game is spent making extremely strange picks in the Jungle work out, anything from meta to borderline throwing, I'm determined to make it work.

Champion Introduction

Abilities

Items

Aphelios, The Weapon of the Faithful
Marksman, Bot Laner, Mana, Ranged, Physical

Clearing: Unhealthy [3:42]
Ganking: Inconsistent
Speciality: Versatility and Unpredictability
Why Jungle Aphelios? Aphelios is a constantly changing jungler. With every gank or teamfight he's apart of, he has a different kit and a different playstyle. He could be a CC machine, a burst adc, a close-ranged "assassin", or a long range poker. This is what makes him so good in the jungle, as enemy laners will never know what to expect when you walk into their lane. Plus, the versatility in clearing and killing makes for an ever-evolving and fun challenge.

Pros and Cons

Pros

➺ High Damage
➺ Incredibly Versatile
➺ Rewarding
➺ Snowbally
➺ Sustain
➺ Very Fun

Cons

➺ Very Complicated
➺ Unhealthy Early Clear
➺ Weaker than Most ADC's
➺ Limited Bullets
➺ Immobile
➺ No Abilities LVL 1

Builds

AD CRIT

Crit Aphelios is the standard when he is played in his normal role as an ADC. It provides a large amount of damage, especially in the late game, and with his kit being so versatile it allows for a regular build typing without the need to change it up as much as other champions.

Ability Usage in Jungle

PASSIVE ABILITY

The Hitman and the Seer

➺ has access to an arsenal of 5 weapons. He equips two weapons at any one time, one as his main weapon and one as his off-hand. Each weapon has a unique ability, basic attack, passive, and ultimate. Aphelios begins the game with and .

➺ Weapons spawn with 50 bullets of ammunition which is consumed on auto attacks and with ability usage. Once his main weapon is exhausted of ammo, it is moved to the end of the queue and assembles his next available weapon over 1 second to equip it from his reserve.

➺ cannot improve his abilities with skill points. Instead, he gives himself points in , , and .

Weapons of the Faithful

Weapons of the Faithful

➺ The active effect of ' Q varies based on his current main weapon. The individual abilities per gun do not share a cooldown.

SNIPER PASSIVE

Calibrum, the Sniper Rifle

➺ gains extra range on his auto attacks. Enemies damaged by through an ability are marked for a short time, revealing them. ' next auto attack against a marked target uses the current off-hand weapon and has a very far range.

➺ The empowered attack will consume the marks from all targets, dealing bonus physical for each mark consumed.

➺ In the Jungle, this weapon is primarily used for generalized damage and ranged fights, keeping in a safe position and less likely to be dove.

➺ This scales off of .

SNIPER ABILITY

Moonshot

➺ Aphelios fires a bolt of energy in the target direction that deals physical damage to the first target hit.

➺ In the Jungle, this ability is primarily used for long-range engagements. It works very well with the Cannon to stun from afar.

➺ This scales off of and , with AP being more.

SCYTHE PASSIVE

Severum, the Scythe Pistol

➺ 's attacks heal on every auto for a small amount. Healing from Severum in excess of ' maximum health are converted into shield instead.

➺ In the Jungle, guide is the most optimal for clearing single target jungle camps as it heals on every auto attack.

➺ This shield scales off of .

SCYTHE ABILITY

Onslaught

➺ enters an onslaught for a short time, gaining and rapidly damaging enemies near him.

➺ The movement speed scales off of while the onslaught scales off of .

➺ Attacks alternate between and his current off-hand weapon, each dealing physical damage. cannot cast his ultimate or switch weapons during this time.

➺ In the Jungle, this ability is a good engagement or disengagement tool. It does heal him, but the movement speed provided allows for great kiting and escaping without burning a summoner spell.

➺ This scales off of .

CANNON PASSIVE

Gravitum, the Gravity Cannon

➺ Auto attacks with slow enemies.

➺ In the Jungle, 's auto attacks are perfect for ganks, though they fire a bit slower than some weapons, so kiting can be difficult.

CANNON ABILITY

Binding Eclipse

➺ roots all enemies affected by 's slows, dealing magic damage in the process.

➺ In the Jungle, this ability is your primary ganking tool. Especially in the early game, as struggles to get anything done without it until later on.

➺ This scales off of and , with AP being more.

FLAME PASSIVE

Infernum, the Flamethrower

➺ Auto attacks with shoot a fire bolt that upon arrival splits into a cone of 4 lesser bolts behind the target, dealing damage to enemies they pass through. This deals physical damage.

➺ In the Jungle, this weapon is most optimal for AOE camps as it has strong damage in a cone. It is also good for wave clear and attacking enemies hiding in minion waves.

➺ This scales off of .

FLAME ABILITY

Duskwave

➺ unleashes a wave of energy in a cone, dealing physical damage to all enemies hit and locking onto each of them. Then, fires a volley of attacks at each locked-on target from his current off-hand weapon, dealing more physical damage.

➺ In the Jungle, this is my favorite ability as it just has such strong damage, it can be used for ganks and teamfights as well as clearing multi-target camps.

➺ This scales off of and , with AD being more.

CHAKRAM PASSIVE

Crescendum, the Chakram

➺ Auto attacks with hurl the blade at the target, which lingers for a short moment before flying back to . He is unable to declare auto attacks until he retrieves .

➺ Whenever casts an ability that would require him to throw , he instead fires a spectral Chakram at the target that similarly returns to him. accumulates the Chakrams he catches, up to 20, which last for 5 seconds or until is depleted of ammo.

➺ Auto attacks with are empowered to deal bonus physical damage depending on the number of Chakrams.

➺ In the Jungle, this is best used on objectives. Position as close as possible to an objective and attack with this weapon. It will burn through bullets, but it is his fastest method of clearing.

➺ This scales off of .

CHAKRAM ABILITY

Sentry

➺ deploys a turret nearby that shoots bullets from his offhand weapon. The sentry grants vision of its surroundings.

➺ In the Jungle, is a teamfighting tool used to apply the effects of your offhand gun. It is especially good at applying the slow from the cannon weapon, but it is useful outside of that as well. It will continue to fire if you are stunned, so it can score kills for you.

➺ This scales off of and , with AD being more.

Phase

➺ switches between his main weapon and off-hand weapon over 0.25 seconds.

Moonlight Vigil

➺ casts forth a lunar spotlight in the target direction that briefly grants sight of its surroundings. It stops upon encountering a champion and illuminates them. Alune smites the area centered on the illuminated target, dealing physical damage to enemy champions struck and locking-on to each target hit.

➺ This scales off of and , with AP being more.

➺ After 0.3 seconds of the illumination, attacks based on ' current main weapon will launch from the sky against each locked-on target, dealing bonus physical damage.

➺ This scales off of .

➺ applies an empowered mark that deals bonus physical damage per mark consumed.
➺ heals if at least one enemy champion is hit.
➺ increases the initial slow to 99% and empowers to root targets.
➺ deals bonus physical damage (scaling with on the initial blast. Attacks splash around nearby. Enemies will take damage from overlapping areas.
➺ generates 5 additional spectral Chakrams that return to Aphelios from the first enemy champion hit, for a total of 6, on top of those from other targets hit.

➺ In the Jungle, is primarily used to kill enemies. Though some effects of the ultimate have different uses, such as applying the passive slow and being able to be followed up with a stun. Or being able to keep alive in long-term engagements with it's big heal.

Objectives

DRAGON

cannot solo first dragon without , but even then he shouldn't. Wait until next dragon is up or go for voidgrubs.

benefits the most from Infernal Soul. The bonus attack damage is especially good for him. Who doesn't like more damage?

VOIDGRUBS

can solo voidgrubs as long as he is extremely close to them and using at full ammo. Using of course.

RIFT HERALD

has little issue with herald. It's an easy way to get gold and exp so long as there is vision around the enemy jungle.

BARON NASHOR

cannot solo this objective, but he should prioritize it as soon as possible for his great wave and tower clear with most guns.

ELDER DRAKE

can solo elder by this point in the game. Wait for an enemy to die before initiating the fight, or be prepared to interrupt enemies when they are fighting it. He isn't the best at stealing and will likely die, so focus on killing the enemies rather than smiting if applicable.

Clearing

RED SIDE

BLUE SIDE

should not be starting red side, as the AOE camps do too much damage, even with , to sufficiently clear without being at a serious risk for dying. By the time he finishes blue side, he will have to deal with camps like . After blueside, he should go into then fight at before .

should be where starts, either with the help of his bot laners or top laner. He does not struggle with mana, but these camps are easier to kite with the weapons he starts with. After buff, go then before moving onto redside.

Core Items

AD CRIT

Boots

-OR-

Berserker's Greaves > ATTACK SPEED
doesn't build much attack speed until later on, and Berserks is a very cheap, regular item for adcs. This gives him an early boost in damage, especially with certain attack speed oriented weapons.
Boots of Swiftness > SLOW RESIST
If there is a large amount of slows of the enemy team, like an or , then build these instead to keep yourself alive in fights longer instead of locked down and killed.

Summary

IN CONCLUSION
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EARLY GAME: Aphelios is simultaneously useless early and in desperate need of early kills in order to succeed. His clear is slow and reliant on the type of weapon he has equipped, and his ganks are even more reliant on having CC or engage tools. He should look for something easy to kill while also playing safe and focusing on getting collector.

MID GAME: Assuming he has some kills under his belt, Aphelios should be looking for teamfights early. Or at least fights involving many people so he can dance around them, stun the priority picks, and finish off any stragglers with his team. He struggles to position properly, so keep an eye on where exactly you are and don't get greedy.

LATE GAME: In the late game, is an absolute powerhouse capable of dishing out some very serious damage numbers in a large amount of different ways. Long range, short range, with omnivamp or without - everything is possible, and he does a lot of things all at once very well.