Aphelios
Computed from 166,874 ranked Solo/Duo games collected through the Riot API · patch 26.21.
| Role | Win Rate | Pick Rate |
|---|---|---|
| ADC | 49.9% | 6.1% |
Aphelios is banned in about 3.1% of games at this tier, one figure for the whole champion since bans happen before roles are picked. What ban rate measures.
Aphelios's ADC win rate is 0.1 percentage points below an even 50% — Should I Dodge's win-probability model varies by about 4.8 percentage points of standard deviation from lobby to lobby across all ranks, purely from which champions get drawn, so this gap is smaller than that noise, not solid evidence the champion is unusually strong or weak right now.
Aphelios is tracked in exactly one role at this tier scope, ADC — so there's no ambiguity below about which lane the rest of this page's per-tier, threat, and counters reporting describes.
Aphelios's ADC Build
In Emerald+ games on patch 26.22 (including games from other ranks or the previous patch, as Emerald+ on this patch alone had too few), Aphelios's most common ADC setup runs Flash and Ghost with Press the Attack, maxes E first, and builds Stormrazor, Infinity Edge, and Lord Dominik's Regards — 100.0% win rate over 1 games.
- Summoner spells
Flash + Ghost
51.3%22,840 games - Runes
Press the Attack + Inspiration
52.2%19,735 games - Skill priority E > Q > W 50.8%8,370 games
- Starter
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
50.9%27,230 games - Boots
Plated Steelcaps
54.9%9,421 games - First three items
Stormrazor → Infinity Edge → Lord Dominik's Regards
60.0%14,745 games
Aphelios's ADC Win Rate By Tier
| Tier | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Games | Edge (noise-widths) | Clears 0.5σ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 50.2% | 4.0% | 9,461 | 0.02σ | No |
| Bronze | 49.8% | 4.6% | 13,122 | 0.03σ | No |
| Silver | 50.3% | 5.1% | 18,218 | 0.06σ | No |
| Gold | 49.8% | 5.9% | 23,683 | 0.04σ | No |
| Platinum | 49.8% | 6.9% | 29,300 | 0.05σ | No |
| Emerald | 50.0% | 8.1% | 26,961 | 0.01σ | No |
| Diamond | 49.8% | 9.5% | 28,816 | 0.04σ | No |
| Master | 49.3% | 10.1% | 16,117 | 0.14σ | No |
| Grandmaster | 52.2% | 9.2% | 965 | 0.30σ | No |
Aphelios's ADC win rate ranges from 49.3% at Master to 52.2% at Grandmaster across the 9 of 10 ranked tiers with at least 200 games in this role — a 2.9-point spread. Measured against each tier's own noise floor, that's 0.30σ at Grandmaster and 0.14σ at Master, with neither clearing the 0.5σ bar Should I Dodge itself requires before calling a reading anything but Neutral. 1 tier under 200 games not shown.
- Power curve
- Late game
- Threats
- Poke and sustained auto-attack damage
Curated reads, not measured: how we judge these
Who Counters Aphelios in ADC?
Champions That Counter Aphelios
| Champion | Win Rate vs Aphelios | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Swain |
57.6% | 1.59σ |
Ekko |
57.1% | 1.48σ |
Syndra |
57.0% | 1.47σ |
Tahm Kench |
56.8% | 1.43σ |
Veigar |
56.6% | 1.39σ |
Champions Aphelios Counters
| Champion | Win Rate vs Aphelios | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Quinn |
40.8% | 1.91σ |
Sylas |
40.8% | 1.91σ |
Viego |
42.0% | 1.68σ |
Orianna |
42.7% | 1.52σ |
Twisted Fate |
43.4% | 1.38σ |
At most five champions are listed in each direction for Aphelios: the 5 that counter it here lean control-heavy, with a tight, 1-point spread — none of them stand out much from the others among them, while 5 favourable matchups round out the picture — most matchups you could actually face simply aren't covered.