Aphelios
Computed from 168,834 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 Barrier with Press the Attack, maxes Q first, and builds Hexoptics C44, Phantom Dancer, and Infinity Edge — 48.7% win rate over 51 games.
- Summoner spells
Flash + Barrier
67.3%20 games - Runes
Press the Attack + Inspiration
27.6%15 games - Skill priority Q > E > W 46.9%44 games
- Starter
Doran's Bow + Health Potion ×2
48.5%38 games - Boots
Berserker's Greaves
50.2%17 games - First three items
Hexoptics C44 → Phantom Dancer → Infinity Edge
100.0%5 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% | 9,588 | 0.02σ | No |
| Bronze | 49.9% | 4.6% | 13,249 | 0.02σ | No |
| Silver | 50.3% | 5.1% | 18,399 | 0.05σ | No |
| Gold | 49.7% | 5.9% | 23,901 | 0.05σ | No |
| Platinum | 49.8% | 6.9% | 29,663 | 0.04σ | No |
| Emerald | 50.1% | 8.0% | 27,166 | 0.02σ | No |
| Diamond | 49.8% | 9.5% | 29,122 | 0.04σ | No |
| Master | 49.4% | 10.1% | 16,404 | 0.13σ | No |
| Grandmaster | 52.3% | 9.2% | 980 | 0.30σ | No |
Aphelios's ADC win rate ranges from 49.4% at Master to 52.3% 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 0.13σ 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 |
57.7% | 1.61σ |
Syndra |
57.0% | 1.45σ |
Ekko |
56.6% | 1.38σ |
Veigar |
56.5% | 1.35σ |
Vel'Koz |
56.2% | 1.31σ |
Champions Aphelios Counters
| Champion | Win Rate vs Aphelios | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Sylas |
40.8% | 1.92σ |
Quinn |
41.4% | 1.79σ |
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 burst-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.