If you love playing in the bottom lane role as AD carry, then you may have heard about Aphelios. That amazing AD Carry with amazing mechanics and incredible burst damage so different from the common ADC in League of legends. Let’s talk about the best Aphelios build, top aphelios items, and the most incredible Aphelios runes to dominate the summoner's rift. Let's start!
Best Aphelios Build
If you're one of those new Aphelios players and want to learn everything about the best Aphelios build items you have to use to destroy your enemies, then you're in the right place. When you play Aphelios you may follow these simple gameplay tips: Buy full damage items, farm minions during your laning phase and wait your moment, Aphelios is a pure late game champion, so don't expect too much in the early game.
Best Aphelios Runes
Pro players recommend playing Aphelios with runes such as Precision, Coup de grace, Fleet footwork, Overheal (To take advantage of Aphelio's life steal), and cut down. Lastly, you may choose the taste of blood and Ingenious hunter from Domination runes to complement Aphelios damage.
Best Rune Path | Precision | Domination |
Best Keystone | Fleet Footwork | |
Best Slot 1 (Rune) | Overheal | Taste of Blood |
Best Slot 2 (Rune) | Legend: Bloodline | Ingenious Hunter |
Best Slot 3 (Rune) | Cut Down |
Best Aphelios Rune Shards
Choosing Aphelios runes and shard is pretty easy, and almost all ADC champions in League of legends games use the same. The best aphelios runes shards are: Offense (10% attack speed) , Offense (Adaptive force) and armor. This, plus some main runes such as coup de grace and taste of blood, will help you to be safe in the bottom lane.
Best Rune Shards | Effect |
Offense | +10% Attack Speed |
Offense | +9 Adaptive Force |
Defense | +6 Armor |
Best Aphelios Summoner's Spells
No LoL Aphelios guide would be complete without telling you what are the top summoner spells you may use at the summoner's rift to keep you alive. Aphelios is not a high mobility champion. So, Aphelios ADC is commonly played with Flash and Heal, these are the best summoner spells to avoid enemy ganks, hard engage and stay alive even in the most difficult situations.
Best Spells | Icon |
Flash |
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Heal |
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Best Aphelios Abilities Order
When talking about Aphelios ADC skill order, there are some things you may know. When you level up with Aphelios, you won't learn a new ability, instead Aphelios is able to increase their own stats in the game (Damage, Lethality and Attack speed). This can be really confusing if you want to learn the Aphelios skill order, but don't worry, the skill order is even easier than other champions. Start with your Q, then level up your E and finally your W.
Best Aphelios items
Aphelios build is entirely focused on dealing a lot of physical damage with his basic attacks and improving their attack speed to easily lead his team to the victory. So, some of the main items for Aphelios are: Galeforce among the mythic items, Infinity edge, Lord dominik's regards and Berserker's greaves. This is the highest win rate build for aphelios.
Best Starter Aphelios Items
In the current patch 12.16, it's very common to buy the same starting items for Aphelios, it means, a Doran's blade and health potions. However, some players also prefer changing the Doran's blade for a long sword, it's up to you to choose between the Doran's blade or a long sword.
First Item | Second Item |
Doran’s Blade | Health Potion |
Best Mid Game Aphelios Items
If you beat the early game, you can easily escalate with Aphelios during the rest of the game. So, in the mid game, you may prioritize galeforce, infinity edge and berserker's greaves. You may buy the noonquiver in order to complete your galeforce item. That mythic item, plus fleet footwork rune, will give Aphelios some dashes and movement speed to position himself better during a team fight.
First Item | Second Item | Third Item |
Berserker's Greaves | Galeforce | Lord Dominik's Regards |
Best Final Late Game Aphelios Items
Probably Aphelios is one of the best ADC in the late game, so, consider having these items in your Aphelios build at this point in the game: Lord Dominik's regards, Berserker's greaves, The Collector, Bloodthirster, Infinity Edge and Guardian Angel. There are some item exceptions you may consider depending on the game, you can get Runaan's Hurricane or Mortal reminder too.
First Item | Second Item | Third Item | Fourth Item | Fifth Item | Sixth Item |
Galeforce | Berserker's Greaves | Lord Dominik's Regards | Infinity Edge | The Collector | Bloodthirster |
This is the Aphelios build with the highest win rate currently and you can easily bully almost any enemy champion in the late game. You may also read our guide about the best Ashe build League of Legends to discover more late game champions.
Best Champions to pair Aphelios with
Sona, Maokai and Janna are the best champions to pair with Aphelios, but you may also use Lulu, Thresh and Tahm Kench which can keep Aphelios safe during the early stages of the game. Remember, Aphelios is a low mobility champion who can suffer against assassins and hard engage champions. You may also read our guide about the best Lulu build in League of Legends.
Champion | Win Rate % | Icon |
53% | ||
51% | ||
48% |
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Strongest Champions against Aphelios
There are some strong champions who counter Aphelios so easily, so, avoid playing Aphelios against Miss Fortune, Tristana and Xayah. Those champions can deal a lot of damage in low time and can even avoid Aphelios damage or engage him quickly.
Champion | Win Rate % | Icon |
45.5% |
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47.16% |
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46.61% |
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Weakest Champions against Aphelios
On the other hand, you can play Aphelios against Ezreal, Vayne and Zeri, which are champions that Aphelios can burst easily and require to escalate until the late game. This can guarantee a peaceful early laning phase for Aphelios.
Champion | Win Rate % | Icon |
45.5% |
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47.16% |
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46.61% |
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If you're interested in keeping learning about the bottom lane champions, read our guide about the best build Sivir League of legends. See you at the summoner's rift!