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Ahri vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Ahri in LoLAhri is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Ahri

based on 2,602 Ahri vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.53
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL games every week. Within our data, Ahri did battle with Aphelios 2602 times. With so many games with Ahri versus Aphelios provides us confidence in our ability to prepare useful data and a recommended build to wreck Aphelios. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Ahri encounters Aphelios in only 2.3% of her games.

Ahri vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Ahri does a ok job of beating Aphelios. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.7% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Ahri against Aphelios games, Ahri’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Aphelios.

Best Ahri vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

CryptbloomLiandry's TormentZhonya's HourglassMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level upq
>
Second ability for Ahri to level upw
>
Last skill for Ahri to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri's q ability q
Ahri's w ability w
Ahri's e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Ahri

Tips for Playing as Ahri against Aphelios

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Advice to Win Against Aphelios

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.

Ahri vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Aphelios Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.9
5.5
< Deaths >
6.5
7.6
< Assists >
6
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
167
< Minions Killed >
175
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.53
1,480
< Physical Damage >
20,711
14,674
< Magic Damage >
1,431
5,093
< True Damage >
472
21,248
< Damage Dealt >
22,615
20,166
< Damage Taken >
19,092
11,291
< Gold Earned >
12,052
2.02
< Towers >
2.46
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
4,957
< Total Healing >
5,361
14,315
< Experience >
12,717
20
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
8
71
< Time Dealing CC >
140

How to Counter Aphelios with Ahri in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several important Ahri against Aphelios counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..

Ahri usually has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Aphelios. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ahri and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ahri
Aphelios

Who is Better, Ahri or Aphelios?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ahri usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aphelios, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Ahri makes an ok counter for Aphelios.

While Ahri does have a higher win rate compared to Aphelios, when they face off with one another, Ahri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Ahri into Aphelios.

Additionally, Ahri has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Aphelios matchups, Ahri is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Ahri is a decent counter to Aphelios. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ahri against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Ahri

Ahri Loses Against

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Ahri Wins Against

ZeriZeri54.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.5% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai53.4% winrateOriannaOrianna52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Ahri, we analyzed 2,602 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Aphelios as Ahri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Ahri Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Ahri to counter Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ahri usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Aphelios. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Ahri versus Aphelios build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ahri bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Aphelios than with most other typical builds. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Aphelios with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Aphelios as Ahri, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Ahri vs Aphelios battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.

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