Aphelios vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Aphelios
based on 4,202 Aphelios vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Graves
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Aphelios vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several critical Aphelios vs. Graves matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Graves..
Aphelios normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Graves. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Graves
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Graves?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when playing against Graves, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a bad counter for Graves.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate than Graves, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Aphelios into Gravesas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Aphelios is a terribly counter to Graves. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aphelios to counter Graves during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios most often gets much more CS relative to Graves. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Aphelios versus Graves build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Graves than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 47.8% battling Graves with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Graves as Aphelios, Aphelios players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Aphelios vs Graves clashes, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.
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