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Aphelios vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Aphelios in LoLAphelios is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Aphelios

based on 2,993 Aphelios vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
1.92
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Katarina as Aphelios came out of an analysis of 2993 ranked matches where both champs faced each other. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Aphelios has to counter Katarina in only 3.4% of his matches.

Aphelios vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Aphelios does a average job of beating Katarina. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.8% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Aphelios against Katarina games, Aphelios’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood against Katarina.

Best Aphelios vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNoonquiver

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeStormrazorThe Collector

Optional Items

Runaan's HurricaneBloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Katarina

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Advice to Win Against Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Aphelios vs Katarina Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Katarina Image
6.7
< Kills >
9.5
6.6
< Deaths >
6.7
6
< Assists >
5.7
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
2.1
171
< Minions Killed >
155
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.35
19,488
< Physical Damage >
2,092
1,311
< Magic Damage >
20,482
415
< True Damage >
927
21,215
< Damage Dealt >
23,502
18,402
< Damage Taken >
24,201
11,673
< Gold Earned >
12,049
2.33
< Towers >
1.49
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,816
< Total Healing >
3,313
12,240
< Experience >
13,921
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
130
< Time Dealing CC >
34

How to Counter Katarina with Aphelios in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several important Aphelios vs. Katarina counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Katarina..

Aphelios normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Katarina. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aphelios and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Katarina

Who is Better, Aphelios or Katarina?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when playing against Katarina, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes an ok counter for Katarina.

While Aphelios does have a lower win rate than Katarina, when on opposite teams, Aphelios also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Katarinaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Aphelios has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter for Katarina. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aphelios

Aphelios Loses Against

BraumBraum44.1% winrateIvernIvern44.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.1% winrateAniviaAnivia45.6% winrate

Aphelios Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.8% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc54.5% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrateHweiHwei53.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Aphelios, we analyzed 2,993 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 Katarina as Aphelios 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

Aphelios Build Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Katarina during both the early game 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 listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios typically gets a similar amount of CS as Katarina. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Aphelios versus Katarina build consist of Infinity Edge, Stormrazor, and The Collector. When Aphelios used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Katarina than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Katarina with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of crushing Katarina as Aphelios, Aphelios players should take the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Aphelios vs Katarina face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.

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