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Aphelios vs Lee Sin

How to Beat Lee Sin as Aphelios in LoLAphelios is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Lee Sin as Aphelios

based on 2,706 Aphelios vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Lee Sin as Aphelios resulted from an examination of 2706 ranked matches where both champions clashed against each other. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Aphelios encounters Lee Sin in only 3.1% of his matches.

Aphelios vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Aphelios does a decent job of countering Lee Sin. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.2% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Aphelios versus Lee Sin games, Aphelios’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood against Lee Sin.

Best Aphelios vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeStormrazorThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsImmortal ShieldbowKraken Slayer

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

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: 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 Lee Sin as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Lee Sin

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

Advice to Win Against Lee Sin

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Aphelios vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Lee Sin Image
6.9
< Kills >
7.1
6.3
< Deaths >
5.9
6
< Assists >
8.4
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
179
< Minions Killed >
33
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
1.56
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.44
20,960
< Physical Damage >
13,256
1,406
< Magic Damage >
2,685
501
< True Damage >
965
22,867
< Damage Dealt >
16,906
18,848
< Damage Taken >
35,302
12,097
< Gold Earned >
11,752
2.56
< Towers >
1.42
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
5,362
< Total Healing >
16,949
12,617
< Experience >
13,240
17
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
11
138
< Time Dealing CC >
445

How to Counter Lee Sin with Aphelios in LoL

The stats provided here show several critical Aphelios against Lee Sin counter statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lee Sin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lee Sin..

Aphelios usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Lee Sin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aphelios and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Aphelios or Lee Sin?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually wins when taking on Lee Sin, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes a good counter to Lee Sin.

While Aphelios does have a higher win rate compared to Lee Sin, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Lee Sinas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Aphelios also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Lee Sin matchups, Aphelios is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Aphelios is a decent counter to Lee Sin. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Lee Sin.

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 Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Aphelios, we analyzed 2,706 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 Lee Sin 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Lee Sin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios typically accumulates much more CS compared to Lee Sin. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Aphelios versus Lee Sin build include Infinity Edge, Stormrazor, and The Collector. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Lee Sin than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 51.2% battling Lee Sin with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of beating Lee Sin 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 picked for Aphelios vs Lee Sin matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lee Sin as Aphelios are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.