Aphelios vs Orianna
How to Beat Orianna as Aphelios
based on 1,225 Aphelios vs Orianna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Orianna Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Orianna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Orianna as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Orianna
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Orianna
Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.
Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.
Aphelios vs Orianna Counter Stats
How to Counter Orianna with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some valuable Aphelios versus Orianna counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Orianna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Orianna..
Aphelios often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Orianna. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Orianna
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Orianna?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Orianna, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes an ok counter to Orianna.
While Aphelios does have a higher winrate compared to Orianna, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Oriannaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Aphelios also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Orianna. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Orianna matchups, Aphelios is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a decent counter for Orianna. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Orianna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aphelios to counter Orianna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Orianna. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Aphelios versus Orianna build consist of Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Orianna than with many other typical builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Orianna with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Orianna as Aphelios, Aphelios players should take 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 runes players chose for Aphelios vs Orianna LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Orianna as Aphelios are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.