Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
The stats shown on this page underscore some vital Aphelios against Qiyana matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Qiyana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Qiyana..
Aphelios normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Qiyana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when playing against Qiyana, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes an ok counter to Qiyana.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate compared to Qiyana, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Qiyanaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Qiyana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Qiyana matchups, Qiyana is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter for Qiyana. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Qiyana.
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Qiyana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Qiyana. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Aphelios versus Qiyana build consist of Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Qiyana than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 49.4% battling Qiyana with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Qiyana as Aphelios, you should equip 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 Qiyana counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Qiyana as Aphelios are given for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.