Aphelios vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Aphelios
based on 2,437 Aphelios vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Vi
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Aphelios vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several significant Aphelios against Vi counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi..
Aphelios typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Vi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Vi
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Vi?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when taking on Vi, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a bad counter for Vi.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate than Vi, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Aphelios into Vias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Aphelios is a terribly counter to Vi. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aphelios to counter Vi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios most often racks up much more CS as Vi. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Vi build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Vi than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 47.0% when countering Vi with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Vi as Aphelios, you 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 runes we have analyed for Aphelios vs Vi face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
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