Aphelios vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Aphelios
based on 2,648 Aphelios vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Vladimir
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Aphelios vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some influential Aphelios against Vladimir matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vladimir..
Aphelios usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Vladimir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Vladimir?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when playing against Vladimir, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes an ok counter to Vladimir.
While Aphelios does have a lower win rate than Vladimir, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Vladimiras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Aphelios also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter for Vladimir. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Vladimir during both the lane 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 tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Vladimir. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Vladimir build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Vladimir than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 49.7% battling Vladimir with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Vladimir as Aphelios, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Aphelios vs Vladimir counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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