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How to Win Aphelios vs Ziggs Counter MatchupAphelios is in the a tier of champions

Aphelios vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Aphelios in LoLAphelios is in the b tier of champions
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Mage

How to Beat Ziggs as Aphelios

based on 1,183 Aphelios vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League matches that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Ziggs as Aphelios came out of an examination of 1183 ranked matches where both champions opposed each other. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Aphelios is forced to battle against Ziggs in only 1.3% of his matches.

Aphelios vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Aphelios does a average job of beating Ziggs. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.5% of games the champs face one another in. In Aphelios vs Ziggs matches, Aphelios’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Aphelios vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterStormrazor

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsKraken SlayerThe Collector

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 ForceArmor
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 Ziggs as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Ziggs

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

Advice to Win Against Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Aphelios vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Ziggs Image
6.6
< Kills >
5.2
6.1
< Deaths >
5.5
5.8
< Assists >
7.9
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
175
< Minions Killed >
167
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.58
19,244
< Physical Damage >
812
1,356
< Magic Damage >
23,351
451
< True Damage >
354
21,052
< Damage Dealt >
24,517
20,080
< Damage Taken >
17,188
11,893
< Gold Earned >
11,470
2.23
< Towers >
2.98
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,145
< Total Healing >
1,548
12,917
< Experience >
13,425
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
141
< Time Dealing CC >
249

How to Counter Ziggs with Aphelios in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Aphelios vs. Ziggs matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ziggs..

Aphelios usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ziggs. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aphelios and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Ziggs

Who is Better, Aphelios or Ziggs?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when taking on Ziggs, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes an ok counter to Ziggs.

While Aphelios does have a higher win rate than Ziggs, 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 Ziggsas his relative depth means that 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Ziggs matchups, Aphelios is the better champion 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 decent counter to Ziggs. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Ziggs.

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 Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Aphelios, we analyzed 1,183 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 Ziggs 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

Aphelios Build Ziggs Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Aphelios in order to counter Ziggs 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 displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Ziggs. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Aphelios versus Ziggs build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Ziggs than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 50.5% battling Ziggs with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Ziggs as Aphelios, you should take 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 builds players picked for Aphelios vs Ziggs counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.5% win rate overall.

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