Blitzcrank vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Blitzcrank
based on 3,260 Blitzcrank vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Aphelios
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Aphelios
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.
Blitzcrank vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several significant Blitzcrank versus Aphelios matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, showing that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Aphelios?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when taking on Aphelios, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Blitzcrank makes a good counter for Aphelios.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Blitzcrank into Aphelios.
Moreover, Blitzcrank has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Aphelios matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Blitzcrank is a good counter for Aphelios. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Blitzcrank against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank to counter Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Aphelios. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Aphelios build include Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Aphelios than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average winrate of 52.4% battling Aphelios with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Aphelios as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Blitzcrank vs Aphelios face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.4% win rate overall.
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