Diana vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Diana
based on 3,587 Diana vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Aphelios Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Diana Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Aphelios as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Aphelios
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
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.
Diana vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Diana in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Diana versus Aphelios counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Aphelios..
Diana normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Aphelios. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Aphelios
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Diana or Aphelios?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Diana usually wins when taking on Aphelios, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Diana makes a good counter to Aphelios.
While Diana does have a higher winrate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Diana also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Diana into Aphelios.
Moreover, Diana has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Diana vs Aphelios matchups, Diana is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Diana is a decent counter for Aphelios. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Aphelios.
Other Champion Matchups Against Diana
Additional Information for Diana Players
How We Calculated Our Diana vs Aphelios Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Diana to counter Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana usually accumulates less CS relative to Aphelios. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Diana versus Aphelios build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Diana used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Aphelios than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Diana had an average winrate of 51.0% battling Aphelios with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Aphelios as Diana, Diana players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Diana vs Aphelios face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.0% winrate overall.
If you would like to get Diana vs Aphelios tips and counter builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu shown above. By default, the stats and build suggestions shown are computed using every round run with both champions.