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How to Win Leona vs Aphelios Counter MatchupLeona is in the s tier of champions

Leona vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Leona in LoLLeona is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Leona

based on 3,133 Leona vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
53.6 %
K/D/A
2.83
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our data, Leona fought Aphelios in 3133 matches. Using so many matchups for Leona vs Aphelios provides us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare informative data and a recommended build to annihilate your enemy. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Leona is forced to battle against Aphelios in only 2.2% of her rounds.

Leona vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Leona has done a good job of beating Aphelios. On average, she wins a terrific 53.6% of games the champions face one another in. In Leona versus Aphelios rounds, Leona’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Leona vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalKindlegem

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

BloodsongForce of NatureTrailblazerLocket of the Iron Solari

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
>
Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteArmorMagic Resist
Leona's passive ability p
Leona's q ability q
Leona's w ability w
Leona's e ability e
Leona's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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W
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Leona

Tips for Playing as Leona against Aphelios

Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.

Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.

You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.

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.

Leona vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
53.6 %
VS
Win Rate
46.4 %
Aphelios Image
2.2
< Kills >
6.7
5.8
< Deaths >
6.7
14.2
< Assists >
6.5
0.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
32
< Minions Killed >
173
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.46
2,730
< Physical Damage >
20,325
6,532
< Magic Damage >
1,270
964
< True Damage >
507
10,226
< Damage Dealt >
22,103
22,929
< Damage Taken >
18,299
8,674
< Gold Earned >
11,858
1.63
< Towers >
2.3
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
2,843
< Total Healing >
4,661
10,615
< Experience >
12,414
56
< Vision Score >
17
24
< Wards Placed >
8
231
< Time Dealing CC >
139

How to Counter Aphelios with Leona in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several critical Leona against Aphelios counter stats that can help you figure out the differences between the two. Leona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Leona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Aphelios. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Leona often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Aphelios. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Leona and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Leona
Aphelios

Who is Better, Leona or Aphelios?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Leona usually wins when taking on Aphelios, with a 53.6% win rate. Therefore, Leona makes a great counter for Aphelios.

While Leona does have a higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Leona also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Leona into Aphelios.

Moreover, Leona also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Leona vs Aphelios matchups, Leona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Leona is a great counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Leona against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Leona

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Leona Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Leona, we analyzed 3,133 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 Aphelios as Leona 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

Leona Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Leona to counter Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Leona typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Aphelios. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Leona versus Aphelios build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs Aphelios than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average winrate of 53.6% when playing against Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of beating Aphelios as Leona, Leona players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Leona vs Aphelios fights, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.6% winrate overall.

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