Lucian vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Lucian
based on 5,891 Lucian vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Aphelios
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some critical Lucian versus Aphelios counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aphelios..
Lucian typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Aphelios. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Lucian or Aphelios?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually loses when taking on Aphelios, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a bad counter to Aphelios.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate compared to Aphelios, when they face off with one another, Lucian also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Aphelios.
Furthermore, Lucian 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 fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Aphelios matchups, Aphelios is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter for Aphelios. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lucian to counter Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often gets a similar amount of CS as Aphelios. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Lucian versus Aphelios build consist of Stormrazor, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Lucian bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Aphelios than with many other typical builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 48.3% battling Aphelios with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Aphelios as Lucian, Lucian players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Lucian vs Aphelios counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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