Naafiri vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Naafiri
based on 1,122 Naafiri vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Aphelios
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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.
Naafiri vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Naafiri vs. Aphelios matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, showing that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..
Naafiri often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. On average, they receives more damage than Aphelios. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Aphelios?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a good counter to Aphelios.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate than Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Naafiri into Aphelios.
Additionally, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Aphelios matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Naafiri is a good counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri in order 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Aphelios. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Naafiri versus Aphelios build include Guardian Angel, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri included at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better when fighting Aphelios than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 52.9% when countering Aphelios with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Aphelios as Naafiri, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Naafiri vs Aphelios face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.9% winrate overall.
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