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How to Win Renekton vs Aphelios Counter MatchupRenekton is in the b tier of champions

Renekton vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Renekton in LoLRenekton is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Renekton

based on 1,434 Renekton vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
1.88
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our database, Renekton engaged Aphelios in 1434 matches. Having so many games with Renekton vs Aphelios provides us a lot of faith in our capability to provide enlightening stats and a pro build to crush your opposition. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Renekton encounters Aphelios in only 2.4% of his games.

Renekton vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Renekton does a good job of countering Aphelios. Typically, he wins a fantastic 52.4% of matches the champions face one another in. In Renekton versus Aphelios games, Renekton’s side is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Aphelios.

Best Renekton vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Renekton Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Blade of The Ruined KingSterak's GageRavenous HydraTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Renekton to level upq
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Second ability for Renekton to level upe
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Last skill for Renekton to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Renekton's passive ability p
Renekton's q ability q
Renekton's w ability w
Renekton's e ability e
Renekton's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Renekton

Tips for Playing as Renekton against Aphelios

Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.

Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.

Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.

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.

Renekton vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Renekton Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Aphelios Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.4
5.9
< Deaths >
6.4
5.3
< Assists >
6
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
185
< Minions Killed >
178
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.49
16,677
< Physical Damage >
20,382
3,061
< Magic Damage >
1,374
771
< True Damage >
461
20,510
< Damage Dealt >
22,218
36,028
< Damage Taken >
18,691
11,971
< Gold Earned >
11,895
2.37
< Towers >
2.37
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
10,468
< Total Healing >
5,116
14,950
< Experience >
12,603
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
72
< Time Dealing CC >
137

How to Counter Aphelios with Renekton in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some strategic Renekton against Aphelios counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Aphelios..

Renekton normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Renekton and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Renekton
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Renekton
Aphelios

Who is Better, Renekton or Aphelios?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Renekton usually wins when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Renekton makes a good counter for Aphelios.

While Renekton does have a higher win rate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Renekton also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Renekton into Aphelios.

Furthermore, Renekton also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Renekton is an above average counter for Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Renekton against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Renekton

Renekton Loses Against

NasusNasus42.4% winrateTeemoTeemo42.5% winrateVel'KozVel'Koz42.9% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune43.1% winrate

Renekton Wins Against

LeBlancLeBlanc53.1% winrateYuumiYuumi52.7% winrateKalistaKalista52.4% winrateApheliosAphelios52.4% winrate

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Additional Information for Renekton Players

How We Calculated Our Renekton vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Renekton, we analyzed 1,434 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 Renekton 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Renekton 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Renekton on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Aphelios. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Renekton versus Aphelios build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Renekton combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Aphelios than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Renekton had an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Aphelios as Renekton, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Renekton vs Aphelios counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.

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