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Rengar vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Rengar in LoLRengar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Rengar

based on 3,130 Rengar vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League games each week. In our data, Rengar fought Aphelios in 3130 matches. Including so many matchups for Rengar versus Aphelios gives us confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening stats and a supported build to counter Aphelios. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Rengar encounters Aphelios in only 2.3% of his matches.

Rengar vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Rengar has done a average job of beating Aphelios. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.1% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Rengar vs Aphelios matches, Rengar’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Aphelios.

Best Rengar vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Rengar Items

~22 Mins
Axiom ArcHubrisProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Edge of NightSerylda's GrudgeLord Dominik's RegardsThe Collector

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Rengar's passive ability p
Rengar's q ability q
Rengar's w ability w
Rengar's e ability e
Rengar's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Rengar

Tips for Playing as Rengar against Aphelios

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

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.

Rengar vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Rengar Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Aphelios Image
8.3
< Kills >
6.8
6.9
< Deaths >
6.6
6.1
< Assists >
5.8
1.87
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
43
< Minions Killed >
176
1.3
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.52
17,760
< Physical Damage >
19,411
1,253
< Magic Damage >
1,323
1,113
< True Damage >
393
20,126
< Damage Dealt >
21,128
33,602
< Damage Taken >
19,097
12,939
< Gold Earned >
11,877
1.34
< Towers >
2.41
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
16,168
< Total Healing >
5,189
14,020
< Experience >
12,443
21
< Vision Score >
16
5
< Wards Placed >
8
232
< Time Dealing CC >
131

How to Counter Aphelios with Rengar in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some important Rengar against Aphelios counter statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aphelios..

Rengar normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rengar and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Rengar
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rengar
Aphelios

Who is Better, Rengar or Aphelios?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rengar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aphelios, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Rengar makes an ok counter to Aphelios.

While Rengar does have a higher win rate compared to Aphelios, when facing one another, Rengar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rengar into Apheliosas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Rengar also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Aphelios matchups, Rengar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Rengar is a decent counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rengar against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rengar

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Rengar Wins Against

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Additional Information for Rengar Players

How We Calculated Our Rengar vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Rengar, we analyzed 3,130 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 Rengar 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 learn all of the intricacies of Rengar to counter Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rengar often gets a lot less CS as Aphelios. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Rengar versus Aphelios build include Axiom Arc, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Rengar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Aphelios than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rengar had an average winrate of 50.1% battling Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the best probability of crushing Aphelios as Rengar, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Rengar vs Aphelios counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.1% winrate overall.

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