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How to Win Seraphine vs Aphelios Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Seraphine

based on 4,105 Seraphine vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
2.98
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League games that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Aphelios as Seraphine came out of an analysis of 4105 ranked games where both champs clashed against one another. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Seraphine fights Aphelios in only 2.3% of her rounds.

Seraphine vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Seraphine has done a decent job of beating Aphelios. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.7% of games the champs face each other in. In Seraphine vs Aphelios games, Seraphine’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood against Aphelios.

Best Seraphine vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Tear of the GoddessLost Chapter

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRylai's Crystal ScepterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreRedemptionArdent CenserStaff of Flowing Water

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
>
Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
>
Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationTriple TonicCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Seraphine

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.

Seraphine vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Aphelios Image
3.4
< Kills >
6.5
5.3
< Deaths >
6.2
12.4
< Assists >
5.7
0.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
103
< Minions Killed >
177
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,389
< Physical Damage >
19,419
12,072
< Magic Damage >
1,319
458
< True Damage >
431
13,919
< Damage Dealt >
21,170
16,542
< Damage Taken >
18,830
9,956
< Gold Earned >
11,861
2.35
< Towers >
2.32
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,154
< Total Healing >
5,240
11,780
< Experience >
12,533
41
< Vision Score >
17
18
< Wards Placed >
8
248
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Aphelios with Seraphine in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some important Seraphine versus Aphelios counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Seraphine normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Aphelios. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Seraphine and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Aphelios

Who is Better, Seraphine or Aphelios?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Seraphine usually wins when facing off against Aphelios, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Seraphine makes a good counter to Aphelios.

While Seraphine does have a higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when facing one another, Seraphine also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Seraphine into Aphelios.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Seraphine vs Aphelios matchups, Seraphine is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Seraphine is a decent counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Seraphine against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Seraphine

Seraphine Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.5% winrateTrundleTrundle46% winrateBraumBraum46.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.8% winrate

Seraphine Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateK'SanteK'Sante55.5% winrateHweiHwei54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 55% 1555 GamesSennaSenna+ 55.7% 16060 GamesBardBard+ 56.6% 2216 GamesBraumBraum+ 58% 486 Games

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Seraphine, we analyzed 4,105 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 Seraphine 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

Seraphine Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Seraphine 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine on average accumulates less CS as Aphelios. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Seraphine versus Aphelios build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Moonstone Renewer. When Seraphine incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Aphelios than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Seraphine had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Aphelios with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Aphelios as Seraphine, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Triple Tonic, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Seraphine vs Aphelios counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Aphelios as Seraphine are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.