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Warwick vs Aphelios

How to Beat Aphelios as Warwick in LoLWarwick is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Aphelios as Warwick

based on 3,641 Warwick vs Aphelios matchups
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our data, Warwick fought Aphelios 3641 times. Having so many games with Warwick vs Aphelios provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare enlightening data and a recommended build to destroy Aphelios. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Warwick encounters Aphelios in only 2.2% of his rounds.

Warwick vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

Warwick does a ok job of countering Aphelios. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.9% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Warwick versus Aphelios matches, Warwick’s side is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Aphelios.

Best Warwick vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalTiamat

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageExperimental HexplateSundered Sky

Optional Items

Death's DanceBlack CleaverWit's EndThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Aphelios as Warwick

Tips for Playing as Warwick against Aphelios

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick vs Aphelios Counter Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Aphelios Image
7.2
< Kills >
7
6.6
< Deaths >
6.3
6.9
< Assists >
6.1
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
52
< Minions Killed >
167
1.37
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.49
7,272
< Physical Damage >
20,995
8,631
< Magic Damage >
1,354
771
< True Damage >
446
16,675
< Damage Dealt >
22,796
39,111
< Damage Taken >
18,460
11,412
< Gold Earned >
11,765
1.42
< Towers >
2.37
0.29
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
21,431
< Total Healing >
5,073
13,048
< Experience >
12,327
19
< Vision Score >
16
6
< Wards Placed >
8
280
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Counter Aphelios with Warwick in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Warwick against Aphelios matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aphelios’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..

Warwick usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Warwick and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Warwick
Aphelios

Who is Better, Warwick or Aphelios?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Warwick makes an ok counter to Aphelios.

While Warwick does have a higher winrate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Warwick also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Aphelios.

Moreover, Warwick has some amount 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Aphelios matchups, Warwick 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 teamfights.

Warwick is a decent counter for Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Warwick against Aphelios.

Other Champion Matchups Against Warwick

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Warwick Wins Against

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Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick vs Aphelios Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Aphelios as Warwick, we analyzed 3,641 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 Warwick 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

Warwick Build Aphelios Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Warwick in order to counter Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Warwick on average gets a lot less CS compared to Aphelios. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Warwick versus Aphelios build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Sundered Sky. When Warwick combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Aphelios than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Warwick had an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Aphelios with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Aphelios as Warwick, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Warwick vs Aphelios counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.

If you need to see Warwick vs Aphelios tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a particular rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the stats and build suggestions shown are computed using every match with data with these champions.