Xerath vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Xerath
based on 3,377 Xerath vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Aphelios
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Xerath in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several critical Xerath vs. Aphelios counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aphelios. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Xerath typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Aphelios. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Xerath or Aphelios?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when trying to fight Aphelios, with a 53.9% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a great counter to Aphelios.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Aphelios, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xerath into Apheliosas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Aphelios matchups, Xerath 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 team fights.
Xerath is a great counter for Aphelios. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath on average racks up less CS compared to Aphelios. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Xerath versus Aphelios build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Aphelios than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 53.9% when countering Aphelios with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Aphelios as Xerath, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Xerath vs Aphelios counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.9% win rate overall.
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