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Akali with Aphelios

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How to Synergize Akali and Aphelios

based on 5,348 Akali with Aphelios pairs
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Akali has fought alongside Aphelios in 5348 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much complete data straight from the hosts of League, we are confident that we can give you robust, usable builds to help Akali play with Aphelios. It is relatively rare for Akali to play with Aphelios as teammates. This has only taken place in approx. 2.3% of games with Akali.

Akali Aphelios Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Akali does a dismal job of synergizing with Aphelios. Typically, she wins an acceptable 48.5% of rounds the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Akali when fighting on the same team as Aphelios by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffShadowflameHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Akali with Aphelios

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Understand How Aphelios Will Play

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Akali Aphelios Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Aphelios Image
8.9
< Kills >
9
6
< Deaths >
6
4.8
< Assists >
5.1
2.01
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
156
< Minions Killed >
155
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,332
< Physical Damage >
1,335
21,221
< Magic Damage >
21,516
741
< True Damage >
759
23,294
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
26,622
< Damage Taken >
26,832
11,741
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.4
< Towers >
1.46
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,237
< Total Healing >
3,315
14,386
< Experience >
14,415
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
73
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Aphelios as Akali in LoL

The Akali Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Akali sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Aphelios helps Akali perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Akali plays on the same team as Aphelios, she sees a little drop in her total damage output. This could signal that Aphelios does not support by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played alongside Aphelios on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.

Moreover, when Akali plays with Aphelios on the same side, she on average receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Aphelios does a decent job of covering Akali during team fights.

Synergies between Akali and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Aphelios

Is Akali better when played alongside Aphelios?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Akali that will no matter what be her best teammate. However, Aphelios is a very typical companion for Akali. By playing on the same team as Akali, he decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 48.5%. This proves that there is a weak synergy between Akali and Aphelios that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Aphelios has a greater difficulty than Akali. That means Akali players must be very careful when enlisting Aphelios comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by aligning Akali and Aphelios together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of engage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Aphelios ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Aphelios Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Aphelios, we analyzed 5,348 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Akali with Aphelios comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to pair well with Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to use in your Akali and Aphelios synergy build include Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Aphelios than with many other common builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 48.5% when playing alongside Aphelios with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.

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