Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
The Aphelios Diana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Diana, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Aphelios sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Diana. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Diana helps Aphelios perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Aphelios plays on the same team as Diana, he observes a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This change may signal that Diana does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played together with Diana on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Diana. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Diana.
Moreover, when Aphelios plays with Diana on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Diana does a decent job of protecting Aphelios in team fights.
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Aphelios that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Diana is a very typical ally for Aphelios. By being on the same side as Aphelios, she drops their win rate by -0.2% to 48.4%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Aphelios and Diana that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Diana has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Diana teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Aphelios and Diana together, you will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of crowd control. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Diana ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Aphelios to synergize with Diana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Aphelios and Diana synergy build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Diana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 48.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Diana with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Aphelios players should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Aphelios and Diana pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
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