Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
The Aphelios Elise synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Elise, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Elise. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Elise helps Aphelios perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Aphelios is paired with Elise, he observes a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Elise does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played with Elise on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Elise. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Elise.
Additionally, when Aphelios plays with Elise on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Elise does a decent job of covering Aphelios in team fights.
There is no perfect synergy for Aphelios that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Elise is a very typical teammate for Aphelios. By being on the same side as Aphelios, she lowers their win rate by -0.7% to 47.9%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Aphelios and Elise that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Elise has a lower difficulty than Aphelios. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Elise teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by bringing Aphelios and Elise together, you may not be providing your other allies a great deal of support. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Elise ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to work well with Elise during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Aphelios and Elise synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Stormrazor. When Aphelios bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Elise than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when playing alongside Elise with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Aphelios players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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