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Aphelios with Katarina

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How to Synergize Aphelios and Katarina

based on 3,146 Aphelios with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Aphelios has been on the same team as Katarina in 3146 recently played, ranked games. By gathering so much accurate data directly from the creators of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can give you robust, insightful builds to help Aphelios synergize with Katarina. It is relatively rare for Aphelios to play alongside Katarina as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 3.6% of matches with Aphelios.

Aphelios Katarina Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Aphelios does a below average job of teaming up with Katarina. Normally, he wins an acceptable 48.8% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Aphelios when playing alongside Katarina by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aphelios vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterThe Collector

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's RegardsRunaan's HurricaneKraken Slayer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Aphelios and Katarina

Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Katarina

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

Advice to Understand How Katarina Will Play

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Aphelios Katarina Synergy Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Katarina Image
6.1
< Kills >
6.7
6.2
< Deaths >
6.4
6.3
< Assists >
6
1.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
174
< Minions Killed >
176
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.5
19,407
< Physical Damage >
20,370
1,265
< Magic Damage >
1,360
440
< True Damage >
461
21,114
< Damage Dealt >
22,192
18,235
< Damage Taken >
19,033
11,628
< Gold Earned >
11,936
2.4
< Towers >
2.38
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,097
< Total Healing >
5,318
12,357
< Experience >
12,595
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
134
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Katarina as Aphelios in LoL

The Aphelios Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, 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 Katarina. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Katarina helps Aphelios perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Aphelios plays on the same team as Katarina, he sees a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This may signal that Katarina doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played together with Katarina on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Katarina. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Katarina.

Moreover, when Aphelios plays with Katarina on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Katarina does a decent job of covering Aphelios in team fights.

Synergies between Aphelios and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aphelios
Katarina

Is Aphelios better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no top ally for Aphelios that will always be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Katarina is a very typical ally for Aphelios. By being on the same side as Aphelios, she improves their win rate by 0.2% to 48.8%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Aphelios and Katarina that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Katarina has a lower difficulty than Aphelios. That means Aphelios players don't need to be cautious when arranging Katarina comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Aphelios players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by grouping Aphelios and Katarina together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a lot of utility. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Katarina ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aphelios

Aphelios Loses Against

BraumBraum44.1% winrateIvernIvern44.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.1% winrateAniviaAnivia45.6% winrate

Aphelios Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.8% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc54.5% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrateHweiHwei53.3% winrate

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Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aphelios and Katarina, we analyzed 3,146 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 Aphelios with Katarina 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.

Other Useful Resources

Aphelios Build Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Aphelios to pair well with Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to get in your Aphelios and Katarina synergy build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Katarina than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when playing alongside Katarina with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing 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. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Aphelios and Katarina pairings, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.

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