Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
The Aphelios Master Yi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Master Yi, 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 Master Yi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Master Yi helps Aphelios perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Aphelios tries to synergize with Master Yi, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Master Yi does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played together with Master Yi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Master Yi.
Moreover, when Aphelios plays with Master Yi on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Master Yi does a decent job of protecting Aphelios during teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Aphelios that will always be his best teammate. However, Master Yi is a pretty good companion for Aphelios. By playing on the same team as Aphelios, he increases their win rate by 1.5% to 50.1%. This proves that there is a good bond between Aphelios and Master Yi that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Master Yi has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means Aphelios players don't need to be careful when enlisting Master Yi teammates to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Aphelios players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Aphelios and Master Yi together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates much AP. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Master Yi ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to pair well with Master Yi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Aphelios and Master Yi synergy build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Master Yi than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 50.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Master Yi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Aphelios players should use the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Aphelios and Master Yi pairings, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
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