Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
The Aphelios Ryze synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ryze, 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 Ryze. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Ryze helps Aphelios perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Aphelios plays on the same team as Ryze, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This may signal that Ryze does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played together with Ryze on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ryze. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ryze.
Additionally, when Aphelios plays with Ryze on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Ryze does a decent job of protecting Aphelios in team fights.
There is no perfect synergy for Aphelios that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Ryze is a very typical ally for Aphelios. By playing on the same team as Aphelios, he raises their win rate by 0.2% to 48.8%. This shows that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Aphelios and Ryze that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Ryze has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Ryze allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, Aphelios players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Aphelios and Ryze together, you probably will not be providing your side a great deal of engage potential. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Ryze ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
To truly master Aphelios in order to pair well with Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Aphelios and Ryze synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Ryze than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 48.8% when playing alongside Ryze with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating 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 sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Ryze with Aphelios are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.