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Aphelios with Trundle

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How to Synergize Aphelios and Trundle

based on 5,105 Aphelios with Trundle pairs
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
1.86
Pick Rate
5.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Aphelios has been on the same team as Trundle in 5105 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much relevant data from the hosts of League of Legends, we are sure that we can showcase high-quality, usable builds to help Aphelios play with Trundle. It is somewhat uncommon for Aphelios to play alongside Trundle on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 5.8% of rounds with Aphelios.

Aphelios Trundle Synergy Summary

Aphelios does a decent job of fighting on the same side as Trundle. On average, he wins an acceptable 51.7% of rounds the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Aphelios when fighting on the same team as Trundle by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aphelios vs Trundle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Youmuu's GhostbladePhantom DancerRunaan's HurricaneThe Collector

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal 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

PrecisionConquerorOverhealLegend: 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 Trundle

Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Trundle

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

Advice to Understand How Trundle Will Play

Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.

Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.

Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

Aphelios Trundle Synergy Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
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6.3
< Kills >
6.7
6.4
< Deaths >
6.4
5.6
< Assists >
6
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
169
< Minions Killed >
176
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.5
18,999
< Physical Damage >
20,370
1,325
< Magic Damage >
1,360
419
< True Damage >
461
20,744
< Damage Dealt >
22,192
18,561
< Damage Taken >
19,033
11,536
< Gold Earned >
11,936
2.18
< Towers >
2.38
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,040
< Total Healing >
5,318
12,194
< Experience >
12,595
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
137
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Trundle as Aphelios in LoL

The Aphelios Trundle synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Trundle, 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 Trundle. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Trundle helps Aphelios perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Aphelios plays on the same team as Trundle, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This change could signal that Trundle does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played alongside Trundle on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Trundle.

Additionally, when Aphelios plays with Trundle on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Trundle does a decent job of protecting Aphelios during team fights.

Synergies between Aphelios and Trundle

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Trundle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aphelios
Trundle

Is Aphelios better when played alongside Trundle?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Aphelios that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Trundle is a superb companion for Aphelios. By locking into the same side as Aphelios, he increases their win rate by 3.1% to 51.7%. This clearly indicates that there is an important synergy between Aphelios and Trundle that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Trundle has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Trundle comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Aphelios players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by aligning Aphelios and Trundle together, you will not be giving your other allies a great deal of magic damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their kit.

Regardless of your Trundle ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios Trundle Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aphelios and Trundle, we analyzed 5,105 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 Trundle 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.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Aphelios to work well with Trundle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to have in your Aphelios and Trundle synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Trundle than with most other common builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing alongside Trundle with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Aphelios players should use the Conqueror, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Aphelios with Trundle synergy tips and stats for a a specific skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the stats and build suggestions displayed are calculated using all games completed with both champs.