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Aphelios with Xayah

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How to Synergize Aphelios and Xayah

based on 32 Aphelios with Xayah pairs
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
1.61
Pick Rate
0.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Aphelios has been on the same team as Xayah in 32 recent, ranked matches. By accumulating so much great data from the publishers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Aphelios play with Xayah. It is very rare for Aphelios to play alongside Xayah as teammates. This has only taken place in approximately 0.0% of matches with Aphelios.

Aphelios Xayah Synergy Summary

Aphelios does a ok job of synergizing with Xayah. On average, he wins an acceptable 50.0% of rounds the champs play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Aphelios when fighting on the same team as Xayah by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Aphelios vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Berserker's GreavesNoonquiver

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelKraken SlayerThe Collector

Optional Items

BloodthirsterAxiom ArcMercurial ScimitarRapid Firecannon

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash 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

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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 Xayah

Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Xayah

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

Advice to Understand How Xayah Will Play

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

Aphelios Xayah Synergy Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Xayah Image
7.2
< Kills >
6.7
7.9
< Deaths >
6.4
5.5
< Assists >
6
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
183
< Minions Killed >
176
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.5
23,597
< Physical Damage >
20,370
1,393
< Magic Damage >
1,360
482
< True Damage >
461
25,473
< Damage Dealt >
22,192
23,231
< Damage Taken >
19,033
13,113
< Gold Earned >
11,936
2.41
< Towers >
2.38
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,525
< Total Healing >
5,318
15,117
< Experience >
12,595
17
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
162
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Xayah as Aphelios in LoL

The Aphelios Xayah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xayah, 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 Xayah. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Xayah helps Aphelios perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Aphelios plays on the same team as Xayah, he observes a sizeable uptick in his full damage output. This change could indicate that Xayah supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played alongside Xayah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Xayah. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Xayah.

Moreover, when Aphelios plays with Xayah on the same team, he typically takes significantly more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Xayah does a poor job of covering Aphelios in teamfights.

Synergies between Aphelios and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Aphelios
Xayah

Is Aphelios better when played alongside Xayah?

There is no perfect companion for Aphelios that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Xayah is a decent teammate for Aphelios. By being on the same side as Aphelios, she improves their win rate by 1.4% to 50.0%. This demonstrates that there is a good synergy between Aphelios and Xayah that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Xayah has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means Aphelios players don't need to be cautious when arranging Xayah allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by pairing Aphelios and Xayah together, you may not be providing your other allies enough AP. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Xayah teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios Xayah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Aphelios and Xayah, we analyzed 32 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 Xayah 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 in order to work well with Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to include in your Aphelios and Xayah synergy build include Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Xayah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 50.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xayah with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Aphelios players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Xayah with Aphelios are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu above.