Blitzcrank with Aphelios
How to Synergize Blitzcrank and Aphelios
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Blitzcrank Aphelios Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Blitzcrank and Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank with Aphelios
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Understand How Aphelios Will Play
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Blitzcrank Aphelios Synergy Stats
How to Play with Aphelios as Blitzcrank in LoL
The Blitzcrank Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Blitzcrank sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Aphelios helps Blitzcrank perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Blitzcrank plays on the same team as Aphelios, he sees a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Aphelios does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Blitzcrank is played together with Aphelios on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Aphelios.
Additionally, when Blitzcrank plays with Aphelios on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Aphelios does a decent job of covering Blitzcrank during team fights.
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Is Blitzcrank better when played alongside Aphelios?
There is no one best ally for Blitzcrank that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Aphelios is a very typical ally for Blitzcrank. By being on the same side as Blitzcrank, he drops their win rate by -0.1% to 51.5%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Blitzcrank and Aphelios that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Blitzcrank. That means you should be cautious when finding Aphelios comrades to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Blitzcrank and Aphelios together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates a lot of magical damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Aphelios ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Blitzcrank in order to synergize with Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Blitzcrank and Aphelios synergy build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank combined at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Aphelios than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 51.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Aphelios with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, Blitzcrank players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Aphelios with Blitzcrank are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.