Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
The Corki 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, Corki sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Aphelios helps Corki perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Corki is an ally to Aphelios, he sees a little decrease in his full damage output. This could indicate that Aphelios does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Corki is played with Aphelios on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Aphelios. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.
Moreover, when Corki plays with Aphelios on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Aphelios does a poor job of protecting Corki during team fights.
There is no ideal champion pairing for Corki that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, Aphelios is a terrible companion for Corki. By playing on the same side as Corki, he decreases their win rate by -3.9% to 44.2%. This clearly indicates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Corki and Aphelios that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Corki. That means you must be very careful when enlisting Aphelios comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by bringing Corki and Aphelios together, you probably will not be granting your other allies very much cover. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Aphelios ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Corki in order to work well with Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to include in your Corki and Aphelios synergy build include Muramana, Malignance, and Spear of Shojin. When Corki used at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Aphelios than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Corki boasted an average win rate of 44.2% when playing alongside Aphelios with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Aphelios with Corki are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.