If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
The Draven 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, Draven sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Aphelios helps Draven perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Draven tries to synergize with Aphelios, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Aphelios supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played alongside Aphelios on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Aphelios.
Moreover, when Draven plays with Aphelios on the same side, he on average takes significantly more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Aphelios does a poor job of protecting Draven in team fights.
There is no universally accepted best ally for Draven that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Aphelios is a very bad companion for Draven. By being on the same team as Draven, he decreases their win rate by -8.0% to 41.7%. This shows that there is a very bad bond between Draven and Aphelios that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Aphelios has a greater difficulty than Draven. That means Draven players should be cautious when lining up Aphelios comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by grouping Draven and Aphelios together, you may not be providing your other teammates a lot of magical damage output. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Aphelios ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Draven to work well with Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Draven and Aphelios synergy build consist of Edge of Night, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Draven included at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Aphelios than with most other common builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average win rate of 41.7% helping carry Aphelios with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Draven players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Draven and Aphelios pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 41.7% win rate overall.
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