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How to Synergize Illaoi and Aphelios

based on 1,602 Illaoi with Aphelios pairs
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
1.4
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each week. Illaoi has gone into battle with Aphelios in 1602 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much complete data directly from the makers of League, we are confident that we can provide you with robust, insightful builds to help Illaoi synergize with Aphelios. It is relatively rare for Illaoi to play with Aphelios as allies. This has only taken place in about 2.2% of rounds with Illaoi.

Illaoi Aphelios Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Illaoi has done a dismal job of fighting on the same side as Aphelios. Usually, she wins an acceptable 48.9% of matches the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Illaoi when fighting on the same team as Aphelios by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Illaoi vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverIceborn GauntletJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Spirit VisageSterak's GageDeath's DanceSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Illaoi to level upq
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Second ability for Illaoi to level upe
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Last skill for Illaoi to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Illaoi and Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Illaoi with Aphelios

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

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.

Illaoi Aphelios Synergy Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Aphelios Image
5.1
< Kills >
5.3
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
4.3
< Assists >
4.4
1.15
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
193
< Minions Killed >
190
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.57
24,311
< Physical Damage >
24,827
785
< Magic Damage >
835
389
< True Damage >
407
25,486
< Damage Dealt >
26,070
35,768
< Damage Taken >
35,928
12,041
< Gold Earned >
12,040
2.72
< Towers >
2.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,698
< Total Healing >
8,841
15,396
< Experience >
15,333
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
429
< Time Dealing CC >
432

How to Play with Aphelios as Illaoi in LoL

The Illaoi Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Illaoi sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Aphelios helps Illaoi perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Illaoi is an ally to Aphelios, she sees a little decrease in her complete damage output. This change could signal that Aphelios does not provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Illaoi is played together with Aphelios on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.

Additionally, when Illaoi plays with Aphelios on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Aphelios does a decent job of covering Illaoi in teamfights.

Synergies between Illaoi and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Illaoi
Aphelios

Is Illaoi better when played alongside Aphelios?

There is no perfect synergy for Illaoi that will 100% of the time be her ideal synergy. However, overall, Aphelios is a very typical teammate for Illaoi. By playing on the same team as Illaoi, he decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 48.9%. This signals that there is not really a strong synergy between Illaoi and Aphelios that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Illaoi. That means you need to be careful when finding Aphelios allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to play well with you.

Working together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by pairing Illaoi and Aphelios together, you may not be providing your other teammates a lot of AP. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Aphelios ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi Aphelios Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Illaoi and Aphelios, we analyzed 1,602 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 Illaoi with Aphelios 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 learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi in order to synergize with Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to use in your Illaoi and Aphelios synergy build include Black Cleaver, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Illaoi combined at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Aphelios than with most other typical builds. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Aphelios with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, Illaoi players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Illaoi and Aphelios pairings, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Aphelios with Illaoi are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.