Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
The Vladimir 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, Vladimir sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Aphelios helps Vladimir perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Vladimir is an ally to Aphelios, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Aphelios does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Vladimir is played with Aphelios on the same side, 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.
Additionally, when Vladimir plays with Aphelios on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Aphelios does a decent job of covering Vladimir during team fights.
There is no ideal ally for Vladimir that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, Aphelios is a relatively poor companion for Vladimir. By locking into the same side as Vladimir, he lowers their win rate by -1.6% to 48.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Vladimir and Aphelios that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Aphelios has a greater difficulty than Vladimir. That means you must be very careful when finding Aphelios comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Vladimir and Aphelios together, you probably will not be granting your other allies very much utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Aphelios ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Vladimir in order to pair well with Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Vladimir and Aphelios synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Aphelios than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average winrate of 48.4% helping carry Aphelios with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Vladimir players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Vladimir and Aphelios pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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