Zilean with Aphelios
How to Synergize Zilean and Aphelios
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Zilean Aphelios Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Aphelios
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Aphelios Synergy Stats
How to Play with Aphelios as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Aphelios helps Zilean perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean plays on the same team as Aphelios, he gets a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Aphelios does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Aphelios on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Aphelios.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Aphelios on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Aphelios does a decent job of protecting Zilean in teamfights.
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Aphelios?
There is no one best companion for Zilean that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Aphelios is a very bad companion for Zilean. By playing on the same side as Zilean, he decreases their win rate by -4.7% to 46.0%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Zilean and Aphelios that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Zilean. That means you must be cautious when arranging Aphelios teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. Combined, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by grouping Zilean and Aphelios together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates enough tankyness. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Aphelios ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to synergize with Aphelios during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Zilean and Aphelios synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when paired up with Aphelios than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 46.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Aphelios with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Zilean and Aphelios pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Aphelios with Zilean are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.