What are the best runes for Aphelios Bot?

Press the Attack in Precision with Inspiration secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (50.1% win rate).

What is the best build for Aphelios?

Rush The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards. It wins 57.9% of Bot games on patch 26.20.

Is Aphelios good on patch 26.20?

Aphelios has a 49.5% win rate in Bot this patch, which makes it a balanced pick.

Who counters Aphelios?

Karthus, Veigar, Swain are among the strongest counters to Aphelios Bot this patch, by ranked win rate.

Aphelios build

Bot · patch 26.20

Aphelios is currently a balanced Bot pick on patch 26.20, holding a 49.5% win rate across 129,229 games (8.4% pick rate, 3.8% ban rate). It scales well, its win rate climbs to 52.6% in games past 40 minutes, so playing for the late game pays off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

49.5%

Pick

8.4%

Ban

3.8%

Games

129,229

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 57.9% win ratevs 49.5% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start49.5%

First back

Core · in order57.9%+8.4

The whole build

Boots48.9%−0.6

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

50.1% win rate

Precision

Inspiration

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

E→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min46.4%

25-30 min49.4%

30-35 min51.4%

35-40 min52.8%

40+ min52.6%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

48.7%

49.9%

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// Matchups · who beats ApheliosAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Doran's Bow, Health Potion and Health Potion and rush The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards; this core wins 57.9% of Bot games; Press the Attack is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → E → W.