Who counters Aphelios?

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

Aphelios Counters

AAphelios · Bot · patch 26.20

Win rate

49.5%

Pick

8.4%

Ban

3.8%

Games

129,229

Rank

Default All ranks Gold+Platinum+Emerald+Diamond+Master+Challenger

Region

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

Data updated 3h agoPatch 26.2015,156,095 ranked games analyzed

Best picks against Aphelios

How often these champions beat Aphelios. Pick one of these into it.

Karthus56.3%252 games 2

Veigar56.0%491 games 3

Swain55.8%496 games 4

Xerath55.5%391 games 5

Ziggs54.8%863 games 6

Nilah54.7%479 games 7

Viktor54.5%1,319 games 8

Seraphine53.9%245 games

Worst picks against Aphelios

How often these champions beat Aphelios: they mostly don't. Avoid picking them into it.

Ezreal46.7%5,549 games 2

Smolder46.8%2,506 games 3

Kai'Sa47.5%9,705 games 4

Katarina47.7%390 games 5

Vayne48.4%1,367 games 6

Sivir48.5%1,867 games 7

Zeri48.6%2,803 games 8

Mel49.0%302 games

How to play against Aphelios

To beat Aphelios in Bot on patch 26.20, start by knowing what you are up against: Aphelios is a balanced pick this patch with a 49.5% win rate across 129,229 ranked games at a 8.4% pick rate. The champions that beat Aphelios hardest right now are Karthus, Veigar, Swain: Karthus wins 56.3% of the lane against it. Any of these is a safe counter pick. Aphelios scales: its win rate climbs to 52.6% past 40 minutes, so deny it farm early and force fights before it comes online. Playing the matchup itself: Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you. Pick a counter from the list above, respect Aphelios's power spikes, and track its cooldowns so you only commit to trades when its key abilities are down. Counter data updates automatically every patch.