Mid · 20 games · NA

ApheliosMid build & runes · NA

Mid · 1% of games Bot · 99%

On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−343 gold), and still wins 65%.

Win rate: 65.0%; ±20.9 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: —; too few games to rank
Pick rate: 0.1%; ban 2.2%
Games: 20; ranked solo/duo

Aphelios mid wins 65.0% of 20 ranked games in NA. Most players finish The Collector first, at about 11:30.

The build at a glance

What most Aphelios players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

The Collector 11:35 · 53% · 10 games

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves 13:18 · 55% of games

Item 2 · late game

Infinity Edge 19:36 · 10 of 17 games

Item 3 · late game

Lord Dominik's Regards 29:48 · 5 of 12 games

Runes

Press the Attack · Precision + Inspiration 15% of games · 0% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Bow + Health Potion 70% of games · 57% wins Other starts →

Spells

Exhaust + Flash 30% of games · 83% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Weapon Abilites first 75% of games · 60% wins Skill orders →

Pros & one-tricks lately

2 one-tricks play Aphelios this patch

Every game, with builds →

rxdzzxzOne-trick · 67%NA · Master · 115 LP Loss vs Kalista · 12 Oct
rxdzzxzOne-trick · 67%NA · Master · 115 LP Win vs Veigar · 12 Oct
rxdzzxzOne-trick · 67%NA · Master · 115 LP Win vs Syndra · 12 Oct

When Aphelios wins

Win rate by game length

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′50% wins30% of games · 6

Lasts 25′ or more86% wins35% of games · 7

Lanes

No clear counters yet

Points above or below Aphelios's own win rate (65.0%). Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Aphelios games

First Baron: 88% against 50%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 50% 88% +38

First dragon 50% 80% +30

First tower 57% 69% +12

First Voidgrubs 60% 70% +10

First blood 60% 67% +7

Rift Herald 64% 67% +3

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Aphelios plays

Fewer control wards, more damage to towers

What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Fewer control wards a game0.20 against 0.63 · −68%

More damage to towers9572 against 6999 · +37%

Fewer assists a game4.1 against 6.3 · −35%

Less kill participation35% against 44% · −22%

More multikills a game0.90 against 0.76 · +18%

About average: gold, minions.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~11:30

Item 2done ~19:12

Item 3done ~27:00

Item 4done ~33:00

Most common full builds

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Infinity Edge 67%6

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion57.1%14

Doran's Helm + Health Potion75.0%4

Doran's Blade + Health Potion100.0%2

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves ~13:1872.7%11

Berserker's Greaves ~14:4883.3%6

Summoner spells

Exhaust + Flash83.3%6

Flash + Ghost66.7%6

Flash + Barrier75.0%4

Skills

Max

W60.0%15

Max

W100.0%3

Start

Q50.0%8

Start

Q85.7%7

Dies more than most mid laners, and more of it is ganks

Before 14 minutes Aphelios dies 2.8 times a game (average 2.2). 52% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 48% for the average mid laner. 27% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.8deaths per game before 14′more than average (2.2)

52%involve the enemy junglermore than average (48%)

73%outnumbered (2+ enemies)more than average (64%)

66%with no teammate nearmore than average (63%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Aphelios dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit their half of mid

Ganks: 28% in their half of mid. Collapses: 33% in their half of mid. 1-v-1s: 60% in your half of mid.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average mid laner

What kills Aphelios

Kind of death

Aphelios Average

Gank 52% (avg 48%)Collapse 21% (avg 16%)1-v-1 27% (avg 36%)

Who gets the kill

Aphelios Average

Bot laner 11% (avg 7%)Jungler 29% (avg 27%)Support 9% (avg 6%)Mid laner 50% (avg 56%)Top laner 2% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00 and 8:00–10:00

Aphelios Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 5:00 and 8:00.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Aphelios; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Aphelios wins fights

Where fights happen

Before 14 minutes: 42 kills and 56 deaths.

Their half of mid 0.8 K/D 13 / 16

Your half of mid 0.2 K/D 3 / 19

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Aphelios wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 30% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 31%). The team wins 83% when Aphelios is there and 89% when not.

Pros and one-tricks · patch 16.20 · 5 games

One-tricks rush Stormrazor

The most common choice in each group, beside every Master+ Aphelios mid game. Highlighted: where the group differs from everyone.

	One-tricks5 games	All Master+20 games
First item	Stormrazor80% of games	The Collector50% of games
Second item	Infinity Edge50% of games	Infinity Edge59% of games
Boots	Gluttonous Greaves80% of games	Gluttonous Greaves55% of games
Keystone	Press the Attack80% of games	Press the Attack65% of games
Skill order	Max Q firstWeapon Abilites · 100%	Max Q firstWeapon Abilites · 79%
Win rate	60.0%±42.9 · 5 games	65.0%±20.9 · 20 games

Newest first

Every pro and one-trick game

rxdzzxzOne-trick · 67%NA · Master · 115 LP 4 / 5 / 3 Loss vs Kalista · 20:24 12 Oct
rxdzzxzOne-trick · 67%NA · Master · 115 LP 8 / 3 / 3 Win vs Veigar · 29:10 12 Oct
rxdzzxzOne-trick · 67%NA · Master · 115 LP 7 / 7 / 7 Win vs Syndra · 45:14 12 Oct
rxdzzxzOne-trick · 67%NA · Master · 115 LP 15 / 3 / 5 Win vs Hwei · 43:01 11 Oct
Escaping RealityOne-trick · 70%NA · Grandmaster · 1,453 LP 7 / 14 / 6 Loss vs Locke · 31:35 9 Oct

Open a game for its buying order, skill order, first back and full rune page.

Aphelios mid · patch 16.20 · most games first

The players behind these games

Player	Record	Their usual build	Rank	Last game
rxdzzxzOne-trick · 67%NA	3–1 75% win		Master · 115 LP	12 Oct
Escaping RealityOne-trick · 70%NA	0–1 0% win		Grandmaster · 1,453 LP	9 Oct

One-trick: Master or higher, with 60% or more of their last 30 days of ranked solo games (20 at least) on one champion; only those games count. Pros: the solo queue accounts listed on their Leaguepedia page. Only Aphelios mid games on patch 16.20 count here. Pro data from Leaguepedia (CC BY-SA). To be removed, see About & privacy.

ApheliosMid build & runes · NA

What most Aphelios players run

2 one-tricks play Aphelios this patch

Win rate by game length

No clear counters yet

First Baron: 88% against 50%

Fewer control wards, more damage to towers

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

No clearly hard lane yet

No clearly easy lane yet

Not enough games yet

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Aphelios's games

Dies more than most mid laners, and more of it is ganks

Ganks and collapses both hit their half of mid

What kills Aphelios

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00 and 8:00–10:00

Where fights happen

Where fights happen

Where fights happen

One-tricks rush Stormrazor

Every pro and one-trick game

The players behind these games