# Aphelios Counters Who counters Aphelios? Best and worst picks against Aphelios by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Aphelios in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Aphelios](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/) ## Page Content [Aphelios guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/) [Play against Aphelios](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/how-to-play-against/) [Aphelios counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/counters/) Best and worst picks against Aphelios in Bot at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Veigar, Nilah and Seraphine beat Aphelios most often. Draven, Samira and Varus win the laning phase against Aphelios by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Aphelios Highest win rate versus Aphelios in Bot. - 1 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 257 games 56.4% - 2 [Nilah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/) 265 games 55.9% - 3 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 707 games 55.7% - 4 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 496 games 55.2% - 5 [Ziggs](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ziggs/) 388 games 55.1% - 6 [Corki](https://baronbuff.com/champions/corki/) 341 games 53.4% - 7 [Jinx](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jinx/) 5,119 games 53.0% - 8 [Xayah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/) 1,241 games 52.8% - 9 [Kog'Maw](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/) 559 games 52.1% - 10 [Twitch](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twitch/) 1,320 games 51.4% - 11 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 214 games 51.4% - 12 [Draven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/) 954 games 51.3% - 13 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 959 games 51.2% ## Worst picks against Aphelios Lowest win rate versus Aphelios in Bot. - 1 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 174 games 43.7% - 2 [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) 4,568 games 47.0% - 3 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 1,937 games 47.6% - 4 [Yunara](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yunara/) 3,076 games 47.8% - 5 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 2,768 games 47.9% - 6 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 1,551 games 48.0% - 7 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 813 games 48.1% - 8 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 124 games 48.4% - 9 [Ashe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ashe/) 1,668 games 48.6% - 10 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 2,369 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Aphelios Largest gold lead over Aphelios at 15 minutes in Bot. - 1 [Draven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/) 126 games +708 - 2 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 221 games +514 - 3 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 229 games +369 - 4 [Ziggs](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ziggs/) 112 games +337 - 5 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 842 games +282 - 6 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 690 games +261 - 7 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 304 games +219 - 8 [Caitlyn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/) 1,108 games +208 - 9 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 273 games +206 - 10 [Zeri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/) 129 games +168 - 11 [Twitch](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twitch/) 183 games +106 - 12 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 821 games +104 - 13 [Xayah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/) 206 games +55 ## How to play against Aphelios Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Trade hard when his current weapon setup lacks crowd control or burst follow-up. Back away when he can root or stack close-range damage. - Force early all-ins after your lane reaches level advantage first. Do not give him slow, even waves where he can farm into stronger weapon cycles. - Start objective fights before he is set up in the river with his team in front. Attack from multiple angles so he cannot free-hit one target line. - Wait out his root threat before committing channels or long engages. Once it is down, collapse quickly before his next weapon swap changes the fight. - Split your formation so his ult cannot hit several priority targets. Commit crowd control after his peel tools are used, not while he is untouched behind the front line. ## Where Aphelios is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Aphelios has no mobility and relies on weapon timing, so forced fights on awkward guns reduce his damage. - His highest impact requires protection and setup; direct dive or displacement removes him before his weapon combinations matter. ## Aphelios counters: questions ### Who counters Aphelios in Bot? At Gold+, Veigar (56.4%), Nilah (55.9%) and Seraphine (55.7%) have the highest win rates against Aphelios. ### Who does Aphelios counter? Aphelios wins most often against Mel (43.7%), Kai'Sa (47.0%) and Lucian (47.6%). ### Who wins lane against Aphelios? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Draven (+708), Samira (+514) and Varus (+369) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Aphelios. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Bot Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/adc/) - [Draven counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/counters/) - [Samira counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)