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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00

Aphelios

the Weapon of the Faithful

Marksman

League of LegendsPatch 26.16BotRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA8,710 gamesSample data

Role snapshot (Bot)

BTier
52.2%
Win Rate
1.7%
Pick Rate
7.8%
Ban Rate

8,710

Games

Moderate

Confidence

Matchup map (Bot) — level 1–18

40%60%
≥ 60%
55 – 60%
50 – 55%
45 – 50%
40 – 45%
< 40%
Nobody in this lane sits here.

Conditional build matrix

vs AP Burstvs AD Assassinsvs Tanksvs Sustain
Mythic / Core
Core 2
Core 3
Boots
Situational

Popular build

4,007 games

52.6%Win Rate

FlashIgnite

Reliable build

2,874 games

51.3%Win Rate

FlashTeleport

High observed win rate

1,045 games

54.7%Win Rate

FlashExhaust

Runes

Primary: Domination

  • Dark Harvest
  • Sudden Impact
  • Deep Ward
  • Relentless Hunter

Secondary: Sorcery

  • Nimbus Cloak
  • Celerity

Shards

+9 Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force

+10-180 Health (based on level)

Skill order

Skill order
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Ability details

  • The Hitman and the Seer

    Aphelios wields 5 Lunari Weapons made by his sister Alune. He has access to two at a time: one main-hand and one off-hand. Each weapon has a unique Basic Attack and Ability. Attacks and abilities consume a weapon's ammo. When out of ammo, Aphelios discards the weapon and Alune summons the next of the 5.

    Passive — never cast

  • Weapon Abilites

    Aphelios has 5 different activated abilities, based on his main-hand weapon:Calibrum (Rifle): Long range shot that marks its target for a long-range follow-up attack.Severum (Scythe Pistol): Run fast while attacking nearby enemies with both weapons.Gravitum (Cannon): Root all enemies slowed by this weapon.Infernum (Flamethrower): Blast enemies in a cone and attack them with your off-hand weapon.Crescendum (Chakram): Deploy a sentry that shoots your off-hand weapon.

    Cost 60 ManaCooldown 9sRange 1450

  • Phase

    Aphelios swaps his main-hand gun with his off-hand gun, replacing his basic attack and activated ability.

    Cost 0 ManaCooldown 0.8sRange 250

  • Weapon Queue System

    Aphelios has no third ability. This slot shows the next weapon Alune will give him. Weapon order begins fixed but may change over game time -- when a weapon is out of ammo it goes to the end of the order.

    Cost 0 ManaCooldown 0sRange 1000

  • Moonlight Vigil

    Fire a concentrated blast of moonlight that explodes on enemy champions. Applies the unique effect of Aphelios' main-hand gun.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 120/110/100sRange 1300

Scaling — level 1–18

ApheliosBot average

Win Rate

1918

Damage / Min

1918

Gold / Min

1918

Counter plan — how to beat Aphelios

  • Close the gap early — it wins at range and at three items — neither before ten minutes

  • Punish the cooldown — Aphelios is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 10/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

  • Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody

ARAM performance

S
53.5%
Win Rate
▼ 0.4%
4.2%
Pick Rate
▲ 4.5%
2.0%
Ban Rate
▼ 1.6%
Damage dealt
97.7%
Damage taken
94.8%
Healing
93.4%
Shielding
107.9%
Ability Haste
+4

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.16Live now-0.3
  2. 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.0
  3. 26.11Sample win rate across this patch-0.3
  4. 26.08Sample win rate across this patch+0.4
  5. 26.05Sample win rate across this patch-0.7

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Methodology

Data window
512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
Rank aggregation
Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
Counters
A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
Minimum sample
The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
Why a build is not a cause
The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.