Aphelios vs Fiddlesticks
How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Aphelios
based on 1,443 Aphelios vs Fiddlesticks matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Fiddlesticks
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Aphelios vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats
How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Aphelios in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some critical Aphelios vs. Fiddlesticks matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Fiddlesticks..
Aphelios often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Fiddlesticks. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Fiddlesticks
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Fiddlesticks?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Fiddlesticks, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes an ok counter to Fiddlesticks.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate compared to Fiddlesticks, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Fiddlesticksas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Aphelios has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Fiddlesticks. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Fiddlesticks.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aphelios to counter Fiddlesticks during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios usually picks up much more CS relative to Fiddlesticks. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Aphelios versus Fiddlesticks build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Fiddlesticks than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when countering Fiddlesticks with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Fiddlesticks as Aphelios, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Aphelios vs Fiddlesticks counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
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