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Aphelios vs Taliyah

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How to Beat Taliyah as Aphelios

based on 985 Aphelios vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Taliyah as Aphelios resulted from an evaluation of 985 ranked games where both champions battled one another. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Aphelios fights Taliyah in only 1.1% of his games.

Aphelios vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Aphelios does a decent job of beating Taliyah. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.9% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Aphelios versus Taliyah games, Aphelios’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best Aphelios vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Aphelios Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsThe CollectorStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aphelios to level upq
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Second ability for Aphelios to level upe
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Last skill for Aphelios to max outq

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkOverhealLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Aphelios's passive ability p
Aphelios's q ability q
Aphelios's w ability w
Aphelios's e ability e
Aphelios's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Taliyah

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Advice to Win Against Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Aphelios vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Aphelios Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Taliyah Image
6.9
< Kills >
6
6.4
< Deaths >
6.3
6
< Assists >
8.4
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.37
179
< Minions Killed >
123
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.57
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.42
20,659
< Physical Damage >
783
1,392
< Magic Damage >
20,200
476
< True Damage >
1,056
22,527
< Damage Dealt >
22,041
19,040
< Damage Taken >
20,976
12,083
< Gold Earned >
12,040
2.45
< Towers >
1.68
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
5,383
< Total Healing >
4,351
12,662
< Experience >
14,112
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
9
137
< Time Dealing CC >
553

How to Counter Taliyah with Aphelios in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Aphelios against Taliyah matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Taliyah..

Aphelios often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Aphelios and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Aphelios
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aphelios
Taliyah

Who is Better, Aphelios or Taliyah?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually wins when taking on Taliyah, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a good counter to Taliyah.

While Aphelios does have a higher win rate than Taliyah, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Taliyahas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Aphelios also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Taliyah matchups, Aphelios is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Aphelios is a decent counter for Taliyah. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Taliyah.

Other Champion Matchups Against Aphelios

Aphelios Loses Against

BraumBraum44.1% winrateIvernIvern44.5% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune45.1% winrateAniviaAnivia45.6% winrate

Aphelios Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.8% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc54.5% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrateHweiHwei53.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Aphelios Players

How We Calculated Our Aphelios vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Aphelios, we analyzed 985 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Taliyah as Aphelios comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Aphelios Build Taliyah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Aphelios in order to counter Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aphelios most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Taliyah. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Aphelios versus Taliyah build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Taliyah than with most other common builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 51.9% when playing against Taliyah with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Taliyah as Aphelios, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Aphelios vs Taliyah face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Taliyah as Aphelios are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.