AD Carry

Aphelios Build 26.22

Aphelios plays without a normal ability kit, cycling five moon weapons and living or dying by which pair sits in hand. On the weaker side at 48.6% and slipping this patch, he asks you to track ammo like a second health bar and pick fights the current guns are built to win. Manage the rotation and he out-damages everyone, fumble it and you are holding the wrong weapon at the worst possible time.

#46 of 52 ad carry this patch · 2.6k games

Win rate48.6%−1.0Games2.6kPick rate6.3%Ban rate2.4%Last 8 patches−1.4 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 4%AD 94%True 2%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 48.6% WR

Spells

Flash + Barrier Start

Berserker's Greaves SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopA51.0%AhriMidA51.4%AkaliMidB49.8%AkshanMidC47.9%AlistarSupportS53.0%AmbessaTopD47.0%AmumuJungleB50.6%AniviaMidB50.3%AnnieMidA52.1%ApheliosAD CarryC48.6%AsheAD CarryC48.8%Aurelion SolMidS52.9%AuroraMidA51.2%AzirMidC49.3%BardSupportD47.6%Bel'VethJungleS53.5%BlitzcrankSupportS52.4%BrandSupportB49.7%BraumSupportA51.7%BriarJungleA51.3%CaitlynAD CarryC47.8%CamilleTopA52.3%CassiopeiaMidD47.5%Cho'GathJungleA50.8%CorkiAD CarryB50.5%DariusTopA51.1%DianaJungleC49.1%Dr. MundoTopA52.4%DravenAD CarryA51.5%EkkoMidA51.7%EliseJungleB50.1%EvelynnJungleA51.2%EzrealAD CarryD45.9%FiddlesticksJungleB49.9%FioraTopB49.7%FizzMidC49.0%GalioMidA51.3%GangplankTopA51.2%GarenTopB50.7%GnarTopC49.0%GragasTopB50.6%GravesJungleC48.9%GwenTopA51.8%HecarimJungleA50.9%HeimerdingerTopS52.8%HweiMidA52.0%IllaoiTopB49.9%IreliaTopC49.0%IvernJungleA51.8%JannaSupportA51.5%Jarvan IVJungleC48.0%JaxTopB49.3%JayceTopC48.0%JhinAD CarryA50.8%JinxAD CarryB50.1%K'SanteTopD47.1%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.9%KalistaAD CarryB49.5%KarmaSupportD47.2%KarthusJungleC48.3%KassadinMidS53.4%KatarinaMidA51.1%KayleTopA51.5%KaynJungleB49.7%KennenTopS52.8%Kha'ZixJungleB50.4%KindredJungleS52.5%KledTopS54.2%Kog'MawAD CarryA51.7%LeBlancMidA51.8%Lee SinJungleC48.3%LeonaSupportA51.3%LilliaJungleA50.9%LissandraMidB49.9%LockeMidC47.8%LucianAD CarryC48.9%LuluSupportB49.2%LuxSupportC48.6%MalphiteTopA52.1%MalzaharMidC48.9%MaokaiSupportA52.0%Master YiJungleC48.8%MelMidD45.6%MilioSupportD47.6%Miss FortuneAD CarryB49.6%MordekaiserTopB50.4%MorganaSupportB50.7%NaafiriJungleA51.5%NamiSupportB50.7%NasusTopB50.1%NautilusSupportB49.7%NeekoSupportC48.0%NidaleeJungleA51.6%NilahAD CarryS+58.5%NocturneJungleB49.3%Nunu & WillumpJungleC48.1%OlafTopB50.2%OriannaMidC47.9%OrnnTopA51.4%PantheonTopA51.3%PoppySupportS53.6%PykeSupportB49.6%QiyanaJungleC48.5%QuinnTopD45.0%RakanSupportS53.4%RammusJungleS+56.2%Rek'SaiJungleS53.5%RellSupportS53.3%Renata GlascSupportA51.3%RenektonTopC49.0%RengarJungleB49.5%RivenTopC49.3%RumbleTopA50.9%RyzeMidD46.7%SamiraAD CarryB49.3%SejuaniJungleA51.9%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.9%SettTopA52.0%ShacoJungleB49.9%ShenTopS53.1%ShyvanaJungleS52.5%SingedTopB49.8%SionTopA51.5%SivirAD CarryA51.7%SkarnerJungleS+54.5%SmolderAD CarryB50.0%SonaSupportA51.4%SorakaSupportA51.1%SwainSupportA51.7%SylasMidC48.0%SyndraMidB49.7%Tahm KenchSupportB49.6%TaliyahJungleB50.7%TalonJungleA51.0%TaricSupportB49.8%TeemoTopA51.1%ThreshSupportB49.8%TristanaAD CarryA51.2%TrundleTopC48.0%TryndamereTopA50.9%Twisted FateMidB49.6%TwitchAD CarryB50.7%UdyrJungleB49.4%UrgotTopB50.2%VarusAD CarryC49.0%VayneAD CarryA50.9%VeigarMidC48.2%Vel'KozSupportS+55.1%VexMidS53.9%ViJungleB50.0%ViegoJungleC48.3%ViktorMidC49.0%VladimirMidB50.2%VolibearTopA51.0%WarwickJungleA52.4%WukongJungleA52.0%XayahAD CarryS52.4%XerathMidA51.7%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.4%YasuoMidC48.0%YoneMidC48.5%YorickTopC48.0%YunaraAD CarryC48.6%YuumiSupportC48.3%ZaahenTopC49.2%ZacJungleS52.8%ZedMidC48.6%ZeriAD CarryA51.8%ZiggsAD CarryA52.2%ZileanSupportA51.1%ZoeMidS53.6%ZyraSupportA51.4%

When Is Aphelios Strongest?

This is a late-game profile, strongest with full items online, and games at this rank average around 27 minutes. Aphelios wants to reach that window with items online and the strong weapon pairings available, then use his range and the ultimate to win extended fights where his damage compounds over every reload.

Game timeline · Aphelios drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end27:17

Ambush zone5:24–6:54 Power spike 24:10

~5:22

11:53

20:05

24:10

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 55/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~6.1k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Infinity Edge · 20:05

Aphelios Item Build

Aphelios is a resource-juggling marksman who cycles five moon weapons, each with its own attack and effect, and rewards players who track the rotation. The build leans on attack damage and crit so whichever guns are in hand hit hard, letting the right pairing carve up a fight from range.

Standard loadout · Aphelios The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Bow×1

Health Potion×2 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Berserker's Greaves58% · 50.2%

Gluttonous Greaves42% · 52.6%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.M

Mercurial Scimitar9051.1%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.G

Guardian Angel19466.0%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.M

Mortal Reminder22754.2%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.F

Farsight Alteration2.1k50.8%O

Oracle Lens1540.0%S

Stealth Ward44639.0%

Best Aphelios Runes

Press the Attack rewards how he locks onto a single target and pours autos and weapon effects into it. He has no quick combo to fall back on, so the keystone is there to amplify the steady stream of damage his guns already deal. Keep the rest of the setup pointed at attack speed and staying alive, since his whole job is to keep shooting.

The pre-game page Press the Attack · Precision + Inspiration · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary

Press the AttackHitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.

Triumph82% · 48.9%

Legend: Bloodline89% · 48.0%

Cut Down96% · 48.5%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Inspiration Secondary

Cash Back76% · 48.1%

Triple Tonic43% · 48.1%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health+65 Health

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+65Health

Build toward The Collector into Infinity Edge, because his weapons only start to bite once the stats behind them stack up. You can lose lane and still take over once the items come online. Infinity Edge comes online at about the 20-minute mark, and that is the point where his rotation begins deleting whatever it is aimed at. Until then, farm safely and save your strongest weapon pairs for the fights that decide the game.

Aphelios Skill Order

Every early point feeds the weapon abilities, ranked at levels 1, 2, 3, and 5, while Phase waits until level 15 for its first rank. Moonlight Vigil lands at 6 and applies whichever gun sits main-hand.

Skill order · Aphelios R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 4.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q1235810max 10

W15161718max 18

E479111214max 14

R613max 13

Aphelios Abilities

Phase is the button that turns two guns into four options, swapping your main and off hand so you can fire whichever ability the moment calls for. The Weapon Queue System quietly tells you what Alune hands over next, letting you plan a swap before the ammo runs dry.

Abilities · Apheliospatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

The Hitman and the SeerPassiveP

Weapon AbilitesMax 1stQ

PhaseMax lastW

Weapon Queue SystemMax 2ndE

Moonlight VigilUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Weapon AbilitesUtilityMax 1stConstant at every rankCost60same at all ranksCooldown9ssame at all ranks

Aphelios Base Stats

Base stats · ApheliosPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD55+2.3AS0.665+2.1%MS325Range550HP600+102HP53.25+0.55Armor26+4.2MR33+1.1MP348+42MP56.5+0.4

Aphelios Matchups

Aphelios has no dash and depends on having the correct weapons ready, so hard engage that catches him mid-swap and dive threats that punish his weak windows hurt most. He dominates lanes that let him free-fire, layering the rifle, cannon, and scythe to control range and sustain.

Lane matchups · Aphelios click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs AP mages 01Respect burst range early; poke with Calibrum from maximum distance safely02Buy magic resist and dodge skillshots; you have no mobility to escape03Save Gravitum root to lock the mage before their combo lands Win rate by game lengthAphelios overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min46.7%20–28 min45.5%28–35 min51.5%Over 35 min52.9%

Respect Mel, Veigar, and Swain in the early game, when hard engage and dive can reach him before his weapons and items come together and he has next to no self-peel. He turns the corner against Vel'Koz, Samira, and Lucian, where his range and rotation let him kite and grind them down from safety. Hand him a frontline to sit behind and he takes over the fight.

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