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Runes: PTA (Recommended)

1 2

Precision

Press the Attack

Overheal

Legend: Bloodline

Coup de Grace

Inspiration

Magical Footwear

Biscuit Delivery

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

Spells

Flash

Heal

Items

Starting Items

Core

Final Items

Example Full Build

Ability Order Abilities

Passive

Calibrum

Severum

Gravitum

Infernum

Crescendum

Attack Damage

Attack Speed

Lethality

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Hey! I'm xMontu, A long time league of legends player. I've hit Platinum as both an ADC and a Mid Laner. I am extremely excited to play Aphelios and become one of if not the best at him. I had a similar goal with Qiyana which i achieved and become top 50 with her ranking up over 250k Points combined between all accounts. But I'm even more interested and devoted to Aphelios. This guide will always be changing because I will put almost all my time into mastering his arsenal.

I will be livestreaming a lot of aphelios as I learn to master his arsenal over on my twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/xmontu all support is greatly appreciated!

I will also be making a lot of content mostly about aphelios as I learn to play him and find all the cool/ funny mechanics over on my Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrGxTFgHXVEB2Adz4pK4-Vw all support is greatly appreciated!

: It synergizes extremely well with a variety of different weapons and is extremely broken on a couple of them. Activating PTA makes your ability to 100-0 someone much more reliable. PTA is easiest to activate while using because activates it almost instantly. is the second easiest to activate PTA because all it takes is auto, Q, auto to activate it. also makes it easy to activate PTA since you can auto, Q, auto auto. While using the fastest way to activate PTA is just auto, Q, auto. I don't Recommend using to activate PTA as it is the slowest but I believe that has the Best PTA combo in using (Main Hand) Q first to not only activate PTA but also make copies of (off hand) to then switch to Main hand after activating PTA to dish out a destructive amount of Damage using the multiple copies of combined with PTA.

: Absolutely amazing when put in combination with and . Especially since you start the game with that weapon it gives you amazing sustain in the early game.

: Gives great sustain when used with the scaling power of the lifesteal.

: Best rune in this tree.

: Getting free boots with extra movement speed is extremely valuable, with the only downside is getting it 12 minutes into the game, but as an adc you shouldnt have to roam much.

: Lane Sustain = OP

Flash is necessary and super useful on almost every champion on the game. Always. Take. Flash.

is the most common combat spell since it allows you to heal up to win a fight or to just survive, and allows you to use to speed for either engage or disengage.

is useful in cases where there are champions on the enemy team(especially in bot lane) that have a single or at the very most 2 CC/lockdown abilities. You are extremely vulnerable to them and will almost always lead to a death. Cleanse can be useful in situations where the enemy has those kinds of champions such as and

is really useful when there is an all-in Support with either a pull, or multiple CC abilities such as and

: Extremely gold efficient and gives a lot of good stats including the extra AD, Health, and Life Steal.

: Great First Item to buy, grants AD, Crit, and most importantly the CDR you need to spam abilities combined with the passive to get mana sustain

: The amount of Damage that you dish out with this item is crazy, literally enough to 100-0 someone. You will need the Damage because your next 2 core items are Attack Speed Items.

: Good Mobility, and Extra Attack speed which is very valuable on Aphelios.

: This may be the most broken item on Aphelios, for similar reasons to why its so good on . While using you can apply the passive to multiple people with one auto, follow it up with and you have a aoe root. Similarly with you have multiple Damage cones coming out of every target. The copies and just create a Devastating amount of Damage. And those are just the most broken ones, it works great with both and as well. I would almost always go for this item.

: This will increase your attack range which will just allow you to land your devastating auto attacks more reliably, landing a shot can lead to a root, landing a while having a lot of copies can quite literally grant you a kill, landing an can grant you a kill on a extremely distant target, the combinations of and are actually endless. With these 3 Items you are already a 1v9 Machine.

: Grants you double the lifesteal as AND it takes no skill to use, literally right click and you gain lifesteal. In combination with , you can heal back to full hp in just a few auto attacks.

: Same reason's as Bloodthirster, while it does have less lifesteal then it has the added benefit of having that passive that can get you out of a really rough spot. This item is of course a lot more situational then Bloodthirster and will take some getting used to.

: Most games you will need a last whisper item especially now in the tank meta most teams will have 1-2 tanks. Either or depending on the enemy team comp. Most of the time is the best option because of the amount of healing in the game right now. But if the enemy team lacks a lot of healing as has a lot of armor will be the better option.

OR : Either one of these items will bring you up to 100% crit if you absolutely need it. Choosing between the two will come down to either defense or extra damage. will offer you the lifeline passive which will give you a defensive shield when you reach a certain health threshold. Meanwhile gives you extra aoe damage if you can afford not getting the lifeline passive.

These are all current Combo's / Combination's that i currently know about. They are NOT in any order and DOES NOT display which weapon should be on the main hand and off hand as that is very situational. But it shows you all combos possible with all 10 different combination of weapons. Will be updated regularly.

After using you can auto from any range with .

Use if you need the healing.

Use if you need the Raw Damage of Ult, followed by an auto from any range with .

After using switch to and auto attack from any range and use for root.

Use to secure a followed by an auto attack from any range.

Most of the time you want to use to follow with up with a to root everyone you hit with .

Use if you need the Raw Damage of Ult Followed by an auto from any range.

Use to then fire a aoe auto attack from any range with .

Use and if it hits, you can auto with from any range.

Most of the time you want to use into a group of enemies to create a massive aoe explosion followed by enhanced auto attacks.

Use if you need the Raw Damage of Ult Followed by an auto from any range.

Use and auto to create 1 copy of .

Use to place a turret equipped with and auto FROM ANY RANGE every time your hits an enemy.

Most of the time you want to use to generate a large amount of copies of Chakram and just go off in the teamfight.

Use if you need the Raw Damage of Ult Followed by an auto from any range.

Use to get an easy root with after.

Use to secure all hits with .

Most of the time you want to use to follow with up with an AOE root using towards everyone you hit with your .

Use if you need the healing.

Use to shoot an AOE auto attack every other attack with .

Most of the time you want to use into a group of enemies to create a massive aoe explosion followed by enhanced auto attacks.

Use if you need the healing.

Use to get long range life steal with .

Use to create copies of .

Most of the time you want to use to generate a large amount of copies of Chakram and just go off in the teamfight using .

Use if you need the healing.

Use to then after use and root ALL enemies hit with the .

Use to create a damaging AOE effect.

Use to follow it up with a aoe root using towards everyone you hit with your ult.

Use on 4+ enemies (combination of champions and minions) to create copies of equal to the amount of enemies hit.

Use equipped with for it to fire aoe attacks.

Use to create copies of and maximize dps.

Use to create a damaging AOE effect.

Use equipped with to then root all enemies hit with your using .

Use to follow it up with a aoe root using towards everyone you hit with your ult.

Use to create copies of and maximize dps.