Aphelios·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Aphelios Mid build, you should take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down in the primary tree, as well as Cash Back and Triple Tonic in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build The Collector as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Infinity Edge. For your last 3 items, you should build Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow and finish with Bloodthirster. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.2% winrate over 240 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Aphelios Mid build would be to take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Jack Of All Trades in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Hexoptics C44, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Phantom Dancer as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 39.7% win rate over 184 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Cash Back with Triple Tonic in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hexoptics C44 as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Infinity Edge as a third item. You want to finish the build with Lord Dominik's Regards, Runaan's Hurricane and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 47.0% win rate across 151 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Aphelios Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down as your primary rune tree, and Cash Back with Triple Tonic as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Stormrazor as your first item, then finish Gluttonous Greaves as your second item, and Infinity Edge as third item. The last 3 options are Lord Dominik's Regards, Runaan's Hurricane and Bloodthirster. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 47.0% win rate over 100 matches played.

Situational Aphelios Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Aphelios build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.