Aphelios·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Aphelios Support build, you should take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Absorb Life, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down in the primary tree, as well as Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling 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, Bloodthirster and finish with Immortal Shieldbow. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 46.8% winrate over 77 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Aphelios Support build would be to take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack as your keystone, Absorb Life, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and The Collector as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Rapid Firecannon. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 26.4% win rate over 72 matches.

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.