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 Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Runaan's Hurricane. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 27.6% winrate over 221 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Cash Back with Biscuit Delivery in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and The Collector as a third item. You want to finish the build with Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Runaan's Hurricane. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 44.4% win rate across 133 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Aphelios Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Lethal Tempo, Absorb Life, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down as your primary rune tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and The Collector as third item. The last 3 options are Infinity Edge, Runaan's Hurricane and Lord Dominik's Regards. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 34.3% win rate over 67 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.