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 E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 33.3% winrate over 114 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Aphelios Support build would be to take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are 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. 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 Boots 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 Runaan's Hurricane. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 40.7% win rate over 81 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, Absorb Life, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm 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 The Collector 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 49.4% win rate across 81 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.