Champion sheet · ADC

Aphelios

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.4%#68 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.0%picked in 145 of 2,915 games
Ban: 6.4%136 bans over 2,127 games, against 1.8% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC45.1% between 38.5% and 52.0% over 144 gamesSoloQ 48.9%: no clear gap

Median length30 minsoloQ 27.8 min

Amateur: 2,915 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 233,241 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.DraftLengthBuild
How to play itPress the Attack, then The Collector, Infinity Edge, and Lord Dominik's Regards: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 89% of ADC.DamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
2.7%
SoloQ
3.5%
2.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
7.3%
SoloQ
1.8%
7.3% ban rate in amateur play over 1,538 games, against 1.8% in soloQ over 99,904 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30 min
SoloQ
27.8 min
Median of 30 min in amateur play, against 27.8 min in soloQ.
BuildStormrazor, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards instead of The Collector, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards
Amateur
27%
SoloQ
21%
Played in 27% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to The Collector, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards (21%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Press the Attack, then The Collector, Infinity Edge, and Lord Dominik's Regards: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesPress the Attack76% · 13,855

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Barrier67% · 12,193

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 92% · 315 games

Core (3 legendaries)21% · 1,920

21%of soloQ games

The Collector
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regards

≠ Amateur: Stormrazor, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards instead of The Collector, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards. 27% · 104 games

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 89% of ADC.

Team damagetop11%27% · ADC: 23%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other ADC

What marks it

Damage
Poke

Like other ADC

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Carries its own kills

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 54 in lane, 31 in mid game and 67 in late game, out of 100 ADC.

527+3 vs 525

877-39 vs 915

1,420+54 vs 1,366

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

ApheliosADC

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 60% of ADC against the direct opponent.

ADC

Where it stands among ADC · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 54 of 100 among ADC527 · median 525
Damage in mid game · rank 31 of 100 among ADC877 · median 915
Damage in late game · rank 67 of 100 among ADC1,420 · median 1,366
Gold at 15 min · rank 69 of 100 among ADC+64 · median -54
Gold at 20 min · rank 60 of 100 among ADC+16 · median -85
Absorbs damage · rank 73 of 100 among ADC422 · median 361
Plays teamfights · rank 56 of 100 among ADC57% · median 56%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 36 of 100 among ADC17% · median 19%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 10 of 100 among ADCrank 10 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 44 of 100 among ADC0.5 · median 0.6
Team damage · rank 89 of 100 among ADC27% · median 23%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.