Game patch, matey 26.20Data Dragon 16.20.1

Arrr, reference patch 16.20.1

Aphelios

the Weapon of the Faithful

Aphelios be a ranged damage dealer who needs seaworthy spacing and time to keep attacking. This overview keeps th' explanation practical and leaves patch-sensitive numbers to Riot's structured data and th' present in-battle tooltip.

BotArrr, mostly physical damageArrr, ranged attacks

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Arrr, usual roleBot

ClassMarksman

DifficultyArrr, high · 10/10

Arrr, basic attacksRangedArrr, ranged basic attacks · 550 range.

Arrr, damage profileArrr, mostly physical damageMost normal kit pressure be physical. Armour may lend a hand, but inspect whether attacks or tricks be th' main source.

Arrr, reference patch16.20.1

Arrr, strengths and limits

What Aphelios does well, and what can go wrong

These be kit-level patterns, nay a promise that every course or matchup plays th' same way.

Arrr, good patterns

Can maintain ranged damage when positioning and target access remain seaworthy.
Ranged basic attacks can contribute without entering melee distance when spacing be preserved.

Arrr, limits to respect

Loses reliable output when forced astern, controlled or reached afore creating distance.
Needs th' sailor to respect cooldowns, resources and th' foe's course into th' fight.

Arrr, riot ally tips

Use these while learning th' champion

Each o' Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to seek th' right situation fer yer present weapons.

Riot foe tips

What an foe be told to watch fer

Each o' Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit th' ones that work best fer yer champion. Watch out fer th' purple Gravity gun, it can root ye.

Arrr, practical champion reading

Arrr, how to read Aphelios in a real fight

Use these patterns to ask better questions afore choosing an gear, target or commitment. They describe th' kit, nay a promised result.

Arrr, damage delivery

Arrr, primarily physical pressure

Armour can reduce th' broad physical profile. Separate basic attacks from physical tricks afore relying on an gear passive that only affects attacks.

Arrr, fight rhythm

Arrr, repeated access matters

Th' threat grows while this champion can keep attacking a useful target. Break target access, create distance or use control afore th' repeated pattern settles in.

Arrr, range and access

Arrr, spacing protects repeated output

Ranged attacks be useful only while a seaworthy line to th' target remains. Flanks, hard control and blocked escape routes can remove that advantage quickly.

Typical crew job

Maintain seaworthy, repeatable damage

Target access and survival time most often matter more booty than one ambitious hit. Reposition betwixt attacks and avoid giving up th' seaworthy damage line.

Control inspect

Identify th' exact movement restriction

Tenacity can shorten only eligible control. Displacements, airborne effects and repeated slows need their own positioning, blocking or movement captain's answer.

Arrr, protection and sustain

Do nay buy a counter that has no target

Reserve anti-heal and anti-shielding fer a visible problem in th' full crew composition; they be nay default answers to every champion.

Arrr, resource pattern

Arrr, mana and cooldowns both matter

A spell being available does nay mean th' shipshape sequence be sustainable. Watch th' resource bar as well as th' setup and escape cooldowns.

Defensive gear reference

What can help against Aphelios?

Set sail wit' th' threat that be actually affecting th' clash. These be conditional comparisons, nay an automatic counter loadout.

Pre-battle choices

Arrr, dEFENSIVE BOOTS

Plated Steelcaps most often fit better

Armour and attack reduction address repeated physical basic attacks. Th' passive does nay reduce every physical trick.

Pick Mercury's Treads instead when magic damage or reducible crowd control across th' full crew matters more booty.

Arrr, repeated attacksArrr, reducible controlSlowsArrr, possible critical strikes

Arrr, pHYSICAL DEFENCE

Arrr, physical defence

Armour · hull · role-appropriate defence

Armour can reduce physical damage, but Plated Steelcaps' passive be specific to attacks.

Clash th' gear to attacks, critical strikes or trick burst rather than buying armour from th' label alone.

Arrr, rEPEATED ATTACKS

Arrr, repeated attacks

Arrr, Plated Steelcaps · Frozen Heart

These can reduce attack-focused pressure when their stats fit yer champion.

Do nay use this as an captain's answer to physical spells that be nay attacks.

Arrr, cRITICAL STRIKES

Arrr, critical strikes

Arrr, randuin's Omen

Critical-strike reduction can matter after a real critical loadout appears.

Champion identity alone does nay prove that critical strikes will be purchased.

Arrr, cONTROL AND ONE KEY SPELL

Arrr, control and one key spell

Arrr, Mercury's Treads · Quicksilver Sash · Banshee's Veil · Edge of Night

Tenacity and a removable-control active can lend a hand agin' th' relevant disabling effects.

Inspect th' present tooltip and whether th' exact effect can be shortened, removed or blocked.

Arrr, rEPEATED SLOWS

Arrr, repeated slows

Arrr, Boots of Swiftness

Slow resistance can be more booty useful than Tenacity when repeated slowing strength be th' main problem.

It gives no armour or magic resistance, so compare th' rest o' th' opposing crew.

Normal Draft and Ranked role sea chart

Where Aphelios fits on Summoner's Rift

Each course be assessed separately. Unfurl a role to reach its queue-specific loadout and matchup preparation.

TopUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Aphelios be normally played Bot and does nay currently have a reviewed Top course. Top most often needs independent laning, durable trading or reliable side-course pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

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JungleUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Aphelios be normally played Bot and does nay currently have a reviewed Jungle course. Jungle most often needs repeatable monster clear th' deck, seaworthy pathing and prize control without course income. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

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MidUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Aphelios be normally played Bot and does nay currently have a reviewed Mid course. Mid most often needs solo-course safe harbour plus wave control, roaming or reliable burst pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

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BotArrr, primary role

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Aphelios has an established Bot carry course that can scale through shared-course farm and work wit' a Support partner.

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SupportUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Aphelios be normally played Bot and does nay currently have a reviewed Support course. Support most often needs useful engage, peel or utility while operating on low doubloons income. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

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Arrr, kit reference

Aphelios tricks

Trick names, descriptions and numeric fields come from Riot Data Dragon. Practical reads be independently written; th' present in-battle tooltip remains authoritative.

Tricks Data Dragon 16.20.1Cooldown / Cost / Range Data Dragon 16.20.1

Passive

The Hitman and the Seer

Arrr, what it doesEnglishAphelios wields 5 Lunari Weapons made by his sister Alune. He has access to two at a time: one main-hand and one off-hand. Each weapon has a unique Basic Attack and Ability. Attacks and abilities consume a weapon's ammo. When out of ammo, Aphelios discards the weapon and Alune summons the next of the 5.

Arrr, practical readTh' Hitman and th' Seer be an automatic part o' th' kit involving basic-attack interaction. Track when its condition be active instead o' treating every fight th' same way.

Q trick

Weapon Abilites

Arrr, what it doesEnglishAphelios has 5 different activated abilities, based on his main-hand weapon: Calibrum (Rifle): Long range shot that marks its target for a long-range follow-up attack. Severum (Scythe Pistol): Run fast while attacking nearby enemies with both weapons. Gravitum (Cannon): Root all enemies slowed by this weapon. Infernum (Flamethrower): Blast enemies in a cone and attack them with your off-hand weapon. Crescendum (Chakram): Deploy a sentry that shoots your off-hand weapon.

Arrr, practical readWeapon Abilites creates setup or area pressure. Place it where th' foe must choose betwixt entering its space, changing course or giving up th' immediate contest.

CooldownArrr, 9 secCost60Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 1450 units

W trick

Phase

Arrr, what it doesEnglishAphelios swaps his main-hand gun with his off-hand gun, replacing his basic attack and activated ability.

Arrr, practical readPhase contributes basic-attack interaction. Its value changes wit' cooldown, range and target access; recognise th' setup afore moving into its effective area.

CooldownArrr, 0.8 secArrr, listed rangeArrr, 250 units

E trick

Weapon Queue System

Arrr, what it doesEnglishAphelios has no third ability. This slot shows the next weapon Alune will give him. Weapon order begins fixed but may change over game time -- when a weapon is out of ammo it goes to the end of the order.

Arrr, practical readWeapon Queue System be part o' Aphelios's E pattern. Read its listed effect first aboard, then track th' cooldown and condition that make th' next aboard use valuable.

Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 1000 units

Ultimate

Moonlight Vigil

Arrr, what it doesEnglishFire a concentrated blast of moonlight that explodes on enemy champions. Applies the unique effect of Aphelios' main-hand gun.

Arrr, practical readMoonlight Vigil be part o' Aphelios's R pattern. Read its listed effect first aboard, then track th' cooldown and condition that make th' next aboard use valuable.

CooldownArrr, 120/110/100 secCost100Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 1300 units

Arrr, levels 1–18

Aphelios · Health, arr / Mana, arr · Tricks

Base values exclude gear, runes, temporary buffs and mode-specific modifiers. Cooldowns be th' listed base cooldown afore trick haste.

Arrr, level 1600 Health, arr348 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 3750 Health, arr410 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 61,003 Health, arr514 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 111,495 Health, arr717 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 162,076 Health, arr956 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 182,334 Health, arr1,062 Mana, arr

Cooldown Data Dragon 16.20.1

Basic trickWeapon Abilites

Arrr, learned automatically at level 2; each equipped weapon supplies its own Q.

Arrr, all ranksArrr, 9 sec

Basic trickPhase

Weapon swap be available from level 1 and be nay ranked wit' skill points.

Arrr, all ranksArrr, 0.8 sec

Basic trickWeapon Queue System

Shows th' weapon queue rather than acting as a normal cast or ranked trick.

CooldownRead present tooltip

UltimateMoonlight Vigil

Arrr, learned automatically at level 6 and improves automatically at levels 11 and 16.

Arrr, rank 1Arrr, 120 secArrr, rank 2Arrr, 110 secArrr, rank 3Arrr, 100 sec

Unfurl every levelHull and mana from level 1 to 18

Rank	Health, arr	Mana, arr	Trick milestone
1	600	348 Mana, arr	W weapon swap available
2	673	378 Mana, arr	Q weapon tricks unlock automatically
3	750	410 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
4	831	443 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
5	915	478 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
6	1,003	514 Mana, arr	R improves automatically
7	1,094	551 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
8	1,189	591 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
9	1,287	631 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
10	1,389	673 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
11	1,495	717 Mana, arr	R improves automatically
12	1,604	761 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
13	1,717	808 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
14	1,833	856 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
15	1,953	905 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
16	2,076	956 Mana, arr	R improves automatically
17	2,203	1,008 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats
18	2,334	1,062 Mana, arr	Spend th' level point on champion stats

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