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Aphelios
Patch 16.2.1
BotDifficulty
Very Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Survive the early game and reach a 3-item core. Manage your weapon rotation so you have Infernum/Gravitum for teamfights (AoE/CC) or Crescendum/Severum (DPS) for objectives like Baron and Dragon.
Playstyle
Hyper-scaling specialist who adapts his combat style based on his current weapon pair. You must manage a complex ammo system to ensure you have the right tools—be it long-range poke, healing, CC, or massive AoE—for upcoming objectives.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Extreme versatility: Can pivot from a long-range sniper to a close-range duelist via
- +Unmatched late-game DPS: With stacked chakrams from , your single-target damage is the highest in the class
- +Game-changing CC: with Gravitum can facilitate long-range engage or peel
- +Objective Shred: Specifically with the Crescendum/Severum pair, you melt Barons and Towers faster than almost any ADC
Weaknesses
- -Zero mobility: You have no dashes or blinks; if you're caught without Gravitum , you are dead
- -Weapon dependency: If you enter a fight with a poor weapon pairing, your effectiveness drops by 50%
- -High floor/ceiling: Mistakes in ammo management are punished by 2-3 minutes of being on the 'wrong' guns
- -Stat-check vulnerable: Requires excellent positioning because your base stats are lower to compensate for bonuses
Abilities
You carry 5 weapons. Main-hand determines your auto-attacks and . Off-hand determines the secondary effect of certain casts. When you hit 0 ammo, the gun goes to the back of the queue. You don't buy items to level abilities; you use to level AD, Attack Speed, and Lethality.
Active depends on your gun. Calibrum: Skillshot mark for long-range follow-up. Severum: Movement speed and rapid-fire. Gravitum: Roots everyone previously slowed. Infernum: Cone AoE. Crescendum: Sentry turret using off-hand weapon.
Swaps between your main-hand and off-hand weapons. Essential for comboing abilities like using Severum to stack chakrams, then swapping to Crescendum for high-DPS autos.
Shows your next weapon in queue. Use this to track when your next power spike (like getting Infernum for a teamfight) is coming. You cannot 'cast' this.
Fires a moon blast that applies your main weapon's unique effect to all enemies hit. Infernum is for massive AoE burst; Gravitum is for a 75% slow to setup a follow-up root.
Teamfight Role
Versatile Backline Carry
Position yourself behind your frontline. Use Calibrum for safe poke, Gravitum for peel/engage, and Infernum for clumped enemies. Only use Crescendum if the enemy frontline dives onto you.
If you have 10+ Crescendum stacks from a previous , you can play aggressively forward to melt priority targets.
Combos
The Long Range Root
(Calibrum) -> Mark Proc -> -> (Gravitum)
Hit them with the rifle skillshot, auto-attack the mark to apply the Gravitum slow from range, then swap and root them. Perfect for setting up ganks.
Chakram Stacking (Red/White)
(Severum) -> -> (Crescendum) -> Basic Attacks
The highest DPS combo. Use Severum's rapid fire to generate chakram stacks, drop the sentry with Crescendum, then use your empowered autos to shred the target.
AoE Burst Finish
(Infernum) -> -> (Off-hand weapon) -> (Off-hand)
Blast the wave/enemy with flamethrower, swap, and use your ultimate for the secondary weapon effect to clean up the fight.
The Blue-White Stack
(Infernum) on a minion wave with Crescendum off-hand
Using Infernum on a large wave while Crescendum is your off-hand will give you a massive amount of chakrams instantly for an immediate all-in.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 2 | You finally gain access to , allowing you to trade with Severum's healing or Calibrum's poke. |
| Level 6 | adds significant burst or utility, especially if you have Infernum or Gravitum available. |
| Level 9 | Usually when you max your first stat via (Attack Damage), giving you a raw damage edge over other ADCs. |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 increases the explosion damage and the effectiveness of the weapon-specific follow-ups. |
| Level 13 | Your second stat (usually Lethality or Attack Speed) is maximized, making you a multi-stat threat. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Burn Severum ammo first at the start of the game to put it at the back of the queue; this creates the 'ideal' rotation.
- • cast time is long; use it from fog of war or while the enemy is CC'd to ensure the explosion lands.
- •If you are about to run out of ammo, you can use , get the new gun, and immediately use the new gun's for a triple-ability combo.
- •Crescendum sentries inherit your off-hand weapon effects; a Calibrum sentry will mark targets for you from huge range.
- •Always check before a fight. If you have 10 ammo left, realize you will switch guns in the middle of the trade.
- •The heal from Severum can be used to bait enemies into an 'even' trade that you actually win.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Wasting Infernum ammo on single minions→You won't have the flamethrower for the upcoming teamfight, losing 50% of your AoE potential.
- ✕Using Gravitum when your team can't follow up→You waste your only self-peel/engage tool for a 75% slow that leads to nothing.
- ✕Fighting with Calibrum/Gravitum in melee range→These guns have the lowest close-range DPS; you will lose 1v1s to almost every other champion.
- ✕Ignoring level-up UI→Delaying your stat growth makes your mid-game significantly weaker than the enemy ADC.
- ✕Dropping Crescendum sentries too early→The enemy just walks out of range, and you've wasted your best defensive/zoning tool.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached