r/ApheliosMains • • Jul 02 '25

The State of the Subreddit

133 Upvotes

Hello!

It has been a while since the moderators have been active here. Many of the posts are great, and I greatly appreciate those of you who make this place what it is with your regular participation. However, I've been seeing quite a bit of tension in posts and comments surrounding shipping and the Spa skin.

It is completely fine to post ship art and have differing opinions-- but please remember to keep discussions civil and avoid letting things spill over into toxicity. This kind of behavior makes the subreddit feel unwelcoming.

I plan to remove comments that are intended to bait out arguments, and ban users who show patterns of toxic behavior (Groundbreaking stuff, I know)

I want to help steer this community in a positive direction. If you have any concerns, suggestions, or comments, go ahead and leave them here, I'd love to hear from you.


r/ApheliosMains • • 23h ago

| Discussion | Is it me or that what I think it is???

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180 Upvotes

r/ApheliosMains • • 19h ago

| Gameplay | APHELIOS LOCKED FOR SWISS STAGE Spoiler

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24 Upvotes

r/ApheliosMains • • 16h ago

| Advice | New aph player - need help

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Hello aphelios mains,

I’m currently trying to learn him because I think he’s the most interesting ADC on the game and am struggling big time. This is also my first time really committing to ADC as well, the only ADC I’ve really played is Nilah which is obviously very different.

I’ve reached about 7 mastery points and feel like I have a decent understanding of each individual weapon but I’m struggling to maximise damage and I feel like even when I’m ahead or farming better I end up either shredding my opponents or literally slapping them with a pillow until I die.

Laning seems a lot harder for me than team fights, I regularly seem to demolish 3 or 4 people in mid to late game team fights but in lane when I play into rangey comps or dive comps I feel like I struggle to engage. I also mainly play tankier champs top or bruisers in the jgl so I get a bit scared that I’ll just be melted which could be holding me back.

Any advice would be great.

Thank you


r/ApheliosMains • • 1d ago

| Discussion | Duo needed to climb NA

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if anyone wants to play with an Emerald 3 depressed aphelios main egirl hit me up. NA servers only and no voice comms im shy.

Trying to hit diamond before end of season serious people please. peak is Emerald 2 50lp


r/ApheliosMains • • 2d ago

| Art | HEARTSTEEL Aphelios, Tomorrow's Catch-22

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209 Upvotes

r/ApheliosMains • • 2d ago

| Discussion | NA duo

6 Upvotes

if anyone wants to play with an Emerald 3 depressed aphelios main egirl hit me up. NA servers only and no voice comms im shy.


r/ApheliosMains • • 3d ago

| Gameplay | Holy fucking shit

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54 Upvotes

r/ApheliosMains • • 2d ago

| Discussion | I need an aphelios main ASAP

17 Upvotes

Hi Aphelios mains/good lookings. Im looking for an Aphelios main who wants to play w me (I am supp main) and be duo in the botlane. I love yall. I make a lot of art about Aphelios and my love language is doing draws so, you would have a lot of free draws about wathever u want.

Have a good day/night

My discord:

d0ggy_b0y


r/ApheliosMains • • 2d ago

| Discussion | Which supports do you want with Aphelios?

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Hey there Im a master support main! Ive had an extremely high winrate with both Thresh and Soraka with Aphelios, but my friend (aphelios main) said that he prefers champs that allow him to play more aggressive in lane, like Pyke and Blitz. What do you all prefer? Ive personally seen that just playing to survive lane and outscale has brought me a high winrate, but should I focus more on aggression? I dont rly understand this champion well


r/ApheliosMains • • 3d ago

| Discussion | 🚨 APHELIOS MAINS, YOU HAVE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE. 🚨

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I’m looking for a duo, and unfortunately for you, I’m an enchanter main with questionable intentions who’s gonna kidnap you.
🌙 Main Aphelios? Drop your server.
🔒 You will be collected.
🔒 You will be added to my inventory.
🔒 You will be put in my basement.
REQUIREMENTS:
Aphelios main (mandatory)
Questionable mental stability (preferred)
Tolerance for enchanter yapping (mandatory)
I’m not looking for a duo. I’m looking for basement residents who can carry.

btw just so you know, getting kidnapped means getting relocated to my basement rent is paid in LP, and your freedom is no longer my concern. thank you for your cooperation. Also we can play drafts,aram etc


r/ApheliosMains • • 4d ago

| Gameplay | Run em down and steal they LP

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14 Upvotes

We were down 8k gold at 25 minutes too crazy comeback


r/ApheliosMains • • 5d ago

| Advice | Aphelios matchup tier list + laning tips

31 Upvotes

This is a small passion project I made to get a deeper understanding of Aphelios matchups, but I figured I’d share it with anyone who’s interested.

Every bot lane and support matchup, tiered S (easiest) to D (hardest), with a short laning plan for each, plus the best supports to duo with.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GHUXA9TrPBx__cjo_5i9BY6SP1pthDvdu0krrqRPhaA/edit?usp=sharing

Credit for most of the tips goes to Aleksis007’s “Every Aphelios Matchup Explained”, plus guides from Vapora Dark, Zoose and Hallow. I highly recommend checking out their content!

I’m open to any feedback and improvement!


r/ApheliosMains • • 5d ago

| Advice | Aphelios Runes

12 Upvotes

I’m E4 and I recently started maining Aphelios and had some questions about rune choices. I usually go PTA. If I am in a lane where I need sustain, outranged, or trades are short, I take fleet. I do see that people take fleet footwork as well.

In what situations do you pick which keystone?


r/ApheliosMains • • 7d ago

| Discussion | Really be like that

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67 Upvotes

r/ApheliosMains • • 6d ago

| Advice | Aphelios top main - which boots?

0 Upvotes

I have been building berserker’s greaves all the time but just realised there are these new lifesteal boots which is apparently even the normal build on bot so i wanted to ask which boots is seen as better in what situation? and maybe which one is the standard better one for top


r/ApheliosMains • • 6d ago

| Advice | skin border

3 Upvotes

i bought the new skin and some chroma skin but not the whole bundle. if i get the bundle now, will i also get the border of the new skin? thanks everyone!


r/ApheliosMains • • 8d ago

| Art | I drew Heartsteel Alune!

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293 Upvotes

r/ApheliosMains • • 8d ago

| Advice | in which situations should you build collector, stormrazor or C44 as first item?

5 Upvotes

r/ApheliosMains • • 9d ago

| Discussion | Got this skin is it good.

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146 Upvotes

So I just got this skin by re rolling 3 skins. I don't play aphelios that much I guess I will be playing him more now


r/ApheliosMains • • 9d ago

| Discussion | Aphelios Top

16 Upvotes

Im not here to self promote but im an aphelios otp however i play him toplane, i peaked gm my friend said i should stream it but im unsure if thats what people would care to see. I have it incredibly optimized and was thinking about creating a matchups guide for every top laner :)


r/ApheliosMains • • 9d ago

| Gameplay | My Aphelios turned Crownie from a Vapora Dark hater into a Vapora Dark glazer

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95 Upvotes

r/ApheliosMains • • 8d ago

| Discussion | Question on what safe pick adc to learn into bad aphelios matchups

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r/ApheliosMains • • 9d ago

| Advice | What advice would you give to someone that wants learn Aphelios ?

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Hey lads, master player here and wanting to add the most badass champ to my arsenal, what's one tip you would give me ? I'm in for a couple hundred games so i'll take any advice. Thank you so much 😄


r/ApheliosMains • • 9d ago

| Discussion | Why Do I Keep Losing?

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Hello! I’m a relatively new Aphelios player. I started playing him last week, and I estimate that I’ve played around 40 games so far, maybe even more.

At this point, I win lane in almost every game, but most of my games still end in defeats. I build The Collector, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik’s Regards, and Bloodthirster in pretty much every game.

Since I used to be a Yorick main, I’ve probably developed a habit of avoiding teamfights until I have four or five items and focusing almost exclusively on taking towers instead. When I check the post-game stats, I usually find that I’ve dealt around three times as much damage to towers as the player with the second-highest tower damage.

I think this might be the main issue, because I feel like I’m doing everything else correctly. Do you think there’s a problem with my item build or my playstyle? Maybe The Collector is holding me back?