Aphelios to Grandmaster #3 - Aphelios Varus ADC Gameplay | League of Legends

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[@MatheusOliveira-kd6jn]

Those rough games were so relatable. The frustration is so real but seeing how you just keep playing and saving your mental is really motivating.

[@ca1ixo544]

i'm trying to learn aphelios (as a noob) and i love how you talk through your thought process throughout the games, it's super helpful :) please never stop uploading videos

[@MidoCounters]

Those Varus games came at a good time, considering my abysmal win rate with him 😂.

[@antoinetheissen4308]

Hi thanks for the quality content on aphe, i discovered you on the ultimate aphe books on mobalytics and it turns out that i love this champ, i was a former toplaner and switching to bot as an aphe main few weeks ago is one of my best decision. i love your channel and all the things you offer. Thanks

[@Rikamiza]

Youre my Favorite aphelios player, u need ur own skin for him based on you 😂❤

[@ioannishussein8038]

That looked like an Aphelios champie in the thumbnail!

[@sorgair]

wtf was that malz ult 2:08:56 ?? according to wiki it has a .005 cast time but thats faster than the tickrate

[@rafiqmedhat5132]

it is sad how 2 item varus reach 2.5 AS and cannot benefit anymore with AS with no Lethal tempo

[@blairwest5962]

Hey Vapora. Great videos. I love varus, but I tend to lean more towards the on hit build. I struggle when I play lethality poke. Any tips to help?

[@VaporaDark]

I would need more to go off of than that. In what way do you struggle?

[@blairwest5962]

@@VaporaDark I sometimes feel like I lose track of my q during skirmishes and teamfights. I either charge it too much and get engaged on while trying to find the perfect target or I pop it too quick because im running from a fight. My damage seems to be considerably lower when I play the build. I dont know if thats because I undervalue W stacks when I play poke or just from not landing the poke often enough

[@slaternitta1824]

not sure if you do this already but what do you think about running double ad shards? I think besides jhin, aphelios is one of the few adcs that it feels viable on because of his passive atk speed and it also sort of negates the nerf they did a while ago to his passive ad

[@VaporaDark]

It's fine if you start W, but I like even more starting W as well as taking the attack speed shard. It helps a LOT for pushing for level 2, and even for trading/fighting at level 1. The adaptive shard scales better because your AD scaling increases throughout the game (crit + IE more than doubles your AD scaling per auto, AD scaling increases at level 6 when you unlock ult, all your AD ratios scale with levels until level 13). But for me I just prefer being stronger early.

[@slaternitta1824]

@@VaporaDark ah i see, i just wanted to see what your opinion was since i noticed you started putting additional points into w pre 6. anyways appreciate the videos man keep up the good work 👍

[@saaltysenpai8418]

Hello! My boyfriend and I watch your videos and they have really helped us! He has started playing aphelios and I'm a rakan/soraka main. In the first game in the beginning would it have helped for the soraka to position more aggressively? I felt like she could have helped win more trades and get better vision. Also do you find soraka to be a decent support with aphelios?

[@VaporaDark]

Glad you both enjoy the content! Reviewing a bit of the early laning I don't think there was any need for Soraka to position aggressively. Overall we wanted to minimize trading against Draven so passive positioning worked fine. Maybe there was something she could have done to prevent Janna having sole control of the lane brushes and spamming invisible tornados at us, but it might have been too risky since getting hit by a Janna tornado against Draven basically kills her or forces Flash every time. The only misstep I noticed from her was positioning a mile away from me during the fight at 7:40, but that was more down to underestimating Aphelios's blue-white damage rather than bad positioning skills. If I didn't have good dueling weapons, we both should have backed off there. I do actually quite like Soraka with Aphelios, although this might not have been the best lane for it. She's good into mage supports, and is good anti-burst for dealing with short range lockdown supports; but not good for dealing with hook supports who pull Aphelios away from her, or can reach her with their engages. Here though I think we both picked too weak early champions against Draven, we needed something that could stand against Draven more effectively. The fact that Draven being 1/0 with only a 2x Long Sword advantage over me was already enough for her to feel that we could no longer match the enemy bot lane even in a bigger wave and had to abandon our farm (which she would have been right about if I didn't have those weapons), leaving us in a position where we ccould no longer last-hit without getting our jungler to come hold our hand, is a testament to how weak our lane phase was. We couldn't get away with picking that much scaling against Draven, was why that didn't work out. Sometimes you need a support with a strong enough early game that you can at least approach the wave and farm, which Soraka doesn't provide against such a strong all-in champion such as Draven. If she picked Soraka vs Draven I needed to pick a stronger ADC who could stand against him, or if I picked Aphelios vs Draven, then she needed to pick a stronger support who could help me stand against him.

[@saaltysenpai8418]

@@VaporaDark This was incredibility helpful thank you for taking the time to reply to me! I definitely agree during 7:40 she should have been there I found that really strange. Your explanation changed the way I see matchups and your knowledge of them is something I'm always impressed by. Its really helped when playing support so I can understand what the adc needs to win. I find your videos to be extremely entertaining and education from a support point of view.

[@fotispantazidis9500]

It seems like you do like Aphelios my man!