I played my most HATED champion in the mid lane... and I destroyed everyone

I played my most HATED champion in the mid lane... and I destroyed everyone
League of Legends season 13 Aphelios Gameplay!
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[@ItGirlCaliiopx]

One thing about Zwag is that he's always gonna mention his hate for Aphelios every time he picks him

[@serbandragos]

Not the onlyone that hates him 😔

[@TheDakotaFrazier]

Everytime zwag plays aphelios he says “man I need to play this champ more”, then proceeds to go another year without playing :(

[@arcaneghost2459]

I have always loved Aphelios' kit design, but came to enjoy it even more for the simple reason that putting time into understanding it puts you at a significant advantage as a user to most other players by the widely accepted notion that his kit is too complex to be worth understanding. I've always explained him simply as "you have two guns equipped at all times. The one in hand determines how your AAs and abilities 'shoot', while your secondary weapon determines the secondary/tertiary effect of the ability". That may be oversimplified, but when you think about it, that's also the most accurate way of describing his kit without going into every 2-weapon combo in his arsenal. After understanding that basic premise of what determines your AA/ability style, it's just a matter of understanding what each gun does and how it interacts with other guns. What I struggle with understanding is why people aren't okay with trying to understand Aphelios' gun combos... but they're okay understanding specific champion-to-champion interactions. With people being able to know how to play out a teamfight when there are so many champions in the game to begin with, I really don't think having a very basic grasp of Aphelios' kit is that difficult. And disclaimer for the punks who like to extrapolate meaning where there isn't: I'm not high-ranked, nor am I saying Aphelios is the key to getting high rank, nor that understanding his kit makes you intellectually superior to people who don't. Maybe at most I'll call them lazy (the one who doesn't want to put effort to getting a basic understanding of his kit) but certainly won't call them bad at the game or anything like that

[@unsourced7561]

Aphelios: released over 3 years ago and still nobody knows what he does lol

[@BenL-wh4pt]

No newbe dare taking a hard champ and there is no point to take a very high demanding of brain power champ for doing the same impact as a jinx or a Caitlin.

[@srensen3081]

@@BenL-wh4pt caitlyn and aphelios dont even have the same win cons?? jinx i understand, same win con as aphelios, scale and win, but caitlyn needs to abuse her aa range and bully enemy adc, not just try to survive lane

[@ggnick1695]

Because no one bothers to spend 5 minutes reading his kit, its not hard lmao

[@alanp.lopezc.7753]

3 more year will pass and I won’t even play that champ 😂

[@GlacialScion]

It's not difficult. He autos. All his abilities are just an effect on top of his autos. I hate Aphelios because he pretends to be big brain but really he just facerolls.

[@gamgam7979]

All the aphelios mains definitely spent the whole video screaming techniques into their screen

[@larry4014]

Honestly I would have been happy if he walked up for close range autos with chacram

[@gamgam7979]

@@larry4014 also all the times he had the gravitum effect on people and didnt switch in time to root them

[@mochiiten4046]

I would be happy if he read that he can know what gun he will get next by pressing E

[@MoSanta42]

14:50 "i dunno what I'm doing, I'm just gonna keep pressing q and w" - every Aphelios player

[@thundercharger1245]

I always like seeing zwag play Aphelios. I wanna see him learn the champ! Also, red gun goes through windwalls so it’s nice for dealing with samira.

[@incursiusgaming7817]

@@morrigancollins2092 it's not rng at all... there's a designated order to the guns that the player can alter to setup any future combos. he's just an advanced character that takes planning on top of practice to be good with.

[@thundercharger1245]

@@morrigancollins2092 yeah uhhhh Aphelios’ guns aren’t RNG. There are steps that every player has to take in order to set your rotation at the beginning of the game. He’s a champ that has a lot of skill expression and his kit has a way to support just about every play style in the game, you just have to know how to use each gun. Saying that this champ depends entirely on luck is an insult to the people that put in the effort to learn him (myself included)

[@incursiusgaming7817]

@@morrigancollins2092 as an example, if you like a particular gun, then you'll know once you use up it's ammo count you have to cycle through 3 more guns to get it back. This knowledge can be used to set up if you want a certain combo by holding one gun in reserve and not using it's ammo at all until you get the gun you wana combo it with, then using all ammo of both guns in tandem to keep them together

[@insalatadelgatto]

​@@morrigancollins2092 he even says himself that he has no idea what he's doing; he definitely has a lot to learn

[@incursiusgaming7817]

@@morrigancollins2092 i feel you one that one. Lol

[@hellrborist]

I'm gonna be honest watching Aphelios gameplay feels very surreal, it feels like it's a completely different game. I don't think there's a champ as "unique" as Aphelios is in a way. I get the vibe that playing him feels isolating from all the other champs around you and even the game itself from how just different he is.

[@dylanmace7956]

Exactly right

[@SteamGrace]

He auto attacks. So unique

[@s6031417]

3:50 He switched the gun type beautifully to miss the cannon. That’s the spirit.

[@alpharius8517]

Some helpful tips on how to get and use the White weapon: - When you start the game, use Red first until it runs out, then Green, then the oldest. That should guarantee you get the Red White combo. So the order should be Red -> Green -> Purple -> Blue -> White -> Red, you want to use up Purple and Blue around the same time to get the Red/White combo right after, then you use Red and only auto attack with White when it has stacks. After the Red runs out, use the oldest weapon of the two for the remainder of the game. - You can see the gun order by hovering over the Hitman and the Seer icon where you level up. It shows the two weapons your holding and the next order of the other three. The Third weapon is the next in line once you run out of one of the two you are holding. Also, you can see the next gun in rotation in your ability bar next to your offhand weapon in the upper right of it. - White generates stacks when it is used as an off-hand weapon attack. So, Blue, Green, and Red will use White as an off-hand weapon attack when you Q with those three weapons, generating stacks per use of the off-hand weapon. - Generally, you don't want to use White as a turret while holding Red, only with Green and Purple. And you don't want to do regular auto attacks with White, only if it has stacks. Also, as you saw, the closer you stand to the target, the faster the White attacks. - The White stacks have a timer going until they disappear, attacking a champion resets the timer as well as gaining more stacks also resets it. Also, at minute 30:40, White had no stacks since the stacks ran out of time. Thats what it did not do damage. Ideally, you use Red Q to build up stacks then switch to White and auto.

[@mrjamezjc9845]

For red+white gun you push Q with red as primary and then that generates a ton of chakrams then you immediately switch to white gun and auto and it yeets all the chakrams you’ve stacked up at them, it’s nuts

[@kyleberts]

“Did Zwag get the first 6 CS?” No, he missed a caster minion Lose Streak: 4

[@SFHFWill]

He did. He got 6/6 on wave one and 5/6 wave two. I watched it twice. The caster he missed died to cannon and was from wave 2.

[@kyleberts]

@@SFHFWill watch again ig

[@shionlovesdonuts]

​@@SFHFWill wrong, he failed

[@beannibba]

@@SFHFWill no he missed a caster while under turret

[@shionlovesdonuts]

@@blackpyramiddd why

[@Commonsensor]

Insert meme: I’ve no idea what I’m doing. I’m just watching aphelios like: press all buttons and discover what they do!

[@zeeksgarage899]

not a champ for everyone, but glad you made a vid on him. my favorite moon boy

[@falafelgaming3430]

Does that sentence sound right to you hahaha..😂🤔?

[@zeeksgarage899]

@@falafelgaming3430 Yeah

[@765craven4]

As someone who has a duo who regularly plays Aph, there's one thing I've learned. Red-White is his strongest combo for dueling. Definitely explains why Zwag likes it the most.

[@TeamFlawTactics]

Blue and white is also Nice :) All enemys You Hit with Blue give you a chakram. I like to ult + q with Blue to have some massive aoe damage in the start of a fight then go with white and deal Tonne of dmg. After that you have your red and also can deal tons of dmg and have lifesteal af:)

[@Metallix37]

Day 26 of asking for a Lissandra video, no reason, I just like her and wanna see one.

[@thecaininstinct]

she’s so underrated

[@MacDaddyMace]

Good luck brother

[@herrschniedler4207]

dog champ, can have hourglass two times, several stuns, dash and lots of damage, hate her

[@allfather4366]

so happy to see an aphelios video from you again!! he may be ur most hated champ but hes my absolute favorite, so fun seeing you play him!!

[@fuzzy-02]

Aphelios just activates my WoW neurons. *recalls wotk days, mashing a ton of keys in a semi random order*

[@kacocoticklealive4632]

Being the aphelion main I am, looking at zwags gun rotation makes me want to crawl into a hole. And the way he carelessly uses all his ammo. Just… aurgh

[@benmargery9489]

I'm with you there, I was cringing constantly, I think with more knowledge and time he'll come to love the champ, I'd love to give some 1 to 1 tips and things to know, none of my friends are interested in letting me teach them about it, but I'd love to do that

[@midir4000]

the way he yeeted away blue right before blue/green walking to lane made me need to pause the video to calm down

[@JoJ0Kun]

it is always nice to see zwag play your main man, loved the video

[@nikolakrastev8880]

Hot take but Aphelios has a great design. One of the best in the last couple of years.

[@RedCnMn]

A take so hot, you should prepare for hell lmao

[@biladence6789]

I agree

[@dallNoki]

Definitely, everyone always calls him 200 years because he’s complicated but he definitely has his spot in the game as the highest skillsealing adc

[@marcusmeaney]

you could burn water with that take

[@blankagoldfinger8842]

Agree, he's one of the most fun adcs to play. And you do need skill since he has 0 mobility and different weapon combos have different wincons. Weapon and ammo managament is also hard to learn

[@FarisAmgad]

Not Zwag doing everything wrong on Aphelios yet still getting kills, I love it.

[@megamemnon]

26:47 lmao it looked like Cho was struggling to sneeze

[@angie-gn6fo]

let's go, i always repeat your aphelios videos bc he's my main so im excited

[@sebicostache5727]

The way zwag cycles his weapons made this video extra painful to watch

[@bonniesuzyariashudson825]

25:35 My God. I absolutely love Galio's comment, Made me laugh so much 😂😂😂

[@teanoops]

so cute seeing zwag finally confused about champ's mechanic 🥺 i started watching just recently and this really warms my heart lmao

[@Tsino69]

Every Aphelios I've had in my games is either a mechanical genius or an absolute potato, there is no in-between.

[@thesickandwounded]

after i dont know how many videos of him playing aphelios and me shouting at the screen form him to get the chakrams and walk up close.. he finally did it

[@ReyoVR]

Pro: Enemies don't know what you are doing con: You don't know what you are doing either

[@justinroylance4941]

Thanks for the great vid Zwag!

[@Meme.Machine]

First time i got to see the stream... This took a while lmao

[@Sleepybellx]

Phel is so fun when you learn the good orders for his guns, how to manage his ammo around how/when you want to fight, and the four gun combo.

[@onegonearm]

You hit Q with red weapon then once the stars are stacked up you hit ult, switch to white weapon and hug them. Sniper/flame thrower is great for team fights tho. Q - ult - auto with sniper and flames hit everyone and AoE out from each person hit.

[@chrisbouwhuis7199]

Hey zwag if u want to have the most standard gun combo's try depleting the guns in this order red-green-purple-blue-red-white And afer that just deplete the oldest gun in your inventory Also for close range fights if you have the red and white gun combo try red q into white r for a large ammount of burst damage on your white auto's :)

[@nini8973]

FINALLY APHELIOS, NEXT SERAPHINE PLS ❤

[@Strlz_Remtachi]

I like using the Scythe and Cannon combo, hitting them with cannon and snare them, then use the Scythe ability to heal and poke or Chakram and Flamethrower, Flamethrower Q on minions to gather Chakram stacks and then Galeforce in to use chakram auto atk burst and the Guma's infamous Scythe and Chakram, gather stacks with Scyhte Q then all in with Galeforce and Chakram

[@thephilm3535]

Theyre called severum (red), calibrum (green), infernum (blue), gravitum (purple) and crescendum (white) just fyi

[@Strlz_Remtachi]

@@thephilm3535 ye I kno, some don't actually know name since only less than 20% of the player base use Aphelios KEKW, so I just used the other term

[@thephilm3535]

@@Strlz_Remtachi when I explain to others I just use the colours

[@sxftkenxbi]

yay finally zwag plays aphelios again

[@snoylak]

Finally, you did it. I demand this one moths ago, i thought you have no worst champion in your list.

[@calebwhitefilleul7959]

I've never seen anyone play Aphelios before either, interesting champ, thank you

[@zacharywong483]

Still really enjoyed the vid and appreciate the Aphelios vids, Zwag!

[@TheIlluvatar619]

Thanks to put effort and time into playing aphelios, i wont ask again until next year!

[@lohgock_y]

In proplay its "red and white dont fight" (for the enemies). I think the combo is that u press red-Q and stack shurikens and then switch to white where u have soo many shuricens and just deal so much dmg

[@B_HAT92]

"Well, I'm full build." So was Varus haha

[@marwantarek4197]

Yes, finally playing aphelios ❤

[@richardflores2418]

I recommend AP ezreal with the new static shiv, I was one shorting a nasus mid- late game

[@GiovanniBoss]

Zwag is this close to actually understanding how the white gun works. The day he red Q switch to white then auto consciously will be a glorious day.

[@naingaung2748]

“He’s playin’ yas- Aphelios?!”

[@TheDestoryERZ]

Aphelios' Red and Flamethrower always did me good

[@extremeslade108]

YES YES YES, FINALLY AN APHELIOS VID Edit: wanna see more aphelios vid

[@ambershangout7226]

Funny looking Shaco you got there

[@rafaellopez9767]

I've watched a lot of Zwag vids over the past year or so. My vid started with no sound cause my stupid headphones keeps disconnecting, and lined up perfectly until the rune page. LOL

[@vertsit7311]

30:39 Samira's W can deny your stacked shakrams...

[@theveganduolingobird7349]

No one can tell me if aphelios talked he wouldn’t say “you’ve been hit by a smooth criminal”

[@bunmengbo7190]

we all know Zwag really really hates Aphelios 🤣 Just by reading the title, I already know which hero he's playing ..

[@salvc201]

Dude if Zwag learned the champ and understood the gun rotations he would crush with Aphelios. This was the best game with the worst Aphelios mechanics ive ever seen 😂😂

[@trireme5276]

I expected the title to go like "I played my most HATED champion in the mid lane... and I hated it"

[@foupot9016]

"I dont know what I am doing I'm just pressing buttons" I see youre becoming an aphelios main?

[@H0p3less]

The “Red white lets fight” combo works when you Q with red the switch to white and auto

[@itznoah-live6881]

At 9:25, im pretty sure if he purple Q'd it would have killed. Sadge

[@CarbonFlame]

Lol Varus at the end "You fed him" ....Like bro you were literally breakfast lunch and dinner for Cho, Aphelios aside they woulda never stopped the fed cho either Haha, trying to blame galio

[@Gegarace]

I like playing Aphelios, the enemies ADC have 80% chance of don't know what I'm doing, me neither.

[@DeyonOttervenBur]

Try Yomuu into Collector, it actually annihilates squishies and gives you movespeed early, which Aphelios lacks. And LDR vs tanks later if the enemy team has any. Critality build is insane, trust me

[@duolingotargaryen2534]

30:40 Samira destroy All little shakrans: Zwag: TRASH!

[@hernanmanfredi901]

that single target infernum R tho xd

[@MegaKaroce]

At 9:25 if he pops the gravitum stack from calibrum ult that most likely would have killed galio.

[@Torque_Mk1]

If Rito had any brains between their ears and would buy licenses left and right like Epic does with Fortnite, Aphelios would've already had his Metal Slug skin, complete with weapon change sounds.

[@Huihuihui3]

I thought this was an Akshan vid at first.

[@shinjia5724]

After seeing this, I would never play Aphe in the future, never

[@jamalsonicova2509]

There are probably like 10 more comments like this but bro it goes red gun q into a lot of minions, enemies, turrets then swap to white gun aa that is now fully stacked and shred them from close distance. Blue gun aoe stacks it a bit too so blue q into white aa is also an option You do it right sometimes but often you swap to late and then the stacks are gone already.. Edit: And for Samiras windwall i think when you stand next to her fully stacked you avoid the wall the issue might be her using it while you try to stack up with red q

[@admireinspire]

Doesn't red gun attack faster the closer you are?

[@clintharward9942]

At like 13:15 I on pins and needles waiting for the outplay on Kha and Samira... I thought for sure he had them. Haha.

[@simaboather5360]

The combo posibilitys of this charakter are crazy if you take bumerang as second vweapin yoz get stacs and than you can switch and atack with like 20 bumerangs😁

[@GoopyBooper]

PLEASE MORE APHELIOS ❤

[@zenozephirus6569]

9:24 NO Q, NO KILL

[@MzSadieAnne]

You finally did it! 6th time the charm ;)

[@ioannishussein8038]

Time for another Aphelios video! Here goes!

[@VanDeBloem]

Can I see a vampire Draven build 🧐🧐

[@jaanchaudhry1682]

green purple is nice cause u can hit purple auto then root for green q+r and get guaranteed damage from super far and late game just one shot someone

[@Lane7Killah]

AP vayne in the mid lane. With her new W AP scailing

[@philipk9345]

I need a Shen vid in lane top lane pls

[@a-drewg1716]

Now I am not calling Aphelios op. He is balanced by his weak early game and skill ceiling, and he has a pretty insane skill ceiling, BUT holy shit is he one of the most over tuned champions. His kit has basically everything in it: AD, lethality, on-hit, healing, range, cc, attack speed, aoe wave clear, damage, AP scaling, crit. Honestly the only thing not built into his crit is % health damage... I think.

[@smokkeyd6]

the white gun attacks faster only the close you are to your target

[@pianocello845]

APHELIOS GAMING

[@bogdanpanaite8132]

You are right. I hate this champ so much I can't allow myself to watch the full vid😮😅

[@cuentos.narrados]

only aphelios can kill me now said the varus before exploding

[@bobbyriccio9522]

Red and white ready to fight

[@Real_Beyoga]

Day 6: I want an alphabetical series. Get a win with every champ alphabetically with an off-meta build Added caveat: Doesnt have to do them all in a row, but as he works on them to just throw them in a playlist. BUT the playlist must be alphabetical in additions.

[@sarcasticleo9807]

26:35 "Meeow"

[@lionz0r]

I'd like to see you play bottom lane for a change ;)

[@okay.1336]

Zwag is a mid laner and top… laner.

[@jonathanherman9953]

I watched the whole video and i still have no clue how to play this champion.

[@AkelasanAK]

... super interesting champion, crazy complex, but i guess few ppl can make it work ...

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

Hey zwag, since ornn and volibear are coming to wild rift, can you play either ornn or volibear next please?

[@redhorserx]

do the fastest move speed sivir!!!

[@michaelcasey3547]

Just bought a keyboard and large desk mat. Hope they look and feel as nice as they look in the pictures! Are the mats still signed?

[@Zwag]

Yea I’m still signing them. Hope you like it!

[@michaelcasey3547]

Thanks I'm sure I will. I've watched pretty much all your videos so I figured it was the best way I could help keep the content going

[@malarapollus8127]

NO WAY APHELIOS YEEEAAAAAA....but hold on.... most hated???

[@MARTINREN1231]

IDK if its just me but the most hated champs for me is the melee assassins and squishies that need to jump in the middle of a team fight. Primary example would be samira, nilah and quiana.

[@PhrenSo768]

It's so satisfying to jump in with the Nilah ult tho

[@fuzzy-02]

Give him ability to convert mana to any ammo. Give it a counter effect to balance it:

[@DanJoymonger]

Well, now that you played your most hated. Lissandra maybe?

[@cyanide9488]

Gun management is a big thing for aphelios