Aphelios

Aphelios is an AD carry in the adc, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 51.2% win rate, 4.5% pick rate, 52,386 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Aphelios is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Aphelios wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Aphelios tips the fight, and winning the wave and turning push priority into map control. The kit grades 8/10 teamfighting, 7/10 waveclear. Aphelios grades low on roaming and disengage (2/10, 2/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.

The most-played core build is Hexoptics C44, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, which holds a 53.6% win rate across 2,796 games this patch. Pick the enemy team to adapt each item slot to the specific matchup.

The matchup to respect is Swain, where Aphelios sits at just 40.4%, the lane swings the other way into Camille (59.6%), and on the team side, Aphelios gains the most from a Zaahen (+7.8% pair win rate).