Aphelios ARAM Mayhem Build

The Weapon of the Faithful. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #94 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21MarksmanNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 49.2%
Pick rate: 4.2%
Rank: #94 of 173
Games: 972,862
Patch: 26.21

How to play Aphelios in ARAM Mayhem

Aphelios is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #94 of 173 champions, with a 49.2% win rate over 972,862 games. Riot rates it 10/10 for difficulty, so give it a few games before you judge it.

92% of Aphelios's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down.

The Crit build, critical strike and attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards, with a 50.6% win rate over 733,158 games. For boots, most players buy Berserker's Greaves, but Gluttonous Greaves rank higher.

The cards that do best on Aphelios are Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny and Back To Basics. Cards built around attack damage fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Pursuit of Haste and From Downtown when you can: they do worst on Aphelios. A pair to look for: Draw Your Sword with Weapon of Destiny.

Take Flash and Cleanse (2% of players); Ghost is the common alternative. Max Q (Weapon Abilites) first, then E, then W.

Aphelios ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Aphelios game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Crit build · top ranked

50.6% win rate · 89% of Aphelios games · 733,158 games

Start

Dagger
Serrated Dirk

Core items, in buying order

The Collector
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regards

Boots on the Crit build for Aphelios, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	22%
Berserker's Greaves	40%
No boots	29%

Situational, after the core

Death's Dance4% buy it
Phantom Dancer4% buy it
Bloodthirster39% buy it
Hexoptics C448% buy it
Mercurial Scimitar4% buy it
Immortal Shieldbow10% buy it

Most bought items

Infinity Edge86% of games
The Collector83% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards59% of games
Runaan's Hurricane41% of games
Berserker's Greaves41% of games
Bloodthirster30% of games
Gluttonous Greaves22% of games
Blade of The Ruined King21% of games
Yun Tal Wildarrows18% of games
Mortal Reminder13% of games

Best augments for Aphelios

Every card with enough Aphelios games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Aphelios's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1Escape PlanTier S
2escAPADeTier S
3Blunt ForceTier S

S- and A-tier cards for Aphelios

13 S tier and 20 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Aphelios in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Draw Your Sword	Prismatic	Tier S	You are now melee. Gain 24% Attack Damage, 24% Health, 20% Attack Speed, 20% Lifesteal, and 20% Move Speed (each further increased based on…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier S	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier S	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier S	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
escAPADe	Silver	Tier S	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier S	–
Still Here	Gold	Tier S	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Soul Siphon	Gold	Tier A	Gain 25% Crit Chance and 12% Lifesteal on Critical Strikes.
Zealot	Silver	Tier A	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Veil of Warding	Silver	Tier A	Gain a Spell Shield every 30 seconds that blocks the next enemy Ability.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Don't Blink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Kill Secured	Silver	Tier A	Gain 60% Movement Speed towards enemies below 40% health.
Deft	Silver	Tier A	Gain Attack Speed 60% Attack Speed.
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Dual Wield	Prismatic	Tier A	When you Attack, fire a bolt that deals 40% damage and applies your On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects at 40% effectiveness. Gain 10% total…
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.

Average on Aphelios
44 cards, best first

Below average on Aphelios
27 cards, best first

Weakest on Aphelios
12 cards, best first

Best first augment for Aphelios

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Aphelios's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Draw Your Sword, Back To Basics and Weapon of Destiny come out on top.

The best augments for Aphelios in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Draw Your SwordTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S
2	Back To BasicsTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
3	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Escape PlanTier S
4	Urf's ChampionTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Escape PlanTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
5	Clown CollegeTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	escAPADeTier S	Clown CollegeTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Aphelios, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Cleanse2% of players · 50.8% win rate
Flash + Ghost72% of players · 49.4% win rate
Flash + Barrier3% of players · 49.2% win rate

Skill order

QWeapon Abilites
EWeapon Queue System
WPhase

Max Q first. 15% of players use this order (51.2% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Aphelios in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 13.1 / 11.4 / 19.1
KDA: 3.09
Damage to champions: 39,513
Damage taken: 31,294
Self-mitigated: 17,157
Healing on allies: 7
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 13 s
Kill participation: 60%
Game length: 16:34

Damage type

Physical 92%Magic 4%True 4%

Questions and answers

What is the best Aphelios build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Crit build first for Aphelios: The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Aphelios in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Aphelios, best first: Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny, Back To Basics, Mad Scientist and Escape Plan. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Aphelios good in ARAM Mayhem?

Aphelios is tier B on patch 26.21, #94 of 173 champions, with a 49.2% win rate over 972,862 games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Aphelios in ARAM Mayhem?

For Aphelios's first pick on patch 26.21: Draw Your Sword, Back To Basics, Weapon of Destiny, Urf's Champion and Clown College, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
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ARAM Mayhem rules
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ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Aphelios counters
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Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.