Aphelios vs Syndra Counter Pick

Aphelios‘s difficulty score of 10 reflects a kit that demands tracking five weapons at once, and against Syndra‘s stun-chain burst, that complexity works against him. Over 275 games on patch 16.13.1, Aphelios wins only 41.8%, a clearly Hard matchup for him.

Syndra’s own difficulty of 8 is high but her win condition is simpler to execute cleanly: Scatter the Weak stuns any target hit by a thrown Dark Sphere, and landing that single ability into Unleashed Power is often enough to remove an ADC with no dash before he can react. Aphelios has no innate mobility tool of his own, so once a stun connects, his 600 base health and 26 armor at level one, both modest for the role, offer little resistance to the follow-up burst.

Force of Will adds a second slow on top of the stun threat, further reducing Aphelios’s chance to reposition before Syndra’s combo lands, and her 550 range matches his exactly, denying him even the small edge he holds against shorter-range opponents. The weapon he happens to be holding at engage time also matters more here than usual, since some of his five options offer far less peel against a burst mage than others.