Guys, Aphelios has no defensives, no mobility, limited sustain, and limited CC
Seriously, can we all calm down?
I've seen a lot of people talking about how Aphelios's kit is 'overstuffed'. Which, yeah, it probably is, have you seen that kit primer? But then I also see people talking about how he 'has everything a champion could want'. And, well... title. No dashes. Only movement ability is a speed boost, the most counterable, cancellable movement in the game. No hard escapes. No defensives at all. One hard CC ability, only one weapon that even gives SOFT CC. One sustain weapon, and we don't even know how strong it is. And he doesn't have all these abilities at once! Seriously, even if flamethrower/rocket launcher or whatever perfectly counters assassins, he only has that for a little while, and late game, game-changing fights could happen in between the time it takes to get it back.
It's okay. It's gonna be okay. Riot just announced a hyper-complex, ludicrously over-the-top kog'maw. Just dive him. What's he gonna do, throw up a shield, ward-hop, dive onto your carry, kick them into a wall, then 1v2 your tanks? Just dive him. Have your Vi ult the little twink. At any given moment, his abilities are probably just some flavor of 'do damage to people'.
Just. Dive. The. Twink.
flashes over the wall, Q R, nuff' said.
and just don't allow him to move.