So what is counterplay vs Aphelios and Sett?

King Lego·12/28/2019, 7:05:56 PM·2 votes·2,665 views

Assuming Sett is already on live servers to point that off first. Yes I'm living under a rock, I have no clue what's even going on.

But since it's been like 2 weeks already since aphelios release, I'd like to know what to do against a champ like that (as well as Sett obviously) before I get back to league after my Christmas vacation.

If that matters for a minor detail, I'm a Vel'Koz main. Thanks in advance. Also I'm also curious to ask, what you think of these 2 champs so far? To me, I didn't like aphelios but Sett looks dope (But his alias seemed lame...I mean..."The boss"? I expected something better honestly) and looking forward to play him.

15 Comments

Jimmy Rustles12/28/2019, 7:11:19 PM4 votes

Aphelios - Ban him, he's broken af

Sett, build thornmail he uses way more AA than most top laners and only deals physical, plus counters his regen

Or as vel, just never go near him, he only has a small speed boost, or get seekers armguard

iiGazeii12/28/2019, 7:16:02 PM4 votes

Aphelios has no mobility, he's super squishy, and his base stats are garbage. He's vulnerable to getting poked out and shoved under turret, and has no waveclear without his flamethrower. His effective range and damage are both very good, but he's made of paper.

Sett has long cooldowns early and a very poor engage. He needs to be in the middle of the action to really be effective, but has no way of getting there himself. He's amazing at turning fights, but can't start them. Just poke and prod so he doesn't have a good W to work with, and don't dive into him.

boricCentaur112/28/2019, 7:25:00 PM2 votes

Aphelios same as most adcs he is some what similar to jinx. He has basically no self peel other then a slow and a root that needs a auto attack. What is your problem with him?

Sett(why the fuck is there two ts?) Ummmm idk he wasn't come out yet.

Sire Hippington12/28/2019, 11:08:53 PM2 votes

As vel, the appropiate action to take vs them is to celebrate. Both are very imobile and easy targets for your poke and combo. Aphelios is comparable to jinx, huge damage potential if you let him be, but rather easy to take down if out of position or without proper protection.

Sett is basically another darius, pretty rough to deal with as meely or lowish ranged low mobillity champ. As vel, he schould be no big deal, he has nearly no means to really get to you, or avoid your spells. You just have to be carefull of his ult, he grab an opponent, move forward quite a bit and slam him into others(think poppy E, but with aoe finish instead of wall stun), so try not to line up directly behind your frontline but with some offset to either side instead so he can't slam them into you.

Hordes6612/28/2019, 8:53:31 PM1 votes

Aphelios The range is too far for the amount of damage it does. Broken on release to sell skins - like every other new champ. Riot has its own set of prioities and none of them include a good game for the playerbase unless maybe you live in asia.

JackMcCarry12/29/2019, 12:14:09 AM1 votes

Aphelios First of all - learn his gun's passives. Go to youtube and just get a mental note on what each gun does, it's easy to remember by color - still it will save you from going "oh shit, why am i rooted from his basic attack" or "Oh shit, why is he floating towards me with mini Lucian ult".

Besides that, he's immobile and squishy with almost 0 self peel, and he HAS to play around his gun's ammo system so at some points he will be weaker than others.

tl;dr about his guns: Green / Sniper - Gives him cait's AA range, Q ability shoots a linear skillshot that if connects with an enemy allows him to AA him again once.

Red / Pistol - Gives him healing on AA, Q ability gives him MS and auto targets nearest target, kinda like Lucian's ult

Purple / Rocket launcher - Gives slow on AA, Q ability snares enemies hit by his AA.

Blue / Flamethrower - Gives a pseudo titanic hydra passive - enemies hit by his AA will splash in a cone behind them, Q ability sprays the area in a cone infront of him.

White / Chakram - Boomerang weapons, He throws it and cant attack until it's back in his hand (meaning the closer you are the faster he attacks), also the more time he attacks the more passive damage he gains on you, Q ability places a turrret.

His ulti is an AoE skillshot that explodes on enemy contact, the AoE is effected by the gun he has equiped (Sniper one lets him AA anyone hit by ult, Rocket launcher him lets him snare anyone hit by his ult ect.... )