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// Recommended builds

The best trait and item combination at every level, 2 stars, by DPS.

Level 7DeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge695DPS
Rapidfire 5Lunar 2
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Level 8DeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge696DPS
Rapidfire 5Lunar 3
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Level 9DeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge696DPS
Rapidfire 5Lunar 3
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Level 10DeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge696DPS
Rapidfire 5Lunar 3
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Every level and star level below

// Top items

What each item adds on its own, in DPS, with no other item.

Deathblade+100
Giant Slayer+93
Red Buff+93
Infinity Edge+85
Kraken's Fury+82
Blue Buff+70
Guinsoo's Rageblade+65
Sterak's Gage+64
Hand of Justice+59
Quicksilver+57
Striker's Flail+55
Last Whisper+51

Builds by level

Every combination of Aphelios's own traits that a comp of the chosen level can reach, ranked by the DPS of its best 3-item build against three dummies with the team's shred, sunder and burn already on them. Numbers open the DPS Calculator with the same inputs. Levels 4 to 7 only use champions you can find at that level: up to 2-costs at level 4, 3-costs at levels 5 and 6, 4-costs at level 7.

Level
Stars
Debuffs on the enemies
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#TraitsBest buildDPS · no itemsDPS · with buildOpen
Rapidfire 5Lunar 3DeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge204696CalculatorFind the comp
Rapidfire 5Lunar 2DeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge203695CalculatorFind the comp
Rapidfire 5DeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge196672CalculatorFind the comp
Rapidfire 4Lunar 3DeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge194664CalculatorFind the comp
Rapidfire 4Lunar 2DeathbladeInfinity EdgeInfinity Edge190652CalculatorFind the comp
Lunar 3Rapidfire 3DeathbladeInfinity EdgeStriker's Flail158626CalculatorFind the comp
Rapidfire 4DeathbladeInfinity EdgeStriker's Flail158623CalculatorFind the comp
Rapidfire 3Lunar 2DeathbladeStriker's FlailInfinity Edge155614CalculatorFind the comp
Lunar 3Rapidfire 2Infinity EdgeKraken's FuryStriker's Flail149563CalculatorFind the comp
Lunar 2Rapidfire 2Infinity EdgeKraken's FuryStriker's Flail145552CalculatorFind the comp
Rapidfire 3Infinity EdgeKraken's FuryStriker's Flail145551CalculatorFind the comp
Rapidfire 2DeathbladeDeathbladeGuinsoo's Rageblade145503CalculatorFind the comp
Lunar 3DeathbladeInfinity EdgeBlue Buff139488CalculatorFind the comp
Lunar 2DeathbladeDeathbladeGuinsoo's Rageblade135487CalculatorFind the comp
No traitsDeathbladeDeathbladeGuinsoo's Rageblade128470CalculatorFind the comp

// Cast timeline

3.65 smana lock per cast
1.65 scast window2.00 schannel

From the mana bar filling until mana can come in again. No mana comes in during this time. Mana locked through the 2.00 s channel after the cast; no attacks during it.

0 / 70mana at start / to cast
+10mana per attack
0.80attacks per second
0.16 sattack delay: from the start of an attack until it hits
0.14 safter the hit until it can cast or attack again
0.0 s0.80 attacks/s0/70
  • attack animation
  • attack lands
  • attack recovery
  • cast window (mana locked)
  • channel

First cast at 7.80 s with 0.80 attacks per second. Items, traits and damage taken change the mana pace; the cast, effect and channel windows do not.

Step by step, in words
  1. Mana reaches 70/70: the cast starts and the mana lock goes on (no mana from attacks, ticks or damage taken).
  2. 0.00 to 1.65 s: cast window. The unit plays its cast animation and its return to idle; it cannot auto attack.
  3. 1.65 to 3.65 s: channel. Still mana locked, still no attacks.
  4. 3.65 s: unlock. Mana starts again (overflow kept) and a fresh attack starts from zero; it lands at 3.81 s at base attack speed (the attack delay is 13% of the attack animation).
  5. Attack loop: the attack lands at 13% of the attack animation (mana granted) and unlocks at 24%; a cast that becomes possible at the landing starts at that unlock point, cutting the rest of the attack.
  6. Mana gain: 10 per attack; combat starts at 0/70.
  7. Overflow is banked: mana past 70 from attacks or regen is kept through the cast (68/70 plus 10 casts and comes back with 8). Same rule for every champion; only the amounts differ by role.

// Itemized Roles

Ranged AD CarryPrimaryGiant SlayerInfinity EdgeKraken's Fury

4-cost ranged AD Carry (game role tag, range 4). As the comp's damage dealer it takes the best calculated damage items. Mana lock 3.65 s per cast against a 8.9 s fill (29% locked). Casts per minute at base speed 4.8; with Spear of Shojin 6.5, Blue Buff 6.6, a +45% attack speed item 6.1. Blue Buff and Spear of Shojin are within 2% of each other, so either keeps the loop rolling; the default mana-per-attack set stays.

Ranged AD SupportSolidLast WhisperRed BuffDeathblade

4-cost ranged AD Carry (game role tag, range 4). When another champion carries, it holds the team Shred/Sunder and Burn items. Mana lock 3.65 s per cast against a 8.9 s fill (29% locked). Casts per minute at base speed 4.8; with Spear of Shojin 6.5, Blue Buff 6.6, a +45% attack speed item 6.1. Blue Buff and Spear of Shojin are within 2% of each other, so either keeps the loop rolling; the default mana-per-attack set stays. One Sunder item and one Burn item for the team, plus the third item that adds the most calculated damage for Aphelios (449 DPS at 2 stars against three 2-star tanks). Ionic Spark, Evenshroud and Sunfire Cape are left out: at range 4 their aura would not reach the enemies.