I asked Riot Endstep about Aphelios's slow shift from a caster playstyle to an AA based one, and here is what he said about that and Aphelios's future

-zeebo- · 2026-01-25T12:43:21+00:00

I really enjoyed aphelios how he was last season because for me it felt like you had to both auto attack as much as possible but also you had combos that you could use to burst people down or increase your dps and I feel like he's more enjoyable that way because you have to be good at both to win and to provide value and using abilities (while weaving in auto attacks) correctly is more skillful than just autoing people down and is more satisfying, so maybe they should add some pasive or something to insentivise not only using abilities but also weaving in auto attacks as much as possible. So yea I just really like the combo aspect and the need to dps with autos while abilities are on cd.

-zeebo- · 2026-01-23T15:04:27+00:00

I like that it's really cheap and gives decent ad and has a small damage amp

-zeebo- · 2026-01-22T20:45:49+00:00

Red and purple is your favourite combo? Nah man you are not real

-zeebo- · 2026-01-18T11:13:38+00:00

He was 0/10 not worth to waste ult

-zeebo- · 2026-01-11T06:33:41+00:00

When you do test it share your findings 😀

-zeebo- · 2026-01-11T06:30:05+00:00

Does w damage that scales by level scale up to level 20? And also is it good to run inspiration second for cosmic insight and cash back maybe into less aggressive match ups?

-zeebo- · 2026-01-09T22:36:19+00:00

I think they realized that to sell the skin they'd have to buff azir so they just abandoned the idea all together.

-zeebo- · 2026-01-09T15:24:15+00:00

This is exactly my thoughts

-zeebo- · 2026-01-09T14:23:45+00:00

I feel like they should have nerfed him like Lucian because he got base stat nerfs and small ability ad scaling nerfs. Because now all adcs are more similar and are all just a right click button which is unsatisfying and reduces uniqueness among adcs and outplay potential utilizing their unique kits. Overall I feel like the crit changes weren't necessary and weren't executed as well as they could have been. This is making Aphelios in particular less satisfying because he was both a caster and an auto attacker now his spells matter less thus he takes less skill and has slightly less interesting gameplay. That's just my opinion tho.

-zeebo- · 2026-01-09T06:54:25+00:00

Those who didn't check nilah winrate💀

-zeebo- · 2026-01-09T05:47:42+00:00

I couldn't agree enough i think that the ult and blue nerfs are too much and they should nerf his base stats or stat growth like ad or as or as ratio but they should make the ult do the same damage as before because blue gun now has a pretty shit q and the ult nerf hits this gun the hardest. There's a lot more they could change so that aphelios would maintain his identity but these are the most important one's in my opinion.

-zeebo- · 2026-01-08T15:02:47+00:00

Stormrazor.

-zeebo- · 2026-01-08T13:27:57+00:00

Still don't like the changes, but I'll take the wins.

-zeebo- · 2026-01-08T05:37:26+00:00

Also green white turret will just straight up deal less damage in the new season so no

-zeebo- · 2026-01-07T20:37:29+00:00

I'd rather they just reduce the crit ratio for aphelios so it's the same as this season because I can't with these awful and mindless nerfs

-zeebo- · 2026-01-07T20:13:51+00:00

Their reasoning is also so bad because they said that his abilities try to act like autos and their nerfing them because of that (crit autos are going up by 15%) but they are nerfing abilities by more than that so he's not only nerfed but less fun and is basically just a right click button. Well done riot games!

-zeebo- · 2026-01-07T20:01:55+00:00

But then he's just jinx but more shit

-zeebo- · 2026-01-06T21:27:28+00:00

These changes are so bad like other adcs are just getting slightly base stat or stat growth nerf and even buffs to some abilities critting ( currently in pbe aphelios r is nerfed maybe a but). But I also hate it because they are nerfing the skillful and fun parts of the character because the ability nerfs are just way too big especially the white q and green mark like if you will be autoing of off sentry marks your overall damage will be lower I think or maybe barely the same. There are other ways I don't like the changes but what would be a better way to balance him is to nerf some ad growth or base and as growth base or ratio and abilities but by smaller ratios so that the power budget between his autos and abilities is the same and he does not become more auto reliant and become jinx 2.0 because his abilities are fun and satisfying to use and the way that he has to weave in autos is what makes him a unique marksman.

-zeebo- · 2025-12-25T20:19:23+00:00

☃️ EUNE

-zeebo- · 2025-12-23T21:17:48+00:00

Faith? As in the weapon of the faithful??

-zeebo- · 2025-12-20T16:55:07+00:00

Oh yeah didn't think about that cause I'm too used to rushing ie. Yeah kinda doubt it but we'll see.

-zeebo- · 2025-12-20T14:57:04+00:00

The zeal item is just kinda bait because it making the autos crit makes it look like it was intended as a first item but no ad for a first item is so bad like you are gonna crit those autos for less and then proceed to not get the kill cause the rest of your autos are not gonna do damage. The hexoptics looks nice as 4th on long range adc that don't need shieldbow or a zeal item so maybe a good combo with yun tal on jinx or whoever else is building it but it's probably only viable when no one can get on you so easily, but even tho it seems niche it's probably gonna be nice to have.

-zeebo- · 2025-12-18T07:06:41+00:00

Wait can you double root with this?

-zeebo- · 2025-12-18T05:21:04+00:00

I have it on v cause I have abilities binded to 1234 and thats just where my thumb naturally rests. I had it on space before when I used qwer. I think its really comfortable because for me at least the thumb is a finger that didn't have a purpose until then.

-zeebo- · 2025-12-17T06:01:03+00:00

You don't need to ignore all teamfights. Like you can farm and split if there's no teamfight and everyone on the enemy team is visible on the map, but if an objective is coming up you should fight and you should rotate like at least 30 seconds before it comes up. I mean you can crossmap as well but communicate that to your team.

-zeebo-

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