
- Win Rate
- 49.5%
- Pick Rate
- 29.3%
- KDA
- 2.47
Apollo Build
- Skill Level
- All Skill Levels
- Matches
- 35,170
- Version
- 6860
- Last Updated
- Nov 5, 2026 UTC
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
The Apollo build players actually buy: start with Mystic Burst, Extra Spirit, Mystic Expansion, then Improved Spirit, Compress Cooldown, Melee Charge, and finish with Tankbuster, Superior Cooldown, Spirit Snatch. Win and pick rates for every item, by stage.
Best Apollo build (Nov 5 Patch)
Nov 5 Patch · 191,676 gamesMost Apollo players open with Mystic Burst and Extra Spirit. Core items, bought in at least half of all games: Mystic Burst, Extra Spirit, Mystic Expansion, and Spirit Strike. Ranked by how often players on this hero buy each item at each shop tier, from 35,170 games.
- Laning800 souls
Mystic BurstSpiritCore48.9%85% pick
Extra SpiritSpiritCore48.8%78% pick
Mystic ExpansionSpiritCore48.9%78% pick
Spirit StrikeSpiritCore49.0%61% pick - Mid game1,600 souls
Improved SpiritSpiritCore48.8%83% pick
Compress CooldownSpiritCore49.5%54% pick
Melee ChargeWeaponCore49.7%51% pick
Healing BoosterVitality49.2%44% pick - Late game3,200 souls
TankbusterSpiritCore49.3%79% pick
Superior CooldownSpiritCore50.3%63% pick
Spirit SnatchSpiritCore49.6%63% pick - Luxury6,400 souls
Boundless SpiritSpiritCore51.8%70% pick
Spirit BurnSpirit57.0%33% pick
Win rates are for games where the item was bought. Expensive items show higher win rates partly because they get bought in games that are already going well. Item stats cover the last 7 days of games.
Apollo skill order
328,316 gamesMost Apollo players max Flawless Advance first (82% of games), then Riposte (11%).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||||||||||||
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||||||||||||
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||||||||||||
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 |
Which ability players max first
The most common order in recent matches. The first 8 points come straight from match data; the rest follow the most common max-first priority. "+" marks the unlock, T1–T3 the upgrade tiers.
Gun, spirit or vitality: which Apollo build wins?
80% of Apollo players finish with a Spirit build, and it wins 49.2% of games.
- Spirit 80%
- Vitality 9%
- Hybrid 8%
- Gun 3%
Spirit Apollo build
- Win rate
- 49.2%
- Share of games
- 80%18,326 games
- Avg. souls
- 39,078
Items Spirit Apollo players finish with, by how often they own them:
Vitality Apollo build
- Win rate
- 46.4%
- Share of games
- 9%2,143 games
- Avg. souls
- 40,054
Items Vitality Apollo players finish with, by how often they own them:
Hybrid Apollo build
- Win rate
- 48.4%
- Share of games
- 8%1,922 games
- Avg. souls
- 38,472
Items Hybrid Apollo players finish with, by how often they own them:
Gun Apollo build
- Win rate
- 49.9%
- Share of games
- 3%658 games
- Avg. souls
- 34,552
Items Gun Apollo players finish with, by how often they own them:
From the final items of 23,049 Apollo games over the last 14 days. A build counts as gun, spirit or vitality when that shop slot holds at least 45% of its souls; anything else is hybrid. Sold items are not counted.
Apollo build planner
Start from the meta build and swap items from the shop. The planner counts your souls, shows your gun / spirit / vitality split and how that build type does for Apollo, and flags pairs that win together and items with a poor record.
Your Apollo build
25,600 souls- Weapon 6%
- Vitality 6%
- Spirit 88%
- Build type
- Spirit
- Meta match
- 100%
Spirit Apollo builds win 49.2% of games and make up 80% of Apollo games.
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Apollo items that win together
Spirit Burn with Boundless Spirit is the best-winning pair on Apollo: 58.0% over 419,076 games.

Spirit Burn + Boundless Spirit419,076 games58.0%+9.0 vs Apollo average
Greater Expansion + Spirit Burn353,871 games57.8%+8.7 vs Apollo average
Torment Pulse + Boundless Spirit442,015 games55.0%+5.9 vs Apollo average
Torment Pulse + Greater Expansion448,270 games53.0%+3.9 vs Apollo average
Stamina Mastery + Superior Cooldown448,213 games52.2%+3.1 vs Apollo average
Two items owned together at the end of the game, last 30 days. Late items win more often because games that last long enough to buy them were often already ahead.
Adapt your Apollo build to the enemy
Pick the enemy hero to see which items win most for Apollo in that matchup. It opens on the hardest one, Graves, where Apollo wins 39.8%.
Apollo wins 39.8% against Graves (3,637 games).
Best items vs Graves
Spirit BurnIn the core build46.6%24% pick
Mystic ReverbSwap in45.3%15% pick
Torment PulseSwap in42.7%36% pick
WitchmailSwap in44.8%11% pick
Boundless SpiritIn the core build42.4%43% pick
Apollo community builds
All Apollo buildsNo one has published a Apollo build yet. Share yours and help other players climb.
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Create your Apollo buildWhat Oracle+ Apollo players build
From 7,037 Apollo games at Oracle rank and above, in the order players buy the items.
High-rank players buy Spirit Strike, Dispel Magic, and Hunter's Aura more than the all-ranks build does.
Apollo build changes this week
Melee Lifesteal is the biggest riser on Apollo: bought in 50.6% of games, up 18.4 points.
Bought more
The last 7 days of games compared with the 7 days before. Items need 300 games on each side.
Apollo hidden gems
Items few Apollo players buy that win well above the hero's 49.1% average.
Treat these as situational: a low pick rate often means the item gets bought when the game is already won.
All Apollo items (Nov 5 Patch)
83 items with stats for Apollo. Mystic Burst is bought most, in 85% of games. Filter by slot or sort by win rate, pick rate or cost.
| Item | Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48.9% | 84.9% | 800 | 162,667 | |
| 48.8% | 83.2% | 1,600 | 159,491 | |
| 49.3% | 79.1% | 3,200 | 151,681 | |
| 48.8% | 78.1% | 800 | 149,632 | |
| 48.9% | 77.8% | 800 | 149,063 | |
| 51.8% | 70.1% | 6,400 | 134,383 | |
| 50.3% | 63.4% | 3,200 | 121,591 | |
| 49.6% | 63.3% | 3,200 | 121,356 | |
| 49.0% | 60.8% | 800 | 116,454 | |
| 50.2% | 55.6% | 3,200 | 106,555 | |
| 49.5% | 53.5% | 1,600 | 102,625 | |
| 49.7% | 50.8% | 1,600 | 97,403 | |
| 49.6% | 50.6% | 800 | 96,964 | |
| 49.9% | 47.1% | 3,200 | 90,209 | |
| 49.2% | 44.1% | 1,600 | 84,606 | |
| 49.3% | 43.0% | 1,600 | 82,458 | |
| 51.4% | 42.2% | 3,200 | 80,982 | |
| 48.6% | 38.5% | 800 | 73,776 | |
| 48.6% | 34.4% | 800 | 65,887 | |
| 57.0% | 33.5% | 6,400 | 64,144 | |
| 49.1% | 32.7% | 3,200 | 62,767 | |
| 50.6% | 32.6% | 3,200 | 62,479 | |
| 49.5% | 32.4% | 800 | 62,165 | |
| 49.9% | 31.5% | 1,600 | 60,288 | |
| 49.3% | 31.0% | 800 | 59,353 | |
| 51.5% | 26.9% | 6,400 | 51,563 | |
| 50.7% | 24.6% | 3,200 | 47,122 | |
| 47.8% | 23.3% | 1,600 | 44,595 | |
| 49.6% | 22.9% | 3,200 | 43,948 | |
| 50.4% | 22.1% | 1,600 | 42,454 | |
| 51.6% | 22.1% | 3,200 | 42,400 | |
| 54.6% | 18.8% | 6,400 | 35,947 | |
| 55.1% | 18.1% | 6,400 | 34,690 | |
| 51.5% | 15.8% | 3,200 | 30,241 | |
| 57.4% | 13.1% | 6,400 | 25,177 | |
| 57.1% | 11.4% | 6,400 | 21,915 | |
| 49.7% | 11.2% | 1,600 | 21,382 | |
| 50.9% | 11.1% | 1,600 | 21,189 | |
| 49.9% | 9.9% | 1,600 | 19,027 | |
| 50.9% | 7.7% | 3,200 | 14,839 | |
| 54.1% | 7.5% | 6,400 | 14,406 | |
| 50.9% | 6.6% | 1,600 | 12,675 | |
| 50.5% | 5.9% | 800 | 11,222 | |
| 47.0% | 5.8% | 3,200 | 11,156 | |
| 53.9% | 5.3% | 6,400 | 10,180 | |
| 52.3% | 5.0% | 1,600 | 9,522 | |
| 51.7% | 4.8% | 800 | 9,195 | |
| 46.0% | 4.8% | 3,200 | 9,161 | |
| 52.1% | 4.7% | 1,600 | 9,086 | |
| 51.3% | 4.7% | 6,400 | 9,061 | |
| 47.9% | 4.7% | 800 | 9,032 | |
| 53.9% | 4.5% | 6,400 | 8,720 | |
| 55.0% | 4.5% | 6,400 | 8,710 | |
| 49.2% | 4.1% | 1,600 | 7,940 | |
| 46.3% | 4.0% | 1,600 | 7,730 | |
| 51.4% | 3.9% | 800 | 7,508 | |
| 53.5% | 3.7% | 6,400 | 7,179 | |
| 55.0% | 3.5% | 3,200 | 6,785 | |
| 46.7% | 3.4% | 1,600 | 6,561 | |
| 50.3% | 3.2% | 800 | 6,099 | |
| 56.7% | 3.0% | 6,400 | 5,745 | |
| 56.0% | 3.0% | 6,400 | 5,704 | |
| 51.3% | 2.9% | 6,400 | 5,477 | |
| 45.9% | 2.8% | 1,600 | 5,332 | |
| 53.3% | 2.7% | 6,400 | 5,122 | |
| 47.1% | 2.6% | 800 | 4,985 | |
| 44.8% | 2.5% | 800 | 4,808 | |
| 49.4% | 2.3% | 3,200 | 4,487 | |
| 46.8% | 2.3% | 1,600 | 4,432 | |
| 39.4% | 2.1% | 3,200 | 4,109 | |
| 42.1% | 2.0% | 3,200 | 3,923 | |
| 48.2% | 1.8% | 3,200 | 3,521 | |
| 51.2% | 1.8% | 800 | 3,503 | |
| 50.3% | 1.8% | 1,600 | 3,495 | |
| 50.7% | 1.8% | 1,600 | 3,473 | |
| 52.0% | 1.8% | 1,600 | 3,471 | |
| 51.7% | 1.8% | 6,400 | 3,373 | |
| 51.8% | 1.7% | 1,600 | 3,322 | |
| 51.5% | 1.7% | 3,200 | 3,302 | |
| 58.2% | 1.5% | 6,400 | 2,823 | |
| 44.3% | 1.4% | 1,600 | 2,595 | |
| 58.4% | 1.2% | 6,400 | 2,287 | |
| 55.2% | 1.0% | 6,400 | 1,994 |
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Items to avoid on Apollo
Items Apollo players still buy that win at least 3 points less than other items at the same price. Metal Skin wins 39.4%, against 50.0% for Apollo's other 3,200-soul items.
Heroes with Similar Builds to Apollo
Heroes whose builds share at least 7 items with Apollo's. Rates are each hero's own.
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Apollo build FAQ (Nov 5 Patch)
What is the best Apollo build?
The build Apollo players buy most: Mystic Burst, Extra Spirit, Mystic Expansion, and Spirit Strike in lane, Improved Spirit, Compress Cooldown, Melee Charge, and Healing Booster in the mid game, then Tankbuster, Superior Cooldown, Spirit Snatch, Boundless Spirit, and Spirit Burn late.
What is the best Apollo skill order?
Most Apollo players max Flawless Advance first (82% of games), then Riposte (11%).
What should Apollo buy first?
Most Apollo players open with Mystic Burst (85% pick) and Extra Spirit (78% pick).
What are Apollo's core items?
Items bought in at least 50% of Apollo games: Mystic Burst (48.9%), Extra Spirit (48.8%), Mystic Expansion (48.9%), Spirit Strike (49.0%), Improved Spirit (48.8%), Compress Cooldown (49.5%), Melee Charge (49.7%), Tankbuster (49.3%), Superior Cooldown (50.3%), Spirit Snatch (49.6%), and Boundless Spirit (51.8%).
Which Apollo items are underrated?
Rarely bought but winning well above Apollo's average: Phantom Strike (58.4%), Colossus (58.2%), and Scourge (56.7%). Buy them situationally.
Is gun or spirit Apollo better?
80% of Apollo players finish with a Spirit build, and it wins 49.2% of games.
What do high-rank Apollo players build?
Oracle+ Apollo players open with Extra Regen, Melee Lifesteal, and Mystic Burst, move on to Spirit Snatch, Lifestrike, and Torment Pulse and finish with Boundless Spirit and Spirit Burn.
What items should Apollo avoid?
Metal Skin (39.4%), Knockdown (42.1%), and Monster Rounds (44.8%) win the least on Apollo right now compared with other items at the same price.
