Yone - League of Legends Champion
Win Rate
49.1%
Pick Rate
5.5%

Yonevs Aphelios

DFighterAssassin
Patch26.4
Matches1,089,240
LaneAll Lanes
TierAll Tiers
Last UpdatedMar 2, 2026
MethodologyData Methodology

Yone vs Aphelios is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.4. Yone wins with a 50.0% win rate (+0.0%) over Aphelios based on 8 games. Yone wins the early laning phase while Aphelios scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Yone build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Yone vs Aphelios matchup.

Yone Matchup Breakdown

Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Yone performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.

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Aphelios - 50.0% win rateAphelios(50.0%)
Yone - 50.0% win rate in this matchup
Yone
50.0% WR
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Aphelios vs Yone matchup - 50.0% win rate
Aphelios
50.0% WR

Who Wins the Yone vs Aphelios Matchup?

Yone wins the Yone vs Aphelios matchup
Winner
Yone
Matches: 8
50.0%
Win Rate
50.0%
6.8
CS / min
6.8
822
DMG / min
890
14,532
Gold / game
13,660
334
Heal / min
251
1,298
DMG Mitigated / min
507
0.8
CC / min
0.5
66.7%
Early Game WR
33.3%
40.0%
Late Game WR
60.0%

Yone vs Aphelios Matchup Summary

The Yone vs Aphelios matchup is essentially a coin-flip matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 8 recent matches analyzed, Yone wins with a 50.0% win rate compared to Aphelios's 50.0%, giving Yone a 0.0 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Yone controls the early laning stage, but Aphelios outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Yone needs to press advantages before Aphelios reaches their power spikes, while Aphelios should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Yone leads by 874 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Yone has a statistical edge, but the margin is close enough that respecting Aphelios's strengths is important. Trade when cooldowns are favorable, track the enemy jungler, and build toward your strongest item spikes to convert the slight advantage into a decisive lead. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.

Yone vs Aphelios Laning Phase Breakdown

Yone wins the laning phase against Aphelios in League of Legends

Yone is favored during the laning phase against Aphelios, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Yone holds advantages in farming, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.

Farming
6.8Yone
6.8Aphelios
Yone and Aphelios farm at nearly identical rates in this matchup, with only a 0.0 CS/min difference. Neither champion holds a meaningful farming advantage, so lane dominance will come from trading and jungle interaction rather than CS leads.
Damage
822Yone
890Aphelios
Aphelios deals 69 more champion damage per minute than Yone. While noticeable in extended trades, this gap can be offset by Yone choosing favorable fight windows, such as engaging when Aphelios's key abilities are on cooldown or trading immediately after dodging a skillshot.
Economy
14,532Yone
13,660Aphelios
Yone generates a commanding 872 more gold per game than Aphelios. This substantial economic advantage means Yone consistently reaches key item breakpoints earlier, creating a compounding lead that grows throughout the game. Aphelios should focus on cost-effective item choices and avoid unnecessary deaths to prevent falling further behind.
Utility
0.8Yone
0.5Aphelios
Both Yone and Aphelios provide similar amounts of crowd control (0.2s/min difference), meaning neither has a significant advantage in locking down opponents for ganks or team fights. Lane ganks are equally effective for both sides.
Sustain
1,632Yone
758Aphelios
Yone vastly out-sustains Aphelios, healing and mitigating 874 more damage per minute. This massive durability gap means Yone can absorb significant punishment and remain in lane while Aphelios is forced to recall. Building grievous wounds early is essential for Aphelios, and focusing on burst trade patterns rather than sustained fights is critical.

Best Yone Build Against Aphelios

Gunmetal Greaves is the optimal boots choice against Aphelios, providing the mobility and stats Yone needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Yone against Aphelios are Immortal Shieldbow, Death's Dance and Yun Tal Wildarrows. This combination gives Yone an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 100.0% win rate across 1 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Aphelios. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Yone vs Aphelios matchup.

Early Game vs Late Game

Early Game
Yone
66.7%
+33.3% advantage
Yone early game win rateYone66.7%
Aphelios early game win rateAphelios33.3%
Late Game
Aphelios
60.0%
+20.0% advantage
Yone late game win rateYone40.0%
Aphelios late game win rateAphelios60.0%

Yone dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 66.7% win rate — a 33.3 percentage point lead over Aphelios. This lopsided early game means Yone can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.

Aphelios is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 60.0% win rate — 20.0 points above Yone. Extended games heavily favor Aphelios, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.

This matchup features a dramatic power shift: Yone must aggressively press their early advantage and close out the game before Aphelios reaches their scaling breakpoints. If Aphelios survives the laning phase without falling too far behind, the matchup flips in their favor. Dragon and Rift Herald control are pivotal — the team that secures early objectives can snowball or buy time to scale.

Best Yone Runes Against Aphelios

Precision rune tree - Yone primary runes vs ApheliosPrecision
Fleet Footwork - best Yone rune vs ApheliosAbsorb Life - best Yone rune vs ApheliosLegend: Alacrity - best Yone rune vs ApheliosLast Stand - best Yone rune vs Aphelios
Resolve rune tree - Yone secondary runes vs ApheliosResolve
Overgrowth - best Yone rune vs ApheliosSecond Wind - best Yone rune vs Aphelios
100.0% WR

The Precision primary with Resolve secondary combination helps Yone maximize their potential in this closely contested matchup, providing the right mix of offensive and defensive tools to edge out Aphelios.


Yone matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.4. The table below shows Yone's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Yone build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.

Yone matchup win rates and stats in League of Legends patch 26.4
Opponent
Win Rate
Matches
CS/min
DMG/min
Gold/game
Early WR
Late WR
50.08%6387.092412,16848.8%51.5%
47.30%4647.079511,78543.2%51.5%
52.13%3077.086012,77351.6%52.5%
48.06%2846.992612,61154.3%42.9%
43.77%2666.485211,37641.9%45.4%
56.04%2087.199812,43154.7%57.1%
41.87%2046.882811,61744.2%39.8%
43.00%2016.985711,74146.5%38.4%
44.10%1956.587012,15244.8%43.5%
53.89%1947.41,05013,24958.5%49.5%
44.32%1866.785111,12639.2%50.6%
48.37%1846.986611,97951.9%45.6%
52.17%1847.11,21313,10153.2%51.4%
46.96%1816.677811,65846.6%47.3%
53.33%1816.485612,48547.2%57.4%
42.05%1776.895311,80745.0%38.2%
47.73%1777.41,26013,02447.4%48.0%
52.27%1766.690212,41054.7%50.5%
51.72%1766.71,04212,48944.8%58.6%
57.06%1716.71,00512,29054.4%60.0%
51.79%1687.41,01412,51253.3%50.0%
51.19%1687.083212,38659.1%45.4%
42.17%1666.577511,65936.3%47.7%
50.92%1637.31,08612,79255.0%47.0%
48.13%1607.41,39812,07152.4%43.4%
45.91%1597.293811,76545.6%46.4%
54.43%1587.397012,44964.9%45.2%
54.00%1527.190012,97344.3%60.7%
49.66%1487.082912,30753.5%44.1%
55.63%1436.81,00612,37254.3%56.9%
41.55%1427.089911,94836.1%45.7%
46.38%1397.01,00611,93750.0%41.9%
48.91%1387.71,10313,28850.8%47.2%
56.20%1387.183612,01857.8%54.8%
38.46%1306.781011,38030.3%46.9%
46.88%1286.791612,22150.9%43.8%
56.56%1236.91,16412,36560.0%53.2%
50.41%1236.584612,12355.4%46.3%
46.67%1217.182512,12645.1%47.8%
50.83%1206.784912,03952.0%50.0%
55.83%1207.41,01512,71259.7%51.7%
49.15%1186.883012,22248.1%50.0%
51.72%1176.684612,44350.0%52.9%
52.59%1166.284912,26852.2%52.9%
51.75%1147.092111,87838.3%66.7%
51.75%1146.691212,43755.3%49.3%
51.79%1136.895911,64948.1%55.0%
50.44%1136.887012,46745.1%54.8%
40.54%1117.084012,37033.3%45.5%
43.27%1047.098512,47837.3%49.1%
44.21%956.897813,07242.2%46.0%
46.67%916.573911,87947.1%46.4%
56.04%917.391512,16863.6%44.4%
50.57%876.71,03712,31547.2%52.9%
37.93%876.891811,80128.2%45.8%
47.62%856.999813,12155.0%40.9%
46.99%837.61,06012,91743.6%50.0%
47.56%826.680711,93748.4%47.1%
41.25%806.694212,44134.3%46.7%
46.15%787.186211,99344.4%47.6%
45.33%766.899412,53143.3%46.7%
41.33%756.780112,98053.1%32.6%
56.76%757.091612,59052.8%60.5%
48.65%746.479811,92750.0%47.6%
47.89%716.61,20712,27850.0%46.0%
47.14%707.095111,61548.6%45.7%
45.59%687.090012,10940.0%50.0%
44.78%676.61,01712,51944.4%45.0%
59.32%596.687112,15053.9%63.6%
52.63%577.389011,91451.4%54.5%
54.55%566.994412,64057.7%51.7%
35.19%546.980012,33419.2%50.0%
51.02%506.999812,01540.0%58.6%
67.35%507.796313,30082.6%53.9%
46.94%497.292512,89641.7%52.0%
48.94%476.776910,88553.9%42.9%
44.68%477.079511,57947.8%41.7%
55.32%477.394113,29357.1%53.9%
56.52%466.379610,73350.0%65.0%
45.65%465.987012,40457.1%36.0%
53.33%456.996313,22756.3%51.7%
55.56%457.397912,19352.0%60.0%
60.47%436.481611,80066.7%56.0%
51.16%436.797413,23850.0%52.0%
47.62%426.887513,48033.3%58.3%
66.67%426.991612,10371.4%61.9%
54.76%426.394612,56650.0%57.7%
37.14%356.995012,38815.8%62.5%
60.61%337.21,05914,00362.5%58.8%
57.58%337.199112,30758.8%56.3%
50.00%316.285213,33737.5%54.5%
48.39%317.190011,49743.5%62.5%
46.67%307.197811,23442.1%54.5%
44.83%296.682311,47550.0%40.0%
64.00%266.582812,28672.7%57.1%
61.54%266.81,03013,18875.0%55.6%
36.00%256.378412,57425.0%46.1%
50.00%247.079312,93083.3%38.9%
63.64%226.597012,54158.3%70.0%
45.45%226.781011,94242.9%50.0%
59.09%226.898514,15354.5%63.6%
45.00%226.584212,04840.0%50.0%
47.62%217.01,15111,90853.9%37.5%
30.00%206.293012,92062.5%8.3%
26.32%194.888112,57912.5%36.4%
44.44%187.085812,38150.0%37.5%
22.22%185.582711,61322.2%22.2%
64.71%176.01,01413,25877.8%50.0%
56.25%166.81,07914,48950.0%58.3%
68.75%165.199714,70033.3%76.9%
66.67%156.51,21914,53685.7%50.0%
40.00%156.897911,94733.3%44.4%
57.14%146.179010,68433.3%75.0%
38.46%145.76067,58237.5%40.0%
69.23%136.81,05311,92057.1%83.3%
38.46%135.889510,91540.0%33.3%
38.46%135.283510,74037.5%40.0%
75.00%128.11,37115,24783.3%66.7%
25.00%127.797010,94025.0%25.0%
66.67%125.91,30514,929100.0%55.6%
72.73%126.376911,53766.7%80.0%
58.33%127.694113,82960.0%57.1%
36.36%116.287911,26140.0%33.3%
45.45%116.096912,74975.0%28.6%
54.55%117.577413,42950.0%60.0%
70.00%104.591912,568100.0%50.0%
50.00%106.385014,26250.0%50.0%
77.78%96.198612,217100.0%60.0%
50.00%86.087311,62940.0%66.7%
50.00%86.882214,53266.7%40.0%
50.00%87.299111,98060.0%33.3%
42.86%74.46549,63360.0%0.0%
42.86%76.589311,22840.0%50.0%
50.00%66.379413,32350.0%50.0%
66.67%64.51,11214,653100.0%33.3%
66.67%66.41,06610,45580.0%0.0%
60.00%55.61,23216,81250.0%66.7%
60.00%52.96339,40975.0%0.0%
80.00%55.61,05812,320100.0%66.7%
40.00%53.459910,56450.0%33.3%
60.00%55.683612,16150.0%100.0%
20.00%53.65448,92620.0%0.0%
60.00%54.07029,778100.0%33.3%
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Yone vs Aphelios - Frequently Asked Questions

How does Yone do against Aphelios in League of Legends?

Yone wins the Yone vs Aphelios matchup with a 50.0% win rate compared to Aphelios's 50.0%, a 0.0 percentage point difference. This data is based on 8 recent ranked games in patch 26.4.

How does Yone do against Aphelios in the early game?

In the early game, Yone has the advantage against Aphelios with a 66.7% win rate versus 33.3%. Yone players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.

How does Yone do against Aphelios in the late game?

In the late game, Aphelios takes over the Yone vs Aphelios matchup with a 60.0% win rate compared to 40.0%. Aphelios scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.

Who wins the Yone vs Aphelios matchup?

Yone wins the matchup against Aphelios with a 50.0% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.4. The 0.0 percentage point advantage means Yone is slightly favored in this lane matchup based on 8 games analyzed.

What is the best Yone build against Aphelios?

The best Yone build against Aphelios includes Immortal Shieldbow, Death's Dance, Yun Tal Wildarrows with Gunmetal Greaves. This build achieves a 100.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.

What are the best Yone runes against Aphelios?

The best Yone runes against Aphelios use the Precision primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Yone vs Aphelios matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.

Does Yone counter Aphelios?

Yes, Yone has a favorable matchup against Aphelios with a 50.0% win rate. Yone slightly edges out Aphelios in lane based on current patch 26.4 data.

How do I play Yone against Aphelios?

When playing Yone against Aphelios, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. You have early game priority — look for kills and zone control before first recall. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.