The Complicated History of League’s 200 Years Champion | League of Legends

Aphelios was widely considered the pinnacle of League of Legends' "200 years" meme and to this day, many players still don't know what he does. I wanted to spend some time making a retrospective look on him now that it's been a little over two years since his release.

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[DefinitelyNotReal]

ADC main here: Aphelios is...fine. He's simple enough to play at least passably in the same way that every ADC is playable on the same base set of mechanics. His problem is he asks waaaay too much of players for not enough value. A legitimately well played Aphelios who manages his guns, cooldowns and ults correctly is strong. Other champions for less than half the work get to be broken.

[lodrad]

bro when aphelios was released I was literally reading his abilities from the wiki and taking notes. I was not taking notes in my online classes but i was taking note on what this champ does.

[shacolin]

Any chance to get a video on neutral abilities? Abilities that has the same effect on both allies or enemies such as Kindred's R, Anivia's W as well as Bard's E and R and how, as of recent, whenever Riot ships a neutral ability, it is no longer truly neutral and comes with an advantage for the caster such as Mordekaiser's R.

[daltongibson]

Aphelios did actually have something removed- He used to be able to consume his Calibrum mark at global range, but now it has a range limit. A very long range limit... but a limit.

[Hyurno]

He's not hard to 'play'. He functions like almost any other ADC. He's just hard to understand and know what to do. He's the anti-auto-pilot gameplay champion.

With Aphelios, you need to plan what your rotation is going to look like (much like what items you're going to build, but on the fly) and be constantly thinking "I need to waste this weapon first". And also know what combination is good for what situation. He's a lot like Gnar in that regard. I think that's a pretty cool thing. When I play him, I'm always thinking:

"I can't fight now, I have bad dueling weapons"
"I can do an objective, I have good dps weapons"
"I can set up a gank, I have good utility weapons"
"I can't teamfight now, I have bad weapons for that"
"I need to waste this weapon asap or else I can't fight this"
"In a few seconds I can all in him with my next weapons"

Literally like Gnar thinking "gonna transform, need to fight" or "fury running low, can't fight".

Aphelios is cool if you like thinking and planning while playing. I enjoy it.

OH and if by accident you mess up your rotation, you need to know how to fix it. "I need to hold this weapon so that I can fix my rotation". Good luck doing that if you're playing on auto-pilot.

[Shadow_SA]

4:10 Except he did, they took out the infinite range on Calibrum's mark and limited the number of mini chackrams you could stack.

[ahmad-rwlv]

He recieved 56 nerfs while getting 2 buffs for ultimate 1 for his AD in Q and 2 buffs to lethality on E with some hp buff when they gave all adcs that buff during 10.11 patch

[AceWolf]

10:06 "This is Aphelios 2, now with 50% less 200 years of game design experience."
That made me laugh way harder than it should have.

[bird]

The one thing I think you should add about release aphelios, is that you couldn't see his off hand weapon by his health bar so there was even less visual clarity

[distraction]

My most-played champion—now this does put a smile on my face. He's one of the few champions where when I do well, I feel like I deserve to. Few things in this world are more satisfying than getting off the perfect double-swap combo while keeping your rotations infact.

[dravendraven]

What happened to Brother Aphelios? Easy. He got jumped by an AP Rengar otp, and acquired PTSD.

[euseuseus]

Even though there are other adcs that demand less from the player, to get even better results than aphelios, i just can’t find myself playing a different adc. The amount of creative freedom his kit gives me is unmatched. Maining aphelios currently on soloq is probably not the smartest thing to do, but aphelios is a truly unique character that has given me some of my best moments on the game.

[wesker]

I love Aphelios, even when he's strong, he isnt as toxic as Yone or Akali

[Chrono_topher]

I think what happened to him is basically what happened to Azir. Incredibly complex for their combos and the high learning curve, but the mastery of the two champs are worth it. But of course, just like with Azir; Riot found a way to f*ck them both up with 2 million nerfs. Mind you that hes still okay rigjt now, but no where near as strong as when he was released.

[Yvädastra]

I don't even get mad when I am against an Aphelios, even when he's good. Instead, I just groan because I have to remember everything he does.

...or I just play Voli jungle. 🐻‍❄🤙🏻

[ioannishussein]

This is the one I have been waiting for so long. Aphelios is my absolute favourite champion.
Even if Aphelios got nerfed too much, as long as you understand his skillsets, you’ll still do well.

[chidzhustle]

I adore Aphelios. Beautiful edgy design, incredibly fun to play, and his lack of popularity makes me feel special everytime I lock him in

[callmeandoru]

The fact that Aphelios manage to only have three buttons on such an overloaded kit, means Chogath’s entire kit can be cramped into one button

[Viridian]

I've been an Aphelios main since day 1 of League. I am a massive nut for Magic Arsenals, a niche which no other game except League has ever properly executed on. Aphelios has been good since the day I started (season 10 around patch 6, 8, or 12) and has remained around the same power level.

However, I believe there's on factor people really don't respect about his story, that being his numbers namely his MR (which used to be the lowest in the game) make the experience of learning him unnecessarily polarizing. There are numerous edges and things that make no sense in his kit that add to people not wanting to play him extensively. I remember when he got his changes in s11 I had 2 friends try him, hype him up, and subsequently drop him. Small things like his passive stats makes people think (or ask), his weapon rotation confuses and frustrated people, and important mastery mechanics like knowing how to use his Chakrams effectively complicate him further.

I love this champ, frankly I'm not an ADC main, I'm an Aphelios main; I vastly prefer any other role over bot, but he is only viable in that role most of the time due to those weird hangups (like his MR). I'm actually really happy that the stigma of his power is fading since for a really long time any clip I got or shared was met with "200 years hehe xd".

I appreciate the fact that videos like this are actually talking about him properly, and hope for more content in this style.

[sKryly]

7:31 I've never in my life seen so much skill in one nida player