Ashe vs Aphelios — Bot Lane (ADC) Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Ashe against Aphelios · 53.83% win rate over 8,047 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Ashe is favoured — Ashe owns 6 of the 7 game windows. Ashe wins 53.83% of games vs Aphelios in bot lane (adc) (8,047 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1AsheYou out-trade Aphelios at level 1 because Frost Shot slows him on every auto.
Level 2AsheLevel 2 Volley gives you a poke tool he can't answer without a strong gun pair.
Level 3AsheAt level 3 your permaslow shuts down his attempts to reposition guns for trades.
Levels 4-5AsheThrough levels 4-5 you keep chipping him while his weapon pairs are on cooldown.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 is even-to-his because Moonlight Vigil is a real burst window against your squishy R-reliant kit.
First itemAsheWith a first item your slow-kite reasserts and you out-space his poge.
Two+ itemsAsheTwo items in, your teamfight slow-lock and R keep Aphelios out of his ideal rotation.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1-2 you dictate: Frost Shot's built-in slow means every auto shaves his movespeed, so trade whenever he steps up to last-hit and use Volley at 2 to win the poke war since Aphelios has no early escape.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Ashe vs Aphelios report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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