Sivir vs Aphelios — Bot Lane (ADC) Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Sivir against Aphelios · 50.25% win rate over 3,152 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Sivir is favoured — Sivir owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Aphelios's 1. Sivir wins 50.25% of games vs Aphelios in bot lane (adc) (3,152 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1SivirLevel 1 is yours because your autos and Boomerang out-trade Aphelios' weak opening guns.
Level 2SivirLevel 2 stays yours since W off the casters lets you poke him whenever he goes for CS.
Level 3SivirLevel 3 remains yours as your Ricochet and Spell Shield out-tempo his gun cycle.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 are even skill as he stacks guns and your poke and his marks trade off.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 is even because his Moonlight Vigil threat is offset by your On The Hunt disengage.
First itemApheliosFirst item goes to Aphelios since his crit/lethality spike out-ranges and out-damages you.
Two+ itemsSivirAt 2+ items you retake the edge because Spell Shield and team-wide MS swing 5v5 fights.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 favour you: your autos and Boomerang out-trade his starting guns, and you can W off the wave to chip him whenever he steps up to last-hit, using Spell Shield to blank any early gun proc.

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The full Sivir 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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