Apollo

Apollo item build

Early game

0 to 9 min

80% Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought80% Win49.6% At3:05 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. 67% Mystic Expansion Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought67% Win50.0% At5:13 Imbue an ability to increase its range and effect radius. 61% Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought61% Win49.2% At4:03 46% Extra Regen Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought46% Win49.7% At3:21 42% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought42% Win50.3% At6:35 38% Mystic Regeneration Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Bought38% Win50.3% At4:30 Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes.

Mid game

9 to 20 min

35% Healbane Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought35% Win50.1% At13:05 Your spirit damage reduces the enemy's Incoming Healing. If an enemy hero dies under this effect, you receive a large heal. 33% Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought33% Win49.2% At12:49 Increases the effectiveness of your healing. 29% Spirit Snatch Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought29% Win50.4% At14:38 When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, the attack deals extra spirit damage and steals Spirit Resist and Spirit Power. Effe... 28% Compress Cooldown Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought28% Win49.9% At14:07 Imbue an ability to reduce its Cooldown. 26% Torment Pulse Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought26% Win54.0% At15:32 Periodically deals spirit damage to the closest two enemies nearby. 21% Radiant Regeneration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought21% Win50.1% At13:16 Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability.

Late game

20 min and later

54% Boundless Spirit Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought54% Win51.7% At27:51 51% Superior Cooldown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought51% Win50.5% At27:08 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities. 46% Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought46% Win49.2% At25:48 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance. 45% Greater Expansion Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought45% Win50.8% At28:35 Increases the range and effect radius of your abilities and items. 32% Spirit Burn Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought32% Win57.8% At33:26 Dealing significant spirit damage to an enemy within 5s causes an explosion dealing damage and a burn to that enemy. While burning, enemies take da... 27% Transcendent Cooldown Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought27% Win51.7% At33:55 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities and items.

Core items

Most bought overall

79% Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought79% Win49.3% At10:44 78% Tankbuster Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought78% Win49.9% At21:34 Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 165 damage to deal additional damage. Ignores Spirit Resistance. 67% Boundless Spirit Spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls Bought67% Win52.7% At25:47 66% Superior Cooldown Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought66% Win50.9% At24:38 Reduces the Cooldown of your abilities. 58% Greater Expansion Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Bought58% Win51.4% At25:47 Increases the range and effect radius of your abilities and items. 53% Compress Cooldown Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Bought53% Win50.1% At18:12 Imbue an ability to reduce its Cooldown.

Percent = share of Apollo players who bought the item in that phase. Hover or tap an item for its win rate and buy time. Late items win more partly because winning players can afford them.

Apollo abilities

Ability 1

Disengaging Sigil

Draw a sigil sphere in front of you and then leap backwards as it explodes, damaging and slowing enemies caught in it.

1. 1Gain +25% Fire Rate and +25% Bullet Speed for 8s
2. 2On Player Hit: +1 stamina restored and resets Air Jump/Dash limit
3. 3Can be Recast within 4s

Ability 2

Riposte

Prepare to deflect the next incoming attack. On a successful deflection, briefly become invulnerable and target an enemy hero to dash towards them, stunning them and reducing their Melee Resist. Press Ability 2 to select a target. Does not trigger against trooper or neutral damage.

1. 1-8s Cooldown
2. 2-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration
3. 3Gain 75% Bullet, Spirit & Melee Lifesteal against the Riposte target for 13s

Ability 3

Flawless Advance

Perform a series of lunges in any direction, delivering piercing stabs ahead of you. Hold your ability key to time your attacks, dealing more damage the longer it's held. Releasing your attack during the perfect window deals maximum damage. Press Ability 3 to re-cast.

1. 1Perfect Hit on Hero: Heal 35
2. 2-12s Cooldown. Gain +60% Bullet Resist during lunge
3. 3+65 Perfect Damage with improved Spirit scaling. Increased lunge speed & distance.

Ability 4 · Ultimate

Itani Lo Sahn

Charge up and perform a long range slash. Struck enemies cannot take action or heal and are stuck in slow motion. When this effect expires, they suffer devastating damage, dealing bonus damage against half-health enemies. While in slow motion, Apollo is invulnerable and enemies take reduced damage. Hold Ability 4 or to delay the cast.

1. 18mm Dash Range
2. 2-35s Cooldown
3. 3+50% Bonus Damage

Ability order

10% of players · 53.9% win rate · 20,439 matches

Max first Flawless Advance › Disengaging Sigil › Itani Lo Sahn › Riposte

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Disengaging Sigil	U									1	2	3
Riposte				U
Flawless Advance		U	1		2		3
Itani Lo Sahn						U		1	2

U = unlock, numbers = upgrade tier. Most common first 12 points.

Apollo counters and matchups

Counters

Apollo wins least against

Graves Graves Win rate41.4% Pick rate– Matches111k −8.0 pts vs Apollo's average −8.0

Paige Paige Win rate43.6% Pick rate– Matches63k −5.8 pts vs Apollo's average −5.8

New Rat King Rat King Win rate43.7% Pick rate– Matches137k −5.7 pts vs Apollo's average −5.7

Victor Victor Win rate44.3% Pick rate– Matches61k −5.1 pts vs Apollo's average −5.1

New Baba Baba Win rate45.2% Pick rate– Matches37k −4.2 pts vs Apollo's average −4.2

Seven Seven Win rate45.4% Pick rate– Matches74k −4.0 pts vs Apollo's average −4.0

Good matchups

Apollo wins most against

Mirage Mirage Win rate54.3% Pick rate– Matches23k +4.9 pts vs Apollo's average +4.9

Mina Mina Win rate54.2% Pick rate– Matches104k +4.8 pts vs Apollo's average +4.8

Sinclair Sinclair Win rate54.1% Pick rate– Matches23k +4.7 pts vs Apollo's average +4.7

Pocket Pocket Win rate54.1% Pick rate– Matches38k +4.7 pts vs Apollo's average +4.7

Rem Rem Win rate53.9% Pick rate– Matches75k +4.5 pts vs Apollo's average +4.5

The Doorman The Doorman Win rate53.8% Pick rate– Matches35k +4.4 pts vs Apollo's average +4.4

Best teammates

Lift Apollo's win rate most

Graves Graves Win rate58.0% Pick rate– Matches83k +8.6 pts vs Apollo's average +8.6

New Rat King Rat King Win rate56.4% Pick rate– Matches100k +7.0 pts vs Apollo's average +7.0

Paige Paige Win rate55.4% Pick rate– Matches67k +6.0 pts vs Apollo's average +6.0

Seven Seven Win rate53.9% Pick rate– Matches77k +4.5 pts vs Apollo's average +4.5

Kelvin Kelvin Win rate53.8% Pick rate– Matches26k +4.4 pts vs Apollo's average +4.4

Victor Victor Win rate53.8% Pick rate– Matches68k +4.4 pts vs Apollo's average +4.4

Points = Apollo's win rate with or against that hero minus Apollo's overall win rate. At least 500 matches per pair.

Top Apollo community builds

• Itani Lo Sahn || Noct's Hypercarry Build || UPDATE

  by Noct · 428 favorites · updated Sep 23, 2026

  ID 479962
  Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. Extra Regen Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Mystic Expansion Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Imbue an ability to increase its range and effect radius. Improved Spirit Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Cold Front Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Release an expanding ice blast that deals spirit damage and Slows targets it hits. Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Increases the effectiveness of your healing. Restorative Locket Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls

• wander apollo simple (not simple)

  by wander · 279 favorites · updated Sep 20, 2026

  ID 765471
  Monster Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Stalker Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Dealing weapon damage at close range opens a wound and grants you bonus move speed. Wounded enemies take spirit damage over time, have reduced bull... Melee Charge Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next Heavy Melee attack against an enemy deals increased damage. Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Extra Health Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Healing Rite Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Grant Regen and Sprint Speed to the target. Gets dispelled if you take damage from enemy players or objectives. Can be self-cast. Extra Regen Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls

• FaxFox Apollo

  by 김국자 · 173 favorites · updated Aug 25, 2026

  ID 467705
  Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Mystic Expansion Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Imbue an ability to increase its range and effect radius. Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... Slowing Hex Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Slows movement of enemy target. Also Silences their movement-based items and abilities. Increases the target's gravity. Does not affect target's st... Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Increases the effectiveness of your healing. Dispel Magic Vitality · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Melee Charge Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next Heavy Melee attack against an enemy deals increased damage.

• Mast Riposte Apollo

  by *kisses your boo boo* · 125 favorites · updated Jul 21, 2026

  ID 731583
  Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Extra Stamina Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Rapid Rounds Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Spirit Strike Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls When you perform a Light or Heavy Melee attack against a hero, deal extra spirit damage with the attack and reduce the target's Spirit Resist. Cool... Restorative Shot Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next bullet will heal you based on what target you hit. Healing Rite Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Grant Regen and Sprint Speed to the target. Gets dispelled if you take damage from enemy players or objectives. Can be self-cast.

• MELEE GUNPOLLO

  by Maza · 55 favorites · updated Aug 18, 2026

  ID 676437
  Melee Lifesteal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Your next Melee attack heals you. This heal is 30% effective vs non-heroes. Cooldown is 1.5x as long for Light Melee hits. Melee Charge Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your next Heavy Melee attack against an enemy deals increased damage. Opening Rounds Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your attacks have additional Weapon Damage against enemies above 50% health. Slowing Bullets Weapon · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your bullets build up a Movement Slow on enemies. Close Quarters Weapon · Tier 1 · 800 souls Deal additional Weapon Damage when in close range to your target. Rebuttal Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls On a successful Parry against an enemy Hero, Heal yourself for the damage parried and returns that damage to the target, and temporarily gain incre... Slowing Hex Spirit · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Slows movement of enemy target. Also Silences their movement-based items and abilities. Increases the target's gravity. Does not affect target's st... Extra Health Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls

• Mosquito Maxing (Annotated)

  by BOOMAN · 54 favorites · updated Sep 7, 2026

  ID 619680
  Mystic Burst Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Charges up over time with bonus spirit damage, causing abilities dealing more than 80 damage to deal additional damage. Extra Spirit Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Mystic Regeneration Spirit · Tier 1 · 800 souls Dealing spirit damage to enemy Heroes grants you Bonus regeneration. Stacks when dealing damage to different heroes. Radiant Regeneration Spirit · Tier 3 · 3,200 souls Heal and gain bonus Movement Speed for a short duration when you cast an ability. Healbane Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Your spirit damage reduces the enemy's Incoming Healing. If an enemy hero dies under this effect, you receive a large heal. Extra Stamina Vitality · Tier 1 · 800 souls Restorative Locket Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Healing Booster Vitality · Tier 2 · 1,600 souls Increases the effectiveness of your healing.

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