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Aphrodite can use any of the support starters with decent success, choose which is best for your purposes and pick up a cloak and however many pots you can afford.
Aphrodite can use any of the support starters with decent success, choose which is best for your purposes and pick up a cloak and however many pots you can afford.
Protector's Mask
Sentinel's Gift
War Flag
Benevolence
Cloak
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
This is a very generic build, I use it as a baseline as to how I normally build my supports; with prots I can use to support my team, CD, and some effects that proc off my healing.
Sentinel's Embrace
Prophetic Cloak
Gauntlet of Thebes
Lotus Sickle
Breastplate of Regrowth
Fae-Blessed Hoops
Entangling Wings
Cloak of Ascetic
Aphrodite differntly in support than I do in mid, since we have a different goal here. Aphrodite support in the following way 3 -> 4 -> 1 -> 2.
I like to level Aphrodite differntly in support than I do in mid, since we have a different goal here.
In support, just like in mid, we level the 3 first since that is our wave clear, our poke, and our heal. We then level up her ultimate for the increased duration (the more damage your carries can do while being unkillable the better), then her 1 for the reduced CD and the buffs it gives, and lastly the 2 for the damage.
I recommend levelling Aphrodite support in the following way 3 -> 4 -> 1 -> 2.
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Aphrodite can use almost any support upgrade, pick which one you think is best suited for the situation and build accordingly. Aphrodite has an abundance of items to choose from, you simply have to pick what you need for the situation; however, you should almost always pick up Prophetic and Thebes as those will help you be tanky and give your team some protections as well.
Aphrodite can use almost any support upgrade, pick which one you think is best suited for the situation and build accordingly.
Just like most supports, Aphrodite has an abundance of items to choose from, you simply have to pick what you need for the situation; however, you should almost always pick up Prophetic and Thebes as those will help you be tanky and give your team some protections as well.
Compassion
Heroism
Sentinel's Embrace
Lono's Mask
War Banner
Spartan Flag
Prophetic Cloak
Gauntlet of Thebes
Absolution
Amulet of the Stronghold
Breastplate of Regrowth
Breastplate of Determination
Eldritch Dagger
Fae-Blessed Hoops
Lotus Sickle
Pestilence
Talisman of Energy
Erosion
Genji's Guard
Mail of Renewal
Aphrodite can use a variety of them, choose which one is best for the match.
Like most supports, Aphrodite can use a variety of them, choose which one is best for the match.
Cloak of Ascetic
Blessed Barrier
Bracer of Brilliance
Entangling Wings
Emblem of Increasing Peril
Scorching Blink Rune
Phantom Shell
Aphrodite in a few role's and build paths to go along with it. Aphrodite!
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Passive - Center Of Attention
Aphrodite gains protections of each type for every enemy and ally god within 70 units of her, this is not a passive you have to think about too much but can come in use as a makeshift ward, these protections can also benefit the protection share from her first ability.
1 - Kiss Aphrodite's kit, this is what makes Aphrodite's kit function, you want to keep linked as much as possible, as you gain many benefits from being so. When linked you gain; movement speed, and you share your protections and 1/2 of your MP5 with your linked partner (we call them soulmates) When kissing an enemy god while linked to an ally one, your soulmate will get jealous and gain a % damage dealt increase as well. Back Off! You may also use [Kiss] to CC enemies to make her 3rd ability Love Birds's damage easier to confirm, as it travels rather slowly.
2 - Kiss Back Off! is a very simple ability to use and understand, Aphrodite will do a large amount of damage in a circle around you and your soulmate, should you have one, this ability also knockbacks and slows the enemy she hits with it (note that the knockback only applies on the Back Off! originating from Aphrodite) Enemies cannot be hit with more than one blast of Back Off!
3 - Love Birds Love Birds is the 'Do everything I need' button for Aphrodite, it grants her sustain and her soulmate good healing, grants her and her soulmate cooldown reduction, and even hits very hard with a full power build. Whatever needs you may have, Love Birds will have you covered.
4 - Undying Love Undying Love is why many people dislike playing against Aphrodite, this ability at max rank grants 2 whole seconds of complete invulnerability to everything in the game and can even be used while knocked up! This ability additonally grants Aphrodite and her soulmate the jealously buff from Kiss, allowing Aphrodite to pump out some insane damage with her abilites. Undying Love can be used in a large number of scenarios, but for most players is used as a beads/aegis to save yourself or an ally from a situation they would have not lived from otherwise. Try not and be too stingy with this ability, or you may obtain the ire of your teammates.
Check out the item's I recommend for Aphrodite above!
Aphrodite plays differently in what role you play her in, as of 11.7 I believe her to be viable in 2 (potentially 3) roles, those being mid and support (we will not be discussing solo.) Aphrodite in Mid Lane Aphrodite as a damage dealer is a bit complicated, you'll be able to output good damage, but it comes with a decent amount of risks, such as being incredibly easy to lock down when your ultimate is down. Love Birds, as that is your clear and your heal, this will be the ability we max first. Lane pressure does not come naturally to Aphrodite so expect to be out-cleared, especially if you do not go 
Conduit Gem, be prepared to lose some gold to tower and do not get greedy, get too far behind and you'll not be able to do anything in team fights midgame. Early game it is not realistic to be linked to someone all the time, but when supports rotate to your lane be linked to them or the jungler. Aphrodite in Support Aphrodite a much better support than a mid, and I'm inclined to agree, her kit was built to be a support, but only somewhat recently gained the tools to actually properly support her team. Benevolence or Sentinel's Gift; however, War Flag and Protector's Mask are also decent options that I might pick up depending on the team comp. I pick up the T1 going into Prophetic Cloak a couple of pots and being my move to the buffs. Love Birds, there is no other option, you need the damage to clear the buffs and the first wave; once we get to level 2, we pick up our Kiss to grant sustain to our lane partner. Depending on the ADC you get paired with, you may or may not have pressure, but in most cases, you'll be on the backfoot in terms of clear; try and keep minions out of the tower and do your best to not fall behind! Aphrodite, you've probably got a few items online, and you're rotating around the map, normally staying in mid to babysit your midlaner, but you should ward around the map where necessary and move to support your team wherever necessary as well. Midgame is where we have to make a choice as to what abilities we want to level up, you can choose between Kiss and Undying Love but I would not put any points in Back Off! besides the first one until Kiss and Undying Love are levelled. I would recommend putting points into Undying Love whenever possible. Aphrodite really shines, with a full support build, you're very tank and you can make whoever you're linked to very tanky as well, with the build I like to go for support you give out many prots, healing, and even some small shields, it's great for keeping not only your soulmate alive, but decent at keeping the entire team alive as well. Aphrodite likes to be on teams with hypercarries like 
Artemis, 
Mercury. 
Kali, or 
Freya, these kinds of gods can really make use of Aphrodite's kit, to keep them alive so they can pump out insane damage late game. However, she can also do well with normal scaling gods, such as 
Neith, 
Anhur, 
Scylla, 
Poseidon, 
Da Ji, 
Ravana and more! As long as they can deal damage, they can make use of Aphrodite.
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