Anivia vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Anivia
based on 1,168 Anivia vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Vel'Koz
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
Advice to Win Against Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Anivia vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Anivia in LoL
The stats shown here show some influential Anivia against Vel'Koz counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Anivia usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Anivia and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Anivia or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Anivia usually loses when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes a bad counter to Vel'Koz.
While Anivia does have a lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Anivia also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Anivia into Vel'Kozas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Anivia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Anivia is a terribly counter to Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Anivia against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia typically picks up more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Anivia versus Vel'Koz build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Vel'Koz than with most other typical builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average winrate of 48.0% battling Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Vel'Koz as Anivia, Anivia players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Anivia vs Vel'Koz counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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