Fiddlesticks vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Fiddlesticks
based on 1,266 Fiddlesticks vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fiddlesticks vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Fiddlesticks vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Fiddlesticks
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.
Fiddlesticks vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Fiddlesticks in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several valuable Fiddlesticks vs. Vel'Koz counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, showing that Fiddlesticks may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz..
Fiddlesticks typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Fiddlesticks and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Fiddlesticks or Vel'Koz?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Fiddlesticks usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Fiddlesticks makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Fiddlesticks does have a lower win rate than Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Fiddlesticks also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Fiddlesticks into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Fiddlesticks also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Fiddlesticks vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Fiddlesticks is a somewhat poor counter to Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Fiddlesticks against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Fiddlesticks to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fiddlesticks typically picks up less CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Fiddlesticks versus Vel'Koz build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Fiddlesticks included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Vel'Koz than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks had an average win rate of 49.3% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Vel'Koz as Fiddlesticks, Fiddlesticks players should equip the First Strike, Triple Tonic, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Fiddlesticks vs Vel'Koz counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
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