Hecarim vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Hecarim
based on 1,941 Hecarim vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Vel'Koz
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Hecarim in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Hecarim against Vel'Koz counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..
Hecarim typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Hecarim usually loses when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Hecarim makes a bad counter for Vel'Koz.
While Hecarim does have a lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Hecarim into Vel'Koz.
Additionally, Hecarim has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Hecarim is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Hecarim to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim most often picks up less CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Hecarim versus Vel'Koz build include Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Hecarim included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Vel'Koz than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Vel'Koz as Hecarim, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Hecarim vs Vel'Koz matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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