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How to Win Illaoi vs Vel'Koz Counter MatchupIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi vs Vel'Koz

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Illaoi in LoLIllaoi is in the a tier of champions
FighterTank
Mage

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Illaoi

based on 1,446 Illaoi vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
46.1 %
K/D/A
1.3
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Vel'Koz as Illaoi came out of an examination of 1446 ranked matches where both champs clashed against each other. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Illaoi encounters Vel'Koz in only 2.0% of her rounds.

Illaoi vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Illaoi has done a terrible job of beating Vel'Koz. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.1% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Illaoi against Vel'Koz matches, Illaoi’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Vel'Koz.

Best Illaoi vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Spirit VisageJak'Sho, The ProteanBlack CleaverTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Illaoi to level upe
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Second ability for Illaoi to level upq
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Last skill for Illaoi to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Vel'Koz

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

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.

Illaoi vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
46.1 %
VS
Win Rate
53.9 %
Vel'Koz Image
5.1
< Kills >
5.7
7
< Deaths >
5.7
4
< Assists >
9.3
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
192
< Minions Killed >
95
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.44
23,788
< Physical Damage >
540
788
< Magic Damage >
18,748
378
< True Damage >
6,497
24,954
< Damage Dealt >
25,786
37,334
< Damage Taken >
18,036
12,088
< Gold Earned >
10,683
2.71
< Towers >
1.74
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,932
< Total Healing >
1,962
15,542
< Experience >
12,992
17
< Vision Score >
42
8
< Wards Placed >
19
391
< Time Dealing CC >
213

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Illaoi in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several critical Illaoi vs. Vel'Koz matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..

Illaoi typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Illaoi and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Illaoi or Vel'Koz?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually loses when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 46.1% win rate. Thus, Illaoi makes a bad counter to Vel'Koz.

While Illaoi does have a lower winrate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Illaoi also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Illaoi into Vel'Koz.

Moreover, Illaoi has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Illaoi is a garbage counter for Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Vel'Koz.

Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi

Illaoi Loses Against

MordekaiserMordekaiser42.8% winrateZyraZyra43.9% winrateYorickYorick44.1% winrateKayleKayle44.3% winrate

Illaoi Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante57.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.1% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZyraZyra+ 53.7% 3076 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.4% 4331 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 56% 2582 GamesCamilleCamille+ 56.6% 143 Games

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Vel'Koz Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Illaoi, we analyzed 1,446 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Vel'Koz as Illaoi comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Illaoi Build Vel'Koz Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game 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 here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi on average accumulates more CS as Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Illaoi versus Vel'Koz build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Vel'Koz than with many other common item sets. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 46.1% when countering Vel'Koz with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Vel'Koz as Illaoi, Illaoi players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Illaoi vs Vel'Koz LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.1% win rate overall.

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