Ivern vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Ivern
based on 832 Ivern vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ivern vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Ivern vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Ivern
Tips for Playing as Ivern against Vel'Koz
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
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.
Ivern vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Ivern in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Ivern against Vel'Koz counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Ivern normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ivern and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Ivern or Vel'Koz?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ivern usually fairs equally well when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Ivern makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Ivern does have a lower win rate than Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Ivern also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Ivern into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ivern also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ivern is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ivern against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ivern to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ivern most often picks up a lot less CS as Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Ivern versus Vel'Koz build include Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Vel'Koz than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ivern had an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Vel'Koz as Ivern, Ivern players should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Ivern vs Vel'Koz counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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