Jayce vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Jayce
based on 982 Jayce vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jayce vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Jayce vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Jayce
Tips for Playing as Jayce against Vel'Koz
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
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.
Jayce vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Jayce in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Jayce versus Vel'Koz matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz..
Jayce normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jayce and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Jayce or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jayce usually loses when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Jayce makes a bad counter for Vel'Koz.
While Jayce does have a lower winrate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Jayce also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Jayce into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Jayce has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jayce 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 team fights.
Jayce is a garbage counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Jayce against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jayce in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce on average gets more CS as Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling 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 do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Jayce versus Vel'Koz build include Muramana, Maw of Malmortius, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jayce incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Vel'Koz than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Jayce had an average winrate of 47.6% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Vel'Koz as Jayce, Jayce players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Jayce vs Vel'Koz face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.
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