Kayle vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Kayle
based on 2,331 Kayle vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Vel'Koz
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Kayle in LoL
The stats provided here show several strategic Kayle versus Vel'Koz counter stats that can help us explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..
Kayle typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Kayle or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a good counter for Vel'Koz.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayle into Vel'Kozas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayle also has only a small amount of utility and CC, 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Vel'Koz matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kayle is a decent counter for Vel'Koz. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayle to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle on average gets more CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Kayle versus Vel'Koz build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Kayle combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Vel'Koz than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayle had an average winrate of 51.2% when countering Vel'Koz with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Vel'Koz as Kayle, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Kayle vs Vel'Koz counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Kayle are given for every ranked division. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.