Kayn vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Kayn
based on 3,682 Kayn vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Vel'Koz
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some influential Kayn against Vel'Koz counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Kayn often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Kayn or Vel'Koz?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Kayn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn 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 fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kayn to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn on average accumulates less CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Kayn versus Vel'Koz build include Black Cleaver, Maw of Malmortius, and Spear of Shojin. When Kayn used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Vel'Koz than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Vel'Koz as Kayn, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Kayn vs Vel'Koz counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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