Lee Sin vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Lee Sin
based on 2,373 Lee Sin vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Vel'Koz
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats provided here show some vital Lee Sin against Vel'Koz matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..
Lee Sin normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 45.3% win rate. Thus, Lee Sin makes a bad counter to Vel'Koz.
While Lee Sin does have a much lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Lee Sin into Vel'Koz.
Moreover, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin 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 allies during team fights.
Lee Sin is a garbage counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin typically racks up less CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well 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 case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Vel'Koz build consist of Guardian Angel, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Vel'Koz than with many other common builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 45.3% battling Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Vel'Koz as Lee Sin, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Lee Sin vs Vel'Koz battles, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.3% winrate overall.
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