Lux vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Lux
based on 9,032 Lux vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Vel'Koz
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Lux in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several significant Lux against Vel'Koz matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Lux often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Vel'Koz. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Lux or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lux usually loses when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Lux makes a poor counter to Vel'Koz.
While Lux does have a lower win rate than Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Lux into Vel'Koz.
Moreover, Lux also has a good amount of CC and other utility, 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 in League of Legends, in Lux 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lux in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lux versus Vel'Koz build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Lux used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better against Vel'Koz than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Lux had an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Vel'Koz with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Vel'Koz as Lux, Lux players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Lux vs Vel'Koz face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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