Nilah vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Nilah
based on 1,137 Nilah vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Nilah in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some important Nilah vs. Vel'Koz counter stats that can help you understand the differences between the two. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Nilah often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nilah and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Nilah or Vel'Koz?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nilah usually wins when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Nilah makes a good counter to Vel'Koz.
While Nilah does have a higher winrate than Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nilah into Vel'Kozas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Nilah 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Vel'Koz matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Nilah is a decent counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nilah 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 learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah most often gets more CS as Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Nilah versus Vel'Koz build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah used at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better against Vel'Koz than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nilah had an average win rate of 51.2% when playing against Vel'Koz with these items in their kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Vel'Koz as Nilah, Nilah players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Nilah vs Vel'Koz counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Nilah are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.