Nocturne vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Nocturne
based on 4,286 Nocturne vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Vel'Koz
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Nocturne against Vel'Koz matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz..
Nocturne often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes a good counter for Vel'Koz.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate than Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nocturne into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Nocturne also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Vel'Koz matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Nocturne is a decent counter for Vel'Koz. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nocturne against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nocturne to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually racks up less CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Nocturne versus Vel'Koz build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Vel'Koz than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when playing against Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Vel'Koz as Nocturne, Nocturne players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Nocturne vs Vel'Koz battles, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.7% winrate overall.
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