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How to Win Pantheon vs Vel'Koz Counter MatchupPantheon is in the b tier of champions

Pantheon vs Vel'Koz

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Pantheon in LoLPantheon is in the a tier of champions
FighterAssassin
Mage

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Pantheon

based on 3,504 Pantheon vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League matches that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Vel'Koz as Pantheon resulted from an analysis of 3504 ranked matches where both champions battled each other. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Pantheon encounters Vel'Koz in only 2.0% of his matches.

Pantheon vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Pantheon has done a poor job of beating Vel'Koz. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of matches the champs face one another in. In Pantheon against Vel'Koz matches, Pantheon’s side is 0.2% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood against Vel'Koz.

Best Pantheon vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Pantheon Items

~22 Mins
Blade of The Ruined KingSerylda's GrudgeOpportunity

Optional Items

Death's DanceSterak's GageSpear of ShojinEdge of Night

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Pantheon to level upq
>
Second ability for Pantheon to level upw
>
Last skill for Pantheon to max oute

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Pantheon's passive ability p
Pantheon's q ability q
Pantheon's w ability w
Pantheon's e ability e
Pantheon's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Pantheon

Tips for Playing as Pantheon against Vel'Koz

Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.

Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.

If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.

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.

Pantheon vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Pantheon Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Vel'Koz Image
7.5
< Kills >
5.6
7.1
< Deaths >
6.5
6.9
< Assists >
9.3
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.28
108
< Minions Killed >
90
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.48
19,592
< Physical Damage >
537
848
< Magic Damage >
18,262
1,245
< True Damage >
5,861
21,686
< Damage Dealt >
24,661
27,811
< Damage Taken >
18,588
11,466
< Gold Earned >
10,581
1.52
< Towers >
1.72
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,494
< Total Healing >
1,706
13,347
< Experience >
12,538
30
< Vision Score >
45
13
< Wards Placed >
20
71
< Time Dealing CC >
208

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Pantheon in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several strategic Pantheon versus Vel'Koz counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..

Pantheon often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Pantheon and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Pantheon
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Pantheon
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Pantheon or Vel'Koz?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pantheon usually loses when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Pantheon makes a bad counter to Vel'Koz.

While Pantheon does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Pantheon also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Pantheon into Vel'Koz.

Additionally, Pantheon has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pantheon 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 teammates during team fights.

Pantheon is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pantheon against Vel'Koz.

Other Champion Matchups Against Pantheon

Pantheon Loses Against

ZacZac45.3% winrateSingedSinged45.5% winrateTaricTaric45.5% winrateLilliaLillia45.5% winrate

Pantheon Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.4% winrateEliseElise54.3% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Pantheon Players

How We Calculated Our Pantheon vs Vel'Koz Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Pantheon, we analyzed 3,504 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Vel'Koz as Pantheon comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Pantheon Build Vel'Koz Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pantheon to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Pantheon often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Pantheon versus Vel'Koz build include Blade of The Ruined King, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Pantheon used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Vel'Koz than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Pantheon had an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Vel'Koz as Pantheon, Pantheon players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Pantheon vs Vel'Koz battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.

If you want to see Pantheon x Vel'Koz tips and counter stats for a a particular division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and guides displayed are calculated using all rounds run with both champs.