Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
The stats provided here highlight several significant Poppy vs. Vel'Koz matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Poppy’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Poppy may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Poppy usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Poppy usually loses when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 46.1% win rate. Thus, Poppy makes a bad counter for Vel'Koz.
While Poppy does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Poppy also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Poppy into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Poppy also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Poppy vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Poppy is a terribly counter to Vel'Koz. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Poppy against Vel'Koz.
If you would like to truly master Poppy to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Poppy on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Poppy versus Vel'Koz build consist of Divine Sunderer, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. When Poppy incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Vel'Koz than with most other common item sets. In fact, Poppy boasted an average win rate of 46.1% battling Vel'Koz with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Vel'Koz as Poppy, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Poppy vs Vel'Koz clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.1% win rate overall.
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