Rell vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Rell
based on 913 Rell vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rell vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Rell vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Rell
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.
Rell vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Rell in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Rell vs. Vel'Koz counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Rell’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rell may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Rell often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rell and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Rell or Vel'Koz?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rell usually loses when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Rell makes a bad counter for Vel'Koz.
While Rell does have a much lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Rell also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Rell into Vel'Koz.
Moreover, Rell has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rell 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 allies during team fights.
Rell is a terribly counter to Vel'Koz. Focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Rell against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rell 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rell most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Rell versus Vel'Koz build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Rell included at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Vel'Koz than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Rell had an average win rate of 45.9% when countering Vel'Koz with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Vel'Koz as Rell, Rell players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Rell vs Vel'Koz LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.9% winrate overall.
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