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How to Win Renekton vs Vel'Koz Counter MatchupRenekton is in the b tier of champions

Renekton vs Vel'Koz

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Renekton in LoLRenekton is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Vel'Koz as Renekton

based on 1,199 Renekton vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
42.9 %
K/D/A
1.67
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends matches that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Vel'Koz as Renekton resulted from an analysis of 1199 ranked matches where both champs clashed against each other. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. Renekton has to counter Vel'Koz in only 2.0% of his matches.

Renekton vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Renekton has done a awful job of beating Vel'Koz. Typically, he wins a lowly 42.9% of games the champs face off with one another in. In Renekton against Vel'Koz matches, Renekton’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Vel'Koz.

Best Renekton vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Renekton Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

EclipseTitanic HydraBlack CleaverRavenous Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Renekton to level upq
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Second ability for Renekton to level upe
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Last skill for Renekton to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Renekton's passive ability p
Renekton's q ability q
Renekton's w ability w
Renekton's e ability e
Renekton's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Renekton

Tips for Playing as Renekton against Vel'Koz

Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.

Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.

Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.

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.

Renekton vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Renekton Image
Win Rate
42.9 %
VS
Win Rate
57.1 %
Vel'Koz Image
5.6
< Kills >
5.6
6.3
< Deaths >
6.1
4.9
< Assists >
9.3
1.29
< Killing Sprees >
1.3
188
< Minions Killed >
88
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.5
16,482
< Physical Damage >
561
3,015
< Magic Damage >
18,502
741
< True Damage >
5,925
20,238
< Damage Dealt >
24,990
37,964
< Damage Taken >
17,754
12,030
< Gold Earned >
10,576
2.2
< Towers >
1.93
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
10,658
< Total Healing >
1,734
15,243
< Experience >
12,533
17
< Vision Score >
47
9
< Wards Placed >
21
74
< Time Dealing CC >
203

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Renekton in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several valuable Renekton against Vel'Koz matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, showing that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..

Renekton typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Renekton and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Renekton
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Renekton
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Renekton or Vel'Koz?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Renekton usually loses when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 42.9% win rate. Thus, Renekton makes a bad counter to Vel'Koz.

While Renekton does have a much lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Renekton also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Renekton into Vel'Koz.

Moreover, Renekton also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Renekton 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 late stage team fights.

Renekton is a trash counter for Vel'Koz. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Renekton against Vel'Koz.

Additional Information for Renekton Players

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

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Renekton, we analyzed 1,199 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 Renekton 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Renekton 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 stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Renekton often gets more CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The top items to have in your Renekton versus Vel'Koz build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Renekton incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Vel'Koz than with many other typical builds. In fact, Renekton had an average win rate of 42.9% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Vel'Koz as Renekton, Renekton players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Renekton vs Vel'Koz face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 42.9% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Renekton versus Vel'Koz tips and builds for a a particular division rank, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and guides shown are computed using every game completed with both champions.