Rengar vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Rengar
based on 2,684 Rengar vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rengar vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Rengar vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Rengar
Tips for Playing as Rengar against Vel'Koz
Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.
Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.
A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!
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.
Rengar vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Rengar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several important Rengar against Vel'Koz counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Rengar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rengar and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Rengar or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rengar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Rengar makes an ok counter for Vel'Koz.
While Rengar does have a lower win rate than Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Rengar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Rengar into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Rengar also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Rengar is a somewhat poor counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rengar against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rengar to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rengar on average picks up less CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Rengar versus Vel'Koz build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Rengar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Vel'Koz than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rengar boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Vel'Koz as Rengar, Rengar players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Rengar vs Vel'Koz counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Rengar are displayed for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.