Ryze vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Ryze
based on 710 Ryze vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Vel'Koz
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
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.
Ryze vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Ryze in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several important Ryze vs. Vel'Koz counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..
Ryze usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ryze and Vel'Koz
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Ryze or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Ryze makes an ok counter for Vel'Koz.
While Ryze does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Ryze also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Ryze into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ryze also has some amount 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 isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Ryze is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ryze against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ryze to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze most often gets more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Ryze versus Vel'Koz build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Vel'Koz than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ryze had an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Vel'Koz as Ryze, Ryze players should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Ryze vs Vel'Koz matchups, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.
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