Sivir vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Sivir
based on 1,131 Sivir vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Vel'Koz
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Sivir in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Sivir versus Vel'Koz counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..
Sivir usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Vel'Koz. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Sivir or Vel'Koz?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sivir usually loses when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes a poor counter to Vel'Koz.
While Sivir does have a lower winrate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Sivir also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sivir into Vel'Koz.
Moreover, Sivir also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Sivir 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.
Sivir is a bad counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sivir against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sivir in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir most often racks up more CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Sivir versus Vel'Koz build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sivir boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Vel'Koz as Sivir, Sivir players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Sivir vs Vel'Koz LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.6% win rate overall.
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