Soraka vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Soraka
based on 1,732 Soraka vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Vel'Koz
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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.
Soraka vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Soraka vs. Vel'Koz counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Soraka usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Vel'Koz. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Soraka or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually wins when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes a good counter for Vel'Koz.
While Soraka does have a higher win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Soraka has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often 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 Soraka vs Vel'Koz matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Soraka is a decent counter to Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Soraka in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka often picks up a lot less CS as Vel'Koz. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Soraka versus Vel'Koz build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Vel'Koz than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 51.5% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Vel'Koz as Soraka, Soraka players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Soraka vs Vel'Koz face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
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