Syndra vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Syndra
based on 1,857 Syndra vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Vel'Koz
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Syndra in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some vital Syndra vs. Vel'Koz matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..
Syndra typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Vel'Koz. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Syndra or Vel'Koz?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually loses when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, Syndra makes a bad counter to Vel'Koz.
While Syndra does have a lower win rate than Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Syndra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Syndra into Vel'Kozas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Syndra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Syndra is a terribly counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Syndra against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Syndra to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra usually racks up more CS as Vel'Koz. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Syndra versus Vel'Koz build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Syndra boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when countering Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Vel'Koz as Syndra, Syndra players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Syndra vs Vel'Koz face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Syndra are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.