Vel'Koz vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Vel'Koz
based on 3,728 Vel'Koz vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Aatrox
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Vel'Koz vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several important Vel'Koz vs. Aatrox matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aatrox..
Vel'Koz often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Aatrox?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Aatrox, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Aatrox.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Aatrox, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Aatroxas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This 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 in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Aatrox matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Aatrox. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Aatrox during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average picks up less CS relative to Aatrox. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Aatrox build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Aatrox than with many other typical builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 50.1% when playing against Aatrox with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Aatrox as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Vel'Koz vs Aatrox battles, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.1% winrate overall.
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