Vel'Koz vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Vel'Koz
based on 1,267 Vel'Koz vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Alistar
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 Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Vel'Koz vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several influential Vel'Koz versus Alistar matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Vel'Koz typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Alistar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Alistar
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Alistar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when trying to fight Alistar, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a good counter for Alistar.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vel'Koz into Alistaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Alistar matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Vel'Koz is an above average counter for Alistar. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz in order to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually racks up more CS as Alistar. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Alistar build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Alistar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 52.4% when playing against Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Alistar as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Alistar fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.4% win rate overall.
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