Vel'Koz vs Anivia
How to Beat Anivia as Vel'Koz
based on 1,168 Vel'Koz vs Anivia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Anivia Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Anivia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Anivia
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 Anivia
Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.
If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.
Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.
Vel'Koz vs Anivia Counter Stats
How to Counter Anivia with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some critical Vel'Koz versus Anivia matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Anivia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Anivia..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Anivia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Anivia
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Anivia?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when taking on Anivia, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a good counter for Anivia.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Anivia, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Aniviaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Anivia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Anivia matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Anivia. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Anivia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz in order to counter Anivia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often racks up less CS compared to Anivia. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Anivia build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Anivia than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 52.0% when countering Anivia with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Anivia 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 sets we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Anivia counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.0% win rate overall.
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