Vel'Koz vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Vel'Koz
based on 4,841 Vel'Koz vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Vel'Koz vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Vel'Koz vs. Brand matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Brand..
Vel'Koz normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Brand. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Brand
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Brand?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Brand, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Brand.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate than Brand, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Brandas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Brand 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 teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Brand. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Brand.
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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 Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Brand. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Brand build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Shadowflame. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Brand than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Brand with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Brand as Vel'Koz, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Ghost Poro, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Brand matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
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