Vel'Koz vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Vel'Koz
based on 8,234 Vel'Koz vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Vel'Koz vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some critical Vel'Koz versus Caitlyn matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Caitlyn..
Vel'Koz often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Caitlynas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing 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 Caitlyn 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 team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Caitlyn.
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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 Caitlyn during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically accumulates less CS as Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Caitlyn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Caitlyn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Caitlyn as Vel'Koz, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Caitlyn battles, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
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