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How to Win Vel'Koz vs Darius Counter MatchupVel'Koz is in the a tier of champions

Vel'Koz vs Darius

How to Beat Darius as Vel'Koz in LoLVel'Koz is in the b tier of champions
Mage
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How to Beat Darius as Vel'Koz

based on 2,780 Vel'Koz vs Darius matchups
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
2.36
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds every week. Within our data, Vel'Koz faced off against Darius in 2780 games. Including so many matchups for Vel'Koz vs Darius gives us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare useful data and a solid build to defeat your opponent. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Vel'Koz fights Darius in only 3.5% of his games.

Vel'Koz vs Darius Matchup Summary

Vel'Koz has done a ok job of beating Darius. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.9% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Vel'Koz vs Darius matches, Vel'Koz’s side is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood versus Darius.

Best Vel'Koz vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalLost Chapter

Core Vel'Koz Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapSeraph's EmbraceStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vel'Koz to level upq
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Second ability for Vel'Koz to level upw
>
Last skill for Vel'Koz to max oute

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Vel'Koz's passive ability p
Vel'Koz's q ability q
Vel'Koz's w ability w
Vel'Koz's e ability e
Vel'Koz's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Darius as Vel'Koz

Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Darius

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 Darius

When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.

Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.

Vel'Koz vs Darius Counter Stats

Vel'Koz Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Darius Image
5.5
< Kills >
6.9
6.1
< Deaths >
6.4
8.9
< Assists >
4
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
91
< Minions Killed >
168
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.43
524
< Physical Damage >
16,230
18,064
< Magic Damage >
94
5,985
< True Damage >
3,928
24,574
< Damage Dealt >
20,253
17,907
< Damage Taken >
33,480
10,474
< Gold Earned >
12,076
1.75
< Towers >
2.25
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
1,690
< Total Healing >
8,139
12,405
< Experience >
14,893
45
< Vision Score >
18
20
< Wards Placed >
8
201
< Time Dealing CC >
166

How to Counter Darius with Vel'Koz in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several important Vel'Koz vs. Darius counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Darius. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Vel'Koz often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Darius. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Vel'Koz and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Vel'Koz
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vel'Koz
Darius

Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Darius?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Darius, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Darius.

While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate compared to Darius, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Dariusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This often 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 Darius matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Darius. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Darius.

Additional Information for Vel'Koz Players

How We Calculated Our Vel'Koz vs Darius Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Darius as Vel'Koz, we analyzed 2,780 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Darius as Vel'Koz comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz to counter Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented 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 gets less CS as Darius. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Darius build consist of Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Darius than with many other common builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 50.9% when playing against Darius with this build.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Darius as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Darius face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Vel'Koz vs Darius tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a specific skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides given are calculated using all matches with data with both champions.