Vel'Koz vs Draven
How to Beat Draven as Vel'Koz
based on 2,506 Vel'Koz vs Draven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Draven Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Draven as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Draven
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 Draven
Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.
Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.
Vel'Koz vs Draven Counter Stats
How to Counter Draven with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several vital Vel'Koz vs. Draven counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Draven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Draven..
Vel'Koz normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Draven. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Draven?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Draven, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Draven.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate compared to Draven, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Dravenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Draven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter to Draven. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Draven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Draven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically racks up less CS compared to Draven. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Draven build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Draven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Draven with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Draven as Vel'Koz, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Vel'Koz vs Draven face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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