Vel'Koz vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Vel'Koz
based on 1,316 Vel'Koz vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Gragas Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Gragas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Gragas
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 Gragas
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Vel'Koz vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some strategic Vel'Koz vs. Gragas counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gragas’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gragas..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Gragas. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Gragas
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Gragas?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when trying to fight Gragas, with a 54.4% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a great counter to Gragas.
While Vel'Koz does have a much higher win rate than Gragas, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vel'Koz into Gragasas his relative depth means that 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 Gragas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Gragas matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a great counter for Gragas. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Gragas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Gragas during both the lane 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 suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Gragas. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Gragas build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Gragas than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 54.4% battling Gragas with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Gragas as Vel'Koz, you should equip 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 builds we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Gragas counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Gragas as Vel'Koz are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.