Vel'Koz vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Vel'Koz
based on 1,518 Vel'Koz vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Vel'Koz vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Vel'Koz versus Gwen counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gwen. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Vel'Koz normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Gwen. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Gwen
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when trying to fight Gwen, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a great counter to Gwen.
While Vel'Koz does have a much higher winrate than Gwen, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vel'Koz into Gwenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Gwen matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a great counter to Gwen. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average picks up less CS compared to Gwen. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Gwen build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Gwen than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 54.2% when countering Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Gwen as Vel'Koz, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Vel'Koz vs Gwen counters, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.2% win rate overall.
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