Vel'Koz vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Vel'Koz
based on 1,154 Vel'Koz vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Vel'Koz vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some significant Vel'Koz vs. Jarvan IV matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jarvan IV..
Vel'Koz often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Jarvan IV. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Jarvan IV?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when playing against Jarvan IV, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Jarvan IV.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Jarvan IV, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Jarvan IVas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Jarvan IV 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Jarvan IV. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Jarvan IV.
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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 Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often accumulates more CS relative to Jarvan IV. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Jarvan IV build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Jarvan IV than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Jarvan IV with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Jarvan IV 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. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Vel'Koz vs Jarvan IV fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.3% win rate overall.
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