Vel'Koz vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Vel'Koz
based on 5,468 Vel'Koz vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Jax
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 Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Vel'Koz vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here feature several significant Vel'Koz versus Jax matchup stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jax’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jax..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Jax. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Jax
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Jax?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Jax, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Jax.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate compared to Jax, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Jaxas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jax. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Jax matchups, Jax is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Jax. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Jax.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz to counter Jax during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jax. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Jax build consist of Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Jax than with most other typical builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling Jax with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Jax as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Vel'Koz vs Jax counters, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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