Vel'Koz vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Vel'Koz
based on 1,021 Vel'Koz vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Karthus
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 Karthus
Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.
Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.
Vel'Koz vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some critical Vel'Koz vs. Karthus counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Karthus..
Vel'Koz typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Karthus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Karthus
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Karthus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when trying to fight Karthus, with a 53.9% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a great counter for Karthus.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate compared to Karthus, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Vel'Koz into Karthusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Karthus 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 Karthus. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Karthus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen 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 on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Karthus. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Karthus build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Karthus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 53.9% when playing against Karthus with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Karthus as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take 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 combinations we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Karthus LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.9% win rate overall.
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