Vel'Koz vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Vel'Koz
based on 2,331 Vel'Koz vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Vel'Koz vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several strategic Vel'Koz vs. Kayle matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayle..
Vel'Koz typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kayle. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Kayle
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when taking on Kayle, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a poor counter for Kayle.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate compared to Kayle, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Kayleas 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 Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Kayle. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average accumulates less CS compared to Kayle. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Kayle build include Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Vel'Koz included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Kayle than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 48.8% when playing against Kayle with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Kayle as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Kayle counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
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