Vel'Koz vs K'Sante
How to Beat K'Sante as Vel'Koz
based on 1,263 Vel'Koz vs K'Sante matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs K'Sante Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against K'Sante
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 K'Sante
Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Vel'Koz vs K'Sante Counter Stats
How to Counter K'Sante with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Vel'Koz versus K'Sante matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than K'Sante..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than K'Sante. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and K'Sante
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or K'Sante?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when playing against K'Sante, with a 54.8% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a great counter for K'Sante.
While Vel'Koz does have a much higher win rate than K'Sante, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vel'Koz into K'Santeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs K'Sante matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a great counter to K'Sante. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against K'Sante.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz to counter K'Sante during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average racks up less CS relative to K'Sante. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus K'Sante build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing K'Sante than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 54.8% when countering K'Sante with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating K'Sante as Vel'Koz, you should equip 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 sets that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs K'Sante counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.8% win rate overall.
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