Vel'Koz vs LeBlanc
How to Beat LeBlanc as Vel'Koz
based on 1,306 Vel'Koz vs LeBlanc matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs LeBlanc Counter Build
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against LeBlanc
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 LeBlanc
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
Vel'Koz vs LeBlanc Counter Stats
How to Counter LeBlanc with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some critical Vel'Koz versus LeBlanc matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than LeBlanc’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than LeBlanc..
Vel'Koz usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than LeBlanc. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and LeBlanc
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or LeBlanc?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when playing against LeBlanc, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a good counter to LeBlanc.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate compared to LeBlanc, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into LeBlancas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs LeBlanc matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to LeBlanc. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against LeBlanc.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz to counter LeBlanc during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often racks up less CS compared to LeBlanc. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Vel'Koz versus LeBlanc build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against LeBlanc than with many other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 51.5% battling LeBlanc with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing LeBlanc as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players 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 builds players used for Vel'Koz vs LeBlanc face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.
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