Vel'Koz vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Vel'Koz
based on 4,652 Vel'Koz vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Vel'Koz vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here show some significant Vel'Koz versus Lucian counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lucian..
Vel'Koz often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Lucian. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Lucian?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when taking on Lucian, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a good counter for Lucian.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Lucianas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Lucian matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Lucian. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Lucian during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually gets less CS compared to Lucian. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Lucian build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Lucian than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Lucian as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Vel'Koz vs Lucian counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
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