Vel'Koz vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Vel'Koz
based on 3,772 Vel'Koz vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Vel'Koz vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several influential Vel'Koz against Master Yi matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Master Yi..
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Master Yi. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Master Yi?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when playing against Master Yi, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a bad counter to Master Yi.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate compared to Master Yi, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Master Yias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Master Yi. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often picks up more CS compared to Master Yi. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require 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 do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Master Yi build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Master Yi than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when countering Master Yi with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Master Yi 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 sets players chose for Vel'Koz vs Master Yi counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% win rate overall.
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