Vel'Koz vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Vel'Koz
based on 1,088 Vel'Koz vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Naafiri
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.
Vel'Koz vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Vel'Koz against Naafiri counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Naafiri..
Vel'Koz usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Naafiri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when playing against Naafiri, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a bad counter for Naafiri.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate compared to Naafiri, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Vel'Koz into Naafirias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a trash counter for Naafiri. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often gets less CS relative to Naafiri. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Naafiri build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Naafiri than with most other common builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 46.0% when countering Naafiri with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Naafiri as Vel'Koz, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Naafiri fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.0% winrate overall.
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