Vel'Koz vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Vel'Koz
based on 4,286 Vel'Koz vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Vel'Koz vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several strategic Vel'Koz versus Nocturne counter stats that can help us realize the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nocturne..
Vel'Koz normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nocturne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Nocturne?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when facing off against Nocturne, with a 48.3% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a bad counter to Nocturne.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate compared to Nocturne, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Nocturneas 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 Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ 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 to Nocturne. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Nocturne during both the laning 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 listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually picks up more CS as Nocturne. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Nocturne build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Nocturne than with most other typical builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 48.3% battling Nocturne with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Nocturne 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. Of all the runes players chose for Vel'Koz vs Nocturne counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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