Vel'Koz vs Ornn
How to Beat Ornn as Vel'Koz
based on 1,679 Vel'Koz vs Ornn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Ornn Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Ornn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ornn as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Ornn
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 Ornn
Try to stay away from walls. Ornn is much less strong if he cannot stun you.
Attack Ornn to keep him from creating items in lane.
Vel'Koz vs Ornn Counter Stats
How to Counter Ornn with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Vel'Koz vs. Ornn counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ornn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ornn..
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Ornn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Ornn
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Ornn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when facing off against Ornn, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a poor counter to Ornn.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate compared to Ornn, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Ornnas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ornn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting 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 Ornn matchups, Ornn is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Ornn. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Ornn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz to counter Ornn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually racks up less CS relative to Ornn. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Ornn build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Ornn than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 48.1% battling Ornn with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Ornn as Vel'Koz, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Ornn counters, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.
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