Vel'Koz vs Rell
How to Beat Rell as Vel'Koz
based on 913 Vel'Koz vs Rell matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Rell Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Rell Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Vel'Koz Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Rell as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Rell
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 Rell Counter Stats
How to Counter Rell with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several significant Vel'Koz versus Rell counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rell’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rell. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Vel'Koz normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Rell. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Rell
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Rell?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when trying to fight Rell, with a 54.1% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a great counter for Rell.
While Vel'Koz does have a much higher win rate compared to Rell, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Vel'Koz into Rellas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rell. 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 Rell matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a great counter for Rell. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Rell.
Other Champion Matchups Against Vel'Koz
Additional Information for Vel'Koz Players
How We Calculated Our Vel'Koz vs Rell Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Rell during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average gets much more CS as Rell. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Rell build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Rell than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 54.1% when playing against Rell with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Rell as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Vel'Koz vs Rell fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.1% win rate overall.
If you want to see Vel'Koz x Rell tips and builds for a an individual division, please select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and strategies given are calculated using all rounds played with both champions.