Vel'Koz vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Vel'Koz
based on 1,857 Vel'Koz vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Vel'Koz vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Vel'Koz against Syndra matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Syndra..
Vel'Koz normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Syndra. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Syndra
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Syndra?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when facing off against Syndra, with a 53.4% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a great counter for Syndra.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate compared to Syndra, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vel'Koz into Syndraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Syndra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Syndra matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a great counter for Syndra. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Syndra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often accumulates less CS relative to Syndra. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Syndra build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Syndra than with most other common builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 53.4% when playing against Syndra with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Syndra 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. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Vel'Koz vs Syndra counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.4% winrate overall.
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