Vel'Koz vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Vel'Koz
based on 1,651 Vel'Koz vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Vel'Koz vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several influential Vel'Koz against Talon matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon..
Vel'Koz often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Talon. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Talon
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Talon?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Talon, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Talon.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate compared to Talon, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Talonas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing 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 Talon matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Talon. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz in order to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Talon. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Talon build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Talon than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 50.9% when playing against Talon with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Talon as Vel'Koz, you should take 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 that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Talon clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.
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