Vel'Koz vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Vel'Koz
based on 1,120 Vel'Koz vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Vel'Koz vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some critical Vel'Koz vs. Viktor matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Viktor..
Vel'Koz typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Viktor. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Viktor
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Viktor?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Viktor, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Viktor.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate than Viktor, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Viktoras 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter to Viktor. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Viktor during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average racks up less CS relative to Viktor. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Viktor build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Viktor than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when playing against Viktor with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Viktor 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 rune builds we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Viktor LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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