Vel'Koz vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Vel'Koz
based on 2,237 Vel'Koz vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Vel'Koz vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Vel'Koz versus Vladimir counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vladimir..
Vel'Koz often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Vladimir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Vladimir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vladimir, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Vladimir.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate than Vladimir, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Vladimiras his relative depth means that 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Vladimir. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Vladimir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average picks up less CS as Vladimir. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Vladimir build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Vladimir than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Vladimir as Vel'Koz, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Vladimir counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vladimir as Vel'Koz are given for all skill levels, merged. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.