Vel'Koz vs Volibear
How to Beat Volibear as Vel'Koz
based on 1,929 Vel'Koz vs Volibear matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Volibear Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Volibear
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
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.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Volibear Counter Stats
How to Counter Volibear with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some critical Vel'Koz versus Volibear matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Volibear..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Volibear. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Volibear
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Volibear?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when playing against Volibear, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Volibear.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate than Volibear, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Volibearas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Volibear. This often 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 Volibear 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 allies during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Volibear. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Volibear.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Volibear during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Volibear. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Volibear build include Luden's Tempest, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Horizon Focus. When Vel'Koz included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Volibear than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 50.8% when playing against Volibear with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Volibear 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. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Volibear face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
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