Vel'Koz vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Vel'Koz
based on 2,610 Vel'Koz vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Vel'Koz vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Vel'Koz against Xin Zhao counter stats that can help you realize the differences between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao..
Vel'Koz often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Xin Zhao?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Xin Zhao.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate than Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Xin Zhaoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often gets more CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Xin Zhao build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Xin Zhao than with many other common builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Xin Zhao as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Xin Zhao counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Xin Zhao as Vel'Koz are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.