Vel'Koz vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Vel'Koz
based on 5,204 Vel'Koz vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Vel'Koz vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats provided here show some important Vel'Koz versus Yasuo matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Yasuo. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Yasuo?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Yasuo, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Yasuo.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Yasuoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting 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 Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Yasuo. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Yasuo during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average gets less CS compared to Yasuo. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Yasuo build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Yasuo than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Yasuo as Vel'Koz, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Vel'Koz vs Yasuo counter picks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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