Vel'Koz vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Vel'Koz
based on 2,754 Vel'Koz vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Vel'Koz vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some vital Vel'Koz versus Zed matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zed..
Vel'Koz normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Zed
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Zed?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when playing against Zed, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Zed.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Zed, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Zedas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Zed 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 late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Zed. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often accumulates less CS as Zed. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Zed build include Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Zed than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 50.3% battling Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Zed as Vel'Koz, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Vel'Koz vs Zed battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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