Vel'Koz vs Zeri
How to Beat Zeri as Vel'Koz
based on 790 Vel'Koz vs Zeri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Zeri Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Zeri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zeri as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Zeri
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.
Vel'Koz vs Zeri Counter Stats
How to Counter Zeri with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several strategic Vel'Koz versus Zeri counter stats that can help you realize the differences between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zeri’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zeri..
Vel'Koz usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Zeri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Zeri
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Zeri?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when facing off against Zeri, with a 55.7% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a fantastic counter for Zeri.
While Vel'Koz does have a much higher winrate than Zeri, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Vel'Koz into Zerias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zeri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Zeri matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a noticably higher 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 great counter to Zeri. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Zeri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Zeri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically gets less CS relative to Zeri. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Zeri build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Zeri than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 55.7% when countering Zeri with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Zeri as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Vel'Koz vs Zeri fights, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.7% winrate overall.
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