Vladimir vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Vladimir
based on 2,237 Vladimir vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Vel'Koz
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
Advice to Win Against Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Vladimir vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Vladimir in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some vital Vladimir versus Vel'Koz counter statistics that can help us realize the differences between the pair. Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Vladimir normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vladimir and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Vel'Koz?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Vladimir makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Vladimir does have a higher win rate than Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Vladimir also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vladimir has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Vladimir is a decent counter for Vel'Koz. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vladimir against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir on average gets more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Vladimir versus Vel'Koz build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Vel'Koz than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Vel'Koz as Vladimir, Vladimir players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Vladimir vs Vel'Koz face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Vladimir are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.