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How to Win Volibear vs Vel'Koz Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Vel'Koz

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
FighterTank
Mage

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Volibear

based on 1,692 Volibear vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
1.62
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. In our database, Volibear engaged Vel'Koz in 1692 games. Using so many games with Volibear vs Vel'Koz provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a solid build to annihilate your rival. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Volibear encounters Vel'Koz in only 2.1% of his games.

Volibear vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear has done a poor job of countering Vel'Koz. Typically, he wins a lowly 48.0% of games the champs face each other in. In Volibear vs Vel'Koz games, Volibear’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Vel'Koz.

Best Volibear vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowAmplifying Tome

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Sterak's GageTitanic HydraDead Man's PlateTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
>
Second ability for Volibear to level upq
>
Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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W
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Vel'Koz Image
5.6
< Kills >
5.6
6.8
< Deaths >
5.9
5.4
< Assists >
9
1.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
132
< Minions Killed >
92
0.52
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.48
11,036
< Physical Damage >
555
8,009
< Magic Damage >
17,914
694
< True Damage >
6,174
19,738
< Damage Dealt >
24,644
34,928
< Damage Taken >
17,567
11,860
< Gold Earned >
10,523
2.46
< Towers >
1.78
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,875
< Total Healing >
1,704
14,720
< Experience >
12,597
18
< Vision Score >
43
8
< Wards Placed >
19
548
< Time Dealing CC >
206

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several significant Volibear against Vel'Koz counter stats that can help you realize the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..

Volibear usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Volibear or Vel'Koz?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Volibear makes a bad counter for Vel'Koz.

While Volibear does have a lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Volibear also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Volibear into Vel'Koz.

Additionally, Volibear also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Volibear is a bad counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Volibear against Vel'Koz.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

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Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Vel'Koz Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Volibear, we analyzed 1,692 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Vel'Koz as Volibear comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Volibear to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Volibear versus Vel'Koz build include Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Vel'Koz than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 48.0% when countering Vel'Koz with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Vel'Koz as Volibear, Volibear players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Volibear vs Vel'Koz counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.

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