Warwick vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Warwick
based on 3,385 Warwick vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Vel'Koz
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several valuable Warwick vs. Vel'Koz matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Warwick normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Warwick and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Warwick or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Warwick makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Warwick does have a lower winrate compared to Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Warwick also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Vel'Koz.
Additionally, Warwick has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Warwick is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Warwick against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Warwick to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick most often accumulates less CS as Vel'Koz. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Warwick versus Vel'Koz build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Vel'Koz than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when playing against Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Vel'Koz as Warwick, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Warwick vs Vel'Koz clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Warwick are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.