Xayah vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Xayah
based on 1,129 Xayah vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Vel'Koz
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Xayah in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some influential Xayah against Vel'Koz counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..
Xayah often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Xayah or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a bad counter to Vel'Koz.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Xayah also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Xayah into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Xayah also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Xayah is a terribly counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Vel'Koz.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah often picks up more CS as Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xayah versus Vel'Koz build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Xayah bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Vel'Koz than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xayah had an average win rate of 46.0% when playing against Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Vel'Koz as Xayah, Xayah players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Xayah vs Vel'Koz face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.0% win rate overall.
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