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How to Win Yuumi vs Vel'Koz Counter MatchupYuumi is in the b tier of champions

Yuumi vs Vel'Koz

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Yuumi in LoLYuumi is in the a tier of champions
SupportMage
Mage

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Yuumi

based on 1,677 Yuumi vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
45.3 %
K/D/A
4.56
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. Within our database, Yuumi faced Vel'Koz in 1677 rounds. Using so many games with Yuumi versus Vel'Koz provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare enlightening data and a pro build to suppress Vel'Koz. This pairing is fairly rare. Yuumi encounters Vel'Koz in only 2.0% of her rounds.

Yuumi vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Yuumi does a awful job of beating Vel'Koz. Normally, she wins a lowly 45.3% of the time the champs face off with one another in. In Yuumi vs Vel'Koz games, Yuumi’s side is 0.1% more likely to get first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Vel'Koz.

Best Yuumi vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteBandleglass Mirror

Core Yuumi Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerImperial Mandate

Optional Items

DawncoreShurelya's BattlesongRedemptionStaff of Flowing Water

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yuumi to level upq
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Second ability for Yuumi to level upe
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Last skill for Yuumi to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveFont of LifeRevitalize
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Yuumi's passive ability p
Yuumi's q ability q
Yuumi's w ability w
Yuumi's e ability e
Yuumi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Yuumi

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.

Yuumi vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Yuumi Image
Win Rate
45.3 %
VS
Win Rate
54.7 %
Vel'Koz Image
1.5
< Kills >
4.8
3.6
< Deaths >
5.5
14.9
< Assists >
8.3
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.07
12
< Minions Killed >
91
0.01
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.46
290
< Physical Damage >
517
7,283
< Magic Damage >
14,043
679
< True Damage >
5,160
8,253
< Damage Dealt >
19,721
7,903
< Damage Taken >
16,693
8,007
< Gold Earned >
9,968
2.13
< Towers >
1.9
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,835
< Total Healing >
1,619
10,990
< Experience >
11,841
37
< Vision Score >
40
18
< Wards Placed >
18
167
< Time Dealing CC >
184

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Yuumi in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several critical Yuumi versus Vel'Koz counter statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Yuumi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yuumi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Yuumi often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Yuumi and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Yuumi
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yuumi
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Yuumi or Vel'Koz?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yuumi usually loses when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 45.3% win rate. Therefore, Yuumi makes a bad counter for Vel'Koz.

While Yuumi does have a much lower winrate compared to Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Yuumi also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Yuumi into Vel'Koz.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Yuumi vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Yuumi is a trash counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yuumi against Vel'Koz.

Other Champion Matchups Against Yuumi

Yuumi Loses Against

LeonaLeona39.4% winrateTrundleTrundle39.7% winrateUrgotUrgot39.8% winrateYasuoYasuo39.9% winrate

Yuumi Wins Against

GnarGnar51.5% winrateEzrealEzreal50.8% winrateQiyanaQiyana50.4% winrateKarthusKarthus49.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Yuumi Players

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

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Yuumi, we analyzed 1,677 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 Yuumi 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

Yuumi Build Vel'Koz Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Yuumi to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yuumi typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Yuumi versus Vel'Koz build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Yuumi bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Vel'Koz than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yuumi had an average winrate of 45.3% battling Vel'Koz with this counter build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Vel'Koz as Yuumi, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Yuumi vs Vel'Koz face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.3% win rate overall.

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