Zed vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Zed
based on 2,754 Zed vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zed vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Zed vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Zed
Tips for Playing as Zed against Vel'Koz
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
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.
Zed vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Zed in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Zed vs. Vel'Koz matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Zed’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zed may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Zed usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zed and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Zed or Vel'Koz?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zed usually fairs equally well when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Zed makes an ok counter for Vel'Koz.
While Zed does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Zed also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zed into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Zed also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zed 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Zed is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zed against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zed to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zed most often accumulates more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Zed versus Vel'Koz build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Zed used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Vel'Koz than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 49.7% battling Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Vel'Koz as Zed, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Zed vs Vel'Koz counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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