Rek'Sai with Vel'Koz
How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Vel'Koz
based on 427 Rek'Sai with Vel'Koz pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rek'Sai Vel'Koz Synergy Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Vel'Koz
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Advice to Understand How Vel'Koz Will Play
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
Rek'Sai Vel'Koz Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vel'Koz as Rek'Sai in LoL
The Rek'Sai Vel'Koz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vel'Koz, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Rek'Sai sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Vel'Koz. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Vel'Koz helps Rek'Sai perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rek'Sai is paired with Vel'Koz, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This may indicate that Vel'Koz provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played together with Vel'Koz on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Vel'Koz.
Additionally, when Rek'Sai plays with Vel'Koz on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Vel'Koz does a poor job of covering Rek'Sai during team fights.
Synergies between Rek'Sai and Vel'Koz
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Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Vel'Koz?
There is no perfect companion for Rek'Sai that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, Vel'Koz is a decent ally for Rek'Sai. By being on the same team as Rek'Sai, he improves their win rate by 1.5% to 49.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important bond between Rek'Sai and Vel'Koz that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Vel'Koz has a much greater difficulty compared to Rek'Sai. That means you must be cautious when lining up Vel'Koz teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much greater level of skill to play well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Rek'Sai players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Rek'Sai and Vel'Koz together, you may not be providing your side a great deal of protection for burst damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Vel'Koz ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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How We Calculated Our Rek'Sai Vel'Koz Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai to synergize with Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Rek'Sai and Vel'Koz synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Vel'Koz than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when playing alongside Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Rek'Sai players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Rek'Sai and Vel'Koz pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Vel'Koz with Rek'Sai are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.