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Vel'Koz with Galio

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How to Synergize Vel'Koz and Galio

based on 1,369 Vel'Koz with Galio pairs
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.42
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Vel'Koz has been on the same team as Galio in 1369 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the publishers of League, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high quality, usable builds to help Vel'Koz synergize with Galio. It is relatively rare for Vel'Koz to play with Galio on the same side. This has only occurred in about 1.7% of rounds with Vel'Koz.

Vel'Koz Galio Synergy Summary

Vel'Koz does a ok job of playing alongside Galio. Typically, he wins an acceptable 50.4% of matches the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Vel'Koz when playing alongside Galio by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Vel'Koz vs Galio Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Vel'Koz Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceHorizon FocusRabadon's DeathcapMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vel'Koz to level upq
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Second ability for Vel'Koz to level upw
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Last skill for Vel'Koz to max oute

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Vel'Koz's passive ability p
Vel'Koz's q ability q
Vel'Koz's w ability w
Vel'Koz's e ability e
Vel'Koz's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Vel'Koz and Galio

Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz with Galio

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.

Advice to Understand How Galio Will Play

You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.

You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.

You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.

Vel'Koz Galio Synergy Stats

Vel'Koz Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Galio Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.5
6.2
< Deaths >
6.2
9.6
< Assists >
8.9
1.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.27
67
< Minions Killed >
93
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.45
547
< Physical Damage >
549
18,195
< Magic Damage >
17,983
5,715
< True Damage >
5,897
24,458
< Damage Dealt >
24,431
17,773
< Damage Taken >
18,185
10,303
< Gold Earned >
10,552
1.82
< Towers >
1.73
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,693
< Total Healing >
1,772
11,762
< Experience >
12,574
52
< Vision Score >
45
23
< Wards Placed >
20
195
< Time Dealing CC >
207

How to Play with Galio as Vel'Koz in LoL

The Vel'Koz Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Vel'Koz sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Galio helps Vel'Koz perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Vel'Koz is paired with Galio, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Galio helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Vel'Koz is played alongside Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Galio.

Additionally, when Vel'Koz plays with Galio on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Galio does a decent job of covering Vel'Koz in team fights.

Synergies between Vel'Koz and Galio

Damage Types Compared

Vel'Koz
Galio
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Vel'Koz
Galio

Is Vel'Koz better when played alongside Galio?

There is no perfect companion for Vel'Koz that will always be his best teammate. However, Galio is a very typical companion for Vel'Koz. By locking into the same team as Vel'Koz, he raises their win rate by 0.1% to 50.4%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Vel'Koz and Galio that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Galio has a much lower diffuclty than Vel'Koz. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Galio allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Vel'Koz players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by aligning Vel'Koz and Galio together, you may not be giving your team a lot of attack damage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Galio ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Vel'Koz Players

How We Calculated Our Vel'Koz Galio Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Vel'Koz and Galio, we analyzed 1,369 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Vel'Koz with Galio comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz in order to pair well with Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to use in your Vel'Koz and Galio synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Galio than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 50.4% helping carry Galio with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Vel'Koz and Galio pairings, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Galio with Vel'Koz are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.