Vel'Koz with Kalista
How to Synergize Vel'Koz and Kalista
based on 473 Vel'Koz with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Vel'Koz Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Vel'Koz and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz with Kalista
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 Kalista Will Play
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Vel'Koz Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Vel'Koz in LoL
The Vel'Koz Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, 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 Kalista. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kalista helps Vel'Koz perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Vel'Koz plays on the same team as Kalista, he sees a small increase in his total damage output. This could signal that Kalista supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Vel'Koz is played with Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kalista.
Additionally, when Vel'Koz plays with Kalista on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Kalista does a decent job of covering Vel'Koz during team fights.
Synergies between Vel'Koz and Kalista
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Is Vel'Koz better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no top synergy for Vel'Koz that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, Kalista is a terrible companion for Vel'Koz. By locking into the same team as Vel'Koz, she decreases their win rate by -5.9% to 44.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Vel'Koz and Kalista that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Kalista has a lower difficulty than Vel'Koz. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Kalista allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by bringing Vel'Koz and Kalista together, you will not be giving your side enough engage potential. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Kalista ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Vel'Koz to work well with Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Vel'Koz and Kalista synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Kalista than with many other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 44.4% helping carry Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use 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 players picked for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 44.4% winrate overall.
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