Vel'Koz with Thresh
How to Synergize Vel'Koz and Thresh
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Vel'Koz Thresh Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Vel'Koz and Thresh
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz with Thresh
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 Thresh Will Play
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Vel'Koz Thresh Synergy Stats
How to Play with Thresh as Vel'Koz in LoL
The Vel'Koz Thresh synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Thresh, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Thresh. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Thresh helps Vel'Koz perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Vel'Koz is an ally to Thresh, he gets a noticable increase in his full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Thresh provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Vel'Koz is played alongside Thresh on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Thresh.
Additionally, when Vel'Koz plays with Thresh on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Thresh does a poor job of protecting Vel'Koz during teamfights.
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Is Vel'Koz better when played alongside Thresh?
There is no perfect ally for Vel'Koz that will always be his #1 ally. However, Thresh is a very typical ally for Vel'Koz. By being on the same side as Vel'Koz, he drops their win rate by -0.1% to 50.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Vel'Koz and Thresh that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Thresh has a lower difficulty than Vel'Koz. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Thresh teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by bringing Vel'Koz and Thresh together, you will not be providing your team a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Thresh teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to synergize with Thresh during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz and Thresh synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Thresh than with most other common builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 50.2% when playing alongside Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against 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 we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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