Xerath with Vel'Koz
How to Synergize Xerath and Vel'Koz
based on 1,564 Xerath with Vel'Koz pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Vel'Koz Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Vel'Koz
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Vel'Koz Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vel'Koz as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Vel'Koz. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Vel'Koz helps Xerath perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath is paired with Vel'Koz, he observes a little drop in his full damage output. This could signal that Vel'Koz does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Vel'Koz on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Vel'Koz. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Vel'Koz.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Vel'Koz on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Vel'Koz does a poor job of protecting Xerath during teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Vel'Koz
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Vel'Koz?
There is no top ally for Xerath that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, Vel'Koz is a very typical ally for Xerath. By locking into the same team as Xerath, he decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 50.0%. This signals that there is only a small synergy between Xerath and Vel'Koz that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Vel'Koz has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be careful when arranging Vel'Koz allies to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Xerath and Vel'Koz together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates enough AD. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Vel'Koz ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to work well with Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Xerath and Vel'Koz synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Vel'Koz than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.
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