Zilean with Vel'Koz
How to Synergize Zilean and Vel'Koz
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Zilean Vel'Koz Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Vel'Koz
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Vel'Koz Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vel'Koz as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Vel'Koz. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Vel'Koz helps Zilean perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is paired with Vel'Koz, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Vel'Koz supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Vel'Koz 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 Vel'Koz.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Vel'Koz on the same side, he often takes significantly more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Vel'Koz does a poor job of protecting Zilean during teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Vel'Koz
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Vel'Koz?
There is no one best ally for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Vel'Koz is a below average companion for Zilean. By being on the same side as Zilean, he decreases their win rate by -3.0% to 47.7%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Zilean and Vel'Koz that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Vel'Koz has a greater difficulty than Zilean. That means you should be cautious when finding Vel'Koz allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting alongside, Zilean players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Zilean and Vel'Koz together, you may not be providing your other allies a great deal of attack damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Vel'Koz ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to pair well with Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to get in your Zilean and Vel'Koz synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean included at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Vel'Koz than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 47.7% helping carry Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.
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