Blitzcrank vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Blitzcrank
based on 3,013 Blitzcrank vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Vel'Koz
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Blitzcrank vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several strategic Blitzcrank against Vel'Koz counter stats that may help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a good counter to Vel'Koz.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Blitzcrank also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Blitzcrank into Vel'Koz.
Additionally, Blitzcrank has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Vel'Koz matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank usually accumulates a lot less CS as Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Vel'Koz build consist of Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Vel'Koz than with most other common builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 52.0% battling Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Vel'Koz as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Blitzcrank vs Vel'Koz fights, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.0% win rate overall.
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