Diana vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Diana
based on 3,251 Diana vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Vel'Koz
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
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.
Diana vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Diana in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several important Diana versus Vel'Koz counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Diana typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Diana or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Diana makes an ok counter for Vel'Koz.
While Diana does have a higher win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Diana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Diana into Vel'Koz.
Additionally, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Diana vs Vel'Koz matchups, Diana is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Diana is a decent counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Diana against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Diana to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Diana versus Vel'Koz build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Diana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Vel'Koz than with many other common item sets. In fact, Diana boasted an average winrate of 50.9% battling Vel'Koz with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Vel'Koz as Diana, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Diana vs Vel'Koz counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Diana are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located above.