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Ezreal vs Vel'Koz

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Ezreal in LoLEzreal is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Vel'Koz as Ezreal

based on 4,613 Ezreal vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. Within our database, Ezreal battled Vel'Koz 4613 times. Including so many matchups for Ezreal vs Vel'Koz provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare informative data and a solid build to annihilate your opposition. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Ezreal fights Vel'Koz in only 2.0% of his matches.

Ezreal vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ezreal does a below average job of countering Vel'Koz. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.0% of the time the champs face each other in. In Ezreal vs Vel'Koz rounds, Ezreal’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Vel'Koz.

Best Ezreal vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSheen

Core Ezreal Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSpear of ShojinSerylda's Grudge

Optional Items

Frozen HeartNavori QuickbladesBloodthirsterMuramana

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ezreal to level upq
>
Second ability for Ezreal to level upe
>
Last skill for Ezreal to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ezreal's passive ability p
Ezreal's q ability q
Ezreal's w ability w
Ezreal's e ability e
Ezreal's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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R
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Ezreal

Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Vel'Koz

Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.

You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.

You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.

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.

Ezreal vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Ezreal Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Vel'Koz Image
6.8
< Kills >
5.3
5.8
< Deaths >
6
6.7
< Assists >
8.7
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.22
176
< Minions Killed >
92
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.45
15,695
< Physical Damage >
528
7,498
< Magic Damage >
17,824
628
< True Damage >
5,681
23,821
< Damage Dealt >
24,034
21,899
< Damage Taken >
18,712
12,109
< Gold Earned >
10,481
2.18
< Towers >
1.72
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,063
< Total Healing >
1,991
13,196
< Experience >
12,623
17
< Vision Score >
46
9
< Wards Placed >
20
89
< Time Dealing CC >
207

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Ezreal in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some valuable Ezreal vs. Vel'Koz counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz..

Ezreal normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ezreal and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Ezreal
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ezreal
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Ezreal or Vel'Koz?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 47.0% win rate. As a result, Ezreal makes a poor counter for Vel'Koz.

While Ezreal does have a lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Ezreal also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Ezreal into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Ezreal also 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Ezreal is a trash counter to Vel'Koz. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ezreal against Vel'Koz.

Additional Information for Ezreal Players

How We Calculated Our Ezreal vs Vel'Koz Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Ezreal, we analyzed 4,613 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Vel'Koz as Ezreal comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Ezreal in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ezreal usually gets more CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Ezreal versus Vel'Koz build consist of Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Serylda's Grudge. When Ezreal used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Vel'Koz than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ezreal had an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Vel'Koz with this counter build.

To have the best probability of beating Vel'Koz as Ezreal, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ezreal vs Vel'Koz counters, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.0% winrate overall.

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