Nasus vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Nasus
based on 2,310 Nasus vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Vel'Koz
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several important Nasus against Vel'Koz matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..
Nasus usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Nasus or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually loses when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes a bad counter to Vel'Koz.
While Nasus does have a lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nasus into Vel'Koz.
Additionally, Nasus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nasus is a bad counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus most often racks up more CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Nasus versus Vel'Koz build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nasus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Vel'Koz than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 47.8% battling Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Vel'Koz as Nasus, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Nasus vs Vel'Koz battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.
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