Neeko vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Neeko
based on 2,297 Neeko vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Vel'Koz
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
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.
Neeko vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Neeko in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several vital Neeko against Vel'Koz matchup stats that may help you explain the differences between the two. Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..
Neeko normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Neeko and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Neeko or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Neeko usually loses when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Neeko makes a poor counter to Vel'Koz.
While Neeko does have a lower win rate than Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Neeko also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Neeko into Vel'Koz.
Moreover, Neeko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Neeko is a trash counter for Vel'Koz. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Neeko against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Neeko to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Neeko versus Vel'Koz build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Neeko combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Vel'Koz than with many other common builds. In fact, Neeko boasted an average win rate of 46.5% when countering Vel'Koz with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Vel'Koz as Neeko, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Neeko vs Vel'Koz counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.5% winrate overall.
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