Samira vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Samira
based on 3,608 Samira vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Samira
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.
Samira vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Samira in LoL
The stats shown here show several influential Samira versus Vel'Koz matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Samira normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Samira or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Samira makes a poor counter for Vel'Koz.
While Samira does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Samira into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Samira has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Samira is a terribly counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Samira against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Samira in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira on average gets more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Samira versus Vel'Koz build include Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Samira combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Vel'Koz than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Samira had an average winrate of 47.5% when countering Vel'Koz with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of beating Vel'Koz as Samira, Samira players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Samira vs Vel'Koz matchups, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Samira are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.