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How to Win Sejuani vs Vel'Koz Counter MatchupSejuani is in the b tier of champions

Sejuani vs Vel'Koz

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Sejuani in LoLSejuani is in the a tier of champions
TankFighter
Mage

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Sejuani

based on 771 Sejuani vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
43.8 %
K/D/A
2.5
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League rounds each week. Within our database, Sejuani engaged Vel'Koz in 771 games. Having so many games with Sejuani versus Vel'Koz gives us faith in our capability to provide enlightening statistics and a solid build to crush Vel'Koz. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Sejuani fights Vel'Koz in only 2.0% of her rounds.

Sejuani vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Sejuani does a terrible job of countering Vel'Koz. Typically, she wins a lowly 43.8% of games the champions fight each other in. In Sejuani vs Vel'Koz games, Sejuani’s side is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Vel'Koz.

Best Sejuani vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Sejuani Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernSunfire AegisThornmail

Optional Items

Iceborn GauntletForce of NatureJak'Sho, The ProteanHollow Radiance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sejuani to level upw
>
Second ability for Sejuani to level upq
>
Last skill for Sejuani to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Alacrity
Attack SpeedArmorHealth Scaling
Sejuani's passive ability p
Sejuani's q ability q
Sejuani's w ability w
Sejuani's e ability e
Sejuani's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Sejuani

Tips for Playing as Sejuani against Vel'Koz

Melee allies can stack Frost for your Permafrost, keep an eye on who they are attacking.

Save Glacial Prison for encounters where you have teammates present to take advantage of it.

Use Arctic Assault to escape bad situations, interupt channeled spells or chase runners.

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.

Sejuani vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Sejuani Image
Win Rate
43.8 %
VS
Win Rate
56.2 %
Vel'Koz Image
4.2
< Kills >
5.5
5.8
< Deaths >
6
10.3
< Assists >
9.5
0.93
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
45
< Minions Killed >
89
1.31
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.48
7,004
< Physical Damage >
566
6,569
< Magic Damage >
18,459
898
< True Damage >
6,846
14,471
< Damage Dealt >
25,872
36,677
< Damage Taken >
18,072
10,970
< Gold Earned >
10,630
1.27
< Towers >
1.75
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
12,236
< Total Healing >
1,821
13,398
< Experience >
12,649
24
< Vision Score >
45
8
< Wards Placed >
20
470
< Time Dealing CC >
210

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Sejuani in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several strategic Sejuani versus Vel'Koz counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. Sejuani’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sejuani may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz..

Sejuani often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sejuani and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Sejuani
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sejuani
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Sejuani or Vel'Koz?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sejuani usually loses when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 43.8% win rate. Thus, Sejuani makes a bad counter for Vel'Koz.

While Sejuani does have a much lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Sejuani also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sejuani into Vel'Koz.

Moreover, Sejuani has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sejuani 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 allies during late stage team fights.

Sejuani is a terribly counter for Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sejuani against Vel'Koz.

Additional Information for Sejuani Players

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

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Sejuani, we analyzed 771 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 Sejuani 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

To truly master Sejuani in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sejuani usually picks up less CS as Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Sejuani versus Vel'Koz build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Sejuani bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Vel'Koz than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sejuani had an average winrate of 43.8% when playing against Vel'Koz with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Vel'Koz as Sejuani, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Sejuani vs Vel'Koz counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 43.8% winrate overall.

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