Urgot vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Urgot
based on 1,537 Urgot vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Urgot vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Urgot vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Urgot
Tips for Playing as Urgot against Vel'Koz
Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.
Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage
Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.
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.
Urgot vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Urgot in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some important Urgot vs. Vel'Koz counter stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. Urgot’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, showing that Urgot may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..
Urgot normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Urgot and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Urgot or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Urgot usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Urgot makes an ok counter for Vel'Koz.
While Urgot does have a lower winrate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Urgot also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Urgot into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Urgot 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 fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Urgot vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Urgot is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Urgot against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Urgot in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Urgot typically gets more CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, 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, often have to have 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 important items to have in your Urgot versus Vel'Koz build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Force of Nature. When Urgot bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Vel'Koz than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Urgot boasted an average winrate of 49.8% battling Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Vel'Koz as Urgot, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Urgot vs Vel'Koz matchups, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Urgot are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.