Vel'Koz vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Vel'Koz
based on 4,501 Vel'Koz vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Akali
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Vel'Koz vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Vel'Koz vs. Akali matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akali. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Vel'Koz often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Akali. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Akali
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Akali?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Akali, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate than Akali, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often picks up less CS as Akali. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Akali build consist of Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Akali than with most other common builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Akali with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Akali as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Akali counters, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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