Vel'Koz vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Vel'Koz
based on 1,283 Vel'Koz vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Annie
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 Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Vel'Koz vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several critical Vel'Koz versus Annie matchup stats that can help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Annie..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Annie. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Annie?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when taking on Annie, with a 51.3% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a good counter for Annie.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate compared to Annie, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Annieas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Vel'Koz vs Annie matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Annie. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz in order to counter Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often gets a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Annie build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Annie than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 51.3% battling Annie with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Annie as Vel'Koz, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Vel'Koz vs Annie battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.
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