Vel'Koz vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Vel'Koz
based on 906 Vel'Koz vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Vel'Koz vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some vital Vel'Koz against Braum matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between this pair of champions. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Braum’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Braum. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Vel'Koz often has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Braum. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Braum
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Braum?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when facing off against Braum, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a good counter to Braum.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate compared to Braum, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Vel'Koz into Braumas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Braum matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vel'Koz is an above average counter to Braum. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Braum during both the early game 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 shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often racks up much more CS as Braum. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically 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 important items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Braum build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Braum than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 52.4% battling Braum with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Braum 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. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Braum matchups, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.4% winrate overall.
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