Vel'Koz vs Cassiopeia
How to Beat Cassiopeia as Vel'Koz
based on 697 Vel'Koz vs Cassiopeia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Cassiopeia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Cassiopeia
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 Cassiopeia
Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.
Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.
Vel'Koz vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats
How to Counter Cassiopeia with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several important Vel'Koz against Cassiopeia matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Cassiopeia’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Cassiopeia..
Vel'Koz typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Cassiopeia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Cassiopeia
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Cassiopeia?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when taking on Cassiopeia, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Cassiopeia.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate than Cassiopeia, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Cassiopeiaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Cassiopeia matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Cassiopeia. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Cassiopeia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz to counter Cassiopeia 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often gets less CS relative to Cassiopeia. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Cassiopeia build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Cassiopeia than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when countering Cassiopeia with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Cassiopeia as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Vel'Koz vs Cassiopeia fights, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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