Vel'Koz vs Ezreal
How to Beat Ezreal as Vel'Koz
based on 4,613 Vel'Koz vs Ezreal matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Ezreal Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Ezreal Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Ezreal
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 Ezreal
Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.
Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.
Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.
Vel'Koz vs Ezreal Counter Stats
How to Counter Ezreal with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several strategic Vel'Koz vs. Ezreal counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ezreal’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ezreal..
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Ezreal. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Ezreal
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Ezreal?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when facing off against Ezreal, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a good counter for Ezreal.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Ezreal, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vel'Koz into Ezrealas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ezreal. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Ezreal matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a noticably higher 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 an above average counter to Ezreal. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Ezreal.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Ezreal during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average accumulates less CS compared to Ezreal. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Ezreal build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Ezreal than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 53.0% battling Ezreal with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Ezreal 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 rune sets players picked for Vel'Koz vs Ezreal counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.0% win rate overall.
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