Vel'Koz vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Vel'Koz
based on 1,258 Vel'Koz vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Vel'Koz vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some important Vel'Koz versus Heimerdinger counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger..
Vel'Koz typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate than Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Heimerdinger build consist of Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Heimerdinger than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 49.2% battling Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Heimerdinger 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 combinations we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Heimerdinger matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
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