Vel'Koz vs Ivern
How to Beat Ivern as Vel'Koz
based on 832 Vel'Koz vs Ivern matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Ivern Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Ivern Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Ivern
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 Ivern
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Vel'Koz vs Ivern Counter Stats
How to Counter Ivern with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several strategic Vel'Koz against Ivern matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ivern’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ivern..
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ivern. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Ivern
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Ivern?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when playing against Ivern, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Ivern.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Ivern, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Ivernas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash 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 Ivern. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Ivern matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Ivern. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Ivern.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Ivern during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often accumulates much more CS as Ivern. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Ivern build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Ivern than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 50.2% when countering Ivern with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Ivern as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take 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 we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Ivern matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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