Vel'Koz vs Kha'Zix
How to Beat Kha'Zix as Vel'Koz
based on 2,238 Vel'Koz vs Kha'Zix matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Kha'Zix Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Kha'Zix Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kha'Zix as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Kha'Zix
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 Kha'Zix
Taste Their Fear deals bonus damage to targets that are isolated. Gain an advantage by fighting near allied minions, champions, or turrets.
Leap and Void Assault have long cooldowns. Kha'Zix is very vulnerable when these are not available.
Vel'Koz vs Kha'Zix Counter Stats
How to Counter Kha'Zix with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some valuable Vel'Koz versus Kha'Zix matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kha'Zix’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kha'Zix..
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Kha'Zix. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Kha'Zix
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Kha'Zix?
Both League of Legends 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 Kha'Zix, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Kha'Zix.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate compared to Kha'Zix, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Kha'Zixas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kha'Zix. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing 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 Kha'Zix 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 teammates during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Kha'Zix. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Kha'Zix.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Kha'Zix during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often gets much more CS compared to Kha'Zix. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Kha'Zix build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Kha'Zix than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 50.6% when countering Kha'Zix with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Kha'Zix as Vel'Koz, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Vel'Koz vs Kha'Zix fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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