Vel'Koz vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Vel'Koz
based on 2,171 Vel'Koz vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Vel'Koz vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some strategic Vel'Koz versus Nami counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Vel'Koz usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nami. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Nami
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Nami?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nami, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Nami.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Namias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Nami 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 allies during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter for Nami. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Nami 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 suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often gets much more CS relative to Nami. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Nami build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Nami than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Nami with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Nami 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Nami matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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