Vel'Koz vs Neeko
How to Beat Neeko as Vel'Koz
based on 2,297 Vel'Koz vs Neeko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Neeko Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Neeko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Neeko as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Neeko
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 Neeko
Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.
Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
Vel'Koz vs Neeko Counter Stats
How to Counter Neeko with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several influential Vel'Koz vs. Neeko counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Neeko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Neeko..
Vel'Koz usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Neeko. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Neeko
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Neeko?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when playing against Neeko, with a 53.5% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a great counter for Neeko.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate than Neeko, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Vel'Koz into Neekoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Neeko. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Neeko 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 allies during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a great counter for Neeko. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Neeko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Neeko 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 suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Neeko. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Neeko build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Neeko than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 53.5% when countering Neeko with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Neeko as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Neeko fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.5% winrate overall.
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