Vel'Koz vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Vel'Koz
based on 3,504 Vel'Koz vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Vel'Koz vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several strategic Vel'Koz against Pantheon counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pantheon’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Pantheon..
Vel'Koz normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Pantheon. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Pantheon?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when trying to fight Pantheon, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a good counter for Pantheon.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate than Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Pantheonas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Pantheon matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a higher 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 for Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz in order to counter Pantheon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Pantheon. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Pantheon build include Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Pantheon than with most other typical builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 51.2% when countering Pantheon with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Pantheon as Vel'Koz, you 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 builds players picked for Vel'Koz vs Pantheon counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Vel'Koz are given for every ranked division. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.