Vel'Koz vs Senna
How to Beat Senna as Vel'Koz
based on 6,217 Vel'Koz vs Senna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Senna Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Senna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Senna as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Senna
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.
Vel'Koz vs Senna Counter Stats
How to Counter Senna with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several strategic Vel'Koz against Senna matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Senna’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Senna..
Vel'Koz often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Senna. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Senna
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Senna?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Senna, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Senna.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate than Senna, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Sennaas 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 Senna. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Senna matchups, Senna 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 somewhat poor counter for Senna. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Senna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Senna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Senna. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Senna build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Senna than with many other common builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 49.5% battling Senna with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Senna as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Vel'Koz vs Senna counters, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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