Vel'Koz vs Sett
How to Beat Sett as Vel'Koz
based on 2,227 Vel'Koz vs Sett matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Sett Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Sett Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sett as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Sett
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 Sett Counter Stats
How to Counter Sett with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several important Vel'Koz versus Sett matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sett’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sett. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Vel'Koz normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Sett. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Sett
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Sett?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when taking on Sett, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Sett.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate than Sett, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Settas 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 has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sett. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Sett matchups, Sett is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Sett. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Sett.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Sett during both the laning 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 listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average gets less CS compared to Sett. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Sett build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Sett than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 49.0% battling Sett with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Sett as Vel'Koz, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Vel'Koz vs Sett face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sett as Vel'Koz are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.