Vel'Koz vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Vel'Koz
based on 2,842 Vel'Koz vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Vel'Koz vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here show some strategic Vel'Koz versus Shaco matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shaco..
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Shaco. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Shaco
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Shaco?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shaco, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Shaco.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate compared to Shaco, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Shacoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Shaco matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Shaco. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically gets more CS relative to Shaco. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need 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 focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Shaco build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Shaco than with most other typical builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when playing against Shaco with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Shaco 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 runes players used for Vel'Koz vs Shaco counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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