Vel'Koz vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Vel'Koz
based on 738 Vel'Koz vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Vel'Koz vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several valuable Vel'Koz versus Taric matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Taric. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Vel'Koz normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Taric. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Taric
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Taric?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when facing off against Taric, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a bad counter to Taric.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate compared to Taric, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Taricas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Taric. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average racks up more CS relative to Taric. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Taric build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Taric than with many other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 48.9% battling Taric with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Taric as Vel'Koz, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Vel'Koz vs Taric counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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