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Vel'Koz vs Udyr

How to Beat Udyr as Vel'Koz in LoLVel'Koz is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Udyr as Vel'Koz

based on 2,356 Vel'Koz vs Udyr matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.53
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Udyr as Vel'Koz resulted from an evaluation of 2356 ranked matches where both champs faced off against each other. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Vel'Koz encounters Udyr in only 3.0% of his games.

Vel'Koz vs Udyr Matchup Summary

Vel'Koz does a decent job of countering Udyr. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.8% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Vel'Koz against Udyr matches, Vel'Koz’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood against Udyr.

Best Vel'Koz vs Udyr Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalLost Chapter

Core Vel'Koz Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceZaz'Zak's RealmspikeStormsurge

Optional Items

Horizon FocusRabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentRod of Ages

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vel'Koz to level upq
>
Second ability for Vel'Koz to level upw
>
Last skill for Vel'Koz to max oute

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vel'Koz's passive ability p
Vel'Koz's q ability q
Vel'Koz's w ability w
Vel'Koz's e ability e
Vel'Koz's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Udyr as Vel'Koz

Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Udyr

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 Udyr

After using the more powerful, Awakened version of an ability, Udyr cannot Awaken other abilities for some time.

Udyr has limited ranged options, try to keep distance.

Vel'Koz vs Udyr Counter Stats

Vel'Koz Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Udyr Image
5.6
< Kills >
5.1
5.8
< Deaths >
6
9.1
< Assists >
6.8
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.15
94
< Minions Killed >
84
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
1.08
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.47
573
< Physical Damage >
7,843
17,830
< Magic Damage >
8,689
6,189
< True Damage >
765
24,592
< Damage Dealt >
17,298
17,782
< Damage Taken >
34,423
10,577
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.8
< Towers >
1.88
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.24
1,833
< Total Healing >
14,192
12,653
< Experience >
14,627
45
< Vision Score >
20
20
< Wards Placed >
7
213
< Time Dealing CC >
2,097

How to Counter Udyr with Vel'Koz in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore some valuable Vel'Koz against Udyr counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Udyr’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Udyr..

Vel'Koz normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Udyr. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Vel'Koz and Udyr

Damage Types Compared

Vel'Koz
Udyr
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vel'Koz
Udyr

Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Udyr?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when taking on Udyr, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a good counter to Udyr.

While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate than Udyr, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Udyras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Udyr. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Udyr 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 Udyr. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Udyr.

Additional Information for Vel'Koz Players

How We Calculated Our Vel'Koz vs Udyr Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Udyr as Vel'Koz, we analyzed 2,356 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Udyr as Vel'Koz comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz in order to counter Udyr during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vel'Koz on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Udyr. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Udyr build include Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Udyr than with most other typical builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when countering Udyr with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Udyr as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Vel'Koz vs Udyr matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.

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