Vel'Koz vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Vel'Koz
based on 1,512 Vel'Koz vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vex as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Vex
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 Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some important Vel'Koz vs. Vex counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vex’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vex..
Vel'Koz often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Vex. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Vex
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Vex?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when trying to fight Vex, with a 55.0% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a great counter to Vex.
While Vel'Koz does have a much higher winrate compared to Vex, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Vel'Koz into Vexas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vex. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Vex matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a great counter for Vex. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vel'Koz against Vex.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz to counter Vex during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average racks up less CS as Vex. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Vex build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Vex than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 55.0% when countering Vex with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Vex 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 combinations players picked for Vel'Koz vs Vex face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 55.0% win rate overall.
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