Vel'Koz vs Viego
How to Beat Viego as Vel'Koz
based on 2,971 Vel'Koz vs Viego matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Viego Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Viego Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viego as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Viego
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 Viego Counter Stats
How to Counter Viego with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some important Vel'Koz against Viego counter stats that may help us understand the differences between these two champs. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viego’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Viego..
Vel'Koz often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Viego. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Viego
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Viego?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when facing off against Viego, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a bad counter to Viego.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate than Viego, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Vel'Koz into Viegoas his relative depth means 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 Viego. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Viego matchups, Viego is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a garbage counter for Viego. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Viego.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Viego during both the early game 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 tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz most often gets more CS as Viego. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Viego build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Viego than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when playing against Viego with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Viego as Vel'Koz, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Viego matchups, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.8% win rate overall.
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