Vel'Koz vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Vel'Koz
based on 3,728 Vel'Koz vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Vel'Koz vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several significant Vel'Koz against Xerath matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Vel'Koz normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Xerath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Xerath
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when facing off against Xerath, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter to Xerath.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Xerathas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter to Xerath. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xerath. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Vel'Koz versus Xerath build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Xerath than with many other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Xerath as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Ghost Poro, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Vel'Koz vs Xerath face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Xerath as Vel'Koz are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.