Vel'Koz vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Vel'Koz
based on 1,062 Vel'Koz vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Zoe
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 Zoe
Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.
Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.
Vel'Koz vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Vel'Koz versus Zoe counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zoe’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zoe..
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zoe. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Zoe
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Zoe?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when playing against Zoe, with a 53.8% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a great counter to Zoe.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate compared to Zoe, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Vel'Koz into Zoeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zoe. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Zoe matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a great counter to Zoe. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Zoe.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Zoe during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually picks up less CS as Zoe. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Zoe build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Zoe than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 53.8% battling Zoe with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Zoe 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. Of all the rune sets players used for Vel'Koz vs Zoe counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.8% winrate overall.
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