Yasuo vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Yasuo
based on 5,204 Yasuo vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Vel'Koz
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Advice to Win Against Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Yasuo vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown here show several important Yasuo against Vel'Koz matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vel'Koz..
Yasuo typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when playing against Vel'Koz, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes a good counter for Vel'Koz.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Vel'Koz matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Yasuo is a decent counter to Vel'Koz. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yasuo in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo typically picks up more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Vel'Koz build consist of Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 51.0% when playing against Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Vel'Koz as Yasuo, Yasuo players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Yasuo vs Vel'Koz battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.0% win rate overall.
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