Yone vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Yone
based on 4,662 Yone vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yone vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Yone vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Yone
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.
Yone vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Yone in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several significant Yone vs. Vel'Koz matchup statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Yone often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yone and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Yone or Vel'Koz?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yone usually fairs equally well when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Yone makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.
While Yone does have a lower win rate than Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Yone also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Yone into Vel'Kozas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yone also 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yone vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Yone is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yone against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yone to counter Vel'Koz 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yone often accumulates more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Yone versus Vel'Koz build include Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yone used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Vel'Koz than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yone boasted an average win rate of 49.5% battling Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Vel'Koz as Yone, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Yone vs Vel'Koz matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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