Zeri vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Zeri
based on 790 Zeri vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zeri vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Zeri vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Zeri
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.
Zeri vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Zeri in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Zeri against Vel'Koz matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between this pair of champs. Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..
Zeri typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. On average, they takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zeri and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Zeri or Vel'Koz?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 44.3% win rate. As a result, Zeri makes a poor counter for Vel'Koz.
While Zeri does have a much lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Zeri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Zeri into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Zeri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Zeri is a bad counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zeri against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zeri in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zeri typically gets more CS relative to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Zeri versus Vel'Koz build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Navori Quickblades. When Zeri bought at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better vs. Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zeri boasted an average winrate of 44.3% battling Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Vel'Koz as Zeri, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Zeri vs Vel'Koz counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Zeri are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.