Draven with Vel'Koz
How to Synergize Draven and Vel'Koz
based on 2,192 Draven with Vel'Koz pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Draven Vel'Koz Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Draven and Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Draven with Vel'Koz
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Advice to Understand How Vel'Koz Will Play
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.
Draven Vel'Koz Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vel'Koz as Draven in LoL
The Draven Vel'Koz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vel'Koz, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Draven sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Vel'Koz. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Vel'Koz helps Draven perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Draven is an ally to Vel'Koz, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Vel'Koz does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played alongside Vel'Koz on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Vel'Koz.
Additionally, when Draven plays with Vel'Koz on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Vel'Koz does a poor job of protecting Draven in team fights.
Synergies between Draven and Vel'Koz
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Is Draven better when played alongside Vel'Koz?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Draven that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. However, Vel'Koz is a pretty good companion for Draven. By being on the same team as Draven, he increases their win rate by 2.2% to 51.9%. This signals that there is a somewhat important bond between Draven and Vel'Koz that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Vel'Koz has a lower difficulty than Draven. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Vel'Koz comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by aligning Draven and Vel'Koz together, you may not be granting your other allies much protection for burst damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Vel'Koz ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven in order to work well with Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to include in your Draven and Vel'Koz synergy build include Bloodthirster, The Collector, and Hubris. When Draven incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Vel'Koz than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when playing alongside Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.
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