Jarvan IV with Vel'Koz
How to Synergize Jarvan IV and Vel'Koz
based on 1,217 Jarvan IV with Vel'Koz pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Jarvan IV Vel'Koz Synergy Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Jarvan IV and Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV with Vel'Koz
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV Vel'Koz Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vel'Koz as Jarvan IV in LoL
The Jarvan IV 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, Jarvan IV sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Vel'Koz. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Vel'Koz helps Jarvan IV perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Jarvan IV tries to synergize with Vel'Koz, he gets a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This may indicate that Vel'Koz does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Jarvan IV is played alongside Vel'Koz on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Vel'Koz.
Additionally, when Jarvan IV plays with Vel'Koz on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Vel'Koz does a poor job of covering Jarvan IV during team fights.
Synergies between Jarvan IV and Vel'Koz
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Is Jarvan IV better when played alongside Vel'Koz?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Jarvan IV that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Vel'Koz is a very typical companion for Jarvan IV. By being on the same side as Jarvan IV, he lowers their win rate by -0.1% to 48.5%. This proves that there is not really a strong synergy between Jarvan IV and Vel'Koz that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Vel'Koz has a greater difficulty than Jarvan IV. That means you need to be very careful when lining up Vel'Koz teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Jarvan IV and Vel'Koz together, you will not be providing your side much sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Vel'Koz teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV in order to work well with Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Jarvan IV and Vel'Koz synergy build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 48.5% when playing alongside Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Vel'Koz with Jarvan IV are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.