Master Yi with Vel'Koz
How to Synergize Master Yi and Vel'Koz
based on 4,045 Master Yi with Vel'Koz pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Master Yi Vel'Koz Synergy Summary
Best Master Yi vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Vel'Koz
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
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.
Master Yi Vel'Koz Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vel'Koz as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi 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, Master Yi sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Vel'Koz. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Vel'Koz helps Master Yi perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Master Yi tries to synergize with Vel'Koz, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Vel'Koz helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played together with 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 Master Yi plays with Vel'Koz on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Vel'Koz does a poor job of protecting Master Yi in team fights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Vel'Koz
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Vel'Koz?
There is no one best champion pairing for Master Yi that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Vel'Koz is a very typical teammate for Master Yi. By playing on the same side as Master Yi, he raises their win rate by 0.9% to 51.5%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Master Yi and Vel'Koz that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Vel'Koz has a much greater difficulty compared to Master Yi. That means Master Yi players must be careful when arranging Vel'Koz teammates to play with, as they will need a much greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Master Yi and Vel'Koz together, you may not be granting your team enough support. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Vel'Koz ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Master Yi to work well with Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to include in your Master Yi and Vel'Koz synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Master Yi incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Vel'Koz than with many other typical builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average winrate of 51.5% helping carry Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.
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