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Vel'Koz with Naafiri

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Mage
Assassin

How to Synergize Vel'Koz and Naafiri

based on 951 Vel'Koz with Naafiri pairs
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Vel'Koz has fought alongside Naafiri in 951 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much great data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can provide you with high-quality, accurate builds to help Vel'Koz play with Naafiri. It is very rare for Vel'Koz to play alongside Naafiri as allies. This has only happened in approx. 1.2% of rounds with Vel'Koz.

Vel'Koz Naafiri Synergy Summary

Vel'Koz does a good job of teaming up with Naafiri. Usually, he wins a fantastic 52.3% of the time the champs try and work together in. If you want to do better as Vel'Koz when fighting on the same team as Naafiri by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with them, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Vel'Koz vs Naafiri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Vel'Koz Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentHorizon FocusSeraph's EmbraceShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vel'Koz to level upq
>
Second ability for Vel'Koz to level upw
>
Last skill for Vel'Koz to max oute

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Vel'Koz's passive ability p
Vel'Koz's q ability q
Vel'Koz's w ability w
Vel'Koz's e ability e
Vel'Koz's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Vel'Koz and Naafiri

Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz with Naafiri

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.

Advice to Understand How Naafiri Will Play

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Vel'Koz Naafiri Synergy Stats

Vel'Koz Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Naafiri Image
5.2
< Kills >
5.5
6.4
< Deaths >
6.2
9.5
< Assists >
8.9
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
1.27
68
< Minions Killed >
93
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.45
531
< Physical Damage >
549
18,123
< Magic Damage >
17,983
5,552
< True Damage >
5,897
24,207
< Damage Dealt >
24,431
17,795
< Damage Taken >
18,185
10,176
< Gold Earned >
10,552
1.75
< Towers >
1.73
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,662
< Total Healing >
1,772
11,856
< Experience >
12,574
51
< Vision Score >
45
22
< Wards Placed >
20
194
< Time Dealing CC >
207

How to Play with Naafiri as Vel'Koz in LoL

The Vel'Koz Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Vel'Koz sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Naafiri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Naafiri helps Vel'Koz perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Vel'Koz is an ally to Naafiri, he sees a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Naafiri does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that their support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Vel'Koz is played alongside Naafiri 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 synergisticly with Naafiri.

Moreover, when Vel'Koz plays with Naafiri on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Naafiri does a decent job of protecting Vel'Koz during teamfights.

Synergies between Vel'Koz and Naafiri

Damage Types Compared

Vel'Koz
Naafiri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Vel'Koz
Naafiri

Is Vel'Koz better when played alongside Naafiri?

There is no one best companion for Vel'Koz that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, Naafiri is a pretty good teammate for Vel'Koz. By locking into the same team as Vel'Koz, they raises their win rate by 2.0% to 52.3%. This shows that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Vel'Koz and Naafiri that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Vel'Koz. That means Vel'Koz players don't need to be careful when lining up Naafiri allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.

Playing alongside, Vel'Koz players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by bringing Vel'Koz and Naafiri together, you may not be granting your side a great deal of protection for burst damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of your Naafiri ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Vel'Koz Players

How We Calculated Our Vel'Koz Naafiri Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Vel'Koz and Naafiri, we analyzed 951 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Vel'Koz with Naafiri comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to work well with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to have in your Vel'Koz and Naafiri synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 52.3% helping carry Naafiri with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Vel'Koz and Naafiri pairings, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Vel'Koz and Naafiri cooperations tips and stats for a a distinct player tier, please select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and strategies given are calculated using every match played with these champs.