Vel'Koz with Samira
How to Synergize Vel'Koz and Samira
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Vel'Koz Samira Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Vel'Koz and Samira
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz with Samira
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.
Vel'Koz Samira Synergy Stats
How to Play with Samira as Vel'Koz in LoL
The Vel'Koz Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Samira. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Samira helps Vel'Koz perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Vel'Koz plays on the same team as Samira, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This difference could signal that Samira provides cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Vel'Koz is played alongside Samira on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Samira.
Additionally, when Vel'Koz plays with Samira on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Samira does a decent job of covering Vel'Koz during teamfights.
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Is Vel'Koz better when played alongside Samira?
There is no one best synergy for Vel'Koz that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, Samira is a relatively poor teammate for Vel'Koz. By locking into the same team as Vel'Koz, she drops their win rate by -1.6% to 48.7%. This signals that there is a bad bond between Vel'Koz and Samira that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Samira has a lower difficulty than Vel'Koz. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Samira allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Vel'Koz players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Vel'Koz and Samira together, you will not be granting your other allies very much support. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Samira teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Vel'Koz in order to synergize with Samira during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to get in your Vel'Koz and Samira synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz included at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Samira than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 48.7% helping carry Samira with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Vel'Koz and Samira pairings, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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