Vel'Koz vs Aurelion Sol
How to Beat Aurelion Sol as Vel'Koz
based on 1,215 Vel'Koz vs Aurelion Sol matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Aurelion Sol Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Aurelion Sol Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aurelion Sol as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Aurelion Sol
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 Win Against Aurelion Sol
He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.
Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.
His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.
His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!
Vel'Koz vs Aurelion Sol Counter Stats
How to Counter Aurelion Sol with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several strategic Vel'Koz vs. Aurelion Sol matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aurelion Sol’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aurelion Sol..
Vel'Koz typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Aurelion Sol. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Aurelion Sol
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Aurelion Sol?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when taking on Aurelion Sol, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a bad counter to Aurelion Sol.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate than Aurelion Sol, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Vel'Koz into Aurelion Solas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Aurelion Sol is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a bad counter for Aurelion Sol. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Aurelion Sol.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz to counter Aurelion Sol during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically racks up less CS as Aurelion Sol. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Aurelion Sol build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Aurelion Sol than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 46.9% when countering Aurelion Sol with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Aurelion Sol as Vel'Koz, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Vel'Koz vs Aurelion Sol counter picks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.
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