Vel'Koz vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Vel'Koz
based on 982 Vel'Koz vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Vel'Koz vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several critical Vel'Koz versus Zilean matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between this set of champions. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean..
Vel'Koz usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Zilean
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when facing off against Zilean, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Vel'Koz makes a poor counter to Zilean.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate than Zilean, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Zileanas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz in order to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically gets more CS as Zilean. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Zilean build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Zilean than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 48.6% battling Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Zilean as Vel'Koz, Vel'Koz players should take 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 builds players picked for Vel'Koz vs Zilean counter picks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
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