# Vel'Koz Counters Who counters Vel'Koz? Best and worst picks against Vel'Koz by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Vel'Koz in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) ## Page Content [Vel'Koz guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) [Play against Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/how-to-play-against/) [Vel'Koz counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/counters/) Best and worst picks against Vel'Koz in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Zilean, Maokai and Rell beat Vel'Koz most often. Pyke, Pantheon and Xerath win the laning phase against Vel'Koz by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Vel'Koz Highest win rate versus Vel'Koz in Support. - 1 [Zilean](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/) 237 games 58.6% - 2 [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) 151 games 55.0% - 3 [Rell](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rell/) 241 games 54.8% - 4 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 131 games 52.7% - 5 [Blitzcrank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/blitzcrank/) 728 games 52.6% - 6 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 458 games 52.0% - 7 [Ashe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ashe/) 118 games 51.7% - 8 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 105 games 51.4% - 9 [Leona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/) 739 games 51.4% - 10 [Rakan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rakan/) 261 games 51.3% - 11 [Yuumi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi/) 476 games 51.3% - 12 [Alistar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/alistar/) 328 games 51.2% ## Worst picks against Vel'Koz Lowest win rate versus Vel'Koz in Support. - 1 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 186 games 37.1% - 2 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 232 games 45.7% - 3 [Neeko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/neeko/) 164 games 47.0% - 4 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 605 games 47.3% - 5 [Soraka](https://baronbuff.com/champions/soraka/) 453 games 47.7% - 6 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 421 games 47.7% - 7 [Nami](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nami/) 825 games 47.8% - 8 [Lulu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lulu/) 1,077 games 47.8% - 9 [Milio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/milio/) 535 games 47.9% - 10 [Bard](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/) 336 games 47.9% - 11 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 337 games 48.4% ## Best lane counters vs Vel'Koz Largest gold lead over Vel'Koz at 15 minutes in Support. - 1 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 145 games +155 - 2 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 138 games +64 - 3 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 186 games +15 ## How to play against Vel'Koz Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Shove waves quickly so he must spend Q and E on farming instead of poke. - Recall immediately after crashing; hesitating for plates lets him deny your next wave. - Rotate after chunking him instead of burning mobility on a risky dive. - Approach from side angles so his Q poke and E peel cannot cover everyone. - Interrupt his ult channel quickly; letting it run decides clustered fights. ## Where Vel'Koz is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Vel'Koz depends on long-range lines of fire, so side angles make his poke and beam harder to protect. - Vel'Koz collapses when divers reach him because his self-peel is delayed and his ultimate roots him in place. ## Vel'Koz counters: questions ### Who counters Vel'Koz in Support? At Gold+, Zilean (58.6%), Maokai (55.0%) and Rell (54.8%) have the highest win rates against Vel'Koz. ### Who does Vel'Koz counter? Vel'Koz wins most often against Pantheon (37.1%), Senna (45.7%) and Neeko (47.0%). ### Who wins lane against Vel'Koz? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Pyke (+155), Pantheon (+64) and Xerath (+15) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Vel'Koz. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Support Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/support/) - [Pyke counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/counters/) - [Pantheon counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)