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Very Difficult, Pre 6 you can outpoke her, however after 6 if you get charmed you are dead. Prefer Cleanse vs Her.
Akali
She has immense Kill pressure after 6, and have a easy escape. try poke her down before 6 and be very careful after. Prefer Barrier vs Her.
Anivia
Her high mana costs and slow moving projectiles allows you to dodge with relative ease, you should dominate pre 6 and be careful to not get shoved too hard. Prefer Barrier vs Her
Annie
Your long range skillshots should mean that Annie is not in range to use her point and click spells, however be very careful with flash ult when she reaches level 6. Getting your Jungler to blow Annie's flash is a excellent idea. Prefer Cleanse vs Her
Aurelion Sol
Aurelion is Absolutely useless vs Vel'Koz. His high mana costs on W means he cannot shove 24/7. and your W can waveclear better. Prefer Teleport vs Him to counter his ganks.
Azir
Azir can match your poke and has good waveclear, the main difference is that Azir need to get up close to use his combo, and you can stay far away. Prefer Exhaust vs Him
Brand
Brand has good poke and combo potential, and the fact and he build ROA means he is surprisingly tanky. you should outpoke him pre-6 but after 6 you both has high kill pressure on each other, Prefer Barrier vs Him
Cassiopeia
Cass is a tough matchup in the early game, and be especially careful with her level 2 rush. and be careful with her Flash-ult combo. prefer Exhaust vs Her
Corki
Corki and his low range means you should easily outpoke him, watch out for his package plays and don't go all in when he has package. Prefer Exhaust vs Him.
Diana
Diana is a hard counter and should be avoided at all costs. If you have to play vs her play very passive after 6 and dodge her q. Prefer Barrier vs Her.
Ekko
Ekko has his Phase Dive is a massive threat to you, respect his pre 6 potential and you almost can't kill him after 6. play passive and farm up. Prefer Exhaust vs Him
Ezreal
Ezreal has good damage and engage, but his W has a short ranged compared to your abilities, and using E to engage leave him defenceless. Prefer Ghost vs Him
Fizz
Fizz is also a hard counter to Vel'koz with his very good gap-closer and if you get hit by his ult you're dead. Prefer Barrier vs Him
Galio
Galio is relatively strong against all magic users. try and hit him with true damage as much as possible. punish him when he roams to use him ult. Prefer Barrier vs Him.
Gangplank
Gangplank mid can be annoying and his barrel damage is pretty good, try and not get hit by barrels. Prefer Barrier vs Him.
Heimerdinger
Heim is not a difficult matchup but you have to be careful of his stun and turrent positions. destroy his turrents with w. Prefer Barrier vs Him
Jayce
Jayce has good combos and poke, however his poke gets blocked by minions and he has very high mana costs. Prefer Barrier vs Him
Karma
You outrange Karma so much that she shouldn't to able to use spells
without getting combo'ed by a Q->E->W. Prefer Ghost vs her
Karthus
As long as you can dodge his q he is no problem. Prefer Barrier vs Him.
Kassadin
Very Annoying, play passive especially after 6, the bane of vel'koz's existence is flash, and this guy gets a flash every 4 seconds. Prefer Barrier vs Him.
Katarina
Playing against Katarina required very good reaction times, if you can predict her E-> dagger then you can e the dagger as she's jumping to it. you can cancel her ult with e. Prefer Exhaust vs her.
Kayle
Abusing Kayle's weak early game is essential to this matchup, if you can get 6 and combo her before she is 6 then you can kill her, after she gets 6 she's quite hard to kill. Prefer Barrier vs Her
Kog'Maw
Kog'Maw mid can be surprisingly strong and have good poke, abuse his mana problems and his lack of mobility. Prefer Ghost vs Him
LeBlanc
Leblanc was my most hated matchup for a while, however she is slightly easier than fizz and Diana, by that I mean you can actually do something to not get killed and actually get cs. max w and shove her to force her to use dash on minions. Prefer Barrier vs Her
Lissandra
Lissandra can't kill you easily but that's the same for you. ask your jungler to come a few times and she can't do anything when she's behind. Prefer Barrier vs Her
Lucian
Respect Lucian's level 2 all in. you outscale him pretty quick and should have no problem after 6. Prefer Barrier vs Him
Lulu
Lulu mid doesn't stand much chance against you, just poke and kill after 6. Prefer Barrier vs her
Lux
I personally find Lux quite easy but some might her difficult, just follow the Lux rule, don't get hit by q if you're under 75% hp, or just don't get hit at all. Prefer Barrier vs Her.
Malzahar
Malz is a little hard due to his spell shield and silence, be careful that if he E a minion it doesn't go onto you. Prefer Teleport vs him.
Morgana
Morg is just a stomp lane because of her q getting minion blocked and most of your abilities don't. Prefer Cleanse vs Her
Orianna
Her early poke is pretty poor. She takes time to scale up, but once she does get 2 items she will beat you in a 1v1. watchup for shockwave cancelling your R, Prefer Barrier vs Her.
Ryze
So, you have the advantage early but once he gets 2 items you can't challenge him anymore, so stick to your team and watch out for his ult. Prefer Barrier vs Him
Sona
Sona mid has good poke but not very good kill pressure, she's very squishy so you can kill her relatively easily. but keep in mind of her heal and speedup. and be careful with the enemy jungler as Sona R + Gank = 100% dead.
Syndra
Basically however lands their e first, but her e is easier to hit than yours. Prefer Barrier/Cleanse vs Her
Taliyah
Taliyah's combo is somewhat similar to yours, except for she's got a roaming and zoning ult, while you have a multiple target DOT ult. Try and counter her shove and roam play style by maxing w and counter shove. Prefer Barrier vs Her
Talon
Very similar to akali, play very passive after 6 and wait for team fights. being a melee champ there shouldn't be much he can do if you can just hug tower. Prefer Barrier vs Him
Twisted Fate
He needs to land 3 gold cards to kill you, but only 1 to save himself, try and shove him to prevent roaming. Prefer Cleanse vs Him
Varus
Highly depends on what build he goes, the Lethality + Tear of the goddess build is very good vs Vel'koz while the standard Varus build isn't very good. buy boots early if you need help to dodge his q. Prefer Barrier vs Him.
Veigar
Veigar's lane phrase is quite poor but late game he can easily one shot you or any other squishy carries. stay back in a teamfight until he has used his E. Prefer Cleanse vs Him
Vel'Koz
whoever lands E first, Prefer Barrier vs Him.
Viktor
Viktor's Q can deny some of your poke and his E can be annoying, his ult is a DOT and not a burst, you can use this to your advantage, make sure you don't let his W cancel your ult. Prefer Barrier vs Him.
Vladimir
Crazy sustain, just back off when he gets his empowered q. back off and wait for him to use it on a minion. trade with him when his q is down, as it has a long cooldown at lower levels. Prefer Teleport vs Him
Xerath
Very annoying, buy boots early to dodge his q. and careful with his stun. Prefer Barrier vs Him
Yasuo
Yasuo is difficult if you are not very good at Vel'Koz, he will get progressively easier the better you get on Vel'Koz. Make sure you can dodge tornados and be careful when minions are coming into lane, Prefer Barrier vs Him
Zed
Building early armor vs him will help, and hug your tower on this one. wait for late game team fights and just get as much cs and you can. Prefer Barrier vs Him.
Ziggs
Ziggs has short range but very good shoving, counter his by spamming W and make sure he doesn't roam and get kills. Prefer Barrier vs Him
Zilean
This matchup is as simple as don't get double bombed, if he hits one bomb back away and wait for it to explode. Prefer Barrier vs Him
Zyra
Zyra's Plant no longer rape you after the nerfs, this should be a easy matchup but keep in mind Zyra has good synergy with jungle ganks.
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A basic build guide to Vel'koz
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