Support Matchup

Senna vs Vel'Koz

Patch: 15.18 (25.18)
League: Platinum+
Senna

Senna

the Redeemer
Support
Senna Support Overall Win Rate
50.52%

Matchup Win Rate

48.4%
Senna vs Vel'Koz Wins
51.6%
Vel'Koz vs Senna Wins
Vel'Koz

Vel'Koz

the Eye of the Void
Support
Vel'Koz Support Overall Win Rate
51.72%

Senna vs Vel'Koz - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.18 (25.18)

Senna Support vs Vel'Koz Support - Who is stronger?

Senna Support has trouble against Vel'Koz (48.4% win rate) based on 517 games. This is a tough matchup for Senna players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Senna Support vs Vel'Koz Support in patch 15.18 (25.18), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 63.1% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Balanced meta clash: Senna (4.5%, 18th place out of 52 Support champions) regularly faces Vel'Koz (2.6%, 29th place). Both champions hold solid meta positions, making this matchup knowledge a direct path to climbing and improving your win rate. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven Summon Aery + Manaflow Band combination (60.2% win rate) plus optimal itemization Echoes of Helia, Moonstone Renewer, Dawncore, and Boots of Swiftness boosts your chances from 48.4% to 63.1% - potentially game-changing.

Vision deficit: Struggling in both the matchup and vision control (0.84 vs 0.90 wards/min) demands defensive warding and heavy jungle coordination. Outclassed across the board: Vel'Koz leads in both matchup win rate (51.6%) and damage (871 vs 530/min). Senna must seek alternative win conditions through macro play and team coordination. Strong individual performance: Senna maintains better KDA (2.70, 16th place vs 37th for Vel'Koz), but loses the matchup overall. High KDA without wins suggests difficulty translating individual advantages into victory conditions.

Senna vs Vel'Koz - Support Stats Comparison

Senna Support
Senna Support
Versus
Vel'Koz Support
Vel'Koz Support
ATierA+
48.4%Matchup Winrate51.6%
50.52%Role Winrate51.72%
#21Winrate Rank#9
4.5%Pickrate2.6%
2.7Average KDA2.3
334Gold per Minute333
0.84Wards per Minute0.90
530Damage per Minute871

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Senna (Support)

Despite the slight difference in effectiveness, in the Senna versus Vel'Koz matchup as support, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

Except for rare builds, Senna deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Meanwhile, Vel'Koz deals primarily magic damage (72.50%), additional magic resistance may be required.

Consider the excellent vision control demonstrated by Vel'Koz, ranking 19th (versus 31st for Senna) in ward placement among supports. This means the opponent provides better map vision for their team. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.3 versus 2.7) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Senna Support versus Vel'Koz Support matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Senna player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Vel'Koz player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Senna vs Vel'Koz: Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Exhaust
Exhaust Slows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
48.6% Win Rate12.0% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ghost
Ghost Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
49.8% Win Rate0.4% Pick Rate

Senna vs Vel'Koz: Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:
  • Deal bonus magic damage equal to 3.5% of your max health
  • Heal you for 1.3% of your max health
  • Permanently increase your health by 5
    Ranged Champions: Damage, healing, and permanent health gained are 60% effective.
  • Grasp of the Undying

    Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:Deal bonus magic damage equ…

    Font of Life
    Font of Life Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you and the lowest health nearby allied champion.

    70% effect for Ranged Users.

    Cooldown: 20s

    Font of Life

    Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you a…

    Bone Plating
    Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

    Duration: 1.5s
    Cooldown: 55s

    Bone Plating

    After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

    Revitalize
    Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

    Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

    Revitalize

    Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

    Secondary Path
    Precision
    Presence of Mind
    Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

    Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

    Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

    Presence of Mind

    Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

    Legend: Alacrity
    Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

    Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

    Legend: Alacrity

    Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

    Adaptive
    Attack Speed
    Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

    Attack Speed

    Increases attack speed by 10%

    Adaptive Force
    Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force

    Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    +65 Health
    +65 Health +65 Health

    +65 Health

    +65 Health

    42.9% Win Rate41.9% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Runes

    Primary Path
    Sorcery
    Summon Aery
    Summon Aery Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 - 50 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

    Empowering or protecting allies with abilities sends Aery to them, shielding them for 30 - 100 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

    Aery cannot be sent out again until she returns to you.

    Summon Aery

    Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 -…

    Manaflow Band
    Manaflow Band Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

    After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

    Cooldown: 15 seconds

    Manaflow Band

    Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

    Transcendence
    Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
    Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
    Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
    Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

    Transcendence

    Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

    Scorch
    Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

    Cooldown: 10s

    Scorch

    Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

    Secondary Path
    Resolve
    Font of Life
    Font of Life Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you and the lowest health nearby allied champion.

    70% effect for Ranged Users.

    Cooldown: 20s

    Font of Life

    Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you a…

    Revitalize
    Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

    Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

    Revitalize

    Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

    Adaptive
    Attack Speed
    Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

    Attack Speed

    Increases attack speed by 10%

    Adaptive Force
    Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force

    Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    +65 Health
    +65 Health +65 Health

    +65 Health

    +65 Health

    60.2% Win Rate16.4% Pick Rate

    Senna vs Vel'Koz: Support Item Builds

    Most Popular Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Cull
    Cull (450 gold) 7 Attack Damage
    Reap
    Restore 3 HealthOn-Hit.
    Killing minions grants 1 gold, up to 100. Reaching the limit grants another 350 gold.
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    42.3% Win Rate4.6% Pick Rate
    Popular Boots
    Boots of Swiftness
    Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
    Fleetfooted
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    48.6% Win Rate77.3% Pick Rate
    Berserker's Greaves
    Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
    45 Move Speed

    45.8% Win Rate7.9% Pick Rate
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed

    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    48.7% Win Rate2.7% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Phage
    Phage (1100 gold) 15 Attack Damage
    200 Health

    Rage
    Attacking grants Move Speed for 2 seconds.
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    Black Cleaver
    Black Cleaver (3000 gold) 40 Attack Damage
    400 Health
    20 Ability Haste

    Carve
    Dealing physical damage to champions reduces their Armor by 6% for 6 seconds. (stacks 5 times).
    Fervor
    Dealing physical damage grants 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds.
    Rapid Firecannon
    Rapid Firecannon (2650 gold) 35% Attack Speed
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    4% Move Speed

    Sharpshooter
    Your Energized Attack deals 40 bonus magic damage and gains 35% bonus Attack Range.
    Infinity Edge
    Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
    25% Critical Strike Chance
    40% Critical Strike Damage

    54.3% Win Rate6.7% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Bloodthirster
    Bloodthirster (3400 gold) 80 Attack Damage
    15% Life Steal

    Ichorshield
    Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a Shield.
    60.3% Win Rate15.0% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Boots
    Boots (300 gold) 25 Move Speed
    Control Ward
    Control Ward (75 gold) Consume
    Places a Control Ward that grants vision and reveals enemy Stealth Wards, traps and Camouflaged enemies.
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    74.1% Win Rate0.1% Pick Rate
    Highest Winrate Boots
    Symbiotic Soles
    Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
    Voidborn
    Gain Empowered Recall.
    Symbiosis
    After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
    50.6% Win Rate0.4% Pick Rate
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
    45 Move Speed

    Ionian Insight
    Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
    49.3% Win Rate2.6% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity

    48.9% Win Rate1.6% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Bandleglass Mirror
    Bandleglass Mirror (900 gold) 20 Ability Power
    100% Base Mana Regen
    10 Ability Haste

    ->
    Echoes of Helia
    Echoes of Helia (2200 gold) 35 Ability Power
    200 Health
    20 Ability Haste
    125% Base Mana Regen

    Soul Siphon
    Damaging a champion grants a Soul Shard, up to 2.
    Healing or Shielding an ally consumes all Soul Shards to restore Health and deal magic damage to the nearest enemy champion per Shard.
    Moonstone Renewer
    Moonstone Renewer (2200 gold) 25 Ability Power
    200 Health
    20 Ability Haste
    125% Base Mana Regen

    Starlit Grace
    Healing or shielding an ally chains the effect to another ally (excluding yourself), healing 30% or shielding 35% of the original amount.
    Dawncore
    Dawncore (2500 gold) 45 Ability Power
    16% Heal and Shield Power
    100% Base Mana Regen

    First Light
    Gain 2% Heal and Shield Power and 10 Ability Power per 100% Base Mana Regen.
    63.1% Win Rate2.4% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Guardian Angel
    Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
    45 Armor

    Rebirth
    Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
    60.5% Win Rate11.3% Pick Rate
    Other Items
    Guardian Angel
    Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
    45 Armor

    Rebirth
    Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
    60.5% Win Rate11.3% Pick Rate
    Edge of Night
    Edge of Night (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
    15 Lethality
    250 Health

    Annul
    Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
    51.1% Win Rate6.9% Pick Rate
    Blade of The Ruined King
    Blade of The Ruined King (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
    25% Attack Speed
    10% Life Steal

    Mist's Edge
    Attacks deal a percentage of enemy's current Health as bonus physical damageOn-Hit.
    Clawing Shadows
    Attacking a champion 3 times Slows them by 30% for 1 second.
    48.3% Win Rate6.7% Pick Rate
    Lord Dominik's Regards
    Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
    40% Armor Penetration
    25% Critical Strike Chance

    55.1% Win Rate6.7% Pick Rate
    Kraken Slayer
    Kraken Slayer (3100 gold) 45 Attack Damage
    40% Attack Speed
    4% Move Speed

    Bring It Down
    Every third Attack deals bonus physical damageOn-Hit, increased based on their missing Health.
    53.8% Win Rate5.9% Pick Rate
    The Collector
    The Collector (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
    10 Lethality
    25% Critical Strike Chance

    Death
    Your damage executes champions that are below 5% Health.
    Taxes
    Champion kills grant 25 bonus gold.
    36.0% Win Rate4.4% Pick Rate

    Senna vs Vel'Koz: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

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    Q
    Q
    Piercing Darkness From the twin barrels of her Relic Cannon, Senna fires a unified beam of light and shadow through a target, healing allies and damaging enemies.
    Q
    Q
    Q
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    Q
    W
    W
    Last Embrace Senna sends forth a wave of Black Mist. If it hits an enemy it latches onto them hungrily, rooting them and everything nearby after a brief delay.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    E
    E
    Curse of the Black Mist Senna draws the Mist she has stored in her weapon into a storm around her, embracing darkness and becoming a wraith within. Allies who enter the area are camouflaged and also appear as wraiths as the Mist shrouds them. Wraiths gain increased Move Speed, are unselectable, and hide their identities.
    E
    E
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    R
    R
    Dawning Shadow Senna calls upon the relic stones of fallen Sentinels, splitting her relic cannon into a holy array of shadow and light. She then fires a global beam that shields allies from harm, while damaging enemies caught in the center.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > W > E
    44.7% Win Rate67.6% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

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    R
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    Piercing Darkness From the twin barrels of her Relic Cannon, Senna fires a unified beam of light and shadow through a target, healing allies and damaging enemies.
    Q
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    W
    Last Embrace Senna sends forth a wave of Black Mist. If it hits an enemy it latches onto them hungrily, rooting them and everything nearby after a brief delay.
    W
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    W
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    R
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    Curse of the Black Mist Senna draws the Mist she has stored in her weapon into a storm around her, embracing darkness and becoming a wraith within. Allies who enter the area are camouflaged and also appear as wraiths as the Mist shrouds them. Wraiths gain increased Move Speed, are unselectable, and hide their identities.
    E
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    R
    R
    Dawning Shadow Senna calls upon the relic stones of fallen Sentinels, splitting her relic cannon into a holy array of shadow and light. She then fires a global beam that shields allies from harm, while damaging enemies caught in the center.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > W > E
    59.0% Win Rate4.0% Pick Rate

    Playing Against Vel'Koz

    • Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
    • Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
    • Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.