Bel'Veth, Fighter
Bel'Veth, the Empress of the Void, is a Fighter champion in League of Legends. Everything below comes from Riot's Data Dragon for patch 16.21.1: ability text, base stats and Riot's tips. Counters and matchups by class are worked out from that text, and each one shows its reason.
What the kit does
Analysis read from Riot's ability text. Each line shows the words it rests on.
WHard crowd controlAbove and Below: "knocking up"
- WSoft crowd control (slow, silence, blind)
Above and Below: "and slowing her enemies"
- WKnock-up, knock-back or pull
Above and Below: "knocking up"
QDash, leap or blinkVoid Surge: "Bel'Veth dashes in a"
EHealing or life stealRoyal Maelstrom: "grants her lifesteal and damage"
- QArea damage
Void Surge: "and damages all enemies she passes"
Bel'Veth's abilities
Riot's own text and preview clip for each ability, from Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1. Pick an ability and its clip plays here, muted.
PPassive
Death in Lavender
Bel'Veth gains permanent attack speed stacks after taking down large minions and monsters and champions. She also gains temporary bonus attack speed after using an ability.
Effects in the text
Void Surge
Bel'Veth dashes in a chosen direction and damages all enemies she passes through.
Effects in the text
WW
Above and Below
Bel'Veth slams her tail to the ground, damaging, knocking up, and slowing her enemies.
Effects in the text
EE
Royal Maelstrom
Bel'Veth roots herself in place, channeling a storm of slashes around her that targets the lowest-health enemy and grants her lifesteal and damage reduction.
Effects in the text
RR
Endless Banquet
Bel'Veth consumes Void coral remnants, transforming into her true form and increasing her max health, attack range, and attack speed. Consuming the Void coral remnants of a Void epic monster will grant her the power to summon Void remora.
Effects in the text
Items and runes that fit Bel'Veth
Riot publishes no builds and this page invents none. Below: completed items ranked by how many of the stats Bel'Veth's kit uses they give (attack damage (AD) first), the runes whose official text matches the kit, and picks for each enemy type. A fit, not a strength ranking. No win rates.
Closest stat fit
Editorial estimateCompleted items ranked by how many of the stats Bel'Veth's kit uses they give. A fit, not a verdict: Riot publishes no builds and no win rates.
Lord Dominik's Regards3,300- +35 Attack DamageBel'Veth scales with it
- +35% Armor Penetrationits damage is physical
- +25% Critical Strike Chanceits kit leans on basic attacks
Mortal Reminder3,000- +35 Attack DamageBel'Veth scales with it
- +30% Armor Penetrationits damage is physical
- +25% Critical Strike Chanceits kit leans on basic attacks
Stormrazor3,200- +50 Attack DamageBel'Veth scales with it
- +25% Attack Speedits kit leans on basic attacks
- +25% Critical Strike Chanceits kit leans on basic attacks
Yun Tal Wildarrows3,000- +50 Attack DamageBel'Veth scales with it
- +45% Attack Speedits kit leans on basic attacks
- +0% Critical Strike Chanceits kit leans on basic attacks
Blade of The Ruined King3,200- +40 Attack DamageBel'Veth scales with it
- +25% Attack Speedits kit leans on basic attacks
Experimental Hexplate3,000- +40 Attack DamageBel'Veth scales with it
- +20% Attack Speedits kit leans on basic attacks
More items with the same stat 38
Guinsoo's Rageblade3,000 gold
Kraken Slayer3,000 gold
Serylda's Grudge3,000 gold
Statikk Shiv3,000 gold
Stridebreaker3,300 gold
Terminus3,000 gold
Trinity Force3,333 gold
Essence Reaver3,050 gold
Hexoptics C442,800 gold
Immortal Shieldbow3,000 gold
Infinity Edge3,500 gold
The Collector3,000 gold
Axiom Arc2,750 gold
Bastionbreaker3,000 gold
Black Cleaver3,000 gold
Bloodthirster3,400 gold
Chempunk Chainsword3,000 gold
Death's Dance3,300 gold
Eclipse2,900 gold
Edge of Night3,000 gold
Endless Hunger3,100 gold
Guardian Angel3,200 gold
Hextech Gunblade3,000 gold
Hubris2,800 gold
Hullbreaker3,000 gold
Manamune2,900 gold
Maw of Malmortius3,100 gold
Mercurial Scimitar3,200 gold
Overlord's Bloodmail3,300 gold
Profane Hydra2,850 gold
Ravenous Hydra3,300 gold
Serpent's Fang2,500 gold
Spear of Shojin3,100 gold
Sundered Sky3,100 gold
Titanic Hydra3,300 gold
Umbral Glaive2,800 gold
Voltaic Cyclosword3,000 gold
Youmuu's Ghostblade2,800 goldBoots
Rune fits
Editorial estimateRunes whose official text matches the most things Bel'Veth's kit does. Each line shows the words it rests on.
Stormraider's SurgeSorcery, Keystone · Matches: 2- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Above and Below: "knocking up"
- It heals or restores health in the kit: Royal Maelstrom: "grants her lifesteal and damage"
AftershockResolve, Keystone · Matches: 1- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Above and Below: "knocking up"
ConquerorPrecision, Keystone · Matches: 1- It heals or restores health in the kit: Royal Maelstrom: "grants her lifesteal and damage"
Font of LifeResolve · Matches: 2- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Above and Below: "knocking up"
- It heals or restores health in the kit: Royal Maelstrom: "grants her lifesteal and damage"
Manaflow BandSorcery · Matches: 2- Its kit leans on basic attacks: Death in Lavender: "gains permanent attack speed stacks after"
- It heals or restores health in the kit: Royal Maelstrom: "grants her lifesteal and damage"
Sudden ImpactDomination · Matches: 2- Its kit leans on basic attacks: Death in Lavender: "gains permanent attack speed stacks after"
- It has a dash, leap or blink: Void Surge: "Bel'Veth dashes in a"
Against each enemy type
Editorial estimateSituational picks, counted from what the champions of each class do in Riot's Data Dragon. Swap a slot when the enemy team has several of that class.
Tanks
Anti-heal 25 of 46 heal or sustain
Cleanse or tenacity 20 of 46 have two or more hard CC abilities
To cut through them Tanks stack armor and magic resist; these items give armor penetration.
Fighters
Anti-heal 39 of 59 heal or sustain
Armor 37 of 59 deal physical damage only
Assassins
Anti-heal 24 of 46 heal or sustain
Armor 23 of 46 deal physical damage only
Mages
Magic resist 53 of 75 deal magic damage only
Anti-heal 30 of 75 heal or sustain
Marksmen
Armor 14 of 33 deal physical damage only
Supports
Magic resist 36 of 43 deal magic damage only
Anti-heal 19 of 43 heal or sustain
Counted from the official ability text, League of Legends patch 16.21.1. These are counts of champions, not win rates.
Rune trees
Lit runes: their official text matches something Bel'Veth's kit does (Analysis). Select a rune to read why.
Precision11 lit
Domination5 lit
Sorcery4 lit
Resolve8 lit
Inspiration5 lit
Who counters Bel'Veth: community consensus
Each pick is listed against Bel'Veth by at least two independent public counter sites, patch 16.22. The reason is ours, read from the two kits. Not win rates.
Kindred
Counters youKindred kites Bel'Veth's dashes with Dance of Arrows, and Lamb's Respite stops the fights she would win by staying in.
Lillia
Counters youThe move speed from Blooming Blows kites her, and Lilting Lullaby puts Bel'Veth to sleep in team fights.
Hecarim
Counters youHecarim clears faster, and Devastating Charge knocks her away before Bel'Veth stacks attack speed.
Talon
Counters youTalon's early burst with Noxian Diplomacy kills Bel'Veth before she scales, and Assassin's Path out-paths her in the jungle.
Master Yi
Counters youAlpha Strike dodges Royal Maelstrom, and Highlander wins the late duels.
Sources: counterstats.net, lolalytics.com. Reviewed .
Matchups by class
Bel'Veth against each class of champion, counted from the official ability text. Choose a class or a lane to narrow it down.
Against all 172 champions: 98 ahead, 29 even, 45 behind. Each class is read against that, so check the best and toughest tags too.
Against Tanks
WeakToughest class
3 ahead · 10 even · 33 behind of 46
- They cut your attack speed, which weakens auto-attack builds.
- Your damage is physical only, so they can stack armor against you.
What to do: A risky pick into tanks. Wait for the enemy draft before you lock it, or pick it with a team that covers the gap.
Against Fighters
Even19 ahead · 19 even · 21 behind of 59
- Your hard crowd control stops their dashes.
- Their true or percent-health damage ignores your resistances.
What to do: Neither side has a clear edge over fighters. Execution and the team around you decide it.
Against Assassins
StrongBest class
37 ahead · 5 even · 4 behind of 46
- Your hard crowd control stops their dashes.
- You have early pressure while they need time to scale.
What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several assassins. Play for the fights where your edge shows.
Against Mages
Strong55 ahead · 10 even · 10 behind of 75
- You can lock down squishy targets that have few escapes.
- Your healing or shields outlast their poke.
What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several mages. Play for the fights where your edge shows.
Against Marksmen
Strong25 ahead · 3 even · 5 behind of 33
- You have early pressure while they need time to scale.
- Your healing or shields outlast their poke.
What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several marksmen. Play for the fights where your edge shows.
Against Supports
Strong29 ahead · 3 even · 11 behind of 43
- You can lock down squishy targets that have few escapes.
- Your healing or shields outlast their poke.
What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several supports. Play for the fights where your edge shows.
Source: Nexus Lab rules over the official ability text, League of Legends patch 16.21.1. Each champion of the class is compared with Bel'Veth one by one; the counts come from those rules, not from match results, so they are not win rates. Strong, even and weak compare the number of champions ahead and behind. Lanes are the lanes each class usually plays (Riot ships no lane data per champion), not play rates.
Building against Bel'Veth
Analysis: answers to what Bel'Veth's own kit does.
Bel'Veth heals or has life steal in the kit, so anti-heal is worth a slot. Royal Maelstrom: "grants her lifesteal and damage"
Bel'Veth deals physical damage only, so armor pays off. Fighter role
Bel'Veth has several hard crowd-control abilities, so a cleanse or tenacity item is worth a slot. Above and Below: "knocking up"
Picks that can punish Bel'Veth
Analysis: rules over Riot's ability text.
Dr. Mundo
Counters youBel'Veth deals only physical damage (Fighter role), so Dr. Mundo can stack armor (Tank role) against it.
2 more reasons
Dr. Mundo deals damage based on the target's health (Infected Bonesaw: "based on their current health and slowing"), which scales against a tough champion like Bel'Veth (Fighter role).
Dr. Mundo has burst or execute damage (Blunt Force Trauma: "on his missing Health") that can kill before Bel'Veth's healing (Royal Maelstrom: "grants her lifesteal and damage") matters.
Amumu
Counters youBel'Veth deals only physical damage (Fighter role), so Amumu can stack armor (Tank role) against it.
2 more reasons
Amumu deals true damage (Cursed Touch: "take bonus true damage from incoming"), which ignores the resistances that Bel'Veth relies on (Fighter role).
Amumu clears waves more easily (Despair: "nearby enemies lose a") and can push the lane against Bel'Veth.
Cho'Gath
Counters youBel'Veth deals only physical damage (Fighter role), so Cho'Gath can stack armor (Tank role) against it.
2 more reasons
Cho'Gath deals true damage (Feast: "amount of true damage"), which ignores the resistances that Bel'Veth relies on (Fighter role).
Cho'Gath clears waves more easily (Feral Scream: "scream at enemies in a cone") and can push the lane against Bel'Veth.
Malphite
Counters youBel'Veth deals only physical damage (Fighter role), so Malphite can stack armor (Tank role) against it.
1 more reason
Malphite cuts attack speed (Ground Slam: "Armor and reduces the Attack Speed of enemies"), which weakens Bel'Veth's basic-attack damage (Death in Lavender: "gains permanent attack speed stacks after").
Olaf
Counters youOlaf deals true damage (Reckless Swing: "it deals true damage to his"), which ignores the resistances that Bel'Veth relies on (Fighter role).
2 more reasons
Bel'Veth deals only physical damage (Fighter role), so Olaf can stack armor (Ragnarok: "Olaf passively gains increased armor and magic resist") against it.
Olaf has burst or execute damage (Berserker Rage: "on his missing Health") that can kill before Bel'Veth's healing (Royal Maelstrom: "grants her lifesteal and damage") matters.
Sion
Counters youBel'Veth deals only physical damage (Fighter role), so Sion can stack armor (Tank role) against it.
2 more reasons
Sion deals damage based on the target's health (Glory in Death: "on his target's maximum Health"), which scales against a tough champion like Bel'Veth (Fighter role).
Sion clears waves more easily (Decimating Smash: "powerful swing in an area in front") and can push the lane against Bel'Veth.
Who Bel'Veth is good against
The same rules, read the other way.
Lucian
You pressureBel'Veth has hard CC (Above and Below: "knocking up") that can stop Lucian's dashes (Relentless Pursuit: "Lucian quickly dashes a short").
Kassadin
You pressureBel'Veth has hard CC (Above and Below: "knocking up") that can stop Kassadin's dashes (Riftwalk: "Kassadin teleports to a").
Quinn
You pressureBel'Veth has hard CC (Above and Below: "knocking up") that can stop Quinn's dashes (Vault: "Quinn dashes to an").
Graves
You pressureBel'Veth has hard CC (Above and Below: "knocking up") to catch Graves, a squishy champion with few escapes (Marksman role).
Katarina
You pressureBel'Veth has hard CC (Above and Below: "knocking up") that can stop Katarina's dashes (Shunpo: "Katarina blinks to the").
Counter picks under the consensus list are Analysis: rules over Riot's ability text, each with the words it rests on. They are not win rates.
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Measured numbers
Numbers published or counted by a named source. Each row names the source and the patch.
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 580 | +105 | 2365 |
| Mana | 45 | - | 45 |
| Armor | 28 | +5 | 113 |
| Magic resist | 32 | +2.05 | 66.85 |
| Attack damage | 55 | - | 55 |
| Attack speed | 0.67 | - | 0.67 |
| Attack range | 150 | - | 150 |
| Move speed | 340 | - | 340 |
| Health regen per 5 seconds | 6 | +0.6 | 16.2 |
Riot data Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1. Level 18 is calculated from Riot's growth formula on the same numbers.
Editorial estimates
Our reading of the data. These are not measured rates and they change when the rules or the data change.
- Counter picks
- 6 Editorial estimateNexus Lab rules over Riot's ability text, patch 16.21.1
- Good against
- 5 Editorial estimateNexus Lab rules over Riot's ability text, patch 16.21.1
- Typical lanes
- Top, Jungle Editorial estimateLanes of the class; Riot ships no lane data per champion
- Best class (relative)
- Assassins Editorial estimateWins minus losses over the class, compared with the other classes; counts of champions, patch 16.21.1
- Toughest class (relative)
- Tanks Editorial estimateWins minus losses over the class, compared with the other classes; counts of champions, patch 16.21.1
What no source gives us
- Win rate, pick rate and ban rate. Riot publishes none we may print (the Riot API cards are switched off) and no third-party statistics site is read, so none is shown.
- Popular builds. Riot publishes no builds: the items and runes in Build & Runes are a fit to the kit, not a popularity ranking.
Sources
- Riot Games Data DragonOpen
Names, ratings, base stats, ability text, cooldowns, costs, range, items, runes and art.
Patch 16.21.1, file generated 2026-10-26 - Riot ability preview clips
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Each clip checked with a request before it is offered - League of Legends WikiOpen
Release dates and skin prices in RP (CC BY-SA).
Committed data, see the skins page - Nexus Lab rules
Counters, matchups by class, item and rune fit: rules over Riot's ability text, each with the words it rests on.
Patch 16.21.1 - Riot UniverseOpen
The official story of Bel'Veth (a link, nothing copied).
