Vel'Koz Champion Strategy and Item Build Guide

This page contains a champion character strategy guide for Vel'Koz. This includes stats, skills, strategies and item builds.

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Vel’Koz

Basic Information

Vel’Koz – The Eye of the Void
Class	Mage	Role	Artillery
Secondary Bar	Mana	IP/RP	6300 / 975

Champion Stats

	Lv1	Per Lv	Lv18
Health	507.68	+76	1800
Health Regen	5.42	+0.55	14.8
Mana	375.6	+42	1090
Mana Regen	6	+0.8	19.6
Attack Damage	54.938	+3.142	108
Armor	21.88	+3.5	81.4
Attack Speed	0.625	+1.36%	0.625
Magic Resist	30	+0.5	38.5
Movement Speed	340	–	340
Range	525	–	525

Lore

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I pass into the sudden glare. Blink. Blink, blink, blink. My eyes adjust and evaluate the landscape before me.There’s a scurrying. I look down to find a small, white creature standing on its hind legs, sniffing at my body. It intrigues me.

What use are you?

I analyze the creature. A flash of hot magenta light, a dust pile where it was quivering.

Mammalian… Nocturnal… Impeccable hearing. Incredibly weak. Yet they breed so prodigiously.

”Hm,” I mutter to myself. Hopefully there will be more complex things to be found; those fascinate me.

Consume and learn: this is my purpose. The others who travel with me are primitive: kill and eat, kill and eat. I need to gather all available information – harvest any valuable resources.

Eventually, we come upon a destroyed city, save for one pristine tower. It appears to be protected – or intentionally left standing. I deconstruct the composition of the ruins. My analysis suggests this habitat was a place of great magic; I’m not surprised it was a target of such destruction. There is something compelling about the tower. While the others are off scavenging, I enter the citadel.

Cryptic instruments are strewn about. I examine one. Another flash of hot magenta light, another dust pile.

Fascinating: a tool to alter their concept of time.

Strange.

Unprecedented.

From the state of the tower, it seems the owner departed only recently. The artifacts left behind have existed in more than one time and place. Some are more complex than others; all are more impressive than anything I have seen on this plane. Clearly, the owner knows things I have not encountered in any of my travels.

I require such knowledge.

Leaving the tower, I find the others closing in on the entrance, ready to destroy it as they have destroyed everything else we have met. They will only get in the way of my goal. There are some things the Void should not consume indiscriminately.

Without warning, I lash out a tentacle, its tip glowing white hot. Lightning arcs through the first creature, knocking it back. Its screams fade as I extend all three limbs, energy crackling between them, scorching the air where the streams meet. The other two run; they know what’s coming.

Must they always flee?

I open my eye wide and unleash a beam of energy, following the escaping creatures. They are instantly reduced to ash. ”Hmm. Void-native melting point is inconsistent,” I note.

But that is of no consequence. The hunger inside me grows. I am ravenous. Insatiable, as never before.

I have glimpsed the ultimate knowledge.

And I will have it.

(Source: http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en)

Skills

Icon	Description
	Organic Deconstruction (Cooldown: 0.5)INNATE: Vel’Koz’s abilities apply Organic Deconstruction to enemies on hit. If 3 stacks are accumulated, the enemy will take a burst of true damage.
	Plasma Fission (Target Range: 1050/1000, Cost: 40/45/50/55/60 Mana, Cooldown: 7)Vel’Koz shoots a plasma bolt that deals 80/120/160/200/240 (+60% Ability Power) Magic Damage and applies a slow of 70% that decays over 1/1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6 second(s).Upon reactivation or upon hitting an enemy, the bolt splits at a 90 degree angle.Killing a unit with this refunds 50% of the Mana Cost.
	Void Rift (Target Range: 1050, Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 Mana + 1 Charge, Static Cooldown: 1.5, Recharge Time: 19/18/17/16/15)ACTIVE: Vel’Koz opens a rift to the void that deals 30/50/70/90/110 (+15% Ability Power) Magic Damage. After a delay, it deals an additional 45/75/105/135/165 (+25% Ability Power)Magic Damage.Void Rift has a 2 second cooldown between casts.
	Tectonic Disruption (Target Range: 850, Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 Mana, Cooldown: 16/15/14/13/12)ACTIVE: Vel’Koz disrupts a nearby area which, after a delay, deals 70/100/130/160/190 (+30% Ability Power) Magic Damage and knocks up enemies hit for 0.75 seconds.Any enemies hit that are close to Vel’Koz will be pushed slightly in the direction the ability was cast.
	Life Form Disintegration Ray (Target Range: 1550, Cost: 100 Mana, Cooldown: 120/100/80)PASSIVE: Deconstructing enemy Champions Researches them for 7 seconds. Basic attacks and all abilities refresh Research.ACTIVE: Vel’Koz channels a ray of energy that follows the cursor for 2.5 seconds, dealing Magic Damage up to a total of 450/625/800 (+125% Ability Power) and slowing units hit by 20%.Enemies that stay in the beam will periodically gain Organic Deconstruction stacks. Deals True Damage instead of Magic against Researched units.

Strategy

During the laning phase, you can use your Void Rift to farm minions and harass your enemy champion simultaneously
All Vel’Koz abilities are skill-based, which is why you need to have good positioning and predicting skills to hit your opponents and maximize your damage output.
Shoot your (Q) Plasma Fission diagonally and split it to increase maximum range
Be wary when using (R) Life Form Disintegration Ray. Stuns, Snares, and other forms of Crowd Controls can interrupt your Ultimate.
Vel’Koz’s strength comes from his skills being spammable (low Cooldown). However, he is very immobile and vulnerable in close ranges and ganks so be sure to ward and be cautious in going in enemy territory.
Make sure to use your other skills first before (R) Life Form Disintegration Ray so it deals true damage instead of magic damage from Organic Deconstruction (passive).

Runes & Masteries

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Summoner Spells


Flash	Teleport

Item Builds

Mid Lane

Starter Items

Doran’s Ring	Total Biscuit of Rejuvenation	Warding Totem

Core Items

Morellonomicon	Luden’s Echo	Sorcerer’s Shoes

Morellonomicon – Morellonomicon is a great first core item for Vel’Koz as it gives him the necessary stats to be relevant in the laning phase. The cooldown reduction it gives is also very important especially if you are going to chain your combos to ensure a sure kill.

Luden’s Echo – This item grants Vel’Koz more movement speed and ability power which is very helpful since he doesn’t have much mobility and escape abilities. The passive also allows him to deal more damage in an area, which Vel’Koz can greatly benefit with.

Sorcerer’s Shoes – Sorcerer’s Shoes increases his magic penetration. This boots is the better option compared to other boots which gives him defensive stats and movement speed which does not equate to Vel’Koz as you only need good positioning to be effective as Vel’Koz.

Full Item Build

Sorcerer’s Shoes	Morellonomicon	Hextech GLP-800

Luden’s Echo	Rabadon’s Deathcap	Zhonya’s Hourglass

Hextech GLP-800 – This item gives you a ton of stats that are beneficial for Vel’Koz. What makes this item viable for Vel’Koz is the active that damages your enemies in front of you in a cone while slowing them for 65%. The active allows you to hit your abilities much better when they are applied the slow.

Rabadons Deathcap – Rabadon’s Deathcap further improves his ability power, making him a one-shot AP caster against squishy ADCs and supports. This item is essential to almost all AP mid laners, as the ability power it provides greatly benefits the damage of his abilities.

Zhonya’s Hourglass – Zhonya’s Hourglass is a great end item for Vel’Koz as it provides defensive stats and the passive is very helpful in team fights and skirmishes when you are in the middle of the fray. This gives you more time to reposition yourself or even avoid deadly ultimates and abilities.

Situational Items

Void Staff	Mejai’s Soulstealer	Banshee’s Veil

Void Staff – Void Staff is a great item if the enemy has a lot of magic resistance and your skills don’t seem to damage the enemies anymore.

Mejai’s Soulstealer – Mejai’s Soulstealer is a high risk, high reward item that can only be very effective if you are very far ahead in the game. This item gives immense power spike when you have fully stacked the item as early as possible.

Banshee’s Veil – Banshee’s Veil is a great item if the enemy AP has a strong crowd control or initiation and you are always getting focused in team fights. It can also be a good item against Blitzcrank or Thresh who has abilities that can catch you off guard and get you killed easily.

Playing Against

Vel’Koz can prove very dangerous during teamfights and clashes so try to focus on him first
He has low mobility and vulnerable to ganks
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences, and knockups
Champions who have dashes and teleports (ie. Zed, Ezreal, Katarina) or have strong pokes (ie. Zed, Fizz, Yasuo) can easily delete Vel’Koz as he doesn’t have the capacity to outrun them
Try to avoid as much attack from Vel’Koz as you could as even the auto-attacks stacks Vel’Koz’s Organic Deconstruction

Hard Counters

Fizz – Fizz can dodge most of Vel’Koz skill shots with Playful/Trickster and Urchin Strike. Fizz also has the ability to easily catch Vel’Koz with Chum the Waters, making him vulnerable to Fizz’s combo. This is a very hard matchup for Vel’Koz that requires the participation of your jungler all the time to try and outplay Fizz in the laning phase.

Leblanc – Leblanc is also another champion that can jump from one point to another, giving Vel’Koz a hard time landing his skill shots. Leblanc is also one of the more stronger AP mid laner that can kill instantly a squishy target once she catches you with Ethereal Chains.

Ahri – Ahri is also another champion that can traverse the lane towards Vel’Koz with ease. Spirit Dash is a very strong when initiating Vel’Koz, as Vel’Koz will have a hard time aiming his ultimate and Tectonic Destruction. Vel’Koz will pretty much die once Ahri hits Charm and combos him.

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