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Vel'Koz Guide

the Eye of the Void

Mage

Support

Tier C Support

Vel'Koz, the Eye of the Void, is a mage and support champion that is demanding to master. Across our 478 analysed ranked games, Vel'Koz is mostly played as Support (51% of its games), and more rarely as ADC (24%) and in Mid (24%), with a 45.7% win rate in that role: tier C among Support champions (#39 of 39, ranked by win rate). Vel'Koz's damage is mostly magic (73%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. 25% of that damage is true damage and therefore ignores resistances. Win rate varies with game length: 58.0% in short games (under 25 min, 50 games) versus 34.0% in long games (over 35 min).

Averages measured over 245 Support games played with Vel'Koz, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Vel'Koz is a long-range mage-support: his abilities apply Organic Deconstruction, and at 3 stacks the enemy takes an explosion of true damage. Plasma Fission splits, Void Rift explodes after a delay, Tectonic Disruption knocks up, and his ultimate follows the cursor, dealing true damage to test subjects.

The deconstruction explosion

Q › W › E

When: An enemy is within range.

Each ability applies Organic Deconstruction: at 3 stacks, the enemy takes an explosion of true damage.

The split projectile

Q › Q › W

When: An enemy is off to the side.

Plasma Fission splits in two on impact or on recast; slows and damages on impact.

The true damage ultimate

W › E › R

When: A carry is marked.

Life Form Disintegration Ray fires a 2.5-second channeled beam that follows the cursor; test subjects take true damage.

Laning phase

Apply three stacks to trigger the true-damage explosion. Plasma Fission splits in two on impact or on recast.

Common mistakes

• Casting the ultimate with no test subject.
• Forgetting Plasma Fission's recast.
• Neglecting range: stay far away.

Riot's official tips for playing Vel'Koz

• When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
• Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
• Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Luden's Echo (10 games, 30.0% win rate).

Zhonya's Hourglass+Shadowflame+Luden's Echo

10 games · 30.0%

Summoner spells

Flash + Heal44.6% · 195 games

Exhaust + Flash46.7% · 30 games

Flash + Ignite56.2% · 16 games

Most-played runes

Arcane Comet + Domination

40.4% · 94 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band98%

Transcendence83%

Scorch92%

Secondary tree · Domination

Cheap Shot90%

Ultimate Hunter88%

Shards

Adaptive force96%

Adaptive force95%

Health scaling78%

Arcane Comet + Precision

44.4% · 63 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band94%

Transcendence82%

Scorch75%

Secondary tree · Precision

Cut Down84%

Legend: Haste78%

Shards

Adaptive force89%

Adaptive force86%

Health48%

Dark Harvest + Sorcery

66.7% · 39 games

Primary tree · Domination

Cheap Shot92%

Deep Ward80%

Relentless Hunter62%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band80%

Scorch67%

Shards

Adaptive force82%

Adaptive force80%

Health scaling64%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Vel'Koz's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team50.0% · 68 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Luden's Echo 48.8% ▲

Shadowflame 41.2%

Horizon Focus 58.8%

Zhonya's Hourglass 40.0%

Liandry's Torment 69.2%

Blackfire Torch 50.0%

The item that stands out most is Luden's Echo: 48.8% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team37.9% · 58 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Luden's Echo 34.9% ▼

Shadowflame 42.1%

Horizon Focus 56.2%

Zhonya's Hourglass 30.8%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team47.1% · 119 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Luden's Echo 46.0%

Horizon Focus 42.4% ▼

Shadowflame 34.6% ▼

Shurelya's Battlesong 57.1%

Zhonya's Hourglass 60.0%

Liandry's Torment 55.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

How to play 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.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Vel'Koz's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveOrganic Deconstruction

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.

QPlasma Fission

Vel'Koz shoots a bolt of plasma that splits in two on reactivation or upon hitting an enemy. The bolt slows and damages on hit.

WVoid Rift

Vel'Koz opens a rift to the void that deals an initial burst of damage, then explodes for a second burst of damage after a delay.

ETectonic Disruption

Vel'Koz causes an area to explode, knocking up enemies, and knocking close enemies slightly away.

RLife Form Disintegration Ray

Vel'Koz unleashes a channelled beam that follows the cursor for 2.5 seconds that deals magic damage. Organic Deconstruction Researches enemy champions causing them to take true damage instead.

Frequently asked questions

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