Vel'Koz Mid Build

Vel'Koz Champion Guide

Role: Mage

Lane: Midlane

Vel'Koz Mid performs best with a build featuring Luden's Companion, Sorcerer's Shoes, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Zhonya's Hourglass. The most effective rune setup for Vel'Koz Mid includes Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, and Scorch in the primary tree, paired with Cut Down and Legend: Haste in the secondary tree.

Vel'Koz Champion Abilities

Organic Deconstruction

Vel'Koz's abilities Deconstruct those they strike for 7 seconds, stacking up to three times. After being hit three times by his abilities, minions, monsters and enemy champions are Deconstructed and suffer 35−180 (+60% of ability power) true damage. Enemies lose their Deconstruction stacks by avoiding Vel'Koz's attacks for a short while. P

Plasma Fission

Vel'Koz fires a plasma bolt that deals 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+80% of ability power) magic damage to the first enemy struck and slows him by 70% for 1 / 1.4 / 1.8 / 2.2 / 2.6 seconds. Once Plasma Fission hits, reaches its maximum range or is reactivated a second time, the bolt splits at a 90 degree angle. The split bolts deal the same damage and apply the same slow.

Plasma Fission refunds 50% of its mana cost for each unit killed (up to a maximum of 150%). Q

Void Rift

Vel'Koz sends out a straight line blast that tears open a temporary rift to the Void and deals 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 (+15% of ability power) magic damage to enemies hit. After a 0.25 second delay, the rift explodes, dealing 45 / 75 / 105 / 135 / 165 (+25% of ability power) magic damage to enemies standing upon it.

Vel'Koz stores a charge of Void Rift every 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 / 15 seconds and can store up to 2 charges. The recharge time is affected by cooldown reduction. W

Tectonic Disruption

After a brief delay, Vel'Koz disrupts a nearby area, launching all enemies caught into the air for 0.75 seconds and dealing 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+30% of ability power) magic damage to them. Enemies hit that are close to Vel'Koz are also knocked back slightly. E

Life Form Disintegration Ray

Passive: Deconstructing enemy Champions Researches them for 7 seconds. Basic attacks and all abilities refresh Research.

Active: Vel'Koz channels a ray of infinite energy that follows the cursor for 2.5 seconds, dealing 45 / 62.5 / 80 (+12.5% of ability power) magic damage every 0.25 seconds to all enemies in range and slowing them by 20% for 1 second. Enemies that stay in the beam accumulate 1 stack of Organic Deconstruction every 0.7 seconds (up to 3 stacks). Researched champions take true damage instead.

Vel'Koz can cancel the ability early by recasting it. R

Vel'Koz Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Barrier

Barrier is a self-targeted summoner spell that shields your champion from damage for a few seconds.

Vel'Koz Runes

Vel'Koz Items

Vel'Koz Ability Order

Vel'Koz Matchups Overview

Strong against

Smolder

Aurelion Sol

Corki

Galio

Cho'Gath

Anivia

Weak against

Irelia

Fizz

Diana

Qiyana

Katarina

LeBlanc

Vel'Koz Tips and Tricks

Try to delay a team fight for as long as possible while you poke the enemy down with your Q and W. Your Ultimate R is a channel which leaves you vulnerable. Try to use your Ultimate R from a distance and in a safe position to avoid dying. Dominate the laning phase by constantly poking the enemy with your Q and W.

Vel'Koz Best Build, Runes and Items for Mid

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Vel'Koz Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Cut Down and Legend: Haste in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Luden's Companion as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Banshee's Veil. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E.

Optional

Your second option for Vel'Koz Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Legend: Haste with Cut Down in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Blackfire Torch, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Horizon Focus as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Liandry's Torment, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Luden's Companion as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Horizon Focus as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Banshee's Veil. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Vel'Koz Mid build, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Absolute Focus as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blackfire Torch as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Horizon Focus as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E.

Situational Vel'Koz Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or taking specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state, and your matchup to plan your Vel'Koz build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.