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[13.5] [Master] Free Elo Vel'Koz Guide

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Runes: Standard

1 2

Sorcery

Arcane Comet

Manaflow Band

Transcendence

Gathering Storm

Inspiration

Magical Footwear

Minion Dematerializer

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+15-140 HP (lvls 1-18)

Spells:

1 2 3 4 5

Standard

Flash

Teleport

Items

Starting Items

First Back

Mythic Choices (Liandrys vs Tanks, Ludens for burst, crown vs assasins)

Situational

Full Build (Burst)

Full Build (vs Tanks)

Full Build (vs Assasins)

Ability Order

Vel'Koz Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Zed

Extreme

keep distance, if he ults place your E behind you on his ult location. rush armor!

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Champion Build Guide

Introduction

Hey, I'm FFrostbite and this guide is about my ! Im a high elo EUW streamer and player, often sitting in mid master. I've played hundreds of games as Vel'Koz and always perform well!
In this guide I'm gonna show you how to play him to climb easily in SoloQ!

These are my stats in Season 12 on one of my master accounts

You can find me streaming at my TWITCH CHANNEL. Ask questions if you have any!

Pro and Con

Pros

→ Good Waveclear
→ Strong Pick Potential with Poke
→ Burst Damage with Combo
→ Low Cooldowns
→ Long Range - Safe Playstyle
→ You can even melt Tanks with your True Damage Passive!

Cons

→ Skillshot Reliant
→ Immobile
→ Weak vs Hard CC
→ Assasins counter you
→ Falls Easily Behind if Ganked/Shutdown
→ bad if enemys have high mobility

Abilities

| Passive - 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 true damage. Enemies lose their Deconstruction stacks by avoiding Vel'Koz's attacks for a short while.

| Q - Plasma Fission |
Vel'Koz fires a plasma bolt that deals magic damage to the first enemy struck and slows him by 70%. 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%).

| W - Void Rift |
Vel'Koz sends out a straight line blast that tears open a temporary rift to the Void and deals magic damage to enemies hit. After a 0.25 second delay, the rift explodes, dealing magic damage to enemies standing upon it.

Vel'Koz stores a charge of Void Rift every seconds and can store up to 2 charges. The recharge time is affected by cooldown reduction.

| E - 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 magic damage to them. Enemies hit that are close to Vel'Koz are also knocked back slightly.

| R - 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 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.

Combos / Tricks

Combo Video (by #1 Vel'Koz Azzapp)!

CLASSIC COMBO (E+W+R)

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This is the classic Vel'Koz combo. Start off with hitting your E , follow up with a W and R . If all spells hit, your passive will get triggered twice!
You might ask yourself tho, where does this combo leave the Q ? This spell might be the most important Vel'Koz spell and you can always use it before your Combo. Heres some examples to use your Q besides randomly using it before the combo!

Forward Q - R

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Shoot your Q at a very wide angle forward (for example 46°) and immediately follow up with R . They will see your Ultimate and automatically walk backwards. Try to predict this backwards movement with your Q . This combo will trigger your passive once.

Choke Q - R

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Use it when opponents are being chased and theres only one place they can walk through. Just shoot your Q into the choke point and follow up with R . They either take the combo and die or dodge backwards and your teammates kill them. This combo will trigger your passive once.

Invisible Q - R

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Shoot your Q over a wall. This way the opponent wont see the animation and cant dodge it. Follow up with R . This combo will trigger your passive once.

Decoy Q - R

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This works when your opponent is low enough and you know your damage. Start of with a wide Q and follow with R . They will dodge the Q towards you but cant dodge the R which kills them. This combo will trigger your passive once.

Surprise W - R

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This works when your opponent already has 1 stack of your Passive on them. If they step up far enough to farm or something else just W and R them. This way your passive will get triggered twice, which catches alot of people offguard.

Minion Q Bounce

Cant hit your Q ? Aim it on a minion, your opponent will think its for farm. The split Q, which bounces from the minion should be targeted in his direction tho, which will catch them offguard. You can follow this up with more of your spells to trigger your passive.

Farming

Farming with W

Farming with Q and W

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This way you will kill 3 minions with your Q, which gives you bonus mana since 50% of the mana cost of your Q is refunded for killing 1 minion with it!

Farming with Q and W and E

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This way you will still kill 3 minions with your Q (bonus mana) while also clearing the whole wave!

Playstyle

IN LANE

Try to poke your Opponent as often as possible. Just go for simple or hits, since it will proc . Also try to hit 3 spells in a row to trigger your passive . You can outpush your enemy in most matchups which will give you mid priority. Use it to help your jungler or roam to bot/top.
Always ward the river, since youre immobile and your spells make you push automatically.

MID GAME

Waveclear with the different combos in the chapter above. Poke as much as u can with your abilities before any teamfight happens, so u have an advantage in them. Try to move in river and assist your top/bot. Sweep brushes and if the enemies group just try to pick out the enemy mid/supp or adc. A quick Q > R combo will kill or most likely leave them at 10% hp if they are low enough before.

LATE GAME

Stay in the backline while teamfighting! You can shred the enemy frontline because of your passive , so try to make use of it!
If you get fed you will 1-shot enemies with your Full Combo! If your team has amazing engage try to follow it up with your classic combo.

IN GENERAL

Play safe early game/ward river!
Poke enemies with your Combos!
Abuse your insane range!
Stay in the backline while teamfighting!
Try to catch squishies!
Surprise their tanks with your true damage!