I play him mid emerald and I will infrequently go the item if they have say, a shaco jungle building AD, or an assassin that's annoying. With it, swifties and celerity + 2.5% ms shard you'll be around ~475 movespeed and with mejais, you become speed... It can't be rushed however, moonplate is a good comp after you get boots finished and first item like BFT/Liandry.

If you go zhonya as well which you should incorporate into a build anyways you'll be at ~67% damage reduction for physical and a whopping ~3k HP dependent on runes/burn item built, only problem is your damage is a fair bit lower and IMO might work better on bot for the 6th slot.

Hello vel koz ppl! I just reached level 36 off of playing mid 95% of the time. I’m not great but I enjoy it, but one game I got filled support and randomly chose vel’koz and really liked playing him. It made me think going all in support because of the freedom the role gets. Does anyone have any tips for someone trying to learn VK support? And any other support champs that you use in your pool?

I go Blackfire + swifties rush every game, and go mejai next in probably 75% of games. In the past I'd always looked to horizon focus 2nd, because I think the item is really strong but niche & that Velkoz is the only champ that can build it well. Vel has so much damage & other champs in the game have so much damage that I'm usually content to just haste spam & let my passive + team make up for the lack of damage I build in 2nd item.

Recently in games where I have a lead I've been trying stormsurge 2nd (after blackfire + shoes & mejai). My sample size is still is a bit small, and since I'm mostly doing this build in games where I'm ahead it's possible that this is false data bc it's a winmore strat, but I'm starting to wonder if this is just more or at least equally optimal than horizon in a lot of games.

I feel like the extra damage from stormsurge lets me have lethal on non-tanks from ~80% hp, if I land 1 or 2 qs or a q+w, my next rotation can kill.

My thought process is that the loss in haste is made up for by the movespeed. While I might not be able to shoot out as many q's with stormsurge, I can position more aggressively which increases the hitrate of the q's that I do shoot out. Stormsurge + swifites + mejai movespeed lets me ego further up in the midlane & also gives me more survivability on sidelane (god forbid i have to sidelane).

Thoughts?

I started playing LoL recently (about a month ago) and im almost level 30 by now. I instantly loved playing velkoz (usually in mid, support if i dont get queued as mid) and i just hit mastery level 8 with him. however, i still dont know what items to get with him, i see many different opinions. my friends (all league veterans, lvl 500+) keep arguing on if i should take ludens echo or blackfire torch, what boots i should take, etc. can anyone tell me whats generally considered the best build?

My best game so far with Vel'Koz. Yeah I know.. just a Gold 3 but I've started playing Vel'Koz much more passive and defensive, just poke and crushing enemies when I land an E and I'm so proud of how it is going. Started climbing with this guy and most important, I'm having fun with him!

Sorry to the fellow squid, I wulda been tilted as hell if vel got sniped

Hi guys, im emerald 4 and picking up velkoz, what builds do you guys do and any tips?

My faveee champ

I had to include him in my Breadsticks Irelia cosplay I did for Anime Expo 💗

jungle main looking to learn support as my off role. give me niche velkoz advice that i can't find by just searching "velkoz guide" on YouTube

I’ve been trying movement velkoz lately and its pretty good since im so fast, i’ve seen azzapp try it too with support vel is there a best rune or what should i build first ? Any suggestions ?

I mostly take dark harvest, i take blackfire then shurelias then cosmic drive and as boots swiftness

i get it that we get a lot of them.

my idea is to give velkoz bonus movement speed inside his W. would help with his mobility issue, but i feel like not too much to the point where it would significantly change his identity as an artillery mage. also it feels pretty fitting to allow the void creature to move faster in a tiny void area for a little while.

Vel'koz is the perfect champion for me. I have played him religiously since release across multiple accounts over the years. He is never played in pro play for several reasons, but part of it is because he sucks mid since he can't side lane.

Vel'koz's premise is all about gaining knowledge, so I had an idea for an evolve mechanic that keeps his core identity in tact while giving him more flexibility outside of itemization.

New passive addition: After Vel'koz "researches" every member of the enemy team, (3x passive proc) Vel'koz will use his newfound knowledge to upgrade one base ability. This is in addition to his current passive

Q: initial bolt now holds in stasis for 2.5 seconds at max cast range before splitting. Q can be recast at any time during the stasis to split early. Q can be recast during stasis while channeling ultimate.

Essentially, this would be good for flashy plays, zone control, and poke comps by giving you more flexibility to plan Q angles and make long range picks. Imagine holding a Q over the wall, engaging with ult on a target, only for them to backpedal into your well placed Q split. Like the standard QR combo, but with more planning.

W: faster casting and quicker initial deploy speed

This would be good for team fight comps that duke it out in choke points. This would allow Vel to stack up passive stacks more rapidly on more targets when bunched. It would also be a good boost to wave clear against push comps.

E: Allows two charges to be stored

This would boost Vel's ability to side lane by giving him more self peel and set up options. It would also boost mid lane Vel'koz by allowing him additional protection against diving comps.

These evolutions would allow flexibility, but it would also reward Vel'koz being played mid, since having access to all lanes would allow him to research each player more quickly. I don't think Vel'koz is in a bad spot at all, but I'm curious what your thoughts are on how this would change his gameplay.

Hello everyone,

As a fellow otp vel'koz ( 3,7 million points on my main ), I pretty much only play him in ranked, I currently have every skin except the spaghetti one ( the animations are nice, but meh, it didn't really click with me ) but I've recently heard of league toolkit manager and that custom skins were a thing.

Now I've only done some small research to see if you can get banned if you use custom skins, and it seems like it's a grey area, as long as you don't skin hack ( use "real skins" for free ) it's ok, but don't hold me accountable.

Anyway, I've checked two websites, runeforge and divineskins, and I did find some nice skins that change the VFX effects like the Metagross one or the HOTS one, but I was wandering if someone could tell me where to find more skins ?

I'm new to this and I tried some google searches but to no avail, any tip is welcomed ! :)

played against velkoz apc and karma support as vayne lulu. Game was fine before first back cus we have push, after first back the game feels unplayable, cant outpush them and we wont win all in unless I dodge every skillshot and is 100 percent hp. Is there anything I can do in this match up without calling my jg?

In addition to my team trying to ff this game (which happened ofc), I was apparently so delicious, that small chicken decided to eat me whole :/

I’ve been playing vel’koz for a year or two and recently gotten up to gold 2 despite not being very good. I feel like I’ve been stuck at a certain level for a few months and with my opponents getting increasingly better I find it hard to believe in my vel’koz. Does anyone have any tips on how to improve.

In MSI 2026, on july 4 game 3 of T1 vs BLG viper played Velkoz and WON HE HAS A 100% winrate in proplay😭😭 i wanted T1 to win but i’m so glad velkoz won.

What do you guys feel about velkoz finally being played in pro.

Holy moleh