Bot · 73 games · EUW

Vel'Koz

Bot · 26% of games Support · 40%Mid · 30%

On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−212 gold).

Win rate: 47.9%; ±11.5 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #36 of 50
Pick rate: 1.1%; ban 1.2%
Games: 73; ranked solo/duo

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Vel'Koz bot wins 47.9% of 73 ranked games in EUW, rank 36 of 50 bot champions (tier C). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 12:18.

The build at a glance

What most Vel'Koz players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Luden's Echo 10:52 · 43% · 31 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity 11:48 · 47% of games

Item 2

Shadowflame 16:47 · 86% · 19 games

Item 3 · late game

Rabadon's Deathcap 24:12 · 20 of 50 games

Item 4 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 28:30 · 5 of 18 games

Runes

Arcane Comet · Sorcery + Precision 29% of games · 62% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 96% of games · 47% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 73% of games · 51% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Plasma Fission first 90% of games · 48% wins Skill orders →

When Vel'Koz wins

Win rate by game length

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′67% wins25% of games · 18

Lasts 25′ or more40% wins71% of games · 52

Lanes

No clear counters yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Vel'Koz games

First Baron: 70% against 30%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 30% 70% +40

Rift Herald 34% 66% +31

First dragon 34% 63% +29

First tower 35% 61% +26

First Voidgrubs 37% 60% +23

First blood 40% 58% +18

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Vel'Koz plays

More control wards, more solo kills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average bot laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More control wards a game1.49 against 0.44 · +239%

More solo kills a game1.3 against 0.8 · +58%

Fewer multikills a game0.53 against 1.08 · −51%

Less damage to towers5869 against 7897 · −26%

More assists a game8.4 against 7.0 · +21%

About average: kill participation, share of team damage, deaths, time spent dead.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~11:18

Item 2done ~17:30

Item 3done ~24:18

Item 4done ~29:06

Most common full builds

Luden's Echo › Shadowflame › Sorcerer's Shoes › Zhonya's Hourglass 37.5%8 games

Blackfire Torch › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Horizon Focus › Rabadon's Deathcap 42.9%7 games

Luden's Echo › Boots of Swiftness › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 50.0%4 games

Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Blackfire Torch › Horizon Focus › Zhonya's Hourglass 25.0%4 games

Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Blackfire Torch › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 100.0%3 games

Malignance › Shadowflame › Boots of Swiftness › Rabadon's Deathcap 66.7%3 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Horizon Focus 69%13

Shadowflame 64%14

Rabadon's Deathcap 45%11

Zhonya's Hourglass 40%15

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion47.1%70

Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%1

Dark Seal + Refillable Potion100.0%1

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~11:4847.1%34

Boots of Swiftness ~13:0055.6%18

Sorcerer's Shoes ~12:3650.0%16

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport50.9%53

Flash + Barrier35.3%17

Flash + Ghost50.0%2

Skills

Max

E48.5%66

Max

E42.9%7

Start

E48.6%70

Start

W100.0%1

Dies less than most bot laners

Before 14 minutes Vel'Koz dies 2.5 times a game (average 2.8). 35% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 36% for the average bot laner. 19% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.5deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.8)

35%involve the enemy junglerabout average (36%)

81%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (87%)

52%with no teammate nearmore than average (39%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Vel'Koz dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

Ganks: 59% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 62% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 57% in your half of bot lane.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average bot laner

What kills Vel'Koz

Kind of death

Vel'Koz Average

Gank 35% (avg 36%)Collapse 45% (avg 50%)1-v-1 19% (avg 13%)

Who gets the kill

Vel'Koz Average

Bot laner 54% (avg 50%)Jungler 18% (avg 21%)Support 14% (avg 16%)Mid laner 11% (avg 10%)Top laner 3% (avg 2%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Vel'Koz Peak Average bot laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 5:00 and 9:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Vel'Koz; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Vel'Koz wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Before 14 minutes: 2.2 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.6 in your half of bot lane. Overall 1.1 kills per death.

Your half of bot lane 0.6 K/D 69 / 109

Their half of bot lane 2.2 K/D 100 / 45

The bot-side river 1.7 K/D 19 / 11

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Vel'Koz wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 36% of their team's dragon takes (average bot laner 32%). The team wins 54% when Vel'Koz is there and 63% when not.

Leaving laneNo clear difference yetFirst shows up in mid lane around 15:00 (average 15:00). Bot laners who get there by 14:00 win 54% against 47%; for Vel'Koz it is 50% against 47%.

Vel'Koz

What most Vel'Koz players run

Win rate by game length

No clear counters yet

First Baron: 70% against 30%

More control wards, more solo kills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

No clearly hard lane yet

No clearly easy lane yet

Not enough games yet

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Vel'Koz's games

Dies less than most bot laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

What kills Vel'Koz

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid

Where fights happen