Mid · 84 games · EUW

Vel'Koz

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

Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (50%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+67 gold).

Win rate: 47.6%; ±10.7 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #53 of 72
Pick rate: 1.3%; ban 1.2%
Games: 84; ranked solo/duo

Vel'Koz mid wins 47.6% of 84 ranked games in EUW, rank 53 of 72 mid champions (tier C). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 11:54.

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

Blackfire Torch 11:44 · 50% · 40 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 12:30 · 48% of games

Item 2

Horizon Focus 18:22 · 57% · 17 games

Item 3 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 27:12 · 18 of 53 games

Item 4 · late game

Rabadon's Deathcap 31:06 · 4 of 12 games

Runes

Arcane Comet · Sorcery + Precision 24% of games · 45% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 100% of games · 48% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Barrier 51% of games · 49% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Plasma Fission first 94% of games · 47% wins Skill orders →

When Vel'Koz wins

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

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

Ends before 25′53% wins23% of games · 19

Lasts 25′ or more47% wins71% of games · 60

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: 77% against 22%

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

First Baron 22% 77% +55

Rift Herald 27% 77% +51

First tower 28% 68% +40

First dragon 29% 65% +36

First blood 41% 55% +14

First Voidgrubs 46% 49% +3

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, fewer multikills

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

More control wards a game1.12 against 0.64 · +75%

Fewer multikills a game0.24 against 0.79 · −70%

Less damage to towers5933 against 7210 · −18%

More assists a game7.0 against 6.2 · +13%

More damage a minute974 against 874 · +11%

About average: solo kills, deaths, gold, minions, time spent dead, kill participation.

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 ~19:06

Item 3done ~26:24

Item 4done ~32:48

Most common full builds

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 66.7%6 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 66.7%6 games

Blackfire Torch › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Horizon Focus › Zhonya's Hourglass 80.0%5 games

Luden's Echo › Boots of Swiftness › Stormsurge › Rabadon's Deathcap 66.7%3 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Zhonya's Hourglass 33.3%3 games

Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Blackfire Torch › Stormsurge › Shadowflame 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 82%11

Banshee's Veil 80%5

Stormsurge 80%5

Shadowflame 65%20

Zhonya's Hourglass 64%11

Rabadon's Deathcap 22%9

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 Potion47.6%84

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~12:3042.5%40

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~9:5461.5%26

Boots of Swiftness ~11:5445.5%11

Summoner spells

Flash + Barrier48.8%43

Flash + Teleport41.2%34

Flash + Ghost80.0%5

Skills

Max

E46.8%79

Max

E50.0%4

Start

E46.9%81

Start

E66.7%3

Dies about as often as most mid laners

Before 14 minutes Vel'Koz dies 2.1 times a game (average 2.3). 47% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 48% for the average mid laner. 36% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.1deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.3)

47%involve the enemy junglerabout average (48%)

64%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (67%)

72%with no teammate nearmore than average (61%)

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 mid

Ganks: 37% in your half of mid. Collapses: 42% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 63% in your half of mid.

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 mid laner

What kills Vel'Koz

Kind of death

Vel'Koz Average

Gank 47% (avg 48%)Collapse 17% (avg 19%)1-v-1 36% (avg 33%)

Who gets the kill

Vel'Koz Average

Bot laner 7% (avg 7%)Jungler 28% (avg 27%)Support 5% (avg 7%)Mid laner 56% (avg 54%)Top laner 4% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00–7:00 and 9:00

Vel'Koz Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 5:00 and 9:00.

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 mid, loses them in your half of mid

Before 14 minutes: 3.1 kills per death in their half of mid against 0.4 in your half of mid. Overall 1.1 kills per death.

Your half of mid 0.4 K/D 34 / 84

Their half of mid 3.1 K/D 69 / 22

The bot-side river 1.7 K/D 24 / 14

Your jungle 0.8 K/D 14 / 17

Their jungle 2.0 K/D 20 / 10

The top-side river 0.6 K/D 8 / 14

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 27% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 27%). The team wins 63% when Vel'Koz is there and 70% when not.

Vel'Koz

What most Vel'Koz players run

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

No clear counters yet

First Baron: 77% against 22%

More control wards, fewer multikills

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 about as often as most mid laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Vel'Koz

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00–7:00 and 9:00

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

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

Where fights happen