Vel'Koz
Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (60%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−206 gold), and still wins 58%.
- Win rate
- 57.6%
- ±9.7 · role avg 50.0%
- Tier
- A
- #6 of 44
- Pick rate
- 1.0%
- ban 0.6%
- Games
- 99
- ranked solo/duo
- Win rate
- vs expected
- CS at 10
- Solo kills
- First blood
Vel'Koz bot wins 57.6% of 99 ranked games in KR, rank 6 of 44 bot champions (tier A). Most players finish Shadowflame first, at about 12:30.
What most Vel'Koz players run
Shadowflame 11:55 · 24% · 23 games 
Boots of Swiftness 9:06 · 61% of games 
Shurelya's Battlesong 17:23 · 100% · 18 games 
Banshee's Veil 24:11 · 100% · 11 games 
Rabadon's Deathcap 28:54 · 10 of 24 games 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. Watch out for Jhin
Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →First Baron: 88% against 42%
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.
More control wards, more solo kills
What stands out (10% or more) against the average bot laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.
About average: damage, share of team damage, kill participation.
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.
Most common full builds
Boots of Swiftness › Hextech Rocketbelt › Shurelya's Battlesong › Horizon Focus 70.0%10 games 
Shadowflame › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Shurelya's Battlesong › Banshee's Veil 50.0%6 games Shadowflame › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Shurelya's Battlesong › Banshee's Veil › Rabadon's Deathcap 20.0%5 games 
Boots of Swiftness › Luden's Echo › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 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.
Items 2–4 against each team
Against teams with mostly physical damage
Horizon Focus 61%18 Shurelya's Battlesong 56%18 Rabadon's Deathcap 50%6 Banshee's Veil 50%8 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%12 Shadowflame 29%7 Against teams with mixed damage
Horizon Focus 89%9 
Cosmic Drive 83%6 Banshee's Veil 75%8 Shurelya's Battlesong 63%8 Shadowflame 63%8 Rabadon's Deathcap 40%5 Against teams with magic heavy damage
Shadowflame 67%6 Rabadon's Deathcap 60%5 Horizon Focus 57%7 Banshee's Veil 40%5 Shurelya's Battlesong 38%8 Against teams with no frontliner
Horizon Focus 71%7 Banshee's Veil 67%9 Shurelya's Battlesong 50%12 Against teams with one frontliner
Zhonya's Hourglass 70%10 Horizon Focus 70%20 Rabadon's Deathcap 56%9 Shurelya's Battlesong 55%11 Shadowflame 50%12 Banshee's Veil 33%6 Against teams with two or more
Cosmic Drive 83%6 Banshee's Veil 67%6 Shadowflame 60%5 Horizon Focus 57%7 Shurelya's Battlesong 55%11 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%6 Against teams with little
Zhonya's Hourglass 71%7 Horizon Focus 67%12 Shadowflame 56%9 Banshee's Veil 55%11 Rabadon's Deathcap 43%7 Shurelya's Battlesong 42%12 Against teams with some
Horizon Focus 64%11 Shurelya's Battlesong 62%13 Banshee's Veil 60%5 Shadowflame 56%9 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%6 Rabadon's Deathcap 40%5 Against teams with a lot
Horizon Focus 73%11 Cosmic Drive 63%8 Banshee's Veil 60%5 Zhonya's Hourglass 57%7 Shurelya's Battlesong 56%9 Against teams with little
Zhonya's Hourglass 88%8 Horizon Focus 85%13 Shadowflame 67%6 Shurelya's Battlesong 58%12 Cosmic Drive 57%7 Banshee's Veil 40%5 Against teams with some
Horizon Focus 55%11 Rabadon's Deathcap 50%8 Shurelya's Battlesong 40%10 Banshee's Veil 40%5 Zhonya's Hourglass 29%7 Shadowflame 29%7 Against teams with a lot
Banshee's Veil 73%11 Shadowflame 63%8 Zhonya's Hourglass 60%5 Horizon Focus 60%10 Shurelya's Battlesong 58%12 Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.
Start, boots, spells, skills
Starting items
Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion58.2%98Doran's Ring + Health Potion0.0%1Boots
Boots of Swiftness ~9:0663.3%60Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~12:1847.1%34
Sorcerer's Shoes ~17:0666.7%3Summoner spells
Flash + Teleport55.8%86
Flash + Ghost62.5%8
Exhaust + Flash75.0%4Skills
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E57.3%96WQE66.7%3QWE57.6%92QEW57.1%7Laid out like the game: the most picked rune in each row is in colour. Hover or tap a rune for its name, description and numbers.
Sorcery · 58% win · 97 games 
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Precision · 51% win · 53 games 
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Inspiration · 65% win · 40 games 
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Resolve · 67% win · 3 games 
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— Sorcery · 50% win · 2 games — 100%50% — — — — 100%50% — — Domination · 100% win · 1 games 100%100% — — — — — — — 100%100% 
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— 7%43% 64%28 games 52%23 games 63%16 games 50%6 games 50%4 games Watch out for Jhin
Good into Zeri, Kai'Sa
Behind at 15 against 2 of 3, still wins 2 of them
Fewer than 10 games (6)
Ezreal 11% · 9
Tristana 83% · 6
Aphelios 100% · 5
Draven 0% · 3
Kalista 33% · 3
Lucian 67% · 3
Vel'Koz does worse than expected here
Against Jhin, Vel'Koz is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 52% of games, and still wins 38% of those. When ahead, Vel'Koz wins 67%.
Vel'Koz does better than expected here
Against Kai'Sa, Vel'Koz is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 45% of games, and still wins 60% of those. When ahead, Vel'Koz wins 83%.
Vel'Koz does better than expected here
Against Zeri, Vel'Koz is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 50% of games and wins 100% of those. When behind, Vel'Koz wins 60%.
Enemies: nothing clear yet
Teammates that change Vel'Koz's games
Dies less than most bot laners
Before 14 minutes Vel'Koz dies 2.1 times a game (average 2.8). 38% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 39% for the average bot laner. 15% are fair 1-v-1s.
Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane
Ganks: 55% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 61% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 72% 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.What kills Vel'Koz
Ganks come at 3:00 and 5:00, then every minute
Ward the river before 3:00 and 5:00. 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.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
Before 14 minutes: 3.1 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.6 in your half of bot lane. Overall 1.3 kills per death.
From 14 to 25 minutes: 3.4 kills per death in their half of mid against 0.5 in your half of mid. Overall 1.3 kills per death.
After 25 minutes: 95 kills and 70 deaths.