Vel'Koz
Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (44%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+159 gold).
- Win rate
- 50.0%
- ±10.4 · role avg 50.0%
- Tier
- C
- #44 of 79
- Pick rate
- 0.9%
- ban 0.7%
- Games
- 88
- ranked solo/duo
- Win rate
- vs expected
- CS at 10
- Solo kills
- First blood
Vel'Koz mid wins 50.0% of 88 ranked games in NA, rank 44 of 79 mid champions (tier C). Most players finish Luden's Echo first, at about 10:18.
What most Vel'Koz players run
Luden's Echo 10:59 · 45% · 37 games 
Sorcerer's Shoes 12:24 · 47% of games 
Shadowflame 21:08 · 50% · 15 games 
Rabadon's Deathcap 25:48 · 18 of 46 games 
Zhonya's Hourglass 31:24 · 6 of 19 games Best when games end at 25–30′
Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished. No clear counters yet
Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →First dragon: 75% against 29%
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.
Fewer multikills, less damage to towers
What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.
About average: assists, gold, vision, solo kills, minions.
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
Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 50.0%6 games 
Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%4 games 
Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap › Horizon Focus 100.0%3 games 
Blackfire Torch › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Horizon Focus › Rabadon's Deathcap 33.3%3 games Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Blackfire Torch › Horizon Focus › Zhonya's Hourglass 66.7%3 games 
Blackfire Torch › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Shadowflame › Cosmic Drive 0.0%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
Shadowflame 64%11 Rabadon's Deathcap 50%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%8 Horizon Focus 50%10 Against teams with mixed damage
Stormsurge 75%8 Horizon Focus 56%9 Shadowflame 54%13 Rabadon's Deathcap 50%10 Against teams with magic heavy damage
Horizon Focus 80%5 Zhonya's Hourglass 55%11 Rabadon's Deathcap 43%7 Shadowflame 40%15 Against teams with no frontliner
Horizon Focus 78%9 Rabadon's Deathcap 67%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 67%6 Shadowflame 44%9 Against teams with one frontliner
Stormsurge 71%7 Shadowflame 55%20 Zhonya's Hourglass 42%12 Rabadon's Deathcap 27%11 Horizon Focus 17%6 Against teams with two or more
Rabadon's Deathcap 67%6 Horizon Focus 67%9 Shadowflame 50%10 Against teams with little
Stormsurge 83%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%8 Horizon Focus 50%10 Shadowflame 50%12 Rabadon's Deathcap 33%6 Against teams with some
Horizon Focus 80%5 Rabadon's Deathcap 63%8 Shadowflame 46%13 Zhonya's Hourglass 44%9 Against teams with a lot
Shadowflame 57%14 Horizon Focus 56%9 Rabadon's Deathcap 44%9 Against teams with little
Shadowflame 73%11 Zhonya's Hourglass 67%6 Rabadon's Deathcap 60%10 Horizon Focus 50%8 Against teams with some
Stormsurge 80%5 Horizon Focus 75%8 Shadowflame 42%12 Zhonya's Hourglass 40%5 Rabadon's Deathcap 33%6 Against teams with a lot
Horizon Focus 50%8 Shadowflame 44%16 Rabadon's Deathcap 43%7 Zhonya's Hourglass 40%10 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 Potion50.0%88Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes ~12:2456.1%41Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~11:4238.9%18
Boots of Swiftness ~12:1243.8%16Summoner spells
Flash + Teleport41.7%48
Flash + Barrier66.7%27
Flash + Ghost33.3%9Skills
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E49.4%85WQE50.0%2QWE49.4%83WQE33.3%3Laid 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 · 57% win · 69 games 
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Inspiration · 24% win · 17 games 
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Domination · 50% win · 2 games 
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Precision · 51% win · 39 games 
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3%100% Sorcery · 25% win · 16 games — 19%67% 6%0% — 6%0% 75%17% 13%50% — 81%23% Domination · 67% win · 15 games 80%67% 20%67% — — — — — 7%100% 93%64% Inspiration · 58% win · 12 games — 67%63% 8%100% 33%50% — 8%100% 83%50% — — 
Resolve · 50% win · 6 games 
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1%0% 77%50% 17%12 games 64%11 games 50%10 games 60%5 games 40%5 games No clearly hard lane yet
No clearly easy lane yet
Not enough games yet
Not enough games yet
Enemies: nothing clear yet
Teammates that change Vel'Koz's games
Dies less than most mid laners, but more of it is ganks
Before 14 minutes Vel'Koz dies 1.7 times a game (average 2.2). 52% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 49% for the average mid laner. 33% are fair 1-v-1s.
Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid
Ganks: 37% in your half of mid. Collapses: 30% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 62% 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.What kills Vel'Koz
Ganks come at 5:00–8:00 and 9:00
Ward the river before 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.Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid
Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid
Where fights happen
Before 14 minutes: 4.7 kills per death in their half of mid against 0.3 in your half of mid. Overall 1.3 kills per death.
From 14 to 25 minutes: 3.3 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: 104 kills and 101 deaths.