Vel'Koz
Strongest when games end at 30–35 minutes (55%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+88 gold).
- Win rate
- 50.3%
- ±8.0 · role avg 50.0%
- Tier
- B
- #37 of 81
- Pick rate
- 0.8%
- ban 0.8%
- Games
- 151
- ranked solo/duo
- Win rate
- vs expected
- CS at 10
- Solo kills
- First blood
Vel'Koz mid wins 50.3% of 151 ranked games, rank 37 of 81 mid champions (tier B). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 11:24.
What most Vel'Koz players run
Sorcerer's Shoes 12:42 · 39% of games 
Blackfire Torch 11:33 · 46% · 64 games 
Horizon Focus 18:26 · 47% · 25 games 
Rabadon's Deathcap 25:48 · 28 of 89 games 
Zhonya's Hourglass 31:00 · 8 of 26 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. No clear counters yet
Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →First Baron: 78% against 27%
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: gold, deaths, solo kills, minions, kill participation, time spent dead.
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 63.6%11 games 
Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Blackfire Torch › Horizon Focus › Zhonya's Hourglass 75.0%8 games Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 66.7%6 games Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Blackfire Torch › Horizon Focus › Rabadon's Deathcap 25.0%4 games 
Luden's Echo › Boots of Swiftness › Stormsurge › Rabadon's Deathcap 50.0%4 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.
Items 2–4 against each team
Against teams with mostly physical damage
Stormsurge 60%5 Horizon Focus 41%17 Zhonya's Hourglass 40%15 Shadowflame 33%12 Rabadon's Deathcap 11%9 Against teams with mixed damage
Rabadon's Deathcap 67%12 
Banshee's Veil 67%6 Shadowflame 65%17 Stormsurge 60%5 Horizon Focus 50%12 
Liandry's Torment 50%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 29%7 Against teams with magic heavy damage
Horizon Focus 82%17 Stormsurge 78%9 Banshee's Veil 67%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 56%18 Shadowflame 55%29 Rabadon's Deathcap 27%15 Against teams with no frontliner
Zhonya's Hourglass 64%14 Horizon Focus 64%14 Shadowflame 57%21 Rabadon's Deathcap 38%13 Against teams with one frontliner
Stormsurge 50%10 Liandry's Torment 50%6 Horizon Focus 44%16 Banshee's Veil 43%7 Zhonya's Hourglass 36%22 Shadowflame 29%21 Rabadon's Deathcap 7%14 Against teams with two or more
Stormsurge 100%5 Shadowflame 81%16 Banshee's Veil 80%5 
Cosmic Drive 80%5 Rabadon's Deathcap 78%9 Horizon Focus 69%16 Against teams with little
Stormsurge 67%6 Liandry's Torment 67%6 Horizon Focus 55%20 Shadowflame 55%20 Banshee's Veil 50%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 39%18 Rabadon's Deathcap 25%12 Against teams with some
Stormsurge 80%5 Horizon Focus 69%13 Shadowflame 53%15 Rabadon's Deathcap 50%8 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%12 Against teams with a lot
Cosmic Drive 80%5 Stormsurge 63%8 Liandry's Torment 60%5 Horizon Focus 54%13 Shadowflame 52%23 Banshee's Veil 50%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%10 Against teams with little
Stormsurge 83%6 Shadowflame 55%22 Zhonya's Hourglass 50%14 Horizon Focus 45%11 Rabadon's Deathcap 38%13 Against teams with some
Horizon Focus 61%18 Banshee's Veil 50%6 Cosmic Drive 50%6 Shadowflame 50%14 Stormsurge 50%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 38%13 Rabadon's Deathcap 27%11 Against teams with a lot
Liandry's Torment 80%5 Banshee's Veil 71%7 Stormsurge 71%7 Horizon Focus 65%17 Shadowflame 55%22 Zhonya's Hourglass 46%13 Rabadon's Deathcap 42%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 Potion50.3%149Doran's Ring100.0%1
Doran's Ring + Control Ward0.0%1Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes ~12:4249.2%59Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~10:4256.1%41Boots of Swiftness ~11:2448.4%31Summoner spells
Flash + Teleport45.6%68
Flash + Barrier54.1%61
Flash + Ghost52.9%17Skills
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E48.6%138WQE63.6%11QWE50.0%142WQE60.0%5Laid 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 · 51% win · 132 games 
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Inspiration · 40% win · 15 games 
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Domination · 75% win · 4 games 
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Precision · 46% win · 84 games 
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— Inspiration · 57% win · 35 games — 60%57% 6%50% 37%54% — 9%67% 89%58% — — Sorcery · 36% win · 14 games — 29%75% — 7%100% — 71%20% 14%50% — 79%27% Domination · 67% win · 12 games 75%67% 25%67% — — — — — — 100%67% 
Resolve · 67% win · 6 games 
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1%50% 56%51% 43%23 games 42%19 games 20%10 games 67%9 games 67%9 games No clearly hard lane yet
No clearly easy lane yet
Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 1 of them
Fewer than 10 games (23)
Ahri 38% · 8
Yone 57% · 7
Viktor 43% · 7
Locke 29% · 7
Akali 40% · 5
Ekko 50% · 4
Yasuo 75% · 4
Hwei 50% · 4
Fizz 0% · 4
Sylas 67% · 3
LeBlanc 33% · 3
Twisted Fate 67% · 3
Irelia 33% · 3
Galio 33% · 3
Anivia 100% · 3
Diana 67% · 3
Azir 67% · 3
Vladimir 67% · 3
Twitch 67% · 3
Akshan 33% · 3
Zed 67% · 3
Zoe 67% · 3
Vex 67% · 3
About what you would expect
Against Syndra, Vel'Koz is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 73% of games, and still wins 50% of those. When ahead, Vel'Koz wins 67%.
Enemies: nothing clear yet
Teammates that change Vel'Koz's games
Tristana67% · exp. 52% +1515 games 
Dies about as often as most mid laners
Before 14 minutes Vel'Koz dies 2.0 times a game (average 2.2). 49% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 50% for the average mid laner. 34% are fair 1-v-1s.
Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid
Ganks: 36% in your half of mid. Collapses: 39% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 61% 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 3:00, 5:00 and 9:00
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.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
Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid
Before 14 minutes: 3.3 kills per death in their half of mid against 0.4 in your half of mid. Overall 1.1 kills per death.
From 14 to 25 minutes: 2.1 kills per death in their half of mid against 0.6 in your half of mid. Overall 1.2 kills per death.
After 25 minutes: 2.0 kills per death in their jungle against 0.4 in your half of mid. Overall 1.1 kills per death.