Vel'Koz

[Razosh]

The champion Vel'Koz was recently revealed and yesterday we got a cinematic featuring him.

"You seek knowledge the most valuable resource of all, as do I!" This is like my evil LoL love child. We have also found out his abilities do you think this will be a fun champion to play?

 

[Doomguy80]

Fun to play, not to play against.

I am trying to figure out what counters him. Anyone got any suggestions?

 

[Razosh]

He seems to have a lot of skill shots and I'd usually counter that with Yi since he was the best mid champ to deal with skill shots due to his alpha strike but now it's a bit harder to say who counters perfectly.

 

[Paliouras]

Perhaps Lee Sin?Maybe Kassadin after lvl6.Btw he kinda reminds me of Yogg Sarron

 

[Razosh]

Btw he kinda reminds me of Yogg Sarron

Considering that big eye maybe a combination of Yogg-Saron and C'Thun.

 

[Doomguy80]

I spent the morning figuring out what makes him bad. This is what I found out:

Countering Vel'Koz

 

[Razosh]

A very good summarization thank you for your contribution.

 

[Doomguy80]

Wow thanks!

Didn't expect rep for just helping the community!

 

[neo_sluf]

what is the synergy of all his skills?.. i mean a combo

 

[Kino]

I can bet a few things despite not having played this champion.

Riot likes to reuse character playstyles, especially true if the said design wasn't well received/didn't work mechanically the first time. The easiest example would be the sheer number of attempts of "melee carry" they've done.

All that being said, its safe to say Vel is the latest spin on the "artillery caster" type character. Like previous incarnations such as Xerath, Lux, Ziggs(arguable), he is characterized by having the following.
- Long range
- Skillshot dependant
- Horrible mobility

If you ask me, his weaknesses (poor mobility, avoidable attacks) are even more exemplified than his predecessors.
- Vel is entirely based on skillshots, every one of his moves is avoidable.
- His only defences are 2 CC moves that are not reliable/difficult to aim.
- His ult roots him in place for a fairly long period of time, worsening his lack of mobility.

If you want a TLDR version: Whatever counters other artillery casters does the same to Vel'Koz. Infact it arguably counters him even harder.

 

[Chen]

Well, I don't play LoL, but this one seems to be my favorite champion. I just read lorey-lorey thingys, and I like this eye...

 

[Doomguy80]

And EYE like him as a jungler!

See what I did there?

 

[xXxMKDxXx]

Vel'Koz is Squishy. And After it's releasing( usually happens to all newly released champs ) It's "OP",... until RIOT make a balance

 

[Doomguy80]

Trust me. Jungle Vel'Koz isn't very squishy at all if you play him right.

 

[Xonok]

I'd say Vel is simply OP atm.
When that gets fixed, then his weakness will be like on every poking mage ever - Too low damage at short range.

 

[Chen]

But heye, can someone give me a ripped model of this champ? I'll use it as my avatar.

 

[xXxMKDxXx]

True Damage? -Never played as It, but played with and against it.

 

[Chaosy]

amazingly OP champ. Just like most new champions not too much of a suprise. I highly dislike his ulti though its strongs as **** but I dont like to use it myself.

 

[Xonok]

I've learned to fight him by now. It's surprisingly easy as long as he's alone.
Basically Vel gains a lot from team fights, because then people can't dodge him (it works better from close, while in team fights that gets you killed). However, in 1v1 he is a typical cannon - High damage, but can be dodged if you know what you're doing.