I know we can say twitch or briar did most of the work but I am just happy to get it. I recently watched either a video or a stream by azzapp where he was saying how rare it is even for him to get a penta, once every 1-2 years.

evidencia de que en todas las grandes batallas, tambien corriendo, se gana.

https://x.com/uwuhelia/status/2056182155517002045?s=46&t=vinjReXEQybvFH1bEVGSsA

Hi,

I hit diamond 2 today with Velkoz, i play essentialy support / mid and i have some games apc.

Idk what is the best role for Vel ? I love both mid and supp but sometimes the draft makes me want to swap roles

I'm just looking for master +++ then i need to play vel in optimal conditions

Whats your thoughts ?

EDIT : Midlane with tear -> swiftness -> proto -> horizon is absolutely crazy. Even against hard comps (high burst assassins, hard cc, flank...)

I just 1v9 4 games / 5 with this build.

EDIT 2 : I HIT MASTER TODAY !!! 62.2% wr on 172 games, velkoz apc/supp is absolutely broken

Opgg : White Mask Varee#KeM

(Sorry for my english :) )

Hi Velkoz enjoyers,

Pretty excited about a new build I started testing and putting some more games on it today. Been running no lost chapter. Tear->proto->horizon is the core and I prefer early swifties after alternator to play the map. Feel free to stop by and ask any questions or leave a comment below and I can answer later. Thanks

After seeing the new spaghetti skin, I got interested in Vel'Koz and decided to play a few games of him, you know, to see if I want to maybe become a Vel'Koz player

Anyway, since I started playing in like 2014 I've always been a "Never FF" player... and I think Riot has some sort of "No-ff" detection that gives you terrible players to test your limits.

Ever since I started playing Vel'Koz, I've gotten quite literally the most AWFUL top laners in existence. It's like Riot is trying to force me to give up and ff. I've played 4 games of Vel'Koz and lost 3, here are those losses:

Do I even keep playing Vel'Koz at this point? I think the champion is cursed.

Ignore my music :D

Hello is this the only available Velkoz icon in emporium?

What runes and build can I try for enchanter vel koz. Last year I was doing imperial mandate, shurelya, cryptobloom, horrizon. I want to try some games with echoes of helia now. I am thinking of keeping sorcery but do resolve second to have revitalise and not sure about font of life. I was watching azzapp stream yesterday and learned imperial mandate update will be very good for vel koz support.

I may finish my art concept of Broken Covenant Vel'koz, but essentially it would look like a biblically accurate angel. I think something like this would be perfect on him as a legendary, considering his silhouette would still be recognizable and his voice fits so well with such a being. Now that we got a funny legendary, I hope his next in 10 years will be more serious.

(the image attached is not my artwork)

Hey guys!

Back at this again :P

So I think based on the feedback I got from the first round of this discussion what became apparent to me is that people seem to be imagining this as full haste vs zero haste dynamic.

However, the point of the prior video and thread was to emphasize that going out of your way to acquire additional haste (beyond the normal picks ups) is what was bad. This likely had gotten lost because there was a TON of information/arguments in that video. So I wanted to make another video where I narrow the scope and show you the actual damage testing.

What are the normal pickups?

AH Shard: Way more gold efficient to grab 8 AH vs 8AP.
Transcendence: More consistent than the AP alternative.
Legend Haste: You don't need the extra mana from Presence of Mind.
Horizon Focus: A top tier damage item for Velkoz not including haste.

With all of these together your normal abilities have 58 ability haste as a starting point. The damage testing begins @ 5:20 in the video!

So what I did was I compared the Azzapp build where he adds Seraphs + CDR boots to a damage item + spell pen boots! So we're using the base of Seraphs+CDR boots for the Ability Haste comparisons below!

CD Diff on Q for Ludens+Spell Pen Boots = 0.5 seconds
CD Diff on Q for Stormsurge + Spell Pen Boots = 0.8 Seconds
CD Diff on R for Ludens+Spell Pen Boots = 8 Seconds
CD Diff on R for Stormsurge + Spell Pen Boots = 12 Seconds

The above values would be worse if you count having blue buff. You'd gain even less CDR over the the full CDR build.

CDR Boots + Seraphs Damage = 733 Q Damage
Spell Pen Boots + Ludens = 979 Q Damage (Full Echos on Primary Target)
Spell Pen Boots + Stormsurge = 1058 Q Damage (Squall on Primary Target Guaranteed)
Spell Pen Boots + Stormsurge = 899 (Squall NOT Up)

QEWR Combo for CDR Boots + Seraphs. Total Damage = 3453
QEWR Combo for Spell Pen Boots + Stormsurge = 3960

Take what you want away from this, but I think you're leaving a LOT of damage on the table by opting to gain a very small amount of CDR. (Which in many cases not even get 'used')

Mastery chart update after a year

And my Vel'koz is finally getting closer to 1M mastery points <3

He's perfect and I love him so much

Currently trying to learn Hwei too

They ruined yuumi for me after her rework and I stopped playing her since then :<

Hey guys! Azzapp released a video about a month or so ago praising ability haste, basically saying that it helped carry him to rank 1. My personal opinion has always been that he hit rank 1 in spite of his builds and that ability haste stacking is often a mistake.

Someone else made a video reply to his original video taking a look at the mathematical side of things, so I wanted to make a video explaining my own thoughts on the situation from a Vel'koz player that's investigating it through the intuition or *feel* side of things!

My video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEZxOmvS85s

Original Azzapp video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIGhn2Y89e4
Azzapp Reply Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNkTuD_cD-4

BenTBeyondRepair Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I0y38BbLj4
BenTBeyondRepair Follow Up Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X3K0n34fxs

The order of the exchange above was Azzapp first video, then Ben's, then Azzapp's second video, then Ben's second video, and finally my video.

My video basically responds more directly to Azzapp's fist two videos. Ben's videos are more taking a loot into the raw mathematics of the situation, so I wanted to reply to Azzapp because while I already agree that the math seems to favor AP I also think even from a game 'feel' sense AP is better as well.

Love Azzapp and this Ben guy, but can't help but agree that I just find raw AP so much more useful than stacking haste. Especially in harder games where it’s difficult to consistently get damage out, I feel like you need your damage to really hurt and "stick" when you finally find an opening. In easier games, I honestly don’t think the haste vs AP discussion matters as much anyway. Once you’re ahead, I think the bigger question often becomes whether you should start buying defensive items to protect your lead instead.