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Zed even before 6 can destroy you. At all times you want to be careful but if he wastes his shadow try and punish him for it.
Annie
Short range but if she gets ahead all she has to do is get close enough to drop Tibers and its over. You are an easy kill for a jungle gank with Annie.
But remember you have the range
Aurelion Sol
Easy lane could even grab ignite to grab some kills. But be mindful he will go into side lanes so ward up and notify your team.
Brand
You out range but if hes smart he will out poke. You might wanna level up your W a bit earlier to shove the wave back. Also might not want to take magical footwear for faster boots.
Ahri
Some say shes a counter but i personally have not lost a game yet against Ahri. Just careful of her dash-E or Flash-E.
Anivia
Basically a farming in in my experience. she is way to safe early with her passive.
Ekko
Try to avoid his Timewinder and be mindful of his dash and you shouldn't have much problems.
Fizz
Just another assassin. Punish him maybe even for a kill if he wastes his playful / Trickster. Remember its a 16 sec CD rank 1
Heimerdinger
Easy lane if you get ahead and are maxing q you can almost 1 shot his turrets from a safe range.
Kassadin
Pre 6 you can stomp him take advantage of that. At 6 hopefully you can Combo him when he jumps in. If he gets to ahead just try to be more passive.
Karthus
Again another easy lane. generally though if hes a jungle and he starts doing well i get a banshees. Had a Karthus very recently hit me for 1400 with banshees.
Lissandra
The only reason Lissandra is a bit of a threat is how easy she can E-R you into a jungler gank.
Lux
Might not wanna take magical footwear with lux just so you get get boots faster but if your confident with Vel no need.
Malzahar
Shove hard if Malz is pushed he gets punished.
Orianna
Another poke lane but not much kill threat if your smart.
Talon
Watch his level 2. Just play safe.
Twisted Fate
You out-range him use that. Should have no problems in this lane.
Veigar
Same as TF its hard for him to stun you because of your range thus its hard for him to hit you.
Xerath
One of the few champs that can poke you out with ez.
Ziggs
Zoe
If you can dodge her sleep this lane should't be hard just be mindful she will go to the sides and try to toss it through river walls at you.
Yasuo
Will go hard at the start use that to your advantage and try to get him to take a turret hit.
Jarvan IV
A front line to line up a great Vel'Koz ult is all you need.
A front line to line up a great Vel'Koz ult is all you need.
Sion
A front line to line up a great Vel'Koz ult is all you need.
Synergies
IdealStrongOkLowNone
Jarvan IV
A front line to line up a great Vel'Koz ult is all you need.
A front line to line up a great Vel'Koz ult is all you need.
Sion
A front line to line up a great Vel'Koz ult is all you need.
I main Vel'Koz in ranked so far he is by far the funniest/strongest champion in my opinion. Currently i'm in Plat working my way up like the rest of us. I figured since i'm having so much success with this champ ill share what iv learned maybe help 1 or 2 people along the way. As of right now im 55 games played with Vel with a 65% win rate. My KDA is 3.78:1 and according to some website rank 544 in the world. Un sure if thats decent or bad.
Pro's / Con's
Pro's
-High Damage
-True Damage
-High Range
-Good Wave Clear
-Amazing Mid/Late Game
-Lots of Cleave Damage
-Good Kiting Potential
Organic Deconstruction is your passive which when activated deals 25 + (8 × level) (+50% of ability power) as true damage. Not a passive to take lightly it is very powerful with high AP scaling it will probably take the enemy's by surprise when it activates and they get chunked after you chunking them with 3 spells. In lane if you can get this off it is great for poking but i find most people are smart enough to not get hit 3 times in the 7 seconds between spells you have to activate it but if they do and your level 6 the odds are your getting a kill.
Plasma Fission is the iconic ability of Vel'Koz
the better you get at landing this spell and weaving it through minions and learning to get max range, The better at Vel'Koz you will become. Remember that killing a unit with Plasma Fission will grant 50% mana refund so if you get a Luden's Tempest around 12 minutes you can one shot casters and get 150% of mana back. This ability is also what sets you up for landing a Tectonic Disruption which is how you start you're whole combo. This ability takes some time to master and with time you will learn the in's and out's of its range.
Adding more to this- There is no reason to face check with velkoz. You probly have ludens and arcane comet if following this guide. So when trying to get wards throw this ability at the Bush it will pop comet and show you where someone is exactly where. You have the mana use it.
Void Rift Is a very simple spell but at the same time a very important one. This is your main farming spell 2 Void Rift at rank 3 will kill most of the wave if your not super behind. In some match ups you do want to grab 3 ranks in this before your Plasma Fission just to be able to keep up with how hard your enemy laner is pushing you. It is also a great spell for stacking up your Organic Deconstruction and activating your Ultimate's passive (Research) more on that in the Life Form Disintegration Ray Section.
Tectonic Disruption Is your only cc other then your slows it will save you more times then you can count if used right. As it will also be what you miss or it gets dodged and you end up dead for missing. You do not want to waste this ability at rank 1 with 0 CDR its a big 16 sec CD. Missing this ability vs anyone who wants to jump on you will right after especially if your alone. I'm not saying be scared to use it i'm just saying be considerate that if its on CD and someone jumps onto you the odds are your dead. Things to think about in team fights is if a assassin or tank jumps onto your ADC land this ability right and you will not only save your ADC but kill whoever just tried to kill them to.
Life Form Disintegration Ray is your enemy/tank killer due to its high damage and all of it being true damage if done right. First off i'm gonna touch on Life Form Disintegration Ray passive (Researched) which not many people know how it works exactly I for one did not know when I first started playing Vel'Koz. What this passive does is once you hit 6 and you land 3 ability's activating your passive Organic Deconstruction they will also gain Researched which turns all of your Life Form Disintegration Ray damage into True damage which destroys tanks. Champions like Alistar with his ultimate Unbreakable Will reduces his damage taken by 55%/65%/75% but if you have him Researched its 0% and all of your Life Form Disintegration Ray damage will hit him destroying him in seconds. The second thing I will touch on with his ult is when someone has just escaped your team or is super low under the turret you can catch them with ez unless it is someone like Ezreal which you have to know if he has used Arcane Shift recently because you don't wanna just waste your ult on someone who can just jump out of it. Last thing in this section for his ult is when using it try to activate your passive before ulting or your just wasting damage. Now obviously you don't always need to get the passive off if there low enough its just to secure the kill at the point without anyone risking diving in or anyone chasing to far.
Here is a clip of Vel'Koz crazy early damage to show you how easy it is at 6 to land a kill. (I swapped with my top to get them a better lane.)
Combo's
This will be the last and way shorter chapter of this guide. i'm going to talk about combos that you will generally go for as most of them are pretty instinctive. First off is the simple Plasma Fission for the 70% slow for 1 second at rank 1 up to 2.6 seconds maxed which is plenty of time to land a Tectonic Disruption knocking them up and throwing a Void Rift under them activating your passive and your ultimate passive immediately followed up by Life Form Disintegration Ray to deal all true damage to your target.
That's all for my guide i might upload clips later of some combos so that you guys can get a better idea of what i'm talking about. Thanks for reading and I hope it has helped.
Also if anyone wants to see more in depth or what I think about certain things just leave a comment and I will add it to the guide or reply to you has fast as I can.
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