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the Eye of the Void

Vel'Koz Support build & stats

MageSupport C 370 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
47.8%
Pick rate
1.6%
Ban rate
1.4%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
Master
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Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16

Built from single items

Start with

Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
47.8% 23 games

Best three items so far

Bandlepipes
Bandlepipes
2,300 gold
Cosmic Drive
Cosmic Drive
3,000 gold
Dead Man's Plate
Dead Man's Plate
2,900 gold
8,200 gold
100.0% WR each item separately

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 gold
52.1% 48 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
66.7% WR
15 games · 4% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
60.0% 15 games

Max order

Plasma Fission Q Void Rift W Tectonic Disruption E
40.0% 15 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Vel'Koz

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Vel'Koz wins 47.8% of games as Support on patch 16.16 (370 games).
  • Most common core: Horizon Focus → Shadowflame → Luden's Echo — 70% win rate over 10 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 81% of games with a 48% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Seraphine (62% over 8 games). Hardest: Senna (33% over 18 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Shurelya's Battlesong 1
Shurelya's Battlesong
Cosmic Drive 2
Cosmic Drive
Bandlepipes 3
Bandlepipes
66.7% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
47.8% WR
23 games · 6% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
36.5% WR
52 games · 14% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
44.9% WR
49 games · 13% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
52.1% WR
48 games · 13% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Bandlepipes Bandlepipes
 83.3% 2% (6)
Cosmic Drive Cosmic Drive
 72.7% 3% (11)
Shurelya's Battlesong Shurelya's Battlesong
 50.0% 10% (36)
Malignance Malignance
 50.0% 2% (6)
Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil
 50.0% 2% (6)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 45.2% 8% (31)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 43.3% 8% (30)
Horizon Focus Horizon Focus
 40.4% 13% (47)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 38.0% 19% (71)
Blackfire Torch Blackfire Torch
 36.7% 8% (30)
Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment
 30.0% 3% (10)
Kaenic Rookern Kaenic Rookern
 25.0% 1% (4)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
37.5% WR
32 games · 9% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Domination Domination
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
26 games · 7% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Legend: Haste Cut Down
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
66.7% WR
15 games · 4% pick
Dark Harvest Cheap Shot Deep Ward Treasure Hunter Celerity Nimbus Cloak

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 42.0%35% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 51.9%7% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 42.6%35% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 60.0%4% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 33.3%3% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Plasma Fission Q Void Rift W Tectonic Disruption E 40.0%15 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (43%), Q → E → W (57%).

  • POrganic Deconstruction

    Vel'Koz's abilities apply Organic Deconstruction to enemies on hit. If 3 stacks are accumulated, the enemy will take a burst of true damage.

  • QPlasma Fission

    Vel'Koz shoots a bolt of plasma that splits in two on reactivation or upon hitting an enemy. The bolt slows and damages on hit.

  • WVoid Rift

    Vel'Koz opens a rift to the void that deals an initial burst of damage, then explodes for a second burst of damage after a delay.

  • ETectonic Disruption

    Vel'Koz causes an area to explode, knocking up enemies, and knocking close enemies slightly away.

  • RLife Form Disintegration Ray

    Vel'Koz unleashes a channelled beam that follows the cursor for 2.5 seconds that deals magic damage. Organic Deconstruction Researches enemy champions causing them to take true damage instead.