Wild Rift: VEL'KOZ Build Guide (7.1B)
League of Legends: Wild Rift VEL'KOZ, role - Mage / Support. Use the guidelines to take your VEL'KOZ Wild Rift champion play style to the next level. Study in detail the build of items, runes, spells, skills that need to be developed in the first place. In order to find out what position VEL'KOZ is in the rating table, go to the - Tier List page.
 54 (3.5) |  630 (120) |  8 (0.65) |
 0.75 (0) |  480 (40) |  10 (1) |
 360 (0) |  37 (4.5) |  36 (1.22) |
 175 (0) |
(PASSIVE) ORGANIC DECONSTRUCTION
Hitting an enemy with an ability applies a stack of Deconstruction for 7 second(s). Enemies with 3 stacks of Deconstruction take 28 true damage (20 + 8 (
) + 45% 
).
Attacks refresh the duration of Deconstruction.
(Q) PLASMA FISSION
6.6s 
40/45/50/55
Shoots a plasma bolt that deals 80 magic damage (80/135/190/245 + 75% ) and slows by 70%, decaying over 1/1.5/2/2.5 second(s).
At the end of its range or on hitting a target, the bolt splits and fires two new bolts. at a 90 degree angle.
Recasting this ability splits the bolt immediately.
Killing an enemy with this ability restores 20/23/26/29 Mana.
(W) VOID RIFT
1.4s 50/55/60/65
Opens a rift to the void, dealing 30 magic damage (30/60/90/120 + 20% ) to enemies on it.
The rift then erupts after a brief delay, dealing 45 magic damage (45/85/125/165 + 25% ).
Charge: Gains a charge every 16/15/14/13 seconds, storing up to 2 charges.
(E) TECTONIC DISRUPTION
12.3/11.3/10.4/9.4s 50/55/60/65
Disrupts a target area, causing it to explode, dealing 70 magic damage (70/110/150/190 + 30% ) to enemies within and knocking them up for 0.75 second(s).
Casting this ability near Vel'Koz creates an anomaly that knocks back enemies nearby. The closer the cast is to Vel'Koz, the further the enemies are knocked back.
(R) LIFE FORM DISINTEGRATION RAY
75.5/66/56.6s 100
Passive: Enemies with max stacks of Deconstruction are marked as Researched.
Active: Channels a ray of energy in the direction of the joystick, dealing a total of 450 magic damage (450/625/800 + 125% ) over 2.5 second(s) and slowing by 20%. Enemies hit by the ray gain one stack of Deconstruction every 0.7 second(s).
Researched enemies take an equal amount of true damage instead.
VEL'KOZ Meta Overview — Ranks & Performance Analytics
This meta overview presents VEL'KOZ’s ranked performance across different roles and skill tiers. The data includes tier placement, win rate, pick rate, ban rate, and short-term trends, allowing you to evaluate her current strength and draft priority. Statistics are synced with rank buckets and role selection, helping you understand where VEL'KOZ performs best and how her impact changes in the evolving Wild Rift meta.
Confidence Med
Confidence Low
Mid VEL'KOZ Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Mid Line VEL'KOZ. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Amplifying Tome. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy 
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Amplifying Tome
+25 Ability Power
500
Luden's Echo
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration +300 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Discordic Echo: Moving and casting abilities builds Discord. At 100 Discord your next damaging active ability or empowered attack deals 110 (+ 10% AP) bonus magic damage to your target and up to 3 nearby enemies. 2900
Luden's Echo TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who need to increase their damage and mobility on the battlefield. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Discordic Echo" effect builds Discord while moving and casting abilities, and upon reaching 100 Discord, your next damaging active ability or empowered attack deals bonus magic damage to your target and up to three nearby enemies. This makes the item a great choice for mages who want to deal damage to multiple targets and control the battlefield effectively.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +15 Ability Power
+100% Mana Regeneration
+45 Move Speed.
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 50% bonus health Regen.
Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 18 bonus physical damage to minions. 900
Boots of Mana TIPS: These boots boost your ability power, mana regeneration, and movement speed. The “Magic Break” passive grants extra magic penetration for more potent spells against resistances. “Big Bully” speeds up waveclear by dealing bonus damage to minions with attacks and abilities. The new “Equilibrium” passive gives champions without mana a strong health regeneration boost, enhancing their survivability in prolonged engagements. — A great pick for mage mid laners and supports who need frequent spellcasting, wave control, mobility, and added staying power.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +80 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Destiny: +5% Move Speed.
Balanced: +15 Magic Penetration.
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 35% Health.
Thunderfall: When an enemy champion dies within 3 second(s) of you applying Inevitable Demise to them, a lightning bolt strikes at the spot where they died, dealing magic damage equal to 50-75 (
) plus 10% to nearby enemies. 2900
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item is ideal for mages and assassins looking to boost execution damage and mobility. It grants magic penetration and adds critical strike damage against weakened targets, enabling reliable finishers. Following a kill under this effect, a lightning bolt strikes, damaging nearby enemies—perfect for cleaning up in teamfights.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +15 Ability Power +100% Mana Regeneration +45 Move Speed.
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 50% bonus health Regen.
Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 18 bonus physical damage to minions. 900
Boots of Mana TIPS: These boots boost your ability power, mana regeneration, and movement speed. The “Magic Break” passive grants extra magic penetration for more potent spells against resistances. “Big Bully” speeds up waveclear by dealing bonus damage to minions with attacks and abilities. The new “Equilibrium” passive gives champions without mana a strong health regeneration boost, enhancing their survivability in prolonged engagements. — A great pick for mage mid laners and supports who need frequent spellcasting, wave control, mobility, and added staying power.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: This Enchant renders you invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 s, but prevents movement, attacks, and ability or item use. Perfect for surviving critical moments against assassins and high burst damage.
Luden's Echo (Abilities deal bonus damage) as your first item, followed by Boots of Mana (Grants Ability Power, Magic Penetration and Mana Regeneration) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Infinity Orb (Abilities deal bonus damage).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Stasis Enchant (Turn invulnerable).
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Luden's Echo
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +300 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Discordic Echo: Moving and casting abilities builds Discord. At 100 Discord your next damaging active ability or empowered attack deals 110 (+ 10% AP) bonus magic damage to your target and up to 3 nearby enemies. 2900
Luden's Echo TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who need to increase their damage and mobility on the battlefield. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Discordic Echo" effect builds Discord while moving and casting abilities, and upon reaching 100 Discord, your next damaging active ability or empowered attack deals bonus magic damage to your target and up to three nearby enemies. This makes the item a great choice for mages who want to deal damage to multiple targets and control the battlefield effectively.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +15 Ability Power +100% Mana Regeneration +45 Move Speed.
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 50% bonus health Regen.
Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 18 bonus physical damage to minions. 900
Boots of Mana TIPS: These boots boost your ability power, mana regeneration, and movement speed. The “Magic Break” passive grants extra magic penetration for more potent spells against resistances. “Big Bully” speeds up waveclear by dealing bonus damage to minions with attacks and abilities. The new “Equilibrium” passive gives champions without mana a strong health regeneration boost, enhancing their survivability in prolonged engagements. — A great pick for mage mid laners and supports who need frequent spellcasting, wave control, mobility, and added staying power.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +80 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Destiny: +5% Move Speed.
Balanced: +15 Magic Penetration.
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 35% Health.
Thunderfall: When an enemy champion dies within 3 second(s) of you applying Inevitable Demise to them, a lightning bolt strikes at the spot where they died, dealing magic damage equal to 50-75 () plus 10% to nearby enemies. 2900
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item is ideal for mages and assassins looking to boost execution damage and mobility. It grants magic penetration and adds critical strike damage against weakened targets, enabling reliable finishers. Following a kill under this effect, a lightning bolt strikes, damaging nearby enemies—perfect for cleaning up in teamfights.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who rely on high ability power ratios and want to significantly increase their damage output. It provides a huge bonus to ability power and magic penetration. The "Overkill" effect increases your ability power by 20-45%, depending on the level, significantly enhancing your magical abilities and attacks. This item is especially useful against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets, as it allows you to significantly boost your damage and deal massive magic damage.
Soulstealer
Takedown increase Movement speed an reduce cooldowns
+150 Max Health +65 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +20 Ability Haste
Soul Hunt: +15% Magic Penetration.
Wandering Soul: Every time you take down an enemy champion within 3 seconds of damaging them, your ability cooldowns are reduced by 25%. You steal 10% of their base Movement Speed for 10 seconds and 50% of their Ability Haste until they respawn. Ability Haste stolen this way stacks. 3000
Soulstealer TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who frequently secure kills or assists and want to increase their mobility and ability uptime. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Wandering Soul" effect reduces your ability cooldowns by 25% after taking down an enemy champion, and you steal 10% of their base movement speed and 50% of their ability haste until they respawn. The stolen ability haste stacks, making it especially useful for champions who are often involved in kills and want to improve their stats by taking down enemies.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Situational items
Soulstealer
Takedown increase Movement speed an reduce cooldowns +150 Max Health +65 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +20 Ability Haste
Soul Hunt: +15% Magic Penetration.
Wandering Soul: Every time you take down an enemy champion within 3 seconds of damaging them, your ability cooldowns are reduced by 25%. You steal 10% of their base Movement Speed for 10 seconds and 50% of their Ability Haste until they respawn. Ability Haste stolen this way stacks. 3000
Soulstealer TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who frequently secure kills or assists and want to increase their mobility and ability uptime. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Wandering Soul" effect reduces your ability cooldowns by 25% after taking down an enemy champion, and you steal 10% of their base movement speed and 50% of their ability haste until they respawn. The stolen ability haste stacks, making it especially useful for champions who are often involved in kills and want to improve their stats by taking down enemies.
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +250 Max Health +75 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Torment: Damaging abilities or empowered attacks deal 0.6-3% () of the target's max Health as bonus magic damage over 3 seconds. 3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item applies a sustained burning effect that deals extra magic damage scaling with the target’s max health — making it especially potent versus tanks and high-HP champions. The stacked torment periodically detonates for true damage to finish weakened foes. A strong pick for mages who want to prolong fights and slowly shred the enemy frontline.
Liandry's Torment — This item applies a sustained burning effect that deals extra magic damage scaling with the target’s max health — making it especially potent versus tanks and high-HP champions. The stacked torment periodically detonates for true damage to finish weakened foes. A strong pick for mages who want to prolong fights and slowly shred the enemy frontline.
Soulstealer
Takedown increase Movement speed an reduce cooldowns +150 Max Health +65 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +20 Ability Haste
Soul Hunt: +15% Magic Penetration.
Wandering Soul: Every time you take down an enemy champion within 3 seconds of damaging them, your ability cooldowns are reduced by 25%. You steal 10% of their base Movement Speed for 10 seconds and 50% of their Ability Haste until they respawn. Ability Haste stolen this way stacks. 3000
Soulstealer TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who frequently secure kills or assists and want to increase their mobility and ability uptime. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Wandering Soul" effect reduces your ability cooldowns by 25% after taking down an enemy champion, and you steal 10% of their base movement speed and 50% of their ability haste until they respawn. The stolen ability haste stacks, making it especially useful for champions who are often involved in kills and want to improve their stats by taking down enemies.
Riftmaker
Ramping Damage +150 Max Health +80 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +15 Ability Haste
Assimilation: +11% Magic Vamp
.
Void Corruption: When in combat with champions, gain 1 stack(s) of Corruption every 1 second(s). Each stack of Corruption increases your magic damage dealt by 2.5%, up to 3 stacks. At maximum stacks, the additional damage provided by Corruption becomes true damage. 3300
Riftmaker TIPS: This item suits mages and hybrid bruisers who want sustained power in extended fights: while you’re engaged with champions it builds stacks that steadily increase your magic damage, and at full stacks a portion of that bonus becomes true damage — excellent for prolonged duels and objective fights. The built-in magic vamp improves survivability in trades, making it a strong choice for players who like to stay in the thick of combat and scale through longer engagements. Best for AP duelists and spell-powered bruisers who benefit from ramping damage over the course of fights.
Riftmaker — This item suits mages and hybrid bruisers who want sustained power in extended fights: while you’re engaged with champions it builds stacks that steadily increase your magic damage, and at full stacks a portion of that bonus becomes true damage — excellent for prolonged duels and objective fights. The built-in magic vamp improves survivability in trades, making it a strong choice for players who like to stay in the thick of combat and scale through longer engagements. Best for AP duelists and spell-powered bruisers who benefit from ramping damage over the course of fights.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +150 Max Health +70 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +20 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2500
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who need to reduce the effectiveness of healing and regeneration on enemies. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Affliction" effect applies Grievous Wounds on enemy champions when you deal magic damage, reducing their healing and regeneration effectiveness by 50% for 3 seconds. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on healing, such as Soraka, Dr. Mundo, and Vladimir.
Morellonomicon — This item is perfect for mages who need to reduce the effectiveness of healing and regeneration on enemies. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Affliction" effect applies Grievous Wounds on enemy champions when you deal magic damage, reducing their healing and regeneration effectiveness by 50% for 3 seconds. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on healing, such as Soraka, Dr. Mundo, and Vladimir.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Ghost (Gain a large burst of movement speed) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Ghost
Gain a large burst of movement speed, that decays to 25% bonus movement speed for 8 seconds. With each takedown, Ghost's duration is extended by 6 seconds, refreshing its effects, up to the original amount.
Cooldown: 90s
Barrier
Gain a shield that absorbs 120 (120–560 ) damage for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Runes BUILD
Arcane Comet (Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location. When a comet hits an enemy champion, the next comet's damage increases.) as your keystone, followed by 
Botanist (When you destroy a plant, gain gold and empowered plant effects.), 
Transcendence (Grants more Ability Haste the higher your level is and also returns ability cooldown duration.) and 
Scorch (Deals bonus damage to champions on ability hit.) in the primary tree, as well as 
Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Arcane Comet
Poke, Stack Amplification
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location. When a comet hits an enemy champion, the next comet's damage increases.
Damage: (18 to 95) + (3 x total hits on enemy champions) + 35% bonus
+ 20%.
Cooldown: 16-8s ()
Botanist
Empowered plant effects
When you destroy a plant, gain 25 gold and empowered plant effects. Soulflowers near the turrets also grant additional bonuses.
Soulflowers: Grant 100% bonus gold.
Honeyfruit: Heal is increased by 20% when consumed.
Scryer's Bloom: Vision granted lasts 20% longer when destroyed.
Blast Cone: Gain 40% Movement Speed for 2.5 second(s) after the knockback.
Transcendence
Reduces ability cooldowns
Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels:
At level 1, gain 6 Ability Haste;
at level 5, gain bonus 6 Ability Haste;
at level 9, after Basic Ability hit the target, reduce 10% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Scorch
Abilities deal bonus damage
Damaging an enemy champion with an ability burns them, dealing 21-49 bonus magic damage () after 1 seconds.
Cooldown: 8s
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Situational Runes
Arcane Comet
Poke, Stack Amplification
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location. When a comet hits an enemy champion, the next comet's damage increases.
Damage: (18 to 95) + (3 x total hits on enemy champions) + 35% bonus + 20%.
Cooldown: 16-8s ()
First Strike
Initiate, Damage Amplification, Bonus Gold
Initiating combat with an enemy champion or dealing damage to them within 0.25s of engaging them in combat grants 10 gold and First Strike for 3s, allowing you to deal 7% bonus true damage to them. After the effect ends, gain bonus gold based on the bonus damage dealt for its duration.
If you do not deal damage to the enemy champion within 0.25s of engaging them in combat, First Strike will go into a 10-second cooldown.
Bonus gold:
Melee: 100% of bonus damage.
Ranged: 85% of bonus damage.
Cooldown: 20-30s
First Strike — The rune is perfect for aggressive champions like Zed or Twitch, who can quickly engage in combat. After dealing damage to an enemy, it activates an effect that allows you to deal bonus true damage and earn gold based on the damage dealt. This makes the rune useful for fast economy gains and increased damage in the early game. It works especially well when initiating fights, where it's crucial to gain an advantage quickly.
Botanist
Empowered plant effects
When you destroy a plant, gain 25 gold and empowered plant effects. Soulflowers near the turrets also grant additional bonuses.
Soulflowers: Grant 100% bonus gold.
Honeyfruit: Heal is increased by 20% when consumed.
Scryer's Bloom: Vision granted lasts 20% longer when destroyed.
Blast Cone: Gain 40% Movement Speed for 2.5 second(s) after the knockback.
Manaflow Band
Increase Mana
Hitting an enemy champion with and ability or empowered attack permanently increases your max mana by 30, up to 300 mana.
Manaflow Band — The rune permanently increases your maximum mana with each hit on an enemy champion using an ability or empowered attack, up to a maximum of 300 mana. This rune is perfect for champions who frequently use their abilities and need more mana for efficient combat, such as mages or champions with high mana consumption.Skills Order
(Q) PLASMA FISSION
6.6s 40/45/50/55
Shoots a plasma bolt that deals 80 magic damage (80/135/190/245 + 75% ) and slows by 70%, decaying over 1/1.5/2/2.5 second(s).
At the end of its range or on hitting a target, the bolt splits and fires two new bolts. at a 90 degree angle.Recasting this ability splits the bolt immediately.
Killing an enemy with this ability restores 20/23/26/29 Mana.
(Q) PLASMA FISSION
(W) VOID RIFT
1.4s 50/55/60/65
Opens a rift to the void, dealing 30 magic damage (30/60/90/120 + 20% ) to enemies on it.
The rift then erupts after a brief delay, dealing 45 magic damage (45/85/125/165 + 25% ).
Charge: Gains a charge every 16/15/14/13 seconds, storing up to 2 charges.
(W) VOID RIFT
(E) TECTONIC DISRUPTION
12.3/11.3/10.4/9.4s 50/55/60/65
Disrupts a target area, causing it to explode, dealing 70 magic damage (70/110/150/190 + 30% ) to enemies within and knocking them up for 0.75 second(s).
Casting this ability near Vel'Koz creates an anomaly that knocks back enemies nearby. The closer the cast is to Vel'Koz, the further the enemies are knocked back.
(E) TECTONIC DISRUPTION
(R) LIFE FORM DISINTEGRATION RAY
75.5/66/56.6s 100
Passive: Enemies with max stacks of Deconstruction are marked as Researched.
Active: Channels a ray of energy in the direction of the joystick, dealing a total of 450 magic damage (450/625/800 + 125% ) over 2.5 second(s) and slowing by 20%. Enemies hit by the ray gain one stack of Deconstruction every 0.7 second(s).
Researched enemies take an equal amount of true damage instead.
(R) LIFE FORM DISINTEGRATION RAY
Mid VEL'KOZ Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Mid VEL'KOZ. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
Mid VEL'KOZ Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Mid VEL'KOZ in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Magic Resist
Items with magic resistance can help you to survive against VEL'KOZ combo.
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage +200 Max Health
+50% Health Regen
+20 Magic Resistance +45 Move Speed. 900
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots are a core defensive choice when the enemy deals strong magic damage. They increase your magic resistance, boost health regeneration and movement speed, and help you stay in lane or fights longer against poke and burst mages. Pick them when you need greater survivability versus AP-heavy matchups or repeated spell damage.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +350 Max Health +60 Magic Resistance
Storm: +5% Move Speed.
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%. 2750
Force of Nature TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and magic resistance, and its “Absorb” passive stacks up when you take ability damage from enemy champions, reducing all incoming magic damage and granting bonus movement speed at max stacks. It’s perfect for tanks who need to withstand teams heavy in magic damage and maintain mobility to be in the right position during fights. Pick this up when the enemy team builds magic damage (e.g., Syndra, Brand) and you need extra movement speed to initiate effectively or escape dangerous situations.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain 
+10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (90s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +75 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 70-180 + 10% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: This Enchant renders you invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 s, but prevents movement, attacks, and ability or item use. Perfect for surviving critical moments against assassins and high burst damage.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.25 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (70s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 800
Quicksilver Enchant TIPS: This enchant cleanses all crowd control effects, grants brief CC immunity, then boosts your tenacity and slow resist. Perfect for champions who need to quickly purge control to stay in the fight.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: 
+8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Gain a Shield
Gives you a shield that increases your chances of survival against VEL'KOZ.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain +10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (90s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Mid VEL'KOZ Strengths and Weaknesses
Mid VEL'KOZ Strategy and Tactics
Support VEL'KOZ Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Support Line VEL'KOZ. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Spectral Sickle (Attack champions and structures to gain bonus gold). Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Spectral Sickle
Attack champions and structures to gain bonus gold
This item is for support players. When equipped, it will reduce the gold you receive from killing minions and monsters. If there are multiples of this item within the party, only one of them can take effect at any given time.
Versatile: Gain 10 Attack Damage or 20 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Tribute: Gain 1 encircling energy orb(s) every 30 seconds (max 3 orbs). While near an ally, the actions below will trigger Tribute, consuming 1 energy orb(s) to grant you 65 gold and restore your Health 20-80:
1. Using abilities or attacks to damage enemy champions or structures.
2. Attacking minions below 65% Health. This also executes them, and the gold generated from the minion kills is given to the ally nearest to you. 3. A nearby minion is killed while you have 3 orbs. Upon triggering Tribute, the ally nearest to you gains Tribute stacks.
Sentry: Deal 1 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom.
Restraint: You do not earn gold generated from minion kills, but you earn gold equal to 50% of the bounty. The gold generated from your minion kills will be given to the ally nearest to you. Gold earned from monster kills is reduced by 50%.
Quest: Earn 750 gold with this item to transform it into Black Mist Scythe and bind you and the ally with the most Tribute stacks as Perfect Partners. 500
Black Mist Scythe
Attack champions and structures to gain bonus gold +10 Ability Haste
Versatile: Gain 14 Attack Damage or 28 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Soulcast: Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold, 25 Health and 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive); up to 250 Health and 20 Attack Damage, or 40 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom. When out of combat, gain 10% Movement Speed when you move toward your Perfect Partner. If you're more than 2,500 units apart, this bonus increases to 30%. 0
Black Mist Scythe TIPS: This item is designed for support players, granting passive bonuses to gold and stats. It reduces your gold from killing minions and monsters but provides 75 gold and 1 Soulforce stack every 60 seconds. Each Soulforce stack adaptively grants health, attack damage, or ability power, and at 10 stacks you gain a significant bonus to one of these stats. The item also increases your effectiveness in clearing vision by dealing extra damage to revealed enemy wards. Ideal for map-control–focused supports who want to help their team without worrying about farming; you’ll steadily generate resources and strengthen your utility for both protect and peel.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Cooldown +100 Max Health +15 Ability Haste. +45 Move Speed. +50% Mana Regen
Summoned: Reduces spell cooldowns by 15%. 900
Ionian Boots of Lucidity TIPS: These boots are built around faster casting: they lower your summoner/ability downtime and grant ability haste so you can use spells more often. The added movement speed helps with lane phase roaming, quicker rotations, and safer repositioning after trades. Pick them when your champion’s power spikes with more frequent ability use (waveclear, skirmish tools, or mobility spells) or when your role requires active map presence.
Imperial Mandate
Crowd control grants additional ally damage +200 Max Health +40 Ability Power +20 Ability Haste
Coordinated Fire: Abilities that Slow or Immobilize a champion deal 47-75 bonus magic damage and marks them for 4 seconds (6 seconds cooldown per enemy champion). Allied champion damage detonates the mark, dealing an additional 94-150 magic damage (based on ally level) and granting you both 20% Move Speed, for 2 seconds. 2500
Imperial Mandate TIPS: This item is perfect for support champions who have abilities that slow or immobilize enemies, allowing you to activate effects for your team. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, and ability haste, helping you deal damage while also enhancing teamwork with your allies. The "Coordinated Fire" effect activates when you slow or immobilize an enemy, dealing bonus magic damage and marking them for 4 seconds. When an allied champion damages the marked target, it detonates the mark, dealing additional magic damage and granting both you and your ally 20% bonus movement speed for 2 seconds. This item is especially useful for champions with crowd control abilities.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Cooldown +100 Max Health +15 Ability Haste. +45 Move Speed. +50% Mana Regen
Summoned: Reduces spell cooldowns by 15%. 900
Ionian Boots of Lucidity TIPS: These boots are built around faster casting: they lower your summoner/ability downtime and grant ability haste so you can use spells more often. The added movement speed helps with lane phase roaming, quicker rotations, and safer repositioning after trades. Pick them when your champion’s power spikes with more frequent ability use (waveclear, skirmish tools, or mobility spells) or when your role requires active map presence.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +15 Ability Power +100% Mana Regeneration +45 Move Speed.
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 50% bonus health Regen.
Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 18 bonus physical damage to minions. 900
Boots of Mana TIPS: These boots boost your ability power, mana regeneration, and movement speed. The “Magic Break” passive grants extra magic penetration for more potent spells against resistances. “Big Bully” speeds up waveclear by dealing bonus damage to minions with attacks and abilities. The new “Equilibrium” passive gives champions without mana a strong health regeneration boost, enhancing their survivability in prolonged engagements. — A great pick for mage mid laners and supports who need frequent spellcasting, wave control, mobility, and added staying power.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: This Enchant renders you invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 s, but prevents movement, attacks, and ability or item use. Perfect for surviving critical moments against assassins and high burst damage.
Black Mist Scythe (Attack champions and structures to gain bonus gold) as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity (Grants Ability Haste) or Boots of Mana (Grants Ability Power, Magic Penetration and Mana Regeneration) depending on the situation. (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Imperial Mandate (Crowd control grants additional ally damage).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Stasis Enchant (Turn invulnerable).
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Black Mist Scythe
Attack champions and structures to gain bonus gold +10 Ability Haste
Versatile: Gain 14 Attack Damage or 28 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Soulcast: Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold, 25 Health and 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive); up to 250 Health and 20 Attack Damage, or 40 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom. When out of combat, gain 10% Movement Speed when you move toward your Perfect Partner. If you're more than 2,500 units apart, this bonus increases to 30%. 0
Black Mist Scythe TIPS: This item is designed for support players, granting passive bonuses to gold and stats. It reduces your gold from killing minions and monsters but provides 75 gold and 1 Soulforce stack every 60 seconds. Each Soulforce stack adaptively grants health, attack damage, or ability power, and at 10 stacks you gain a significant bonus to one of these stats. The item also increases your effectiveness in clearing vision by dealing extra damage to revealed enemy wards. Ideal for map-control–focused supports who want to help their team without worrying about farming; you’ll steadily generate resources and strengthen your utility for both protect and peel.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Cooldown +100 Max Health +15 Ability Haste. +45 Move Speed. +50% Mana Regen
Summoned: Reduces spell cooldowns by 15%. 900
Ionian Boots of Lucidity TIPS: These boots are built around faster casting: they lower your summoner/ability downtime and grant ability haste so you can use spells more often. The added movement speed helps with lane phase roaming, quicker rotations, and safer repositioning after trades. Pick them when your champion’s power spikes with more frequent ability use (waveclear, skirmish tools, or mobility spells) or when your role requires active map presence.
Imperial Mandate
Crowd control grants additional ally damage +200 Max Health +40 Ability Power +20 Ability Haste
Coordinated Fire: Abilities that Slow or Immobilize a champion deal 47-75 bonus magic damage and marks them for 4 seconds (6 seconds cooldown per enemy champion). Allied champion damage detonates the mark, dealing an additional 94-150 magic damage (based on ally level) and granting you both 20% Move Speed, for 2 seconds. 2500
Imperial Mandate TIPS: This item is perfect for support champions who have abilities that slow or immobilize enemies, allowing you to activate effects for your team. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, and ability haste, helping you deal damage while also enhancing teamwork with your allies. The "Coordinated Fire" effect activates when you slow or immobilize an enemy, dealing bonus magic damage and marking them for 4 seconds. When an allied champion damages the marked target, it detonates the mark, dealing additional magic damage and granting both you and your ally 20% bonus movement speed for 2 seconds. This item is especially useful for champions with crowd control abilities.
Horizon Focus
Deals bonus damage to marked targets +90 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +20 Ability Haste
Hypershot: Damaging an enemy champion with an ability from 600 units away reveals them for 8 seconds and increases damage dealt to them by 12%.
Focus: When Hypershot is triggered, it reveals all enemy champions within 1,200 units of the target for 3s. (12s Cooldown) 3100
Horizon Focus TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who rely on long-range damage and want to increase their damage to enemies from a distance. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste, helping you deal more damage and use your abilities more quickly. The "Hypershot" effect increases damage to enemies you damage from over 600 units away, while also revealing them for 8 seconds, giving you an advantage in combat. This item allows you to deal more damage from longer ranges or against immobilized enemies. It is especially effective against champions who rely on their mobility, such as Akali, Yasuo, and Zed, as well as those who poke from a distance, like Lux and Ziggs, as it helps you control their movements and increase your damage output.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who rely on high ability power ratios and want to significantly increase their damage output. It provides a huge bonus to ability power and magic penetration. The "Overkill" effect increases your ability power by 20-45%, depending on the level, significantly enhancing your magical abilities and attacks. This item is especially useful against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets, as it allows you to significantly boost your damage and deal massive magic damage.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Situational items
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who rely on high ability power ratios and want to significantly increase their damage output. It provides a huge bonus to ability power and magic penetration. The "Overkill" effect increases your ability power by 20-45%, depending on the level, significantly enhancing your magical abilities and attacks. This item is especially useful against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets, as it allows you to significantly boost your damage and deal massive magic damage.
Malignance
An item made for Ultimate-centric playstyles +80 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +400 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Scorn: Your Ultimate abilities gain 20 Ability Haste.
Hatefog: Damaging a champion with your Ultimate burns the ground beneath them for 3 second(s), dealing magic damage equal to 60 plus 5% AP per second and reducing their Magic Resist by 10. Burn radius increases with damage, reaching maximum radius at 800 damage. 3000
Malignance TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who focus on their ultimate abilities and want to maximize their effectiveness in fights. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Scorn" effect reduces the cooldown of your ultimate ability, enhancing its efficiency and uptime. The "Hatefog" effect deals magic damage to enemies in the area after using your ultimate, creating a scorched earth effect. Enemies within this area take damage and have their magic resistance reduced, making this item ideal for champions who want to weaken their opponents and increase their damage. It’s especially useful against enemies with high magic resistance.
Malignance — This item is perfect for champions who focus on their ultimate abilities and want to maximize their effectiveness in fights. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Scorn" effect reduces the cooldown of your ultimate ability, enhancing its efficiency and uptime. The "Hatefog" effect deals magic damage to enemies in the area after using your ultimate, creating a scorched earth effect. Enemies within this area take damage and have their magic resistance reduced, making this item ideal for champions who want to weaken their opponents and increase their damage. It’s especially useful against enemies with high magic resistance.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who rely on high ability power ratios and want to significantly increase their damage output. It provides a huge bonus to ability power and magic penetration. The "Overkill" effect increases your ability power by 20-45%, depending on the level, significantly enhancing your magical abilities and attacks. This item is especially useful against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets, as it allows you to significantly boost your damage and deal massive magic damage.
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +250 Max Health +75 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Torment: Damaging abilities or empowered attacks deal 0.6-3% () of the target's max Health as bonus magic damage over 3 seconds. 3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item applies a sustained burning effect that deals extra magic damage scaling with the target’s max health — making it especially potent versus tanks and high-HP champions. The stacked torment periodically detonates for true damage to finish weakened foes. A strong pick for mages who want to prolong fights and slowly shred the enemy frontline.
Liandry's Torment — This item applies a sustained burning effect that deals extra magic damage scaling with the target’s max health — making it especially potent versus tanks and high-HP champions. The stacked torment periodically detonates for true damage to finish weakened foes. A strong pick for mages who want to prolong fights and slowly shred the enemy frontline.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Riftmaker
Ramping Damage +150 Max Health +80 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +15 Ability Haste
Assimilation: +11% Magic Vamp.
Void Corruption: When in combat with champions, gain 1 stack(s) of Corruption every 1 second(s). Each stack of Corruption increases your magic damage dealt by 2.5%, up to 3 stacks. At maximum stacks, the additional damage provided by Corruption becomes true damage. 3300
Riftmaker TIPS: This item suits mages and hybrid bruisers who want sustained power in extended fights: while you’re engaged with champions it builds stacks that steadily increase your magic damage, and at full stacks a portion of that bonus becomes true damage — excellent for prolonged duels and objective fights. The built-in magic vamp improves survivability in trades, making it a strong choice for players who like to stay in the thick of combat and scale through longer engagements. Best for AP duelists and spell-powered bruisers who benefit from ramping damage over the course of fights.
Riftmaker — This item suits mages and hybrid bruisers who want sustained power in extended fights: while you’re engaged with champions it builds stacks that steadily increase your magic damage, and at full stacks a portion of that bonus becomes true damage — excellent for prolonged duels and objective fights. The built-in magic vamp improves survivability in trades, making it a strong choice for players who like to stay in the thick of combat and scale through longer engagements. Best for AP duelists and spell-powered bruisers who benefit from ramping damage over the course of fights.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +150 Max Health +70 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +20 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2500
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who need to reduce the effectiveness of healing and regeneration on enemies. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Affliction" effect applies Grievous Wounds on enemy champions when you deal magic damage, reducing their healing and regeneration effectiveness by 50% for 3 seconds. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on healing, such as Soraka, Dr. Mundo, and Vladimir.
Morellonomicon — This item is perfect for mages who need to reduce the effectiveness of healing and regeneration on enemies. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Affliction" effect applies Grievous Wounds on enemy champions when you deal magic damage, reducing their healing and regeneration effectiveness by 50% for 3 seconds. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on healing, such as Soraka, Dr. Mundo, and Vladimir.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding +200 Max Health +75 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values. 2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: This item is perfect for mage-assassins who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, helping you deal damage and more effectively break through enemy shields. The "Lethal Weapon" effect reduces the effectiveness of shields that enemies gain based on the type of ability you use. Area of effect abilities apply up to 45% shield reduction, while single target abilities apply up to 60%, allowing you to significantly reduce enemy defenses. This item is especially useful when the enemy team relies on shields for protection.
Oceanid's Trident — This item is perfect for mage-assassins who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, helping you deal damage and more effectively break through enemy shields. The "Lethal Weapon" effect reduces the effectiveness of shields that enemies gain based on the type of ability you use. Area of effect abilities apply up to 45% shield reduction, while single target abilities apply up to 60%, allowing you to significantly reduce enemy defenses. This item is especially useful when the enemy team relies on shields for protection.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Heal (Restore Health to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Heal
Restore 110 Health (110–400 ) to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion, and grants both of you 30% bonus Movement Speed for 2 second(s).
Healing is halved for champions recently affected by Heal.
Cooldown: 100s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Runes BUILD
Arcane Comet (Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location. When a comet hits an enemy champion, the next comet's damage increases.) as your keystone, followed by 
Cheap Shot (Deals true damage to enemy champions when their movement is impaired.), 
Chain Assault (Your attacks deal bonus adaptive damage after you hit an enemy champion with an ability.) and 
Zombie Ward (Takedowns on enemy wards spawn a Zombie Ward that grants vision and Adaptive Force.) in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Arcane Comet
Poke, Stack Amplification
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location. When a comet hits an enemy champion, the next comet's damage increases.
Damage: (18 to 95) + (3 x total hits on enemy champions) + 35% bonus + 20%.
Cooldown: 16-8s ()
Cheap Shot
Targets movement-impaired enemies
Deals 10-45 bonus true damage to enemies whose movement is impaired.
Cooldown: 7s
Chain Assault
Triggers on attack after hitting a target with an ability
Hitting an enemy champion with an active ability applies a mark to them, causing your next 2 attacks or active ability casts against them to deal bonus adaptive damage equal to (20-35 () + 5% bonus + 2.5%).
Cooldown: 15s
Zombie Ward
Vision control increases Attack Damage/Ability Power
Takedowns on enemy wards spawn a Zombie Ward in its place, granting vision of the surrounding area for 120 seconds. Additionally gain 4or 8(max 5 stacks). (Assists on enemy wards also grant stacks and spawn Zombie Wards.)
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Situational Runes
Zombie Ward
Vision control increases Attack Damage/Ability Power
Takedowns on enemy wards spawn a Zombie Ward in its place, granting vision of the surrounding area for 120 seconds. Additionally gain 4or 8(max 5 stacks). (Assists on enemy wards also grant stacks and spawn Zombie Wards.)
Eyeball Collection
Kills increase Attack Damage/Ability Power
Gains 2 or 4 after scoring a champion or epic monster takedown, stacking up to 8 times.
Eyeball Collection — This rune provides consistent damage scaling through takedowns, allowing you to gradually increase your power over the course of the game. It is ideal for aggressive champions who actively participate in fights and objective control. It works best on assassins, fighters, and carry champions who want to snowball and maintain their advantage.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Manaflow Band
Increase Mana
Hitting an enemy champion with and ability or empowered attack permanently increases your max mana by 30, up to 300 mana.
Manaflow Band — The rune permanently increases your maximum mana with each hit on an enemy champion using an ability or empowered attack, up to a maximum of 300 mana. This rune is perfect for champions who frequently use their abilities and need more mana for efficient combat, such as mages or champions with high mana consumption.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Transcendence
Reduces ability cooldowns
Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels:
At level 1, gain 6 Ability Haste;
at level 5, gain bonus 6 Ability Haste;
at level 9, after Basic Ability hit the target, reduce 10% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Transcendence — This rune reduces ability cooldowns and makes gameplay smoother by allowing more frequent skill usage. It is ideal for champions who rely heavily on abilities and are constantly involved in fights or trades. It works best on mages, supports, and some fighters where maintaining a high tempo through ability usage is essential.Skills Order
(Q) PLASMA FISSION
6.6s 40/45/50/55
Shoots a plasma bolt that deals 80 magic damage (80/135/190/245 + 75% ) and slows by 70%, decaying over 1/1.5/2/2.5 second(s).
At the end of its range or on hitting a target, the bolt splits and fires two new bolts. at a 90 degree angle.Recasting this ability splits the bolt immediately.
Killing an enemy with this ability restores 20/23/26/29 Mana.
(Q) PLASMA FISSION
(W) VOID RIFT
1.4s 50/55/60/65
Opens a rift to the void, dealing 30 magic damage (30/60/90/120 + 20% ) to enemies on it.
The rift then erupts after a brief delay, dealing 45 magic damage (45/85/125/165 + 25% ).
Charge: Gains a charge every 16/15/14/13 seconds, storing up to 2 charges.
(W) VOID RIFT
(E) TECTONIC DISRUPTION
12.3/11.3/10.4/9.4s 50/55/60/65
Disrupts a target area, causing it to explode, dealing 70 magic damage (70/110/150/190 + 30% ) to enemies within and knocking them up for 0.75 second(s).
Casting this ability near Vel'Koz creates an anomaly that knocks back enemies nearby. The closer the cast is to Vel'Koz, the further the enemies are knocked back.
(E) TECTONIC DISRUPTION
(R) LIFE FORM DISINTEGRATION RAY
75.5/66/56.6s 100
Passive: Enemies with max stacks of Deconstruction are marked as Researched.
Active: Channels a ray of energy in the direction of the joystick, dealing a total of 450 magic damage (450/625/800 + 125% ) over 2.5 second(s) and slowing by 20%. Enemies hit by the ray gain one stack of Deconstruction every 0.7 second(s).
Researched enemies take an equal amount of true damage instead.
(R) LIFE FORM DISINTEGRATION RAY
Support VEL'KOZ Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Support VEL'KOZ. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
Support VEL'KOZ Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Support VEL'KOZ in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Magic Resist
Items with magic resistance can help you to survive against VEL'KOZ combo.
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage +200 Max Health +50% Health Regen +20 Magic Resistance +45 Move Speed. 900
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots are a core defensive choice when the enemy deals strong magic damage. They increase your magic resistance, boost health regeneration and movement speed, and help you stay in lane or fights longer against poke and burst mages. Pick them when you need greater survivability versus AP-heavy matchups or repeated spell damage.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +350 Max Health +60 Magic Resistance
Storm: +5% Move Speed.
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%. 2750
Force of Nature TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and magic resistance, and its “Absorb” passive stacks up when you take ability damage from enemy champions, reducing all incoming magic damage and granting bonus movement speed at max stacks. It’s perfect for tanks who need to withstand teams heavy in magic damage and maintain mobility to be in the right position during fights. Pick this up when the enemy team builds magic damage (e.g., Syndra, Brand) and you need extra movement speed to initiate effectively or escape dangerous situations.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain +10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (90s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Kaenic Rookern
Gains a magic shield when out of combat +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +75 Magic Resistance
Magebane: After not taking magic damage for 12 seconds, gain a magic shield that absorbs damage equal to 70-180 + 10% of max Health. 2800
Kaenic Rookern TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need extra protection against magic damage, particularly when spending some time out of combat. It provides significant bonuses to health, regeneration, and magic resistance. The “Magebane” passive activates after 12 seconds without taking magic damage, granting you a magic shield that absorbs damage based on your maximum health. This allows you to safely recover between fights and confidently re-enter combat. It’s especially effective against teams heavy in AP damage.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: This Enchant renders you invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 s, but prevents movement, attacks, and ability or item use. Perfect for surviving critical moments against assassins and high burst damage.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.25 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (70s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 800
Quicksilver Enchant TIPS: This enchant cleanses all crowd control effects, grants brief CC immunity, then boosts your tenacity and slow resist. Perfect for champions who need to quickly purge control to stay in the fight.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Gain a Shield
Gives you a shield that increases your chances of survival against VEL'KOZ.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Lifeline: Upon taking Magic Damage that would reduce your Health to below 35%, gain +10% Omni Vamp. until the end of combat and a magic shield that absorbs 220-530 Magic Damage for 3s. (90s Cooldown) 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: This item provides a mix of damage, magic resistance and ability haste, but its core value is the anti-burst passive: when hit by a dangerous burst of magic damage, you instantly gain a strong protective shield and a temporary lifesteal/omnivamp effect that lasts through the fight. It lets you survive big AP detonations and re-enter skirmishes quickly. Best for assassins, bruisers and AD champions who need to survive enemy magic burst and power through fights.
Support VEL'KOZ Tips
Support VEL'KOZ Strengths and Weaknesses
Support VEL'KOZ Strategy and Tactics
Wild Rift VEL'KOZ Ability and Tips
ORGANIC DECONSTRUCTION
PLASMA FISSION
VOID RIFT
TECTONIC DISRUPTION
LIFE FORM DISINTEGRATION RAY
(PASSIVE) ORGANIC DECONSTRUCTION
Hitting an enemy with an ability applies a stack of Deconstruction for 7 second(s). Enemies with 3 stacks of Deconstruction take 28 true damage (20 + 8 () + 45% ).
Attacks refresh the duration of Deconstruction.
Ability Tips
Video
(Q) PLASMA FISSION
6.6s 40/45/50/55
Shoots a plasma bolt that deals 80 magic damage (80/135/190/245 + 75% ) and slows by 70%, decaying over 1/1.5/2/2.5 second(s).
At the end of its range or on hitting a target, the bolt splits and fires two new bolts. at a 90 degree angle.Recasting this ability splits the bolt immediately.
Killing an enemy with this ability restores 20/23/26/29 Mana.
Ability Tips
Video
(W) VOID RIFT
1.4s 50/55/60/65
Opens a rift to the void, dealing 30 magic damage (30/60/90/120 + 20% ) to enemies on it.
The rift then erupts after a brief delay, dealing 45 magic damage (45/85/125/165 + 25% ).
Charge: Gains a charge every 16/15/14/13 seconds, storing up to 2 charges.
Ability Tips
Video
(E) TECTONIC DISRUPTION
12.3/11.3/10.4/9.4s 50/55/60/65
Disrupts a target area, causing it to explode, dealing 70 magic damage (70/110/150/190 + 30% ) to enemies within and knocking them up for 0.75 second(s).
Casting this ability near Vel'Koz creates an anomaly that knocks back enemies nearby. The closer the cast is to Vel'Koz, the further the enemies are knocked back.
Ability Tips
Video
(R) LIFE FORM DISINTEGRATION RAY
75.5/66/56.6s 100
Passive: Enemies with max stacks of Deconstruction are marked as Researched.
Active: Channels a ray of energy in the direction of the joystick, dealing a total of 450 magic damage (450/625/800 + 125% ) over 2.5 second(s) and slowing by 20%. Enemies hit by the ray gain one stack of Deconstruction every 0.7 second(s).
Researched enemies take an equal amount of true damage instead.
Ability Tips
Video
Wild Rift VEL'KOZ Skills Combo
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Wild Rift VEL'KOZ Video
Watch here!It is unclear if Vel'Koz was the first Void-spawn to emerge on Runeterra, but there has certainly never been another to match his level of cruel, calculating sentience. While his kin devour or defile everything around them, he seeks instead to scrutinize and study the physical realm—and the strange, warlike beings that dwell there—for any weakness the Void might exploit. But Vel'Koz is far from a passive observer, striking back at threats with deadly plasma, or by disrupting the very fabric of the world itself.