On the Vel'koz rework and the likely change to Void Rift
If you're a
main then you likely know that most of Vel'koz and his power comes from his W especially in the early and mid game. This power is due to a few reason
- Vel'koz and his waveclear are all put onto his W which is similar to other champions such as
or
who have one strong waveclear tool. - The power doesn't come from the damage of the spell (his W does 35 more base damage than his Q) but rather the double proc helping his passive. This allows for him to chunk enemies super hard at levels 2 and 4.
For him to stay viable as an immobile mage with zero sustain he'll need these things to be kept on his W.
- Double passive proc
- Give it some form of waveclear even if it has more counterplay
Something that I'm fine being taken away.
- Stacking it twice. While if you remove it's stacking power it'd need to have a much shorter CD
19/18/17/16/15-> 14/13/12/11/10. The double stacking can make him extremely oppressive when behind as it essentially makes him 100% safe at farming (especially if you run the cheese runes and hit 28% CDR by 7 minutes).
What do you guys think? What are you fine with being removed from his W?