Please vote against reworking velkoz (POLL)

Goosetard·Jan 22, 2016·6 votes·729 views

In Season 3, I played a lot of . In Season 4, I played a lot of . In Season 5, I played a lot of and .

is very special to me because Season 5 was the first season I made it out of silver and I got all the way to plat using the squid. Given what a disaster the mordekaiser rework was, and that I'm part of the sizable faction of quinn players who feel that replacing half her kit with race car mode was a bad change, I'm pretty damn scared about what's coming for Vel. I like him just the way he is and I don't care if LCS teams don't have a reason to pick him over Xerath. It seems like a lot of people agree with me. Please show your support for the leaving Velkoz out of the upcoming mage rework.

5 Comments

OrangesilkJan 22, 20163 votes

It's not about the pros, he as a champion doesn't really have anything special going for him except for a true damage passive and hurting your enemies with the power of geometry. He's good when his numbers are good relative to other mages, and bad when his numbers aren't, that's it, that's the kind of champion that needs not a FULL rework, but something like the Garen rework, to keep him mostly intact while giving him something special and new to make him truly unique.

BetweenSkillJan 22, 20161 votes

He is actually quite unique when you look at how his kit affects his gameplay cohesively, rather than just looking at his kit on paper.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/yUnRuJo0-velkoz-does-bring-something-unique-to-a-team-comp-meddler

DynasticMuleJan 22, 20162 votes

Logged in just to vote. They shouldn't mess with Vel'koz, he's absolutely perfect the way he is.

ModWulf HelhammerJan 23, 20161 votes

First: Vel'Koz is receiving incredibly minor changes, so much so that Riot said they could almost be patch notes

Second: the only time we Quinn mains were unhappy with her rework were when it first came out and she didn't have the blind. Now? You'll be hard pressed to find someone who dislikes it more than minimally

WhiperSnapersJan 23, 20161 votes

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/developer-corner/jQmE1EjE-mid-year-mage-update?comment=001500010000000c

It seems your guys' expectations on how much we'll warp some of these champions just because they're in "the 6" is quite large and drastic. Guess it's understandable given some of our track record. It's important to consider that our changes have ranged from as small as Darius and Miss Fortune to as large as Mordekaiser and Graves.

Our current plans for Vel'Koz might literally be the smallest scope changes we've ever done in a class update. In fact, I could understand how some people may not even really perceive it as a significant update and more of a "patch note."

Either way, your downvotes are loud and clear. You don't really want Vel'Koz to change much. We don't really plan on moving Vel'Koz's core at all - just want to amplify what's already there.