When you rework Velkoz into a bottom lane marksman

Topless Irelia·Jan 23, 2016·2 votes·423 views

Make his ult passive so that he gets a huge ass Helmet Bro Ghost when he kills Dragon

5 Comments

EndlessSorcererJan 23, 20162 votes

You mean we can finally see Vel'koz's awesome critical strike animation without building sub-optimally?

Yay.

SachabotJan 23, 20161 votes

I'm not sure if this is sarcastic. I must now check. >>

EndlessSorcererJan 23, 20161 votes

Somewhat sarcastic, but I do actually like the animation.

Behold its glory! [Skip ahead to about 30s]

Doctor JarvisJan 23, 20161 votes

They named Vel'Koz as a target for reworking and the community goes "HE GON' GET MORDEKAISERED". Most of their other reworks haven't affected their champs play styles too heavily, except Mordekaiser's. Darius is still the dunking fighter. Everyone hit in the marksman update are still marksmen (even though a non-zero number of them can play other roles). Most of these class reworks make them the same champion, I don't understand this outcry against SPECIFICALLY Vel's rework

ModKnightsKemplarJan 23, 20162 votes

It's because his kit is considered very balanced. Plenty of counterplay, and fun for both sides. Vel is GREAT to have in a game, honestly. He's a great champion, and always has been. So from the community's side, they are scared that will change.

From Riot's side, he isn't very unique. They want to rework him anyway because there isn't any reason to bring Vel over another damage mage, and they want to give him that unique feeling. I understand that, too. They are both right.

What needs to happen is that Riot needs to find a way to make Vel unique without killing his awesome design and balance. The community outcry is about fear that they will fail.