Vel'koz in the nalcs

Velkoz was picked repetitively in the last games of the season Clg Huhi picked him a couple of times vs immortals and Jensen picked him vs tsm in a bunch of games as well

I was very disappointed to see one of my favourite champions underutilized so much by professional players :

Huhi played him pretty badly Choosing to ult unresearched targets that were squishy backline champs He showed little knowledge of velkoz combo capabilities and I can't remember him procing his passive often and whenever he did ,it didn't seem deliberate

Disappointing were also his choices in items: rabadons 2nd item is pretty bad imo , since he only had 100 ap from morello to multiply with the items passive, usually a utility item like ludens or rylais or zhonias is prioritized before death cap. He then proceeded to get a void staff and Sorc shoes . This is just too much penetration for a champion that does so much true damage. He then went for a haunting guise -_-

It seems huhi was still playing the old vel'koz :(

Jensen on the other hand seemed a little bit more on point with the new velkoz . Mostly throwing combos together and ulting researched forontliners to obliterate them with the true damage beam. His itemization was a little bit better too. Going ludens after morello and buying cdr boots instead of sorc shoes. He still got a void staff pretty early though. Jensen showed significant difficulty in landing skillshots and positioning in fights , struggling to kite back the triforce tank Ekko , which he often ended up diying to.

In conclusion both mid laners showed poor understanding of the champions kit, were unable to exert any kind of Lane pressure vs the short Ranged Cassiopeia they were supposed to counterpick , and mindlessly spammed skillshots in fights , often missing.

Now I understand huhi and Jensen are not the best midlaners (especially huhi) but they really disappointed me with their playtyle of the champion.

The key to playing velkoz correctly is being methodical, patient , accurate and anticipating your opponents next move before you make yours. Hopefully someone like bjergsen or faker will make the most out of the champion if they ever pick him .