My 2 cents to not destroy Vel Koz after his rework: New Passive - Analyze them

Señor Karthus·Jan 23, 2016·5 votes·416 views

Since seems like Riot is going to rework Vel to give him "a unique identity that makes people pick him over other Champions" I thought of this.

Passive:

Same as his old passive, maybe with a bit less true damage with the 3 stacks?
New: Analyze Them: Every time Vel Koz kills a Champion, he gains a permanent buff against that particular Champion (damage? Defense? something else?)

This would give Vel an identity on why people would pick him over Xerath for example: you trust you are going to kill your enemies and snowball.

5 Comments

stealthfox94Jan 23, 20163 votes

Wait what? Why would the rework Velkoz I always thought he was a well designed champ.

Señor KarthusJan 23, 20163 votes

I don't agree with their decision neither, but since they are going to do it anyway, I try to throw ideas so maybe they don't destroy him. They said they didn't feel Vel was unique over other full damage AP champs like Xerath or Ziggs.

ABlueQuakerJan 23, 20161 votes

Except Vel'koz actually has to land more than one spell to deal damage whereas Ziggs and Xerath and shit are just 'spam Q'.

stealthfox94Jan 23, 20161 votes

Ziggs maybe but Xerath and Brand are both similar to Velkoz. They need all of their abilities, and are combo reliant.

ABlueQuakerJan 23, 20161 votes

I'd agree that Brand is like Vel'koz in that multiple abilities have to land to make full use of his kit because their Passive and Basic Abilities have strong and meaningful interaction.

Xerath and Ziggs have what I like to call 'throwaway abilities'. You can miss any given ability, and it won't make any of their other abilities weaker.

On the other hand, if you miss E as Vel'koz it's harder to land both the initial and delayed damage on W and reliably proc his Passive. And I don't say this as a bad thing. I wish all Mages had that level of kit interaction because throwaway abilities aren't beneficial to the health of the game.