Vel’Koz, the Eye of the Void, is the next champion that is going to join the League of Legends.
Following Cho'Gath, Kassadin, Kha'Zix, Kog'Maw and Malzahar, Vel'Koz is the next champion originating from The Void realm that is going to join in the battle of Summoners rift.
The background story of the champion represents him as a being focused on learning from his opponents: "The Void is preparing to spill forth its latest monstrosity: Vel’Koz. A terrifying being created for the sole purpose of learning, Vel’Koz absorbs knowledge and accrues understanding through a multitude of tests and scans. Unfortunately, those very tests, while extremely productive for Vel’Koz, have a tendency to utterly destroy his subjects."
Vel'Koz abilities are as follows:
- Passive: Passive: Organic Deconstruction
Vel’Koz’s abilities Deconstruct those they strike. After being hit three times by his abilities, minions, monsters and enemy champions are Deconstructed and suffer bonus true damage. Enemies lose their Deconstruction stacks by avoiding Vel’Koz’s attacks for a short while.
- Q: Plasma Fission
Vel’Koz fires a plasma bolt that slows and damages the first enemy struck. Once Plasma Fission hits, reaches its maximum range or is reactivated a second time, the bolt splits at a 90 degree angle. The split bolts deal the same damage and apply the same slow.
- W: Void Rift
Vel’Koz sends out a straight line blast that tears open a temporary rift to the Void before exploding. Both the initial tear and the delayed explosion damage and apply Deconstruction stacks to caught enemies.
- E: Tectonic Disruption
After a brief delay Vel’Koz disrupts a nearby area, damaging and launching all enemies caught into the air. Enemies hit that are close to Vel’Koz are also knocked back slightly.
- R: Life From Disintegration Ray
Vel’Koz channels a ray of infinite energy that follows the cursor for a brief while, damaging, slowing and Deconstructing all enemies in range.
Vel'Koz appears as a long range spell caster champion, that is likely to fit into the current Ability Power mid laner role. With the lack of mobility or defensive spells, the champion is likely to be fragile and focus of many early ganks from the enemy junglers. His spells however provide great utility for the team via slows and knock-ups, which will definitely be beneficial during mid and late game team fights. However in order for Vel'Koz to show his full damage potential, he must be protected by his team mates.
His ultimate is what makes Vel'Koz a perfect team fighting champion. The Life From Disintegration Ray, passes through and damages all targets in line in a substantial range, which means that Vel'Koz will be the god of fighting into choke points, when multiple enemy champions are stacked in a line behind each other. For the same reason the champion has the potential to turn around fights, after a good kite back from his own team.
Source - League of Legends
