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Vel'Koz matchups

Tier 3#27 Mid1Full build

You playVel'Koz

Tier 352.1% win · #27 mid

Vel'Koz favoured53.7%Vel'Koz wins 53.7% of games into Ahri, a little above the 52.1% Vel'Koz wins overall.

AgainstAhri

Tier 151.0% win · #2 mid

53.7%47.4%

833 gamesSample A 53.6%Sample B 55.8%Sample C 53.6%Gold at 15 +247Sample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Vel'Koz: Gold 53.0% · Plat 51.1% · Emerald 52.3% · Diamond 52.4%Ahri: Gold 51.2% · Plat 51.2% · Emerald 51.6% · Diamond 50.7%

Lane plan

Use [Q] to deal damage while using [W] to farm minions safely. Bring Cleanse of use Banshee’s Veil or Zhonya’s Hourglass quickly.

Lane tip from this patch's games, play even

You complete Luden's Echo at ~11 min; Ahri completes Malignance at ~11 min. You spike together.
Level 3: Ahri's Charm (E) is 12s, your Tectonic Disruption (E) is 12s, so you're back together. Level 6: Ahri's ultimate 140s, yours 100s.
Ahri takes Flash + Ignite in 70.5% of games. You take Flash + Teleport (46.7%).

Build into Ahri

Sample B · Emerald+ · 330 games · 6 Nov

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks

Start0:00
Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion
97.9% of games · 54.8% win
First back
×2
Amplifying Tome, Lost Chapter, Boots
Bought in most games
1st item11 min
Luden's Echo
60.6% of games · 56.5% win
- 53.5%
2nd item20 min
Shadowflame
56.4% of games · 55.9% win
- 61.3%
3rd item27 min
Zhonya's Hourglass
20.3% of games · 65.7% win
- 56.9%
Boots13 min
Sorcerer's Shoes
63.6% of games · 56.7% win
- 55.4%
- 45.7%
Late32–32 min
Rabadon's Deathcap
One of them, for what you're facing

Runes

Most played page, 304 games

Sorcery

Arcane Cometpicked in 92.1%
Manaflow Bandpicked in 89.7%
Transcendencepicked in 87.6%
Scorchpicked in 82.7%

Precision

Cut Downpicked in 52.7%
Legend: Hastepicked in 51.5%

Shards

Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

KeystoneWin rate

Skill order

Most played order, 98 games

Q14579

W28101213

E31415

R611

Max

QWE87.7% pick · 286 games56.6%

Ahri: W start, max QWE20,699 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport46.7% pick

Ahri: Flash + Ignite, 70.5%33,665 games

Play against Ahri

Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability haste

Ahri's abilities

Your opponent · uses mana

P Essence TheftPassive
Lv 1Lv 3Lv 6Lv 11
Q Orb of Deception7s cooldown · 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 95 mana · 970 range—7s7s7s
W Fox-Fire9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5s cooldown · 30 mana · 700 range9s9s9s7s
E Charm12s cooldown · 60 mana · 975 range—12s12s12s
R Spirit Rush140 / 120 / 100s cooldown · 100 mana · 450 range——140s120s

Charm (E) is the long one early: 12s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Vel'Koz's abilities

You · uses mana

P Organic DeconstructionPassive
Lv 1Lv 3Lv 6Lv 11
Q Plasma Fission7s cooldown · 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 mana · 1050 range7s7s7s7s
W Void Rift1.5s cooldown · 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana · 1050 range—1.5s1.5s1.5s
E Tectonic Disruption12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10s cooldown · 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana · 810 range—12s12s12s
R Life Form Disintegration Ray100 / 90 / 80s cooldown · 100 mana · 1575 range——100s90s

Tectonic Disruption (E) is the long one early: 12s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

All 6 mid matchups

Vel'Koz's win rate into each one · green beats Vel'Koz's average, rose falls short

48.0%50.0%52.0%54.0%56.0%58.0%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.