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Vel'Koz matchups

Tier 2#14 Support4Full build
You playVel'Koz

Tier 251.0% win · #14 support

Vel'Koz favoured52.7%Vel'Koz wins 52.7% of games into Thresh, a little above the 51.0% Vel'Koz wins overall.
AgainstThresh

Tier 151.0% win · #1 support

52.7%48.4%

2,605 gamesSample A 53.0%Sample B 54.2%Sample C 52.7%Gold at 15 +469Full matchup pageSample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Vel'Koz: Gold 51.6% · Plat 51.9% · Emerald 50.8% · Diamond 50.8%Thresh: Gold 50.0% · Plat 50.7% · Emerald 50.8% · Diamond 51.0%

Lane plan

Avoid Thresh’s Death Sentence (Q) by staying behind minions! If your AD champion is pulled instead, use all of your skills to nuke Thresh instead of overextending to target enemy AD champion. Vel’Koz has the upper hand as long as Death Sentence (Q) is on cooldown.

Lane tip from this patch's games, play even
  • Zaz'Zak's Realmspike

    You complete Zaz'Zak's Realmspike at ~0 min; Thresh completes Solstice Sleigh at ~0 min. You spike together.

  • Level 3: Thresh's Dark Passage (W) is 21s, your Tectonic Disruption (E) is 12s, so you're back first. Level 6: Thresh's ultimate 120s, yours 100s.

  • Ignite

    Thresh takes Flash + Ignite in 57.9% of games. You take Flash + Heal (74.5%).

Build into Thresh

Sample B · Emerald+ · 1,016 games · 6 Nov

Items

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

  1. Start0:00

    World AtlasHealth PotionHealth Potion

    World Atlas + Health Potion + Health Potion

    94.6% of games · 54.1% win

  2. First back

    Amplifying Tome×2BootsLost Chapter

    Amplifying Tome, Boots, Lost Chapter

    Bought in most games

  3. 1st item0 min

    Zaz'Zak's Realmspike

    Zaz'Zak's Realmspike

    87.6% of games · 54.7% win
    • Celestial Opposition53.5%

  4. 2nd item13 min

    Luden's Echo

    Luden's Echo

    59.6% of games · 53.9% win
    • Blackfire Torch52.5%
    • Shurelya's Battlesong62.3%

  5. 3rd item23 min

    Shadowflame

    Shadowflame

    26.9% of games · 54.6% win
    • Liandry's Torment45.6%
    • Zhonya's Hourglass60.3%

  6. Boots16 min

    Sorcerer's Shoes

    Sorcerer's Shoes

    59.9% of games · 53.9% win
    • Ionian Boots of Lucidity58.8%
    • Boots of Swiftness60.2%

  7. Late31–31 min

    Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameLiandry's Torment

    Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame or Liandry's Torment

    One of them, for what you're facing

Runes

Most played page, 839 games

SorcerySorcery

  1. Arcane CometArcane Cometpicked in 82.6%
  2. Manaflow BandManaflow Bandpicked in 80.4%
  3. TranscendenceTranscendencepicked in 75.9%
  4. ScorchScorchpicked in 74.0%

DominationDomination

  1. Ultimate HunterUltimate Hunterpicked in 43.1%
  2. Cheap ShotCheap Shotpicked in 43.0%

Shards

Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth ScalingAdaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

KeystoneWin rate

Pick a keystone with a full page to see that page above.

Skill order

Most played order, 178 games
Q14579
W28101213
E31415
R611

Max

  1. QWE93.7% pick · 882 games54.8%

Thresh: Q start, max QEW7,521 games

Summoner spells

FlashHealFlash + Heal74.5% pick

FlashIgniteThresh: Flash + Ignite, 57.9%36,306 games

Play against Thresh

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

Thresh's abilities

Your opponent · uses mana
  1. P DamnationPassive
  2. Q Death Sentence19 / 16.5 / 14 / 11.5 / 9s cooldown · 70 mana · 1075 range19s19s14s9s
  3. W Dark Passage21 / 20 / 19 / 18 / 17s cooldown · 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana · 950 range—21s21s21s
  4. E Flay13 / 12.25 / 11.5 / 10.75 / 10s cooldown · 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 mana · 500 range—13s13s11.5s
  5. R The Box120 / 100 / 80s cooldown · 100 mana · 450 range——120s100s

Dark Passage (W) is the long one early: 21s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Vel'Koz's abilities

You · uses mana
  1. P Organic DeconstructionPassive
  2. Q Plasma Fission7s cooldown · 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 mana · 1050 range7s7s7s7s
  3. W Void Rift1.5s cooldown · 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana · 1050 range—1.5s1.5s1.5s
  4. E Tectonic Disruption12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10s cooldown · 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana · 810 range—12s12s12s
  5. 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 27 support matchups

Vel'Koz's win rate into each one · green beats Vel'Koz's average, rose falls short
46.0%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.