Vel'Koz·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Vel'Koz Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blackfire Torch as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Horizon Focus. For your last 3 items, you should build Liandry's Torment, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 52.3% winrate over 107 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Luden's Companion as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Liandry's Torment as a third item. You want to finish the build with Horizon Focus, Shadowflame and Morellonomicon. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 52.3% win rate across 86 matches played.

Situational Vel'Koz Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Vel'Koz build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.