What are the best runes for Vel'Koz?

The most recorded Vel'Koz support rune page on patch 16.14 takes Arcane Comet out of Sorcery, with Axiom Arcanist, Transcendence and Scorch beside it and Cut Down and Legend: Haste out of Precision. Players who ran it won 49.0% of 339 games, range 43.7% to 54.3%. A rune page is locked in at champion select, so that share is not inflated by long games the way a build is, but it counts who picked the page rather than what the page did.

What skill order should I use on Vel'Koz?

Recorded Vel'Koz support players max Q, then W, then E. 217 recorded games on patch 16.14.

Vel'Koz build, patch 16.14

2,078 games of Vel'Koz recorded on patch 16.14, across support, bot, mid and top.

Win rate

49.0% of support games this patch

Pick rate

1.2% of support games

Games

958 support, patch 16.14

Rank in role

48 of 90 support champions

Win impact against the average support pick on patch 16.14: -0.3 wins per 100 games (range -2.1 to 1.5) 958 games Pooled

What most Vel'Koz support players build, patch 16.14

Build Zhonya's Hourglass, Horizon Focus and Luden's Echo, and run Arcane Comet

The rune page they run

Sorcery

Arcane Comet

Precision

Shards

339 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

The skill path Each filled cell is the skill most players took at that level, from 217 games.
skill	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q	Q			Q	Q		Q		Q
W		W						W		W		W	W
E			E											E	E		E	E
R						R					R					R

Levels 10 to 18

10 W, 11 R, 12 W, 13 W, 14 E, 15 E, 16 R, 17 E, 18 E

Max Q, then W, then E. The level by level count.

18 games finished this exact set. It is the set recorded most often, which is a fact about players rather than about the items.

Share of those games that were wins, in percent not enough games yet. 18 games so far, this needs 30.

Games that finish a build are games that lasted, and lasting usually means winning, so this figure leans high before the items do anything. It is how those games went, not what the build does to your chances. How far that can bend a number.

Vel'Koz support is the role with the most recorded games on patch 16.14: 958 games, of which 469 were wins. That is the role this page leads with. Measured on this page: support, bot, mid and top, the roles that cleared 30 recorded games.

wins 0.3 per 100 vs the support average · 958 games on 16.14 · first-time players measured (874 games) · no clear move vs 16.13 (-5.0, range -18.3 to +8.3)

The build above is the one recorded most often, nothing more. Every recorded build, with its own games and its own share, is in the build list, in the order players built them.

Why this answer

A champion and role pair needs 30 recorded games before we put a score or a win impact on it: under that, a handful of lucky games moves a win rate by ten points. The same floor applies to a single build and to a single rune page, and anything under it prints its games and no number.

The share on that figure says how the games went, not what the build does to you. Nothing on this page measures that; the method note at the end says why.

What do most Vel'Koz players build?

Item sets recorded on patch 16.14, most built first, never sorted by how the games went. The share is how many of a build's own games were wins; a build under 30 games shows its games and no share.

Vel'Koz, support

5 item sets were recorded in this role and 0 of them cleared 30 games.

Zhonya's Hourglass, Horizon Focus and Luden's Echo
not enough games yet. 18 games so far, this needs 30. 18 games
Horizon Focus, Shadowflame and Luden's Echo
not enough games yet. 16 games so far, this needs 30. 16 games
Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame and Luden's Echo
not enough games yet. 13 games so far, this needs 30. 13 games

A finished set is read at the end of the game, so every share here leans high: games that last long enough to finish a build are usually games that were already going well. How far that can bend a number.

Vel'Koz, bot

8 item sets were recorded in this role and 2 of them cleared 30 games.

Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame and Luden's Echo
50.0% 34 games
Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame and Luden's Echo
46.9% 32 games

Vel'Koz, mid

3 item sets were recorded in this role and 0 of them cleared 30 games.

Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame and Luden's Echo
not enough games yet. 28 games so far, this needs 30. 28 games
Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame and Luden's Echo
not enough games yet. 14 games so far, this needs 30. 14 games
Horizon Focus, Shadowflame and Luden's Echo
not enough games yet. 8 games so far, this needs 30. 8 games

Vel'Koz, top

0 item sets were recorded in this role and 0 of them cleared 30 games.

No top build recorded yet

We have 66 games of Vel'Koz top on patch 16.14, but no item set repeated often enough to record as a build.

Read the rune pages instead

What runes do most Vel'Koz players run?

Whole pages that players actually ran, most recorded first. A page is locked in at champion select, so long games do not inflate its share the way they inflate a build's; it still counts who picked the page rather than what the page did.

Vel'Koz, support

9 complete pages were recorded in this role and 4 of them cleared 30 games.

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Precision

339 games

Sorcery

Arcane Comet

Precision

Shards

339 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

Other pages players ran

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Domination

310 games

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Inspiration

140 games

Dark Harvest Domination with Sorcery

105 games

Keystones picked, one slot on its own

Arcane Comet: 49.6% 813 games
Dark Harvest: 46.0% 137 games

4 keystones were recorded in this role: one slot on its own, counted across every page that used it, so the share carries the rest of each page with it.

Vel'Koz, bot

9 complete pages were recorded in this role and 3 of them cleared 30 games.

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Precision

459 games

Sorcery

Arcane Comet

Precision

Shards

459 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

Other pages players ran

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Domination

100 games

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Inspiration

72 games

Keystones picked, one slot on its own

Arcane Comet: 51.3% 636 games

4 keystones were recorded in this role: one slot on its own, counted across every page that used it, so the share carries the rest of each page with it.

Vel'Koz, mid

10 complete pages were recorded in this role and 3 of them cleared 30 games.

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Precision

211 games

Sorcery

Arcane Comet

Precision

Shards

211 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

Other pages players ran

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Domination

58 games

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Inspiration

54 games

Keystones picked, one slot on its own

Arcane Comet: 49.3% 343 games

4 keystones were recorded in this role: one slot on its own, counted across every page that used it, so the share carries the rest of each page with it.

Vel'Koz, top

9 complete pages were recorded in this role and 0 of them cleared 30 games.

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Precision

not enough games yet. 27 games so far, this needs 30. 27 games

Sorcery

Arcane Comet

Precision

Shards

27 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

Other pages players ran

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Domination

not enough games yet. 11 games so far, this needs 30. 11 games

Arcane Comet Sorcery with Inspiration

not enough games yet. 10 games so far, this needs 30. 10 games

Keystones picked, one slot on its own

Arcane Comet: 54.0% 50 games

5 keystones were recorded in this role: one slot on its own, counted across every page that used it, so the share carries the rest of each page with it.

What skill order should I use?

Counted from recorded level-ups on patch 16.14, one player per game.

Max Q, then W, then E

217 recorded games on patch 16.14.

Vel'Koz support skill path Each filled cell is the skill most players took at that level, from 217 games.
skill	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q	Q			Q	Q		Q		Q
W		W						W		W		W	W
E			E											E	E		E	E
R						R					R					R

Levels 10 to 18

10 W, 11 R, 12 W, 13 W, 14 E, 15 E, 16 R, 17 E, 18 E

Max Q, then W, then E

205 recorded games on patch 16.14. Win comparisons only count games that ran long enough to finish the max: 98% of 200 Q-first games and 100% of 5 W-first games. Short games are missing from both sides, and short games are usually decided ones.

not enough games

Vel'Koz bot skill path Each filled cell is the skill most players took at that level, from 205 games.
skill	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q	Q
W		W								W		W	W
E			E											E	E		E	E
R						R					R					R

Levels 10 to 18

10 W, 11 R, 12 W, 13 W, 14 E, 15 E, 16 R, 17 E, 18 E

Almost nobody maxed W first, so there is nothing to compare. -2 wins per 100 games (range -14 to 9) 201 games Measured 196 games maxed Q first, 5 games maxed W first.

Max Q, then W, then E

103 recorded games on patch 16.14. Win comparisons only count games that ran long enough to finish the max: 100% of 94 Q-first games and 100% of 9 W-first games. Short games are missing from both sides, and short games are usually decided ones.

not enough games

Vel'Koz mid skill path Each filled cell is the skill most players took at that level, from 103 games.
skill	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q	Q				Q		Q	Q	Q
W		W		W						W		W	W
E			E											E	E		E	E
R						R					R					R

Levels 10 to 18

10 W, 11 R, 12 W, 13 W, 14 E, 15 E, 16 R, 17 E, 18 E

Almost nobody maxed W first, so there is nothing to compare. -3 wins per 100 games (range -15 to 9) 103 games Measured 94 games maxed Q first, 9 games maxed W first.

Vel'Koz, top

Not enough top level-ups yet

not enough games yet. 13 games so far, this needs 30.

Vel'Koz top has 66 games recorded, but only 13 games of them carry level-ups. A levelling order off that many games is luck.

How we count level-ups

When do players buy each piece?

The pieces of the most recorded Vel'Koz support build, in the order players buy them. The time is the middle of the spread across every recorded game on patch 16.14, measured at the buy rather than at the end of the game: half the recorded buys of the item happen before it, half after.

Buy times, earliest first

Luden's Echo: 11:06 1,124 games
Horizon Focus: 19:47 202 games
Zhonya's Hourglass: 25:56 1,680 games

The bar is scaled to the latest piece of the set. Each item links to its own page, where the whole spread sits beside the games behind it.

Who counters Vel'Koz?

The opponents Vel'Koz support loses to most and the teammates Vel'Koz gains the most beside on patch 16.14. The chip is the edge in wins per 100 games, and the games behind it sit under the name.

Hardest opponents

71 more opponents sit under 50 games against Vel'Koz and are counted, not ranked. Every measured Vel'Koz opponent, with the full table

Best teammates

Every measured Vel'Koz teammate, with the full table

These numbers come from 108,616 ranked games we recorded on EUW, Korea and NA, found by following Diamond players and the people they play with. That is not every rank and it is not every region. Everything on this page is patch 16.14. Counted up to 24 July 2026.

How does Vel'Koz rank?

Every role we recorded Vel'Koz in on patch 16.14, scored or not. Win impact is measured against the average pick in that role on the same patch, and a role needs 30 recorded games before it is scored.

Vel'Koz by role

support C -0.3 wins per 100 games (range -2.1 to 1.5) 958 games Pooled: 46 958 games
bot B +0.6 wins per 100 games (range -1.3 to 2.4) 684 games Pooled: 51 684 games
mid C -0.3 wins per 100 games (range -2.3 to 1.8) 370 games Pooled: 44 370 games
top C 0.0 wins per 100 games (range -2.2 to 2.1) 66 games Pooled: 45 66 games

Why no share of wins on this page says a build is good for Vel'Koz

A finished item set is read at the end of the game. A player who bought the first two items and lost at twenty minutes never finished the set, so they are not in its row. Everybody in the row lasted long enough to buy it, and lasting is most of what winning looks like. The share those games won is pushed up by that on its own, before the items do anything at all, and the push is largest on the most expensive builds and backwards on the ones you buy when a game is going badly.

We know the size of it. In simulation, with every item's real effect set to exactly zero, an item read at the end of the game shows about 92% as a sixth completed item. A defensive item with a real 5 point benefit shows about 20 points the wrong way, because it gets bought when a player is behind. The measurement is here.

So this page counts and labels rather than ranks. The estimate that answers the real question is taken at the moment of the buy, from the state the purchase happened in, and it runs in the desktop app because it needs the game in front of it.