User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Champion Concept) Shu'Nak, Eye of the Void/@comment-11616642-20140221122151/@comment-24385282-20141007002903

I'm pretty sure Vel'Koz was 90% based off of this tbh

The similarities are amazing and the fact that they'd been working on it for about a year and only barely before Suh'Nak was posted means that they (Riot) had plenty of time to take these ideas and work them into the concept as they went...

Passive that applies an affect to enemies affected by champion's abilities as well as possibly dealing magic damage *check*

Q that deals magic damage forward and outward to multiple enemies (somewhat standard for a Q, but still) *check*

Vel's E is similar to this W, erupting from a target location to damage and CC enemies *check*

Vel's W is similar to this E, dealing magic damage in a straight line while providing additional effects *check*

Channeled DoT ult that constantly applies/reapplies passive