Talk:Vel'Koz/@comment-7940208-20140218060925/@comment-7967732-20140219105902

His skills don't seem to have high base at first (except ult), but we should consider this:

All of his skills deal damage, with a passive that also gives extra damage. Now that is already something uncommon. The W has decent base, and can be used twice very quickly (the CD apply right after you cast the first W) which make it seems like another skill added to his rotation. Ideally, he will deal almost 1900 base magic damage. Add in his passive (which should proc 3 to 4 times - ideally) and we can see how high his damage can be even with zero AP.

Of course like any other mages, more AP means more damage, but it is a matter of preference between damage and survivability. Though he has long range, he is also quite immobile and often needs to burn his hard cc to reliably hit people with his double W. Therefore I still prefer a bit more tankiness for him in the long run.