Talk:Vel'Koz/@comment-24430045-20150726130517/@comment-9048637-20150822235819

As has been pointed out, while you theoretically can go tanky on Vel without sacrificing much damage, there's no real reason to given his obscene range and kiting capability.

My build nowadays goes something like this:

Runes: Mpen reds, HP/level yellows, CDR/level blues, Mpen quints

Masteries: 21/0/9, fairly standard, making sure to grab all 4 points in Sorcery

Items: Sorcs, Morello's/Athene's (depending on lane and how valuable the Morello's passive is), Liandry's, Void, Luden's, Rabadon's.

The runes and masteries are important because that gives me 20% CDR just from there, at least at level 18. This means I only need 20% CDR from items. Prior to this, when I was running flat CDR blues, I often got Twin Shadows, which did work pretty well, but this way gives a bit more build flexibility and more late game damage. Downside is you have to wait until level 18 to get to max CDR, though from level 9 onwards, once you've finished your CDR item, having blue does put you up to max.

Obviously, Zhonya's is really good if they have divers and if I wanted it, I'd switch Rabadon's out for it. Banshee's can also work if they've got Blitzcrank or some really dangerous AP assassin (e.g. LeBlanc).

Rylai's just isn't good on Vel. Never really was, but now that slows don't stack any more, you get barely anything of it at all. You get a 20% slow on each part of W, and you get a 40% slow on E after it wears off (so for 0.25s, unless they have tenacity, in which case it's very slightly longer). Given how much CC you already have, I'd say if you want more kiting power you should just grab Luden's for the MS.