Talk:Vel'Koz/@comment-4900160-20150110215334/@comment-3974211-20150114212042

He's not tagged as a support because he doesn't not have any support-class qualities (sans crowd control). There's a difference between the support-role and the support-class; just like there's a difference between the carry-role and the marksman-class (which is why they renamed it). One rioter said they had considered renaming tank and support, "Initiator" and "Enhancer", respectively, but the current terms are too in-grained into gaming as a whole.

Vel'Koz works as a support because his power isn't dependant on gold (high "base" damage) and his cooldowns are both low while being very mana efficient. And Riot's already stated his costs are so low to compensate the skill-ceiling on his abilities.

P.S. Skillshots are not a con.