Talk:Vel'Koz/@comment-4698489-20140415094731

There seems to be a misconception that Rabadon's is strong on him. It's not bad, but 900 + 60% AP with additional flat true damage from his passive does not scream "stack AP." The best damage item for him is really Liandry's, since he scales well with penetration and three of his spells naturally apply the double damage dot. He also has a combo that includes a 2.5 sec channel and plenty of spammable poke, so the dot actually has time to be applied. After Liandry's, building tanky utility items that happen to have AP (Athene's and Zhonya's in particular) help him find more opportunities to set up ults and be more flexible in using his abilities. Tanky AP Vel'koz has only slightly less damage potential than Glass Vel'koz, and he is much more consistent about actually getting all of that damage out.