Talk:Vel'Koz/@comment-24947613-20150120015306/@comment-9048637-20150122195906

Katarina's a melee assassin. Vel'Koz is one of the longest-range mages in the game. It makes sense that Katarina has lots of mobility while Vel doesn't. It's a trade-off.

Anyway, I maintain that Vel really doesn't need a buff to "survive", as you put it. He's unlikely to see much competitive play as a mid, true (but then again, we may be surprised), but as far as solo queue goes, I think he's very strong. He already has long range, excellent kiting and a respectable self-peel spell, to say nothing of his other strengths like great poke and high AoE damage. Giving him mobility on top of that would just make him overloaded. His counterplay is meant to be, 'If you dodge his shit and get close to him, he goes down like a sack of potatoes.' Making him slippery would rather invalidate that.