Talk:Vel'Koz/@comment-1853032-20140212050644

Have a look at some of the effects of his kit; and compare him to Lissandra.

In this game, the way Riot generally balances high CC mages is by giving moderate (higher than average) base damages, and middling scaling.

As Vel'Koz possess both a triple-hitting 80% decaying slow, and essentially another form of cho'gaths Q, he must trade his scaling potential in exchange for this moderate amount of CC

If you'll notice; Brand actually has similar numbers, and only a 2 second stun that must be hit via a combo. Yet, despite that he's renowned as one of the hardest hitting (safeties in the league) mages in this game.

His numbers really aren't that low; if they spiked over 80% at any point he'd just start getting silly to play after mid-game.