Talk:Vel'Koz/@comment-1330314-20140312164400/@comment-14369738-20140321010324

The issue is that yes, his passive does true damage. Ergo, this much mpen is something of a waste. Plus, his "low ap scalings" actually total out to 295%, which is huge, putting anyone (short of Xer, Veig, Diana) to shame. It's simply the product of 5 low-scaling hits, so he seems far weaker. Given this amount of damage, I would argue d-cap is a must to let him reach his potential.

Also, cramming 40% CDR into a build isn't usually the way to go. Athene's is fantastic on him, I get it early, but morellonomicon is somewhat forced. Unless you're against Swain, Vlad, etc, I'd opt out of that. Instead, blue buff + mastery points give 35%. Since you're going to be getting blue anyways, it's better to not waste the CDR given by that as well as a mastery that would be a waste to avoid. If you're OCD about max cdr, then seals will get you right where you need to be.

Personally, I use Sorc's + Athene + Liandry's + Dcap + (Rylai's + Zhonyas+ void staff = choose 2, tends towards latter). Just something to try out as an alternative.