Talk:Vel'Koz/@comment-25995883-20150720114616

I haven't tried this yet, I'm by no means good at Vel'Koz, and I definatly won't try this unless I'm with friends or I know it works. However, and hear me out:

'''TL;DR: Crit Strike top lane Vel with some speed, armor, and maybe health if needed could be pretty cool. You already rely on your true damage which you can still get off anyway, and your ult is still devistating. Only thing now, you're much more hybrid, speedy, and auto-attack'y.'''

Crit-Strike top lane Vel'Koz. Boots of Swiftness - Trinity Force - Infinity Edge - Statik Shiv - Zz'Rot Portal - Lightbringer. Substitutes can be Phantom Dancer, Frozen Heart, and Frozen Mallet, if you want more speed and crits for the former, or need more health/armor on the latter two.

You have 0 escapes except for Flash, so the move speed would really help if you're in a jam. I did the math and if you're running to a Zz'Rot portal or tower you'd be going at 550 move speed which is probably faster than what your opponents are going, and you can just E away any speedy appressors or champs with slows/stuns/roots/annoying crap. The Portal also gives much needed armor and MR so you're no longer as much of a glass cannon. The Tri Force, Lightbringer, and IE all give damage and Statik's attack speed lets you get that out super quick so you can poke anyone in your attack range down.

The reason I'm even bothering with this is because your passive is usually what gets your Q W and E's biggest damage. This can still be done with little to no AP, and seeing as your ult does over 1,000 damage (including the passive), the enemy will be torn between building heavy against your critical strikes, or against your devistating ult. Either way, you still have your W's and Q's to get your passive off, and your E will still set up your ultimate after you wear their health down with basic attacks.

Of course I'm sure regular Vel'Koz counters will still be hard to play against, and you need to kind of shut down your lane opponent early for this to even attempt to be viable - Which again I'm not saying it is or will be - however since our Hentai Monster that Could is such a lane bully in general this shouldn't be a problem against tanks or better yet fighters. Rush Lightbringer, then Tri Force, then your defence while getting your speed boots in between should set you up for the game later on.

Thoughts and oppinions are appreciated and welcome, even if there're telling me how much of an idiot I am and how quickly I should uninstall League! ^^ Just remember though, I still haven't tried this and I probably won't for a while due to my house having satellite internet, so this is 100% theory and 4 AM thinking.

Thank you!~