Champion sheet · Mid

Vel'Koz

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

3.2%#143 of 173 champions

Pick: 1.5%picked in 415 of 28,096 games
Ban: 1.7%378 bans over 22,398 games, against 1.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid46.0% between 40.3% and 51.8% over 200 gamesSoloQ 51.8%: no clear gap

Median length30.3 minsoloQ 28.2 min

Amateur: 29,590 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 63% · EUW 26% · NA 11%. SoloQ Master+: 661,121 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itArcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 91% of mid laners.DamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.4%
SoloQ
0.5%
0.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.8%
SoloQ
1.3%
1.8% ban rate in amateur play over 16,228 games, against 1.3% in soloQ over 457,860 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.3 min
SoloQ
28.2 min
Median of 30.3 min in amateur play, against 28.2 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Barrier
Amateur
67%
SoloQ
42%
Played in 67% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Barrier (42%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet87% · 8,855

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Barrier42% · 4,255

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Barrier. 67% · 234 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 93% · 57 games

Core (3 legendaries)12% · 608

12%of soloQ games

Luden's Echo
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

Amateur: Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap (18%), gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 91% of mid laners.

Team damagetop9%25% · mid laners: 21%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Damage
Poke

Like other mid laners

Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 81 in lane, 91 in mid game and 89 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

580+52 vs 528

1,018+119 vs 899

1,442+263 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Vel'Kozmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 65% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.2takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 81 of 100 among mid laners580 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 91 of 100 among mid laners1,018 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 89 of 100 among mid laners1,442 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 47 of 100 among mid laners-3 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 35 of 100 among mid laners-142 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 48 of 100 among mid laners3.2 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 7 of 100 among mid laners258 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 64 of 100 among mid laners56% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 39 of 100 among mid laners21% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 32 of 100 among mid lanersrank 32 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 62 of 100 among mid laners0.8 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 91 of 100 among mid laners25% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.