Vel'Koz Support is a powerful mage support champion with a 51.4% win rate across 21,192 matches in Emerald+ rank.

Core Build:

• Summoner Spells: Flash + Heal
• First Items: Zaz'Zak's Realmspike → Sorcerer's Shoes → Luden's Companion
• Full Build: Horizon Focus → Shadowflame → Zhonya's Hourglass
• Skill Order: Q > W > E

Optimal Runes:

• Primary (Sorcery): Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch
• Secondary (Domination): Cheap Shot, Ultimate Hunter
• Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling

Strong Against:

• Swain (60.0% WR)
• Galio (56.3% WR)
• Alistar (54.6% WR)
• Renata Glasc (54.5% WR)
• Seraphine (54.1% WR)

Weak Against:

• Sylas (47.9% WR)
• Janna (47.9% WR)
• Zoe (48.0% WR)
• Pyke (48.2% WR)
• Pantheon (48.2% WR)

Best ADC Synergies:

• Veigar (58.1% WR)
• Yasuo (55.4% WR)
• Nilah (55.1% WR)
• Viktor (53.8% WR)
• Jhin (53.6% WR)

Key Tips:

1. Use Q to poke enemies while managing wave with W
2. Maintain safe distance while poking before teamfights
3. Position carefully when using Ultimate (R) as you're vulnerable while channeling
4. Adjust build against specific matchups - consider Magic Resist or Armor in rune shards based on lane opponent

Alternative Builds:

• Dark Harvest build (51.8% WR): Focuses on scaling damage
• First Strike build (55.0% WR): Emphasizes early gold generation
• Off-Meta build (48.2% WR): Centers around Celestial Opposition rush

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