I'm trying to figure out if this is a joke of self awareness or not...

Vars lol

As a vel koz main,i dont

Vel'Koz mains see everything. We even see why kids love the incredible taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

same

plus that laser is always satisfying in a teamfight. it always makes me cackle how hp are shredded with his disintegration ray

I like to play vel koz, but man, his e is soooo hard to land. Other abilites are aswesome only e is the most hated.

@@aatroxtheworldender933 You sholdn't use your e blind. Use it in combos with q. He will get slowed, and then you can e,w,ult. You can also use it to deny chasing opponents. Sometimes you can use it to farm under tower, but thats not ideal.

@@zoubekukrutny9266 ahaaaaa, thanks for that, i dumb

Bro, same lmao. I only picked up league cause I saw Vel

As a Swain main of 5 years I with I could get those days back.

Bro me too

Me in a teamfight: oh hey a triple, Q this guy for the quadra, oh fuck i missed, W E... oh cool a penta

@@doctornoodlearms1770 when in doubt, press R

plasma go brrrrrr

No one plays him case teammates can easily KS him with his predictable DoT Ult. Other reasons are really minor except survivability like against someone like Yi. Tho great and fun in URF

@@MangaGamified I cant speak for everyone, but KS is the least of issues as Vel'koz. Generally, kills don't win games (they help but you can still lose with kill advantages). In fact he isn't that good in urf because his Q still cant be used until it has finished recasting. I play him a lot and he is super fun (he was the second champ I played in league) but the learning curve was there. Not mechanics, but flawlessly positioning is key. Cheers!

I love to play velkoz mid it is so good but I dont know why people dont want to play him

What especially got to me is "League is looking like less of a chess game and more of a first person shooter". People have been saying this for years (in fact, I have a screenshot of a comment from the original forums where someone was joking about this around 5/6 years ago, saying that the game should be renamed to "League of Duty" or "League Strike:go") but it still makes me sad, because I got to Mobas from RTS and MMO games, as the genre is basically the combination of those two things while being more popular (so more ability to play with friends), but it seems like the reason behind the popularity is the explosiveness, so Riot is building into that instead of the strategy element which is just annoying. At this point, I feel like normal summoner's rift should be a turbo mode or something, lol.

@@sandortojzan5409 sadly this is going to kill the game faster. But maybe that is Riot's endgame? Maybe they're trying to milk it for all its worth the next 2 or 3 years then drop it before it stops making them money. Then they transfer their audience over to the other games and such. Idk its one of the things I would/could do if I was in charge all I cared about was money. (Random economist prove me wrong if you're reading this)

You're a Vel'koz newbie if you don't land every Q on both the ADC and support 😝.

Lol i love seeing them losing their minds even my adc

Adcs are like magnets attracted to my qs lmao they just love getting hit by them

Its more fun to ult them under turret

Too much mobility and lack of any abilities for these kinds of mages to use as a counter. You predict and land the knock up, you don't get to "outplay", you get to only stop the assassins play they were making and MAYBE trade evenly which is bullshit. When really you should out trade and be rewarded for predicting and landing the knock up but nope.

Not to mention Riot only releasing anime champs for the last two years or so just so that they can make more skins for them.

I love when the assassin misses everything and still kills you

I'ma just keep making them until eventually one of them goes viral haha!

Thank your common denominator human being.

After thinking about it a bit, i think i found one of the leading reasons i decided to share my findings because i find it fascinating Taking my journey with this channel as an example: i got into the chennel being in full belief that this is gonna be a generic dull content farm like many other league videos, because that's how the channel sells itself the thumbnails scream "click on me" to the point where they feel repullsive, the titles don't help that a single bit, and the voice isn't imidiatly apparent to belong to a person that actually emotes (no offense) and in the meanwhile behind all that there's some good quality content that dwelves deeper into the misc things that make a game tick with pretty good editing around both visuals and sound , with at least one thing so thought provoking that it made me pause the video to process it. So it boils down to: it presents itself like a group of videos made for the 'dull masses', while having non of the jingly keys and flashy lights to keep those people around. leaving the algorithm in a pickle A fascinating case, and a causionary tale for many: clickbait requires precision, or else you will sell yourself as something you aren't

@@GameTobenetois A more insightful take than I expected, enjoyed, thx!

Selective reading being a thing and rejecting to listen to any long documentaries. Short sentences become more important and long ones that people put their heart and soul are usually skipped. I bet you even barely read that one or even skipped my comment xd

No

vel'koz gang

Nice to see the 12 of us here

Ofc

In ARAM only lol

Oh YES, it is

calculus :D

Thats true gayness and proof that ur a gay noob

yeah dont know why, but i love the Q and R on him also Xerath R is awesome.

I also love how you can just erase waves from existance with him in mere seconds

His ult can win you teamfights, its one of the most dangerous ults.

@@aatroxtheworldender933 Problem is its easy to counter. It can be amazing in some situations but in many cases its just a worse lux ult. If you hit sth with lux before ulting your ult deals 1,2ap +680 on max lvl. Vel deals 1,25ap+800 over 2,5sec. Lux needs 0,75sec. Yeah he can deal true dmg but does it really matter that much? Only vs tanks. You deal true dmg to adc,apc anayways with ludens and mpen boots. Lux ult also has more than 2x range and half cooldown. Its a good ult but you have to stay at 1 place for 2.5sec to deal full dmg.

@@chiidybang370 it moves?? if he takes anti heal, he can swipe through their whole team and anti heal them all. compare that to lux's stationary ult.

@@chiidybang370 yeah but also a half eaten leather boot can also play lux, along with lux being simply not that fun to play given your skillshots are very easy to hit or very easy to spam (Missing E is harder than hitting vel e). You are less a tactical missile and more an indiscriminate shelling.

Tanky?

@@danieleduardomorenoperez1886 idk what hes smoking but hes not tanky xd

​@@coolmanbob2096 are you both purposefully misunderstanding the comment?

Tanky??

They can't ban you if they forgot you are there :) It would be a great pocket pick on a competitive team as well, nobody expects V'K

Mid or supp 👀

This. One of the perks of playing Taliyah for example.

He looks good but apparently not as good as freaking e girl and edgy champs

@@JunJun.. I wanna see a mod that makes you play Vel but with Kaisa's model and see how players react.

@@amandaslough125 thts just hentai in disguise

Yeah he has stun great damge skill true damage all just no ms

@@orionar2461 wth

I felt that 🙂

i wouldnt exactly call winning a fight because you had 87 dashes and about 5 hours of s an "outplay"

Mission accomplished! :D

Maybe you should also try to play Teemo. He is all about making mind games and creating ambushes on choke points.

@@O_Coisa_Ruim I mean, you're not wrong and I WANT to agree... But as a cho'gath/tank main, I cannot. Delete ranged top laners.

@@idunno7131 ranged toplaners are an easy matchup for tanks as long as its not vayne

I appreciate it :3

Sadly, artillery mages only thrive in slow paced, siege metas, which are very boring to a lot of people. Vel'koz is the best of the artillery mages since he has actual burst potential with his ultimate, but generally speaking poke mages aren't that fun to play or play against for a lot of players.

@@VarsVerum Yeah because they require opponents to man up and get in there but most players are gentle creatures with no guts.

@@HighLanderPonyYT "riot i cant 1 shot x champion and I DONT LIKE IT NERF THEM"

@@jeph7434 lul

Vel'koz's best niche right now is probably cover/suppressive fire. He works best by, as you said, keeping the enemy pinned down. That's probably the role artillery mages will have to fill since general poking doesn't work anymore in this day and age.

But lulu counters poke mages. I main xerath support and hate going against lulu because her shield lvl 1 out shields my entire Q or W damage. Healing supports also counter poke supports such as Nami

I still enjoy playing some flashy and fast champions like Zed and Riven, but the reason I got into LoL was to play Azir, so 20 minute snowballs aren't really the game I want to play

big agree.

I agree with your points but against some match-ups you really feel the pain of not having a mobile champion that can get away from trouble.

@@Lulink013 True but nearly every mage has that problem though. + Vel'koz can peel for himself quite well with his slow & knockup if you manage to land them. Still a pain to lane against very mobile champs though.

Vel’koz is an absolute blast for me in ARAM.

As a vel main, I agree heavily on the "satisfaction" factor: landing Qs in lane feels so good

Vel’Koz is strong, but fast champions and champions with a bigger range can counter him

oh yes :P

Its the Bermuda Triangle!

Fire emblem music in general is great background music xD

I appreciate it! I'm still relatively new to the league scene :) The majority of gamers don't enjoy these types of content because they're very heavy in terms of subject matter and analysis. That's why there's a lot of those stream highlight channels like "9999 AP ONE SHOT" because those are able to be enjoyed for the purposes of entertainment. My videos are discussion based, which means they're not as easily able to be appreciated unless the person is invested in the content.

@@VarsVerum it's only a matter of time hehe

Karen P HOLY SH** WHERE ARE WE?!

I would add some sort of defensive option - his e better to land, or change to a shield. Therefor aoe root if you hit onother spell after W second instance proccs, and E then a dash behind the next friendly champion giving them both a shield and movement speed. And his ult faster to move. Played him as noob first time against a poke - senna - Lane and felt pretty helpless. Especially when the jungle assassine gank came. And so much runes, abilities, items give lifesteal/omnivamp now to counter poke...

@Vars Its been about an year. And appearently my champion pool selection tool a lot of inspiration of your why no one plays vids. Ive got a basic grasp of the game now and been branching out to support. Tried jungler and top but not for me. And i dont even wanna begin trying adc. League is a lot of fun. Play the champions i feel like playing unless i doom myself by picking it into a hard counter. Sitting back w some music chilling in draft pick. I like league. Its nice

Thanks for the kind words :3 Please share this with your friends if they're interested!

@@VarsVerum Ok :)

sme XD

@@axt5998 the nice thing about playing these champions though is getting good at skill shots helps a great deal on other champions. Like if I get autofilled support I will sometimes play morgana and just nail Qs left right and center lol

As a Vel main, the danger is actually quite helpful. It gives me a slight edge to be as punishing as possible, I never counter roam before 14 min and am always trying to push my opponent out of lane to get that sweet plate cash. That being said, I do find myself caught out a lot, so I try my best to keep my summs up to barrier and flash away.

AP kogmaw is one of 5 true artillery mages. rest are velkox xerath ziggs lux

Low mana cost, fast cooldown, decent damage, causes slow and very satisfying to score a hit. Particularly if you hit with the split or hit multiple enemies. It's a fantastic skill shot.

@@davidhughes5842 Couldn't agree more

Besides that, I enjoy the feeling of killing someone off screen and being like "oh, did I do that?" I main support, so I played him there, it's fun playing around having way less utility than I'm used to (but between E and summoner heal, I have enough to stuff to work with). It's also satisfying hitting both the adc and support. I feel vaguely bad about accidentally stealing minions. Collateral damage is sad. How sad. :( I'm gonna poke their eyes out with my eye. Love that man.