Vel'Koz

It’s unclear whether Vel’Koz was the first Void creature to reach Runeterra, but none of the horrors that followed him have matched his mix of intellect and icy precision. Where the Void’s other spawn consume or corrupt whatever they touch, he begins by examining it, mapping Runeterra’s physical world and the aggressive beings who live in it, searching for flaws the Void might one day exploit. He isn’t idle about it, though. Anything that interferes with his work gets a swift answer, whether a plasma bolt or a wrenching tear in reality itself. He’s versatile enough to hold the middle of a lane or to support a carry from behind, and he runs on regular mana like most mages, even though almost nothing else about him is ordinary. In either role he fights the way he studies:

1. Plasma Fission — a plasma bolt that divides in two when commanded or on impact, slowing and harming whatever it strikes.
2. Void Rift — a rift that detonates on arrival, then detonates a second time shortly after.
3. Tectonic Disruption — a shockwave that launches enemies caught close to him and pushes back those just beyond.
4. Life Form Disintegration Ray — a channeled beam that follows the cursor for several seconds. It can finish any target already tagged three times by his passive, Organic Deconstruction, dealing a burst of true damage.

The ray is also where he is most exposed. A stun, silence, or knockup that breaks the channel robs him of the payoff his patience was built around, and since he isn’t especially mobile, an opponent who isolates him can usually keep him isolated. In lane, Vel’Koz leans on that same patience: Void Rift clears minions while he quietly stacks his mark on an opponent, and then he ends the experiment by unleashing everything at once. Other Void-born champions, including Cho’Gath, share his origin in the Void, but none of them have his scientific detachment.