"There is no way Bel'Veth could ever possibly go near competitive in her current form": LS opens up on League of Legends' latest void jungler

sportskeeda.com:

League of Legends expert and former Cloud9 head coach, Nick "LS" De Cesare, shared his thoughts after rifting through 30+ games with Bel'Veth on PBE.

Interestingly, he expects the Void Empress to have an approximate 35% win rate shortly after release and could eventually be a balancing nightmare as her kit makes her an absolute solo queue monster. LS considers Bel'Veth to be a "really weird" champion who might not be reliable in clearing the jungle fast in comparison to other existing junglers in the game.

The Empress also faces difficulty in dueling with opponents early in the game since she literally requires all of her abilities to stack up before making a decent clear. This could turn out to be a real problem for League of Legends players as Bel'Veth's ability cooldown times are also on the higher side.

LS pointed out another problem with her Q ability, Void Surge. Bel'Veth dashes in one of four directions, dealing damage to all enemies she passes through and applying on-hit effects. Each direction has its own unique cooldown that scales with attack speed. However, most of the time, it ends up going on a cooldown when it is required the most.

For example, a player leaves a jungle camp having two Qs exhausted depending on which direction Bel'Veth is running. Now if an enemy jungler encounters her at that point, she doesn't have a Q to dash away. LS stated on a recent live Twitch stream:

LS also spoke about Bel'Veth's bizarre itemization choices. According to him, League of Legends' Void Empress is very difficult to play in either the mid or top lane because she is far too dependent on her passive items or the passive stacks that give her attack speed.

The passive literally forces her to stay inside the jungle forever, and