Veigar Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 49.7%
- Pick rate
- 1.8%
- Ban rate
- 0.6%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Inspiration +
Sorcery 
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Cosmic Insight
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Summoner spells
54.5%
11 games
Max order
Q
E
W
57.7%
26 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Veigar
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Veigar wins 49.7% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (334 games).
- Most common core: Rod of Ages → Archangel's Staff → Rabadon's Deathcap — 54% win rate over 13 games.
- Take First Strike as keystone: picked in 43% of games with a 53% win rate.
- Best matchup: Akali (70% over 10 games). Hardest: Hwei (12% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 75.0% | 2% (8) | |
| 59.1% | 7% (22) | |
| 58.9% | 22% (73) | |
| 57.5% | 12% (40) | |
| 55.2% | 20% (67) | |
| 52.0% | 59% (198) | |
| 51.6% | 9% (31) | |
| 50.0% | 3% (10) | |
| 48.9% | 53% (178) | |
| 46.2% | 4% (13) | |
| 43.2% | 13% (44) | |
| 43.0% | 24% (79) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Inspiration +
Sorcery
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
Magical Footwear
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Sorcery +
Domination 
Inspiration +
Sorcery
Keystones
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First Strike
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
52.8%43% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
36.7%24% pick
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
62.5%12% pick
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Summon Aery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
40.5%11% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
51.5%88% pick
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Flash + Barrier
41.7%4% pick
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Flash + Ghost
54.5%3% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
49.0%51 games
Q
E
W
57.7%26 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (43%), Q → W → Q (69%), Q → E → Q (29%).
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PPhenomenal Evil PowerVeigar is the greatest Evil to ever strike at the hearts of Runeterra - and he's only getting bigger! Striking an enemy Champion with a spell or scoring a takedown grants Veigar permanently increased Ability Power.
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QBaleful Strike
Veigar unleashes a bolt of dark energy that deals magic damage to the first two enemies hit. Units killed by this bolt grant Veigar some ability power permanently.
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WDark Matter
Veigar calls a great mass of dark matter to fall from the sky to the target location, dealing magic damage when it lands. Stacks of Phenomenal Evil reduce Dark Matter's cooldown.
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EEvent Horizon
Veigar twists the edges of space, creating a cage that Stuns enemies that pass through.
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RPrimordial BurstBlasts target enemy champion, dealing a large amount of magic damage, increasing based on the target's missing health.