Veigar Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 51.0%
- Pick rate
- 2.4%
- Ban rate
- 0.9%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Domination 
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Sorcery
Domination
Summoner spells
Max order
Q
W
E
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 51.0% of games as Mid on patch 16.16 (551 games).
- Most common core: Rod of Ages → Cryptbloom → Rabadon's Deathcap — 80% win rate over 5 games.
- Take First Strike as keystone: picked in 42% of games with a 53% win rate.
- Best matchup: Nasus (85% over 13 games). Hardest: Katarina (23% over 13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65.6% | 6% (32) | |
| 65.2% | 8% (46) | |
| 62.6% | 22% (123) | |
| 61.9% | 4% (21) | |
| 57.5% | 21% (113) | |
| 57.1% | 1% (7) | |
| 56.9% | 9% (51) | |
| 55.0% | 4% (20) | |
| 50.0% | 4% (24) | |
| 45.2% | 11% (62) | |
| 44.4% | 2% (9) | |
| 40.0% | 1% (5) |
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.
Inspiration
Sorcery
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.
57.9%17% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
49.1%10% pick
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Summon Aery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
53.5%8% pick
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
56.3%3% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
54.2%38% pick
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Flash + Ghost
40.0%2% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
100.0%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
60.6%33 games
Q
E
W
33.3%6 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (55%), Q → W → Q (58%), Q → E → W (67%).
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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.