Veigar Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.2%
- Pick rate
- 5.6%
- Ban rate
- 3.6%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Finish these three
Boots
Runes
Domination +
Sorcery 
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Domination
Sorcery
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 50.2% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (422 games).
- Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Stormsurge → Luden's Echo — 55% win rate over 38 games.
- Take First Strike as keystone: picked in 49% of games with a 47% win rate.
- Best matchup: Yasuo (69% over 29 games). Hardest: Twisted Fate (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Veigar scales: 51% win rate after 35 minutes versus 37% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 65.0% | 5% (20) | |
| 57.1% | 7% (28) | |
| 57.1% | 2% (7) | |
| 56.1% | 64% (269) | |
| 54.5% | 21% (88) | |
| 53.2% | 30% (126) | |
| 51.0% | 47% (198) | |
| 50.9% | 13% (53) | |
| 48.9% | 53% (223) | |
| 48.9% | 21% (88) | |
| 44.4% | 2% (9) | |
| 40.0% | 2% (10) |
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 
Domination +
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.
46.9%49% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
45.1%29% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
64.4%14% pick
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Summon Aery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
66.7%4% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
49.2%84% pick
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Flash + Ignite
63.3%7% pick
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Flash + Barrier
50.0%7% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
50.0%6 games
Q
E
W
100.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (43%), 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.