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Veigar build & stats

Mage B 192 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
51.6%
Pick rate
10.6%
Ban rate
0.0%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
2,800 gold
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
2,750 gold
8,750 gold
44.4% WR 9 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 gold
58.3% 24 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Precision Precision
54.3% WR
46 games · 24% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
73.3% 15 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 51.6% of games as any role on patch 16.18 (192 games).
  • Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Void Staff → Shadowflame — 36% win rate over 14 games.
  • Take Dark Harvest as keystone: picked in 71% of games with a 51% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Void Staff
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
35.7% WR
14 games · 7% pick
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
44.4% WR
9 games · 5% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
57.1% WR
7 games · 4% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
48.9% WR
135 games · 70% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
58.3% WR
24 games · 13% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
66.7% WR
6 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
87.5% 4% (8)
80.0% 3% (5)
76.9% 7% (13)
56.5% 24% (46)
54.5% 34% (66)
50.4% 66% (127)
50.0% 10% (20)
50.0% 8% (16)
50.0% 6% (12)
49.1% 56% (108)
45.5% 46% (88)
43.1% 27% (51)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
45.0% WR
60 games · 31% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Precision Precision
54.3% WR
46 games · 24% pick
Dark Harvest Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Coup de Grace Presence of Mind
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
51.9% WR
27 games · 14% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Gathering Storm Coup de Grace Presence of Mind

Keystones

  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 51.1%71% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 50.0%23% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 75.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 41.8%47% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 63.3%16% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 52.9%9% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PPhenomenal Evil Power

    Veigar 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • EEvent Horizon

    Veigar twists the edges of space, creating a cage that Stuns enemies that pass through.

  • RPrimordial Burst

    Blasts target enemy champion, dealing a large amount of magic damage, increasing based on the target's missing health.