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How to Win Draven vs Veigar Counter MatchupDraven is in the s tier of champions

Draven vs Veigar

How to Beat Veigar as Draven in LoLDraven is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Veigar as Draven

based on 3,981 Draven vs Veigar matchups
Win Rate
49.6 %
K/D/A
2.12
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL matches that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Veigar as Draven resulted from an examination of 3981 ranked games where both champions fought each other. This matchup is somewhat rare. Draven is forced to battle against Veigar in only 3.3% of his rounds.

Draven vs Veigar Matchup Summary

Draven has done a average job of countering Veigar. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.6% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Draven against Veigar games, Draven’s team is 0.2% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Veigar.

Best Draven vs Veigar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Draven Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeHubrisOpportunity

Optional Items

Voltaic CycloswordBloodthirsterRapid FirecannonInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Draven to level upq
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Second ability for Draven to level upw
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Last skill for Draven to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Draven's passive ability p
Draven's q ability q
Draven's w ability w
Draven's e ability e
Draven's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Draven

Tips for Playing as Draven against Veigar

If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.

If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.

Advice to Win Against Veigar

Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.

Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.

Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.

Draven vs Veigar Counter Stats

Draven Image
Win Rate
49.6 %
VS
Win Rate
50.4 %
Veigar Image
8.7
< Kills >
6.9
6.7
< Deaths >
6.2
5.5
< Assists >
6.4
1.97
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
171
< Minions Killed >
165
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.49
21,850
< Physical Damage >
648
129
< Magic Damage >
21,797
495
< True Damage >
580
22,474
< Damage Dealt >
23,026
23,237
< Damage Taken >
18,616
13,824
< Gold Earned >
11,916
2.36
< Towers >
2.04
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,015
< Total Healing >
1,814
12,555
< Experience >
14,144
15
< Vision Score >
20
7
< Wards Placed >
10
88
< Time Dealing CC >
86

How to Counter Veigar with Draven in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several influential Draven versus Veigar matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Veigar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Veigar..

Draven normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Veigar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Draven and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Draven
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Draven
Veigar

Who is Better, Draven or Veigar?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when playing against Veigar, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Draven makes an ok counter to Veigar.

While Draven does have a lower winrate than Veigar, when they face off with one another, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Draven into Veigaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Draven has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Draven vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Draven is a somewhat poor counter to Veigar. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Veigar.

Additional Information for Draven Players

How We Calculated Our Draven vs Veigar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Veigar as Draven, we analyzed 3,981 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Veigar as Draven comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Draven in order to counter Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Draven typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Veigar. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The best items to use in your Draven versus Veigar build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Draven used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Veigar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Draven had an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Veigar with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Veigar as Draven, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Draven vs Veigar face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.

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