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How to Win Veigar vs Diana Counter MatchupVeigar is in the b tier of champions

Veigar vs Diana

How to Beat Diana as Veigar in LoLVeigar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Diana as Veigar

based on 5,498 Veigar vs Diana matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Diana as Veigar came out of an examination of 5498 ranked matches where both champs clashed against one another. This matchup is somewhat uncommon. Veigar has to counter Diana in only 4.1% of his matches.

Veigar vs Diana Matchup Summary

Veigar does a average job of beating Diana. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.9% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Veigar versus Diana rounds, Veigar’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Diana.

Best Veigar vs Diana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Veigar Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

CryptbloomBanshee's VeilZhonya's HourglassVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Veigar's passive ability p
Veigar's q ability q
Veigar's w ability w
Veigar's e ability e
Veigar's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Diana as Veigar

Tips for Playing as Veigar against Diana

Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.

Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.

Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.

Advice to Win Against Diana

Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.

Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.

Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.

Veigar vs Diana Counter Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Diana Image
7
< Kills >
8.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.6
6.4
< Assists >
6.3
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.87
165
< Minions Killed >
96
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.92
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.44
610
< Physical Damage >
2,010
21,366
< Magic Damage >
18,928
544
< True Damage >
968
22,521
< Damage Dealt >
21,906
18,772
< Damage Taken >
25,375
12,039
< Gold Earned >
12,558
2
< Towers >
1.71
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.22
1,772
< Total Healing >
6,326
14,442
< Experience >
14,548
21
< Vision Score >
21
11
< Wards Placed >
7
86
< Time Dealing CC >
133

How to Counter Diana with Veigar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Veigar against Diana counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Diana..

Veigar often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Diana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Veigar and Diana

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Diana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Veigar
Diana

Who is Better, Veigar or Diana?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when playing against Diana, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Veigar makes an ok counter to Diana.

While Veigar does have a lower winrate compared to Diana, when facing one another, Veigar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Veigar into Dianaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Veigar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Diana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Veigar is a somewhat poor counter to Diana. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Veigar against Diana.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar vs Diana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Diana as Veigar, we analyzed 5,498 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 Diana as Veigar 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Veigar in order to counter Diana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Veigar usually picks up more CS compared to Diana. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Veigar versus Diana build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Veigar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Diana than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Veigar had an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Diana with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Diana as Veigar, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Veigar vs Diana face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.

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