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

Veigar vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Veigar in LoLVeigar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Veigar

based on 3,981 Veigar vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Draven as Veigar resulted from an examination of 3981 ranked games where both champs engaged one another. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Veigar has to counter Draven in only 3.0% of his games.

Veigar vs Draven Matchup Summary

Veigar has done a average job of countering Draven. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.4% of games the champions fight one another in. In Veigar versus Draven games, Veigar’s team is 0.2% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Draven.

Best Veigar vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Veigar Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

CryptbloomStormsurgeSeraph's EmbraceMalignance

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 ForceMagic Resist
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
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Draven as Veigar

Tips for Playing as Veigar against Draven

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 Draven

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Veigar vs Draven Counter Stats

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

How to Counter Draven with Veigar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several significant Veigar versus Draven matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Draven’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Draven..

Veigar often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Draven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Veigar and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Veigar
Draven

Who is Better, Veigar or Draven?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when taking on Draven, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Veigar makes an ok counter for Draven.

While Veigar does have a higher win rate than Draven, when facing one another, Veigar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Veigar into Dravenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Draven matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Veigar is a decent counter to Draven. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Draven.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Veigar, 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 Draven 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 Draven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Veigar typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Draven. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often 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 important items to focus on in your Veigar versus Draven build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Veigar used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Draven than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Veigar had an average winrate of 50.4% battling Draven with this counter build.

To have the best chance of defeating Draven as Veigar, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Veigar vs Draven counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.

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