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

Veigar vs Ivern

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

based on 1,266 Veigar vs Ivern matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League games that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Ivern as Veigar came out of an examination of 1266 ranked games where both champs battled each other. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Veigar encounters Ivern in only 0.9% of his rounds.

Veigar vs Ivern Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Veigar does a poor job of beating Ivern. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.2% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Veigar against Ivern games, Veigar’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't get first blood against Ivern.

Best Veigar vs Ivern 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 DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassVoid StaffSeraph's EmbraceShadowflame

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
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Veigar

Tips for Playing as Veigar against Ivern

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 Ivern

Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!

Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!

Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.

Veigar vs Ivern Counter Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Ivern Image
6.7
< Kills >
2.6
6
< Deaths >
4.8
6.1
< Assists >
13.3
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
0.56
171
< Minions Killed >
19
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
1.21
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.55
662
< Physical Damage >
2,869
22,034
< Magic Damage >
6,423
559
< True Damage >
1,092
23,255
< Damage Dealt >
10,384
18,900
< Damage Taken >
18,184
12,145
< Gold Earned >
10,165
2.07
< Towers >
1.88
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
1,960
< Total Healing >
6,401
14,296
< Experience >
13,142
21
< Vision Score >
26
11
< Wards Placed >
8
95
< Time Dealing CC >
268

How to Counter Ivern with Veigar in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Veigar vs. Ivern matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ivern. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Veigar often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Ivern. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Veigar and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Veigar
Ivern

Who is Better, Veigar or Ivern?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually loses when facing off against Ivern, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Veigar makes a bad counter to Ivern.

While Veigar does have a lower win rate than Ivern, when facing one another, Veigar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Veigar into Ivernas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Veigar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Veigar is a bad counter for Ivern. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Veigar against Ivern.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar vs Ivern Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ivern as Veigar, we analyzed 1,266 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 Ivern 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 truly master Veigar in order to counter Ivern during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Veigar often racks up much more CS compared to Ivern. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Veigar versus Ivern build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Ivern than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Veigar boasted an average win rate of 47.2% when countering Ivern with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of defeating Ivern 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 rune sets players used for Veigar vs Ivern matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.

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