Veigar vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Veigar
based on 1,575 Veigar vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Veigar vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Veigar in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some important Veigar against Jayce counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jayce..
Veigar often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jayce. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Jayce
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Who is Better, Veigar or Jayce?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jayce, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Veigar makes an ok counter for Jayce.
While Veigar does have a lower winrate compared to Jayce, when on opposite teams, Veigar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Veigar into Jayceas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Veigar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Jayce matchups, Jayce is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Veigar is a somewhat poor counter to Jayce. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Veigar against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Veigar to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Jayce. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Veigar versus Jayce build include Void Staff, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Jayce than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Veigar had an average winrate of 49.0% battling Jayce with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Jayce as Veigar, Veigar players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Veigar vs Jayce battles, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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