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

Veigar vs Nami

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

based on 3,427 Veigar vs Nami matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our dataset, Veigar did battle with Nami in 3427 games. Having so many games with Veigar versus Nami provides us a lot of faith in our capability to provide actionable statistics and a supported build to shatter your rival. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Veigar encounters Nami in only 2.5% of his games.

Veigar vs Nami Matchup Summary

Veigar does a ok job of countering Nami. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.2% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Veigar vs Nami games, Veigar’s side is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood against Nami.

Best Veigar vs Nami 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 DeathcapZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceShadowflameLuden's CompanionVoid 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 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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W
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Guide to Countering Nami as Veigar

Tips for Playing as Veigar against Nami

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 Nami

Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.

Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.

Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.

Veigar vs Nami Counter Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Nami Image
6.8
< Kills >
1.8
6.1
< Deaths >
5.1
6
< Assists >
15.5
1.57
< Killing Sprees >
0.33
170
< Minions Killed >
24
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.6
635
< Physical Damage >
839
21,670
< Magic Damage >
8,521
552
< True Damage >
588
22,858
< Damage Dealt >
9,948
18,871
< Damage Taken >
16,765
12,138
< Gold Earned >
8,644
2.11
< Towers >
2.25
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
1,877
< Total Healing >
10,356
14,450
< Experience >
11,075
21
< Vision Score >
58
11
< Wards Placed >
25
86
< Time Dealing CC >
200

How to Counter Nami with Veigar in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several significant Veigar versus Nami counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Veigar typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Nami. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Veigar and Nami

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Nami
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Veigar
Nami

Who is Better, Veigar or Nami?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when taking on Nami, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Veigar makes an ok counter for Nami.

While Veigar does have a higher win rate than Nami, when facing one another, Veigar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Veigar into Namias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Veigar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Nami matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Veigar is a decent counter to Nami. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Nami.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar vs Nami Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nami as Veigar, we analyzed 3,427 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 Nami 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 to counter Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Veigar most often gets much more CS compared to Nami. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Veigar versus Nami build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Veigar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Nami than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Veigar had an average win rate of 50.2% battling Nami with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Nami as Veigar, you 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 sets players used for Veigar vs Nami battles, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.

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