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How to Win Veigar vs Rek'Sai Counter MatchupVeigar is in the b tier of champions

Veigar vs Rek'Sai

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Veigar in LoLVeigar is in the b tier of champions
Mage
Fighter

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Veigar

based on 640 Veigar vs Rek'Sai matchups
Win Rate
55.2 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL games every week. Within our dataset, Veigar engaged Rek'Sai in 640 games. Having so many matchups for Veigar vs Rek'Sai gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide useful stats and a solid build to smash Rek'Sai. This pairing is fairly rare. Veigar has to counter Rek'Sai in only 0.5% of his games.

Veigar vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary

Veigar has done a great job of beating Rek'Sai. On average, he wins a fantastic 55.2% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Veigar vs Rek'Sai matches, Veigar’s team is 0.2% less likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Rek'Sai.

Best Veigar vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Veigar Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassSeraph's EmbraceVoid 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
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Veigar

Tips for Playing as Veigar against Rek'Sai

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 Rek'Sai

When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.

Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.

Veigar vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
55.2 %
VS
Win Rate
44.8 %
Rek'Sai Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.3
6.4
< Deaths >
6.9
6.8
< Assists >
7.2
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
170
< Minions Killed >
37
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
1.32
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.37
656
< Physical Damage >
14,047
23,246
< Magic Damage >
61
605
< True Damage >
3,532
24,508
< Damage Dealt >
17,640
19,349
< Damage Taken >
37,508
12,538
< Gold Earned >
12,009
2.28
< Towers >
1.25
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
1,943
< Total Healing >
17,250
14,839
< Experience >
13,834
22
< Vision Score >
21
11
< Wards Placed >
6
90
< Time Dealing CC >
287

How to Counter Rek'Sai with Veigar in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some influential Veigar against Rek'Sai counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between these two champs. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rek'Sai..

Veigar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Rek'Sai. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Veigar and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Veigar
Rek'Sai

Who is Better, Veigar or Rek'Sai?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually wins when playing against Rek'Sai, with a 55.2% win rate. As a result, Veigar makes a fantastic counter for Rek'Sai.

While Veigar does have a much higher winrate than Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Veigar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Veigar into Rek'Saias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Veigar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Rek'Sai matchups, Veigar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Veigar is a great counter to Rek'Sai. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Veigar against Rek'Sai.

Other Champion Matchups Against Veigar

Veigar Loses Against

FizzFizz44.4% winrateLilliaLillia45.3% winrateDr. MundoDr. Mundo45.5% winrateXerathXerath45.8% winrate

Veigar Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.7% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai55.2% winrateZeriZeri55% winrateRenektonRenekton54.7% winrate

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Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar vs Rek'Sai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rek'Sai as Veigar, we analyzed 640 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 Rek'Sai 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.

Other Useful Resources

Veigar Build Rek'Sai Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Veigar to counter Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Veigar often gets much more CS as Rek'Sai. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Veigar versus Rek'Sai build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Rek'Sai than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Veigar had an average win rate of 55.2% when countering Rek'Sai with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating Rek'Sai 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 builds players used for Veigar vs Rek'Sai fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.2% winrate overall.

If you want to get Veigar x Rek'Sai tips and builds for a a distinct rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using all matches played with both champions.